State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1917 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,961 New Jersey births in 1917 across 701 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.

#57Dominickoutside the national top 200
#67Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#86Patsyoutside the national top 200
#87Roccooutside the national top 200
#90Stevenoutside the national top 200
#82Adele#192 nationally
#62Antoinette#170 nationally
#75Veronica#183 nationally
#94Claire#200 nationally
#95Carmenoutside the national top 200
#97Tessieoutside the national top 200
#91Adam#193 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,015US #1
#2Helen1,536US #2
#3Anna993US #7
#4Margaret974US #4
#5Dorothy924US #3
#6Elizabeth705US #8
#7Ruth697US #5
#8Rose669US #16
#9Marie585US #12
#10Mildred518US #6
#11Florence509US #14
#12Frances495US #9
#13Josephine455US #21
#14Catherine451US #18
#15Eleanor433US #26
#16Evelyn392US #11
#17Lillian380US #15
#18Alice338US #13
#19Grace335US #30
#20Jean335US #40
#21Ann319US #44
#22Doris313US #25
#23Anne293US #53
#24Virginia293US #10
#25Marion274US #45
#26Irene268US #17
#27Edith253US #28
#28Ethel237US #24
#29Julia233US #47
#30Louise232US #19
#31Gertrude230US #37
#32Edna227US #20
#33Katherine206US #49
#34Jennie200US #81
#35Stella198US #62
#36Agnes190US #48
#37Sophie183US #100
#38Beatrice178US #39
#39Gladys178US #23
#40Bertha177US #51
#41Theresa167US #97
#42Betty166US #34
#43Elsie160US #50
#44Pauline158US #33
#45Rita157US #63
#46Esther143US #38
#47Viola138US #59
#48Emily137US #103
#49Martha136US #22
#50Clara135US #41
#51Lucy135US #88
#52Jane134US #55
#53Emma133US #46
#54Ida131US #56
#55Olga127US #131
#56Kathryn125US #60
#57Sylvia123US #69
#58Marjorie122US #36
#59Thelma121US #32
#60Charlotte120US #76
#61Genevieve116US #77
#62Antoinette115US #170
#63Muriel111US #128
#64Hazel109US #31
#65Pearl108US #57
#66Laura106US #65
#67Angelina105
#68Madeline105US #127
#69Mae99US #96
#70Marian99US #74
#71Nancy98US #98
#72Lena94US #85
#73Lucille91US #29
#74Carolyn89US #164
#75Veronica89US #183
#76Violet89US #84
#77Harriet88US #104
#78Barbara85US #67
#79Estelle85US #129
#80Vera85US #66
#81Blanche82US #91
#82Adele80US #192
#83Marguerite79US #78
#84Janet78US #136
#85Sarah77US #52
#86Miriam74US #134
#87Nellie74US #64
#88Myrtle73US #58
#89Anita72US #137
#90Ella71US #83
#91Eva71US #54
#92Ellen70US #90
#93Victoria69US #158
#94Claire67US #200
#95Loretta67US #114
#96Caroline66US #152
#97Tessie66
#98Vivian66US #79
#99Wanda66US #140
#100Phyllis65US #92

Boys

#1John2,351US #1
#2Joseph1,565US #5
#3William1,518US #2
#4George928US #6
#5Frank882US #9
#6Edward850US #8
#7Charles849US #7
#8Robert784US #4
#9James772US #3
#10Walter521US #11
#11Anthony518US #38
#12Thomas497US #10
#13Michael463US #44
#14Louis380US #23
#15Albert371US #18
#16Harry363US #19
#17Henry348US #15
#18Stanley323US #34
#19Harold314US #12
#20Arthur310US #17
#21Richard304US #14
#22Paul288US #13
#23Peter288US #50
#24Raymond254US #16
#25Francis253US #30
#26Andrew220US #48
#27David193US #28
#28Fred193US #29
#29Vincent190US #65
#30Alfred185US #43
#31Frederick185US #51
#32Howard178US #26
#33Stephen178US #89
#34Theodore168US #63
#35Ralph162US #21
#36Samuel161US #42
#37Herbert157US #40
#38Donald156US #20
#39Daniel148US #54
#40Bernard140US #49
#41Nicholas140US #109
#42Chester134US #56
#43Philip133US #66
#44Eugene125US #39
#45Carl123US #24
#46Benjamin119US #76
#47Kenneth119US #27
#48Alexander118US #97
#49Lawrence116US #36
#50Ernest114US #37
#51Norman113US #46
#52Edwin109US #55
#53Jack101US #22
#54Martin98US #77
#55Leonard97US #41
#56Salvatore97US #155
#57Dominick96
#58Russell92US #52
#59Leo90US #47
#60Milton89US #75
#61Victor88US #78
#62Irving87US #106
#63Angelo84US #152
#64Clarence81US #25
#65Morris78US #99
#66Clifford75US #59
#67Earl75US #32
#68Elmer75US #45
#69Warren73US #93
#70Emil69US #137
#71Herman69US #58
#72Steve69US #112
#73Sidney66US #95
#74Julius65US #113
#75Leon62US #82
#76Matthew62US #149
#77Patrick62US #154
#78Lester58US #61
#79Leroy57US #60
#80Alex53US #132
#81Lewis53US #70
#82Sam53US #72
#83Tony52US #131
#84Edmund50US #135
#85Jerome45US #133
#86Patsy45
#87Rocco45
#88Roy45US #33
#89Wilbur45US #92
#90Steven44
#91Adam42US #193
#92Adolph42US #180
#93Gilbert42US #105
#94Nathan42US #148
#95Carmen41
#96Rudolph40US #141
#97Melvin39US #57
#98Franklin38US #124
#99Jacob38US #130
#100Jerry38US #150

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑18Pearl#65
↑15Antoinette#62
↑15Laura#66
↑14Viola#47
↑13Clifford#66
↑12Thelma#59
↑12Nellie#87
↑12Chester#42

Falling

↓21Sarah#85
↓21Loretta#95
↓19Blanche#81
↓15Phyllis#100
↓14Estelle#79
↓11Sylvia#57
↓10Angelo#63
↓10Carmen#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.