State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1918 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,107 New Jersey births in 1918 across 714 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.

#61Dominickoutside the national top 200
#73Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#85Patsyoutside the national top 200
#67Antoinette#179 nationally
#54Angelo#162 nationally
#79Claire#186 nationally
#84Adele#191 nationally
#94Carmineoutside the national top 200
#96Augustoutside the national top 200
#52Salvatore#155 nationally
#95Adam#197 nationally
#99Ceceliaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,990US #1
#2Helen1,679US #2
#3Dorothy1,089US #3
#4Margaret1,028US #4
#5Anna962US #10
#6Ruth837US #5
#7Elizabeth713US #9
#8Rose629US #17
#9Marie609US #12
#10Mildred552US #6
#11Frances543US #8
#12Florence536US #14
#13Eleanor497US #26
#14Catherine492US #20
#15Josephine454US #24
#16Lillian424US #15
#17Evelyn414US #11
#18Jean394US #37
#19Doris390US #19
#20Virginia353US #7
#21Alice343US #13
#22Grace338US #31
#23Anne317US #54
#24Ann296US #44
#25Irene280US #16
#26Marion271US #45
#27Edna247US #23
#28Edith245US #30
#29Ethel240US #28
#30Stella234US #67
#31Julia233US #48
#32Gertrude225US #39
#33Louise213US #18
#34Katherine209US #50
#35Jennie202US #91
#36Agnes199US #47
#37Rita196US #58
#38Theresa193US #101
#39Marjorie190US #34
#40Elsie189US #49
#41Beatrice186US #40
#42Gladys186US #22
#43Sophie176US #108
#44Betty170US #21
#45Bertha153US #51
#46Emma153US #46
#47Jane153US #53
#48Olga152US #141
#49Ida144US #57
#50Martha143US #25
#51Charlotte140US #78
#52Genevieve135US #81
#53Pauline135US #35
#54Clara132US #43
#55Sylvia129US #71
#56Emily124US #105
#57Esther120US #38
#58Lucille117US #29
#59Thelma117US #32
#60Pearl115US #56
#61Kathryn112US #63
#62Janet110US #129
#63Loretta108US #116
#64Muriel107US #130
#65Viola107US #59
#66Lorraine106US #69
#67Antoinette104US #179
#68Lena103US #93
#69Barbara101US #60
#70Madeline100US #135
#71Marian100US #76
#72Victoria100US #134
#73Angelina99
#74Hazel99US #33
#75Sarah99US #52
#76Mae96US #95
#77Laura95US #64
#78Lucy95US #90
#79Claire94US #186
#80Nancy94US #102
#81Harriet91US #106
#82Veronica90US #182
#83Violet90US #83
#84Adele89US #191
#85Vera89US #68
#86Bernice88US #41
#87Estelle88US #139
#88Blanche85US #96
#89Phyllis85US #80
#90Eva82US #55
#91Miriam78US #138
#92Wanda77US #128
#93Anita75US #151
#94Jeanette75US #131
#95Shirley75US #97
#96Caroline72US #154
#97Nellie71US #65
#98Regina71US #181
#99Cecelia70
#100Dorothea70US #187

Boys

#1John2,377US #1
#2Joseph1,546US #7
#3William1,487US #2
#4George967US #6
#5Edward960US #8
#6Robert954US #4
#7Charles930US #5
#8Frank889US #9
#9James798US #3
#10Walter578US #11
#11Thomas522US #10
#12Anthony515US #39
#13Michael462US #45
#14Louis379US #24
#15Harry365US #20
#16Henry364US #16
#17Albert343US #19
#18Harold332US #13
#19Arthur324US #17
#20Stanley323US #36
#21Raymond309US #15
#22Richard291US #12
#23Peter288US #53
#24Paul271US #14
#25Andrew240US #46
#26Alfred212US #42
#27Theodore212US #64
#28Vincent210US #73
#29Francis205US #30
#30Howard205US #26
#31Samuel190US #43
#32Frederick183US #59
#33Ralph182US #22
#34Nicholas178US #113
#35David169US #28
#36Fred165US #33
#37Herbert165US #40
#38Victor156US #63
#39Donald151US #18
#40Kenneth150US #27
#41Daniel147US #52
#42Philip145US #71
#43Stephen145US #96
#44Eugene140US #35
#45Carl134US #25
#46Ernest134US #37
#47Chester133US #54
#48Alexander129US #104
#49Jack127US #21
#50Bernard125US #47
#51Lawrence125US #38
#52Salvatore120US #155
#53Leonard118US #41
#54Angelo115US #162
#55Clarence113US #23
#56Martin113US #81
#57Norman112US #49
#58Russell112US #50
#59Edwin108US #55
#60Benjamin104US #79
#61Dominick92
#62Leo89US #48
#63Milton88US #76
#64Alex87US #131
#65Irving83US #108
#66Earl82US #31
#67Steve79US #109
#68Elmer75US #44
#69Leon74US #77
#70Lester72US #62
#71Julius70US #118
#72Herman69US #65
#73Clifford66US #60
#74Emil66US #154
#75Leroy65US #57
#76Sidney59US #94
#77Warren58US #90
#78Morris57US #101
#79Wilbur53US #97
#80Matthew52US #148
#81Jacob51US #133
#82Roy51US #32
#83Edgar50US #89
#84Edmund48US #140
#85Patsy48
#86Jerry47US #147
#87Douglas46US #115
#88Gilbert46US #105
#89Lewis45US #74
#90Rudolph45US #149
#91Sam45US #75
#92Tony44US #135
#93Arnold43US #92
#94Carmine43
#95Adam41US #197
#96August41
#97Maurice41US #103
#98Harvey40US #88
#99Steven40
#100Franklin39US #129

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑32Loretta#63
↑23Victor#38
↑22Janet#62
↑21Victoria#72
↑19Marjorie#39
↑18Jacob#81
↑16Alex#64
↑15Lucille#58

Falling

↓27Lucy#78
↓18Viola#65
↓14Benjamin#60
↓13Morris#78
↓11Esther#57
↓11Laura#77
↓10Hazel#74
↓10Nellie#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.