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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1919 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,349 New Jersey births in 1919 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.

#64Dominickoutside the national top 200
#66Angelina#199 nationally
#64Veronica#187 nationally
#79Roccooutside the national top 200
#78Claire#197 nationally
#62Antoinette#180 nationally
#83Patsyoutside the national top 200
#87Adeleoutside the national top 200
#93Carmenoutside the national top 200
#94Stevenoutside the national top 200
#95Carmineoutside the national top 200
#56Salvatore#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,869US #1
#2Helen1,540US #2
#3Dorothy1,057US #3
#4Margaret958US #4
#5Anna943US #10
#6Ruth850US #5
#7Elizabeth750US #8
#8Rose640US #19
#9Marie605US #12
#10Florence589US #14
#11Josephine491US #26
#12Frances489US #9
#13Mildred487US #6
#14Eleanor472US #30
#15Catherine454US #23
#16Evelyn410US #11
#17Doris403US #18
#18Lillian381US #17
#19Virginia339US #7
#20Jean330US #37
#21Alice320US #13
#22Grace320US #34
#23Irene309US #16
#24Ann291US #49
#25Marion277US #44
#26Anne275US #63
#27Edith262US #29
#28Stella252US #70
#29Ethel251US #28
#30Julia234US #48
#31Gertrude216US #39
#32Jennie216US #93
#33Betty212US #15
#34Edna206US #22
#35Louise204US #20
#36Gladys199US #21
#37Beatrice191US #41
#38Katherine190US #51
#39Agnes189US #50
#40Sophie189US #109
#41Theresa176US #102
#42Elsie166US #47
#43Rita164US #54
#44Marjorie161US #33
#45Jane152US #53
#46Esther150US #38
#47Pauline150US #36
#48Bertha147US #52
#49Emma145US #45
#50Martha145US #25
#51Olga138US #137
#52Genevieve129US #88
#53Sylvia127US #77
#54Clara126US #43
#55Barbara124US #60
#56Lucy124US #91
#57Viola124US #58
#58Charlotte121US #79
#59Ida118US #57
#60Emily117US #105
#61Shirley115US #89
#62Antoinette113US #180
#63Kathryn112US #66
#64Veronica111US #187
#65Lucille107US #27
#66Angelina105US #199
#67Laura105US #71
#68Janet103US #126
#69Nancy103US #100
#70Pearl103US #56
#71Muriel101US #133
#72Thelma101US #31
#73Madeline100US #139
#74Blanche98US #97
#75Norma96US #83
#76Lorraine93US #62
#77Violet90US #74
#78Claire89US #197
#79Lena89US #94
#80Hazel88US #32
#81Mae87US #99
#82Marian87US #82
#83Sarah87US #46
#84Loretta86US #118
#85Harriet83US #113
#86Phyllis82US #84
#87Adele79
#88Miriam78US #145
#89Wanda78US #128
#90Eileen74US #103
#91Bernice73US #42
#92Caroline73US #169
#93Vera73US #65
#94Eva71US #55
#95Ellen69US #92
#96Estelle69US #141
#97Geraldine68US #68
#98Vivian68US #72
#99Alma65US #76
#100Henrietta64US #167

Boys

#1John2,279US #1
#2Joseph1,500US #7
#3William1,455US #2
#4Robert1,000US #4
#5Edward978US #8
#6George911US #6
#7Charles865US #5
#8Frank831US #9
#9James823US #3
#10Walter568US #11
#11Anthony505US #41
#12Thomas501US #10
#13Michael414US #46
#14Albert389US #18
#15Harry365US #20
#16Richard350US #12
#17Stanley349US #37
#18Henry344US #16
#19Louis339US #28
#20Arthur331US #19
#21Harold327US #13
#22Peter310US #57
#23Raymond289US #14
#24Paul251US #15
#25Francis226US #34
#26Vincent212US #72
#27Alfred202US #42
#28David202US #27
#29Fred198US #30
#30Andrew196US #47
#31Ralph189US #22
#32Donald185US #17
#33Howard184US #24
#34Theodore178US #54
#35Daniel167US #51
#36Frederick155US #64
#37Philip151US #71
#38Kenneth150US #26
#39Samuel150US #43
#40Nicholas148US #122
#41Herbert146US #40
#42Eugene142US #33
#43Jack137US #21
#44Martin135US #81
#45Stephen135US #97
#46Bernard131US #45
#47Leonard129US #39
#48Ernest126US #36
#49Lawrence123US #38
#50Chester120US #53
#51Victor117US #68
#52Norman111US #48
#53Carl105US #29
#54Alexander102US #113
#55Milton98US #73
#56Salvatore94US #160
#57Edwin93US #52
#58Russell93US #50
#59Steve93US #125
#60Benjamin92US #79
#61Angelo91US #161
#62Leon91US #80
#63Clarence83US #25
#64Dominick83
#65Irving83US #111
#66Leo82US #49
#67Lester75US #62
#68Warren74US #83
#69Elmer73US #44
#70Herman73US #61
#71Matthew71US #152
#72Sam70US #75
#73Earl69US #31
#74Sidney60US #96
#75Edmund59US #144
#76Julius59US #123
#77Clifford58US #60
#78Morris57US #100
#79Rocco57
#80Leroy55US #55
#81Roy54US #32
#82Joe53US #35
#83Patsy53
#84Tony52US #136
#85Patrick49US #166
#86Jacob48US #138
#87Alex46US #137
#88Emil46US #159
#89Franklin45US #129
#90Jerry45US #147
#91Melvin45US #56
#92Wilbur45US #98
#93Carmen43
#94Steven43
#95Carmine42
#96Lewis42US #74
#97Rudolph42US #170
#98Maurice41US #108
#99Douglas39US #121
#100Harvey39US #85

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑34Shirley#61
↑22Lucy#56
↑19Sam#72
↑18Veronica#64
↑14Barbara#55
↑14Blanche#74
↑12Martin#44
↑11Betty#33

Falling

↓23Alex#87
↓21Loretta#84
↓14Emil#88
↓13Thelma#72
↓13Victor#51
↓13Wilbur#92
↓12Douglas#99
↓11Lena#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.