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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1914 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,099 New Jersey births in 1914 across 576 distinct names.

Distinctively New Jersey

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Jersey more than they say America.

#66Dominick#197 nationally
#68Angelina#195 nationally
#83Corneliusoutside the national top 200
#71Adele#187 nationally
#87Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#66Veronica#176 nationally
#98Claireoutside the national top 200
#99Constanceoutside the national top 200
#69Antoinette#170 nationally
#73August#166 nationally
#91Adam#182 nationally
#100Regina#191 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,449US #1
#2Helen1,083US #2
#3Anna760US #6
#4Margaret706US #4
#5Dorothy608US #3
#6Elizabeth566US #8
#7Ruth473US #5
#8Rose424US #15
#9Marie415US #10
#10Florence364US #13
#11Mildred360US #7
#12Catherine332US #18
#13Frances317US #9
#14Lillian312US #16
#15Eleanor293US #28
#16Josephine282US #23
#17Evelyn233US #11
#18Grace220US #25
#19Alice213US #12
#20Anne202US #53
#21Edna182US #19
#22Jean181US #54
#23Edith177US #31
#24Gertrude174US #32
#25Marion174US #50
#26Ethel169US #21
#27Julia168US #42
#28Ann167US #40
#29Louise164US #17
#30Irene152US #22
#31Doris151US #36
#32Virginia148US #14
#33Elsie146US #46
#34Katherine146US #48
#35Jennie141US #77
#36Beatrice140US #38
#37Theresa138US #93
#38Rita132US #87
#39Agnes124US #44
#40Ida120US #49
#41Bertha119US #41
#42Stella118US #65
#43Martha114US #27
#44Gladys110US #20
#45Emma108US #39
#46Sophie105US #100
#47Clara100US #37
#48Pauline100US #34
#49Esther99US #35
#50Lucy96US #73
#51Jane95US #71
#52Genevieve89US #76
#53Marjorie89US #45
#54Sylvia89US #70
#55Thelma88US #26
#56Emily87US #98
#57Kathryn86US #63
#58Charlotte83US #88
#59Betty80US #62
#60Mae80US #85
#61Sarah79US #47
#62Viola78US #57
#63Olga74US #136
#64Madeline70US #116
#65Hazel69US #29
#66Veronica69US #176
#67Laura68US #59
#68Angelina65US #195
#69Antoinette63US #170
#70Mabel63US #58
#71Adele61US #187
#72Barbara61US #82
#73Blanche60US #80
#74Estelle60US #112
#75Muriel60US #133
#76Pearl60US #56
#77Lena58US #75
#78Lucille57US #30
#79Harriet56US #111
#80Jessie56US #64
#81Vera56US #68
#82Myrtle54US #60
#83Ellen52US #86
#84Eva52US #52
#85Minnie50US #67
#86Miriam48US #149
#87Caroline47US #148
#88Marguerite47US #84
#89Marian47US #90
#90Ella46US #72
#91Nancy45US #102
#92Alma44US #69
#93Janet44US #163
#94Violet44US #83
#95Phyllis43US #113
#96Victoria43US #145
#97Loretta42US #122
#98Claire41
#99Constance41
#100Regina40US #191

Boys

#1John1,605US #1
#2Joseph1,058US #5
#3William1,028US #2
#4Charles681US #7
#5Frank628US #9
#6Edward617US #8
#7George573US #6
#8James555US #3
#9Robert485US #4
#10Walter418US #10
#11Thomas376US #11
#12Michael345US #40
#13Anthony331US #37
#14Henry276US #12
#15Harry263US #19
#16Albert258US #15
#17Louis258US #20
#18Harold208US #14
#19Stanley199US #39
#20Arthur193US #18
#21Paul187US #13
#22Raymond185US #16
#23Peter183US #48
#24Richard176US #17
#25Francis158US #31
#26Alfred146US #41
#27Stephen138US #80
#28David137US #29
#29Frederick137US #52
#30Andrew133US #44
#31Fred132US #28
#32Howard127US #26
#33Samuel126US #36
#34Vincent122US #61
#35Nicholas116US #102
#36Philip113US #68
#37Daniel103US #55
#38Herbert103US #42
#39Bernard101US #50
#40Theodore98US #64
#41Ralph91US #21
#42Carl88US #24
#43Kenneth88US #30
#44Lawrence88US #35
#45Jack84US #27
#46Milton82US #69
#47Ernest81US #38
#48Russell81US #49
#49Edwin80US #53
#50Eugene78US #43
#51Norman76US #54
#52Alexander74US #98
#53Benjamin73US #70
#54Donald72US #23
#55Irving72US #100
#56Herman70US #51
#57Martin69US #73
#58Sidney64US #89
#59Chester63US #56
#60Leonard63US #45
#61Victor61US #76
#62Morris59US #86
#63Jacob58US #113
#64Salvatore57US #148
#65Angelo56US #146
#66Dominick56US #197
#67Leo56US #47
#68Clarence54US #22
#69Lester53US #57
#70Leon52US #85
#71Julius47US #106
#72Elmer45US #46
#73August44US #166
#74Emil44US #143
#75Steve44US #112
#76Matthew41US #151
#77Clifford40US #62
#78Earl40US #33
#79Max40US #99
#80Edmund39US #130
#81Sam36US #67
#82Lewis35US #72
#83Cornelius34
#84Leroy34US #60
#85Roy33US #32
#86Alex32US #131
#87Pasquale32
#88Edgar31US #87
#89Gerald31US #81
#90Gilbert31US #104
#91Adam30US #182
#92Gordon30US #88
#93Rudolph30US #139
#94Warren30US #108
#95Everett28US #90
#96Melvin28US #59
#97Nathan28US #124
#98Abraham27US #141
#99Alvin27US #78
#100Franklin27US #134

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑23Veronica#66
↑22Thelma#55
↑22Blanche#73
↑18Jane#51
↑18Jacob#63
↑15Adele#71
↑15August#73
↑14Mabel#70

Falling

↓16Lena#77
↓16Benjamin#53
↓15Nathan#97
↓14Pearl#76
↓14Eva#84
↓12Kathryn#57
↓12Caroline#87
↓12Earl#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.