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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1921 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,518 New Jersey births in 1921 across 730 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
#57Angelina#192 nationally
#51Antoinette#180 nationally
#73Veronica#194 nationally
#84Adeleoutside the national top 200
#85Stevenoutside the national top 200
#87Roccooutside the national top 200
#69Claire#182 nationally
#91Patsyoutside the national top 200
#89Seymour#196 nationally
#95Carmineoutside the national top 200
#50Olga#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,922US #1
#2Helen1,420US #3
#3Dorothy1,165US #2
#4Margaret1,062US #4
#5Anna852US #11
#6Ruth839US #5
#7Elizabeth735US #10
#8Rose685US #20
#9Marie629US #14
#10Doris602US #13
#11Josephine532US #28
#12Florence531US #17
#13Mildred505US #7
#14Frances473US #9
#15Eleanor470US #29
#16Catherine444US #23
#17Jean403US #25
#18Evelyn398US #12
#19Virginia374US #6
#20Alice362US #15
#21Lillian357US #19
#22Grace320US #35
#23Marion315US #43
#24Irene313US #18
#25Ann267US #53
#26Anne249US #70
#27Betty239US #8
#28Edith235US #33
#29Louise235US #22
#30Marjorie225US #16
#31Ethel216US #32
#32Edna209US #27
#33Jennie206US #99
#34Shirley206US #44
#35Julia199US #58
#36Jane195US #47
#37Beatrice193US #41
#38Gertrude193US #46
#39Agnes191US #56
#40Stella188US #86
#41Katherine181US #49
#42Elsie176US #55
#43Rita164US #48
#44Theresa164US #107
#45Gladys158US #24
#46Sophie158US #136
#47Barbara154US #40
#48Gloria153US #102
#49Muriel151US #119
#50Olga145US #153
#51Antoinette143US #180
#52Bertha143US #59
#53Charlotte140US #79
#54Genevieve139US #90
#55Lucy138US #93
#56Pauline138US #37
#57Angelina137US #192
#58Clara133US #45
#59Madeline133US #139
#60Emma127US #52
#61Lucille125US #31
#62Ida123US #67
#63Nancy119US #87
#64Martha117US #21
#65Norma115US #51
#66Janet114US #124
#67Thelma109US #30
#68Viola109US #66
#69Claire108US #182
#70Pearl108US #65
#71Kathryn107US #64
#72Sarah107US #54
#73Veronica107US #194
#74Bernice106US #39
#75Lena106US #104
#76Sylvia105US #88
#77Esther104US #42
#78Marian103US #69
#79Lorraine100US #61
#80Phyllis97US #60
#81Eileen96US #100
#82Laura96US #71
#83Harriet93US #114
#84Adele92
#85Emily90US #121
#86Jeanette90US #125
#87Vivian88US #68
#88Audrey87US #82
#89Loretta87US #122
#90June86US #50
#91Violet86US #81
#92Kathleen85US #83
#93Lois83US #38
#94Hazel82US #34
#95Patricia82US #84
#96Ellen81US #95
#97Caroline80US #162
#98Jeanne79US #109
#99Marguerite79US #98
#100Eva78US #63

Boys

#1John2,417US #1
#2William1,716US #3
#3Joseph1,580US #7
#4Robert1,321US #2
#5Edward1,088US #8
#6George1,011US #6
#7Charles996US #5
#8James959US #4
#9Frank862US #9
#10Walter605US #15
#11Thomas578US #11
#12Anthony538US #40
#13Michael461US #47
#14Richard436US #10
#15Albert384US #20
#16Harry379US #21
#17Arthur376US #19
#18Raymond374US #16
#19Harold365US #12
#20Henry356US #17
#21Louis355US #29
#22Peter342US #57
#23Stanley299US #41
#24Paul286US #14
#25Donald261US #13
#26Alfred255US #43
#27Warren232US #24
#28Vincent231US #70
#29Francis219US #35
#30Ralph207US #23
#31Fred199US #33
#32Frederick194US #61
#33Theodore193US #65
#34Howard190US #27
#35Jack189US #18
#36Daniel188US #49
#37Kenneth186US #22
#38David181US #25
#39Samuel181US #44
#40Andrew174US #51
#41Herbert174US #42
#42Bernard161US #45
#43Eugene159US #26
#44Leonard152US #39
#45Nicholas151US #114
#46Stephen148US #97
#47Norman147US #46
#48Ernest144US #38
#49Philip143US #72
#50Lawrence137US #37
#51Carl135US #30
#52Russell115US #52
#53Chester114US #56
#54Alexander112US #116
#55Angelo112US #148
#56Salvatore110US #159
#57Edwin109US #54
#58Benjamin103US #82
#59Martin101US #78
#60Victor98US #83
#61Leo96US #50
#62Elmer93US #48
#63Earl90US #31
#64Dominick85
#65Irving85US #124
#66Milton84US #75
#67Clifford83US #62
#68Leon82US #74
#69Herman79US #64
#70Clarence76US #28
#71Roy75US #32
#72Tony70US #134
#73Gerald69US #60
#74Emil65US #177
#75Sam65US #85
#76Steve64US #130
#77Leroy62US #55
#78Lester62US #66
#79Matthew62US #161
#80Morris62US #104
#81Patrick62US #152
#82Jerry61US #141
#83Edmund57US #142
#84Julius55US #128
#85Steven55
#86Jacob54US #143
#87Rocco54
#88Franklin53US #126
#89Seymour53US #196
#90Wilbur53US #100
#91Patsy52
#92Sidney52US #110
#93Alex51US #149
#94Melvin51US #53
#95Carmine50
#96Lewis50US #71
#97Jerome48US #125
#98Arnold47US #91
#99Carmen47
#100Alvin46US #73

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑22Warren#27
↑18Nancy#63
↑18Claire#69
↑17Gerald#73
↑14Madeline#59
↑14Lucille#61
↑14Morris#80
↑13Sylvia#76

Falling

↓21Emily#85
↓17Laura#82
↓17Harriet#83
↓14Esther#77
↓14Eileen#81
↓13Alex#93
↓12Adele#84
↓12Andrew#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.