State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1915 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,968 New Jersey births in 1915 across 668 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.

#62Dominickoutside the national top 200
#61Angelina#199 nationally
#90Claireoutside the national top 200
#93Patsyoutside the national top 200
#94Carmineoutside the national top 200
#79Veronica#185 nationally
#68Antoinette#173 nationally
#89Adele#188 nationally
#84Adolph#178 nationally
#58Salvatore#148 nationally
#66Angelo#149 nationally
#81August#162 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,923US #1
#2Helen1,385US #2
#3Anna932US #7
#4Margaret907US #4
#5Dorothy848US #3
#6Ruth692US #5
#7Elizabeth646US #8
#8Rose605US #16
#9Florence506US #14
#10Marie506US #11
#11Mildred483US #6
#12Josephine451US #22
#13Catherine416US #19
#14Frances396US #9
#15Lillian383US #15
#16Eleanor367US #28
#17Evelyn341US #10
#18Alice298US #13
#19Grace293US #27
#20Anne291US #52
#21Jean283US #48
#22Edna246US #20
#23Gertrude242US #35
#24Julia241US #44
#25Edith237US #31
#26Ann236US #43
#27Marion232US #50
#28Irene221US #17
#29Doris220US #34
#30Louise211US #18
#31Ethel209US #23
#32Virginia207US #12
#33Stella196US #64
#34Jennie188US #73
#35Elsie187US #41
#36Rita185US #71
#37Beatrice177US #37
#38Theresa174US #93
#39Katherine161US #49
#40Gladys160US #21
#41Emma159US #40
#42Agnes154US #45
#43Ida144US #54
#44Sophie143US #97
#45Bertha141US #46
#46Martha140US #25
#47Marjorie131US #39
#48Emily130US #99
#49Clara129US #38
#50Esther127US #33
#51Sylvia127US #67
#52Betty119US #53
#53Jane118US #69
#54Pauline116US #32
#55Lucy115US #79
#56Charlotte114US #81
#57Kathryn111US #60
#58Genevieve107US #76
#59Madeline103US #121
#60Olga101US #130
#61Angelina100US #199
#62Laura100US #61
#63Mae100US #89
#64Pearl100US #56
#65Nancy98US #102
#66Sarah97US #51
#67Hazel96US #26
#68Antoinette93US #173
#69Estelle91US #117
#70Thelma91US #30
#71Muriel90US #134
#72Viola90US #59
#73Harriet86US #112
#74Vera83US #65
#75Lena81US #77
#76Violet76US #82
#77Eva75US #55
#78Loretta75US #115
#79Veronica75US #185
#80Blanche74US #87
#81Caroline74US #137
#82Lucille74US #29
#83Marguerite72US #85
#84Marian70US #86
#85Barbara68US #83
#86Nellie68US #63
#87Minnie67US #68
#88Jeanette66US #148
#89Adele65US #188
#90Claire65
#91Mabel65US #62
#92Amelia62US #165
#93Carolyn62US #168
#94Winifred62US #143
#95Alma60US #70
#96Bernice60US #42
#97Myrtle60US #58
#98Vivian58US #78
#99Henrietta57US #152
#100Victoria57US #151

Boys

#1John1,998US #1
#2Joseph1,418US #5
#3William1,340US #2
#4Charles801US #7
#5Edward783US #8
#6George780US #6
#7James681US #3
#8Frank673US #9
#9Robert650US #4
#10Walter453US #11
#11Thomas430US #10
#12Anthony425US #36
#13Michael400US #43
#14Harry345US #19
#15Henry310US #14
#16Albert305US #17
#17Louis303US #23
#18Peter271US #49
#19Arthur264US #18
#20Richard256US #15
#21Harold247US #12
#22Stanley239US #34
#23Paul233US #13
#24Raymond231US #16
#25Francis207US #29
#26Stephen192US #86
#27Vincent191US #65
#28Andrew185US #46
#29Frederick185US #52
#30Samuel170US #39
#31Howard166US #25
#32Alfred164US #42
#33Nicholas159US #104
#34Fred158US #26
#35Herbert158US #40
#36Ralph154US #21
#37David147US #31
#38Theodore138US #64
#39Daniel136US #55
#40Philip122US #69
#41Chester111US #54
#42Alexander109US #103
#43Eugene108US #41
#44Donald107US #20
#45Kenneth104US #28
#46Leonard103US #44
#47Victor99US #74
#48Jack98US #27
#49Norman98US #50
#50Carl97US #22
#51Ernest96US #35
#52Lawrence95US #37
#53Leo95US #47
#54Benjamin93US #71
#55Edwin92US #53
#56Bernard90US #48
#57Russell90US #51
#58Salvatore89US #148
#59Martin87US #79
#60Clarence83US #24
#61Irving82US #107
#62Dominick79
#63Herman78US #56
#64Julius74US #109
#65Emil71US #138
#66Angelo70US #149
#67Steve70US #110
#68Sidney69US #94
#69Lester67US #57
#70Milton66US #73
#71Morris66US #93
#72Elmer64US #45
#73Earl59US #33
#74Leon56US #82
#75Lewis56US #70
#76Jacob55US #121
#77Matthew52US #150
#78Sam51US #68
#79Leroy47US #66
#80Alex46US #131
#81August44US #162
#82Clifford44US #61
#83Patrick44US #164
#84Adolph41US #178
#85Wilbur41US #92
#86Rudolph40US #135
#87Edgar39US #85
#88Everett39US #89
#89Franklin36US #132
#90Gerald36US #78
#91Melvin36US #60
#92Warren36US #105
#93Patsy35
#94Carmine34
#95Edmund34US #136
#96Gilbert34US #100
#97Roy34US #32
#98Willard34US #58
#99Abraham32US #152
#100Maurice32US #101

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑26Nancy#65
↑19Loretta#78
↑18Violet#76
↑18Chester#41
↑14Leonard#46
↑14Victor#47
↑14Leo#53
↑12Pearl#64

Falling

↓24Milton#70
↓21Mabel#91
↓18Adele#89
↓17Bernard#56
↓15Thelma#70
↓15Myrtle#97
↓15Edmund#95
↓13Veronica#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.