State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1920 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,712 New Jersey births in 1920 across 712 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.

#47Angelina#193 nationally
#68Dominickoutside the national top 200
#72Adeleoutside the national top 200
#79Roccooutside the national top 200
#59Antoinette#180 nationally
#71Veronica#192 nationally
#83Seymouroutside the national top 200
#86Patsyoutside the national top 200
#88Carmineoutside the national top 200
#92Stevenoutside the national top 200
#87Claire#194 nationally
#99Carmellaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,885US #1
#2Helen1,542US #3
#3Dorothy1,179US #2
#4Margaret1,060US #4
#5Ruth876US #5
#6Anna837US #10
#7Elizabeth724US #8
#8Marie660US #13
#9Rose599US #20
#10Florence570US #16
#11Doris519US #14
#12Eleanor516US #25
#13Mildred505US #6
#14Frances504US #9
#15Catherine481US #21
#16Evelyn449US #12
#17Josephine443US #28
#18Lillian379US #18
#19Virginia359US #7
#20Alice353US #15
#21Jean342US #33
#22Grace328US #37
#23Marion310US #43
#24Anne302US #65
#25Irene278US #17
#26Ann274US #49
#27Ethel258US #30
#28Gertrude251US #42
#29Edith230US #32
#30Betty223US #11
#31Julia222US #55
#32Louise211US #19
#33Stella208US #82
#34Gladys206US #22
#35Edna204US #27
#36Agnes201US #54
#37Beatrice198US #41
#38Rita196US #52
#39Marjorie190US #24
#40Theresa189US #108
#41Jennie175US #97
#42Shirley175US #56
#43Jane172US #48
#44Elsie168US #51
#45Sophie165US #129
#46Katherine162US #45
#47Angelina160US #193
#48Clara156US #44
#49Emma155US #46
#50Barbara154US #47
#51Muriel146US #123
#52Charlotte143US #79
#53Pauline142US #36
#54Genevieve141US #86
#55Martha136US #23
#56Bertha132US #57
#57Lucy124US #94
#58Olga124US #146
#59Antoinette123US #180
#60Thelma120US #31
#61Ida119US #66
#62Viola119US #59
#63Esther118US #39
#64Emily116US #119
#65Laura115US #63
#66Harriet113US #112
#67Eileen111US #100
#68Janet106US #124
#69Kathryn104US #67
#70Pearl103US #62
#71Veronica103US #192
#72Adele102
#73Madeline102US #138
#74Lena100US #98
#75Lucille99US #29
#76Sarah99US #50
#77Norma97US #69
#78Marian96US #73
#79Bernice95US #40
#80Miriam93US #140
#81Nancy92US #95
#82Violet91US #77
#83Loretta90US #120
#84June88US #53
#85Ellen85US #92
#86Phyllis85US #72
#87Claire84US #194
#88Patricia84US #104
#89Sylvia84US #85
#90Caroline82US #159
#91Blanche81US #102
#92Wanda80US #117
#93Hazel78US #34
#94Mae77US #99
#95Kathleen76US #91
#96Victoria75US #173
#97Alma74US #80
#98Joan74US #143
#99Carmella71
#100Geraldine71US #60

Boys

#1John2,440US #1
#2William1,745US #2
#3Joseph1,609US #7
#4Robert1,179US #3
#5Edward1,041US #8
#6Charles1,034US #5
#7George1,029US #6
#8James955US #4
#9Frank873US #9
#10Walter592US #13
#11Thomas578US #11
#12Anthony504US #43
#13Michael434US #50
#14Richard434US #10
#15Harry395US #21
#16Harold381US #12
#17Albert368US #19
#18Arthur361US #18
#19Henry360US #17
#20Louis358US #28
#21Stanley354US #40
#22Peter334US #57
#23Raymond329US #15
#24Paul262US #14
#25Francis254US #34
#26Alfred228US #42
#27Ralph225US #22
#28Andrew224US #49
#29Fred219US #33
#30Howard205US #24
#31Vincent205US #73
#32Donald204US #16
#33David191US #25
#34Samuel183US #44
#35Kenneth182US #23
#36Theodore176US #63
#37Eugene175US #30
#38Frederick166US #60
#39Herbert163US #41
#40Nicholas159US #124
#41Philip153US #71
#42Stephen153US #96
#43Daniel150US #52
#44Leonard150US #38
#45Lawrence141US #36
#46Carl140US #27
#47Bernard137US #46
#48Jack132US #20
#49Warren126US #39
#50Russell124US #51
#51Norman123US #47
#52Edwin117US #53
#53Alexander114US #117
#54Chester112US #55
#55Martin107US #78
#56Benjamin106US #83
#57Ernest105US #37
#58Angelo101US #155
#59Salvatore98US #156
#60Clarence94US #26
#61Victor91US #81
#62Herman90US #66
#63Irving89US #116
#64Leon88US #75
#65Leo86US #48
#66Earl82US #31
#67Matthew79US #152
#68Dominick78
#69Milton77US #74
#70Lester71US #69
#71Emil69US #167
#72Steve69US #127
#73Tony69US #136
#74Elmer66US #45
#75Sam66US #84
#76Clifford65US #59
#77Joe64US #35
#78Leroy64US #56
#79Rocco63
#80Alex62US #142
#81Julius61US #125
#82Roy59US #32
#83Seymour57
#84Lewis55US #72
#85Wilbur55US #98
#86Patsy54
#87Jerry53US #144
#88Carmine52
#89Edmund51US #138
#90Gerald50US #64
#91Edgar49US #89
#92Steven48
#93Franklin46US #119
#94Morris46US #108
#95Sidney46US #107
#96Arnold45US #91
#97Douglas45US #106
#98Jacob45US #143
#99Dominic43
#100Nick43US #194

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑23Eileen#67
↑20Muriel#51
↑19Shirley#42
↑19Angelina#47
↑19Harriet#66
↑19Warren#49
↑17Emil#71
↑15Adele#72

Falling

↓36Sylvia#89
↓21Sidney#95
↓17Esther#63
↓17Blanche#91
↓16Morris#94
↓14Milton#69
↓14Edmund#89
↓13Hazel#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.