State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1916 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 52,944 New Jersey births in 1916 across 679 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
#73Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#80Adele#198 nationally
#83Roccooutside the national top 200
#84Patsyoutside the national top 200
#85Carmenoutside the national top 200
#98Claireoutside the national top 200
#84Veronica#186 nationally
#99Carmineoutside the national top 200
#77Antoinette#175 nationally
#92Adam#189 nationally
#53Angelo#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,881US #1
#2Helen1,534US #2
#3Anna949US #7
#4Dorothy942US #3
#5Margaret893US #4
#6Elizabeth709US #8
#7Ruth701US #5
#8Rose619US #15
#9Marie543US #12
#10Mildred499US #6
#11Florence477US #14
#12Catherine466US #20
#13Josephine446US #21
#14Frances412US #9
#15Eleanor408US #27
#16Lillian385US #16
#17Evelyn370US #11
#18Alice325US #13
#19Grace321US #26
#20Jean318US #45
#21Anne307US #53
#22Marion278US #47
#23Ann269US #40
#24Edith268US #28
#25Virginia267US #10
#26Doris258US #32
#27Irene250US #17
#28Gertrude237US #35
#29Julia237US #46
#30Stella233US #63
#31Ethel223US #25
#32Louise205US #18
#33Jennie204US #79
#34Edna198US #19
#35Sophie192US #101
#36Elsie179US #48
#37Katherine177US #51
#38Agnes172US #50
#39Betty164US #44
#40Gladys164US #22
#41Bertha162US #49
#42Theresa162US #98
#43Rita157US #67
#44Pauline151US #33
#45Beatrice148US #38
#46Sylvia146US #69
#47Emma144US #41
#48Ida142US #54
#49Marjorie135US #37
#50Esther133US #34
#51Kathryn130US #60
#52Charlotte128US #80
#53Olga128US #126
#54Martha124US #24
#55Clara118US #39
#56Emily117US #100
#57Lucy115US #84
#58Jane113US #62
#59Genevieve112US #76
#60Mae108US #92
#61Viola106US #59
#62Blanche103US #89
#63Muriel103US #134
#64Sarah102US #52
#65Estelle101US #122
#66Hazel97US #31
#67Madeline97US #131
#68Harriet96US #106
#69Lena96US #85
#70Violet95US #83
#71Thelma94US #29
#72Barbara92US #74
#73Angelina91
#74Loretta90US #113
#75Vera90US #66
#76Nancy89US #102
#77Antoinette88US #175
#78Marian86US #72
#79Lucille82US #30
#80Adele81US #198
#81Laura80US #64
#82Janet79US #142
#83Pearl78US #57
#84Veronica77US #186
#85Phyllis74US #95
#86Henrietta73US #158
#87Jeanette72US #135
#88Marguerite72US #78
#89Miriam71US #140
#90Victoria70US #150
#91Alma69US #70
#92Wanda69US #138
#93Winifred67US #148
#94Eileen66US #118
#95Minnie66US #71
#96Bernice65US #42
#97Myrtle65US #58
#98Claire61
#99Nellie61US #61
#100Kathleen60US #104

Boys

#1John2,168US #1
#2Joseph1,483US #5
#3William1,391US #2
#4George842US #7
#5Edward837US #8
#6Charles827US #6
#7Frank774US #9
#8Robert738US #4
#9James736US #3
#10Thomas496US #10
#11Walter488US #11
#12Michael456US #44
#13Anthony413US #37
#14Henry359US #14
#15Louis345US #22
#16Albert334US #17
#17Harry332US #19
#18Harold300US #13
#19Stanley288US #34
#20Peter279US #50
#21Paul256US #12
#22Arthur255US #18
#23Raymond255US #16
#24Alfred229US #43
#25Francis221US #31
#26Richard221US #15
#27Frederick191US #52
#28Andrew188US #46
#29Stephen186US #87
#30Vincent186US #67
#31Howard165US #25
#32Ralph163US #21
#33Samuel160US #41
#34Fred148US #29
#35Nicholas148US #107
#36Theodore146US #65
#37David140US #28
#38Daniel132US #55
#39Alexander126US #99
#40Carl126US #23
#41Herbert124US #40
#42Kenneth119US #27
#43Norman118US #48
#44Bernard116US #49
#45Ernest111US #36
#46Eugene110US #39
#47Philip110US #70
#48Donald108US #20
#49Lawrence106US #38
#50Leonard104US #42
#51Russell104US #51
#52Edwin97US #53
#53Angelo96US #146
#54Chester96US #54
#55Jack96US #26
#56Benjamin93US #79
#57Martin90US #81
#58Milton89US #72
#59Victor88US #78
#60Irving86US #109
#61Leo86US #47
#62Dominick80
#63Elmer80US #45
#64Herman77US #56
#65Clarence76US #24
#66Leon76US #85
#67Morris74US #97
#68Salvatore72US #150
#69Julius69US #111
#70Steve67US #108
#71Alex62US #128
#72Sidney62US #95
#73Emil55US #140
#74Leroy55US #63
#75Sam55US #74
#76Lewis54US #71
#77Earl52US #32
#78Warren51US #102
#79Clifford47US #61
#80Tony47US #132
#81Edmund46US #134
#82Lester46US #59
#83Rocco46
#84Patsy44
#85Carmen43
#86Matthew43US #148
#87Rudolph43US #137
#88August40US #178
#89Patrick40US #154
#90Arnold39US #89
#91Roy39US #33
#92Adam38US #189
#93Everett38US #91
#94Jacob38US #123
#95Jerry37US #145
#96Max37US #105
#97Melvin37US #57
#98Wilbur37US #94
#99Carmine36
#100Alvin35US #82

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑18Blanche#62
↑14Warren#78
↑14Edmund#81
↑13Betty#39
↑13Barbara#72
↑13Henrietta#86
↑13Angelo#53
↑12Bernard#44

Falling

↓19Laura#81
↓19Pearl#83
↓18Jacob#94
↓13Nellie#99
↓13Chester#54
↓13Lester#82
↓13Wilbur#98
↓12Edna#34

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.