State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1923 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,182 New Jersey births in 1923 across 751 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.

#52Angelina#199 nationally
#57Dominickoutside the national top 200
#46Antoinette#175 nationally
#79Carmenoutside the national top 200
#51Claire#167 nationally
#87Roccooutside the national top 200
#57Olga#169 nationally
#90Patsyoutside the national top 200
#93Mariooutside the national top 200
#52Angelo#157 nationally
#97Carmineoutside the national top 200
#49Salvatore#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,786US #1
#2Helen1,271US #3
#3Dorothy1,200US #2
#4Margaret960US #4
#5Ruth836US #6
#6Anna732US #13
#7Elizabeth694US #9
#8Marie669US #14
#9Doris649US #11
#10Rose602US #23
#11Florence521US #18
#12Catherine489US #24
#13Mildred480US #8
#14Jean463US #19
#15Josephine456US #30
#16Frances449US #10
#17Eleanor436US #28
#18Evelyn434US #12
#19Irene386US #17
#20Lillian380US #20
#21Virginia352US #7
#22Alice349US #15
#23Marion344US #44
#24Gloria337US #48
#25Grace327US #39
#26Betty302US #5
#27Ann270US #52
#28Anne244US #71
#29Shirley244US #26
#30Jane230US #55
#31Edith226US #36
#32Louise224US #22
#33Edna189US #32
#34Beatrice185US #46
#35Jennie184US #107
#36Theresa182US #105
#37Gladys180US #29
#38Gertrude179US #59
#39Barbara177US #33
#40Ethel172US #38
#41Julia168US #62
#42Rita167US #50
#43Marjorie166US #16
#44Muriel164US #114
#45Agnes162US #63
#46Antoinette158US #175
#47Katherine151US #60
#48Elsie147US #61
#49Stella146US #96
#50Charlotte145US #77
#51Claire140US #167
#52Angelina139US #199
#53Martha138US #21
#54Lucy137US #92
#55June136US #42
#56Phyllis135US #45
#57Olga133US #169
#58Pauline131US #37
#59Emma128US #53
#60Eileen127US #95
#61Ida124US #68
#62Bernice123US #43
#63Thelma122US #31
#64Nancy120US #75
#65Bertha115US #64
#66Jeanne113US #90
#67Marian113US #65
#68Norma113US #41
#69Sophie113US #159
#70Esther111US #47
#71Lucille111US #35
#72Clara110US #49
#73Janet110US #121
#74Lorraine110US #57
#75Genevieve107US #97
#76Audrey105US #85
#77Harriet105US #122
#78Kathryn105US #72
#79Patricia105US #56
#80Madeline101US #143
#81Dolores98US #83
#82Joan97US #117
#83Lena97US #108
#84Lois97US #27
#85Viola97US #79
#86Pearl96US #78
#87Emily93US #128
#88Geraldine93US #58
#89Sarah93US #54
#90Violet92US #86
#91Constance90US #150
#92Kathleen89US #70
#93Vivian89US #69
#94Elaine88US #87
#95Hazel86US #40
#96Laura83US #73
#97Marguerite83US #115
#98Carolyn81US #132
#99Veronica80
#100Loretta79US #124

Boys

#1John2,357US #1
#2William1,773US #3
#3Joseph1,581US #7
#4Robert1,476US #2
#5Edward1,159US #8
#6James1,008US #4
#7George988US #6
#8Charles915US #5
#9Frank891US #11
#10Thomas644US #12
#11Richard566US #9
#12Walter525US #16
#13Anthony495US #39
#14Michael412US #50
#15Harry404US #22
#16Harold389US #13
#17Raymond385US #15
#18Albert382US #20
#19Arthur371US #19
#20Henry356US #18
#21Louis356US #27
#22Donald318US #10
#23Paul301US #14
#24David254US #24
#25Vincent248US #72
#26Francis246US #34
#27Alfred245US #42
#28Stanley245US #41
#29Peter244US #58
#30Fred221US #33
#31Kenneth220US #21
#32Ralph209US #23
#33Howard202US #26
#34Andrew185US #53
#35Eugene175US #25
#36Herbert172US #40
#37Nicholas172US #120
#38Jack170US #17
#39Theodore169US #62
#40Daniel168US #47
#41Samuel161US #45
#42Warren158US #43
#43Leonard156US #37
#44Frederick151US #60
#45Lawrence144US #36
#46Philip130US #70
#47Russell125US #52
#48Ernest122US #38
#49Salvatore120US #151
#50Bernard118US #46
#51Carl115US #28
#52Angelo113US #157
#53Norman113US #44
#54Edwin110US #56
#55Stephen110US #109
#56Martin109US #80
#57Dominick104
#58Chester101US #63
#59Alexander95US #129
#60Clarence87US #29
#61Benjamin86US #86
#62Victor86US #88
#63Leon81US #77
#64Elmer76US #57
#65Milton76US #81
#66Leroy73US #55
#67Patrick71US #147
#68Irving70US #124
#69Clifford68US #65
#70Earl67US #31
#71Leo67US #49
#72Roy66US #32
#73Joe65US #35
#74Edmund64US #143
#75Sam64US #89
#76Sidney63US #115
#77Matthew62US #163
#78Emil59US #175
#79Carmen58
#80Herman58US #66
#81Lester58US #71
#82Gerald57US #54
#83Julius55US #137
#84Steve55US #133
#85Jerry54US #131
#86Tony53US #150
#87Rocco51
#88Lewis50US #74
#89Morris50US #111
#90Patsy50
#91Seymour50US #192
#92Alvin49US #73
#93Mario49
#94Arnold48US #93
#95Marvin48US #51
#96Wallace48US #69
#97Carmine47
#98Harvey47US #91
#99Alex45US #161
#100Jerome45US #118

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑20Martha#53
↑20Patricia#79
↑17Charlotte#50
↑16Eileen#60
↑16Bernice#62
↑16Roy#72
↑15Jeanne#66
↑15Edmund#74

Falling

↓25Veronica#99
↓22Emily#87
↓20Sophie#69
↓17Steve#84
↓15Julius#83
↓14Clara#72
↓14Laura#96
↓12Marian#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.