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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1922 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,924 New Jersey births in 1922 across 709 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.

#46Angelina#198 nationally
#59Dominickoutside the national top 200
#48Antoinette#175 nationally
#74Veronica#196 nationally
#80Carmenoutside the national top 200
#85Patsyoutside the national top 200
#54Claire#167 nationally
#91Roccooutside the national top 200
#93Adeleoutside the national top 200
#94Gerardoutside the national top 200
#50Olga#156 nationally
#56Angelo#161 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,801US #1
#2Helen1,256US #3
#3Dorothy1,181US #2
#4Margaret979US #4
#5Ruth820US #5
#6Anna766US #12
#7Elizabeth661US #9
#8Marie646US #14
#9Rose617US #23
#10Doris560US #11
#11Florence535US #18
#12Eleanor500US #28
#13Mildred498US #8
#14Josephine481US #27
#15Jean458US #20
#16Frances456US #10
#17Catherine452US #24
#18Evelyn397US #13
#19Virginia385US #7
#20Lillian353US #19
#21Irene351US #17
#22Alice325US #15
#23Grace323US #38
#24Gloria301US #61
#25Marion285US #42
#26Ann264US #49
#27Anne253US #66
#28Betty248US #6
#29Louise233US #22
#30Ethel227US #32
#31Edith225US #34
#32Edna208US #29
#33Gladys202US #25
#34Shirley202US #39
#35Beatrice201US #43
#36Julia195US #60
#37Jane190US #55
#38Rita186US #52
#39Marjorie183US #16
#40Muriel182US #112
#41Gertrude180US #48
#42Jennie176US #105
#43Katherine162US #54
#44Agnes160US #62
#45Theresa159US #109
#46Angelina153US #198
#47Barbara151US #40
#48Antoinette146US #175
#49Sophie144US #153
#50Olga141US #156
#51Elsie140US #59
#52Stella140US #88
#53June129US #45
#54Claire127US #167
#55Marian127US #67
#56Nancy125US #78
#57Emma124US #50
#58Clara123US #47
#59Esther122US #44
#60Bertha121US #63
#61Pauline121US #36
#62Ida120US #65
#63Lucy119US #93
#64Phyllis119US #53
#65Emily117US #121
#66Lorraine114US #56
#67Charlotte113US #76
#68Genevieve112US #98
#69Kathryn111US #73
#70Lucille111US #33
#71Madeline111US #143
#72Thelma111US #31
#73Martha109US #21
#74Veronica107US #196
#75Viola105US #72
#76Eileen104US #96
#77Norma103US #46
#78Bernice101US #41
#79Sylvia101US #94
#80Harriet99US #117
#81Jeanne98US #97
#82Laura98US #68
#83Violet98US #86
#84Janet95US #129
#85Lois94US #35
#86Marguerite90US #106
#87Constance89US #149
#88Kathleen89US #80
#89Blanche86US #115
#90Audrey85US #89
#91Lena84US #107
#92Pearl84US #71
#93Adele83
#94Geraldine83US #58
#95Hazel83US #37
#96Sarah83US #51
#97Caroline81US #176
#98Carolyn79US #144
#99Patricia77US #69
#100Regina77US #187

Boys

#1John2,300US #1
#2William1,696US #3
#3Joseph1,609US #7
#4Robert1,387US #2
#5Edward1,094US #8
#6George1,070US #6
#7James1,004US #4
#8Charles895US #5
#9Frank870US #10
#10Thomas582US #11
#11Walter524US #15
#12Anthony510US #39
#13Richard494US #9
#14Michael415US #48
#15Raymond407US #16
#16Arthur387US #19
#17Harold366US #13
#18Harry362US #22
#19Henry354US #17
#20Louis352US #27
#21Albert333US #20
#22Peter307US #57
#23Donald283US #12
#24Paul269US #14
#25Alfred261US #42
#26Stanley252US #41
#27Francis249US #34
#28Vincent232US #71
#29Howard203US #26
#30Fred202US #33
#31Kenneth201US #21
#32Ralph196US #23
#33Eugene187US #25
#34Daniel186US #47
#35Frederick183US #60
#36Andrew182US #53
#37David179US #24
#38Nicholas177US #122
#39Herbert167US #40
#40Jack167US #18
#41Theodore152US #62
#42Samuel150US #43
#43Norman147US #44
#44Warren145US #45
#45Ernest144US #37
#46Lawrence142US #36
#47Bernard138US #46
#48Philip132US #70
#49Edwin128US #52
#50Leonard128US #38
#51Russell125US #49
#52Salvatore123US #154
#53Stephen120US #101
#54Martin117US #80
#55Carl116US #30
#56Angelo106US #161
#57Alexander101US #125
#58Benjamin96US #82
#59Dominick95
#60Chester94US #64
#61Elmer88US #54
#62Leo86US #51
#63Milton82US #74
#64Clarence81US #29
#65Earl76US #31
#66Victor76US #86
#67Steve72US #130
#68Julius70US #129
#69Irving67US #124
#70Gerald66US #58
#71Clifford65US #63
#72Leroy65US #55
#73Leon64US #77
#74Lester64US #69
#75Emil63US #173
#76Herman62US #66
#77Sam61US #84
#78Sidney58US #110
#79Matthew57US #159
#80Carmen56
#81Patrick56US #152
#82Jerry55US #135
#83Lewis55US #75
#84Joe54US #35
#85Patsy54
#86Seymour54US #189
#87Alex52US #155
#88Roy52US #32
#89Edmund51US #153
#90Tony51US #137
#91Rocco50
#92Harvey46US #88
#93Franklin45US #126
#94Gerard45
#95Jacob44US #148
#96Melvin44US #50
#97Steven43
#98Edgar41US #93
#99Morris41US #109
#100Alvin38US #73

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑37June#53
↑24Gloria#24
↑23Marian#55
↑20Emily#65
↑19Carmen#80
↑18Esther#59
↑17Jeanne#81
↑16Phyllis#64

Falling

↓24Sarah#96
↓22Pearl#92
↓19Morris#99
↓18Janet#84
↓18Tony#90
↓17Warren#44
↓17Roy#88
↓16Lena#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.