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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1924 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,319 New Jersey births in 1924 across 721 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
#60Angelina#195 nationally
#44Antoinette#173 nationally
#73Veronicaoutside the national top 200
#75Carmenoutside the national top 200
#85Roccooutside the national top 200
#88Patsyoutside the national top 200
#48Claire#160 nationally
#70Emil#181 nationally
#55Angelo#165 nationally
#58Olga#165 nationally
#97Adeleoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,772US #1
#2Dorothy1,240US #2
#3Helen1,219US #3
#4Margaret981US #5
#5Ruth868US #6
#6Anna717US #13
#7Marie704US #14
#8Elizabeth676US #11
#9Doris657US #9
#10Rose584US #25
#11Florence558US #20
#12Eleanor473US #29
#13Jean458US #16
#14Mildred458US #8
#15Catherine451US #27
#16Josephine435US #34
#17Evelyn429US #12
#18Frances424US #10
#19Gloria393US #41
#20Virginia370US #7
#21Alice359US #15
#22Betty357US #4
#23Lillian355US #23
#24Marion354US #46
#25Irene337US #18
#26Grace320US #43
#27Ann301US #55
#28Shirley290US #19
#29Jane247US #53
#30Anne232US #79
#31Barbara227US #28
#32Louise225US #24
#33Edith211US #36
#34Gladys203US #30
#35Edna199US #31
#36Theresa184US #96
#37Marjorie183US #17
#38Beatrice180US #50
#39Rita180US #49
#40Ethel177US #39
#41Gertrude177US #60
#42Jennie172US #111
#43Agnes158US #63
#44Antoinette155US #173
#45Julia154US #62
#46June151US #45
#47Elsie150US #61
#48Claire148US #160
#49Muriel148US #126
#50Katherine143US #59
#51Patricia143US #35
#52Marian141US #64
#53Eileen140US #93
#54Phyllis137US #44
#55Lorraine134US #52
#56Charlotte131US #80
#57Nancy130US #69
#58Olga128US #165
#59Joan127US #95
#60Angelina126US #195
#61Norma126US #40
#62Stella125US #105
#63Elaine124US #73
#64Thelma117US #33
#65Genevieve116US #107
#66Jeanne115US #90
#67Pauline115US #38
#68Janet114US #118
#69Bernice113US #47
#70Emma111US #57
#71Martha111US #21
#72Clara109US #56
#73Veronica109
#74Audrey108US #84
#75Esther108US #51
#76Lois108US #22
#77Lucille108US #37
#78Dolores106US #75
#79Geraldine106US #58
#80Madeline106US #150
#81Bertha104US #65
#82Lucy104US #98
#83Constance103US #154
#84Ida103US #70
#85Sophie96US #170
#86Harriet95US #128
#87Carolyn94US #127
#88Emily94US #136
#89Kathryn92US #81
#90Viola89US #82
#91Kathleen87US #76
#92Loretta87US #124
#93Laura86US #72
#94Sylvia86US #104
#95Blanche84US #137
#96Sarah84US #54
#97Adele83
#98Pearl83US #78
#99Miriam82US #143
#100Violet82US #88

Boys

#1John2,383US #2
#2William1,781US #3
#3Robert1,643US #1
#4Joseph1,523US #7
#5Edward1,200US #9
#6George1,012US #6
#7James1,011US #4
#8Charles951US #5
#9Frank872US #12
#10Thomas601US #11
#11Richard573US #8
#12Walter538US #16
#13Anthony535US #39
#14Albert444US #21
#15Harry419US #22
#16Raymond415US #15
#17Henry392US #18
#18Michael382US #54
#19Arthur362US #20
#20Harold352US #13
#21Louis330US #28
#22Donald311US #10
#23Paul283US #14
#24Peter281US #59
#25Stanley267US #40
#26Francis258US #34
#27Howard250US #26
#28Alfred240US #43
#29David240US #24
#30Fred234US #32
#31Ralph232US #23
#32Eugene218US #25
#33Daniel215US #47
#34Vincent210US #78
#35Kenneth206US #19
#36Jack197US #17
#37Andrew195US #56
#38Herbert184US #41
#39Samuel178US #45
#40Theodore170US #65
#41Nicholas163US #122
#42Bernard161US #46
#43Philip161US #71
#44Leonard154US #38
#45Ernest150US #37
#46Frederick144US #62
#47Lawrence141US #36
#48Norman139US #42
#49Russell137US #52
#50Stephen137US #110
#51Carl128US #27
#52Edwin125US #55
#53Warren125US #58
#54Martin120US #82
#55Angelo108US #165
#56Salvatore102US #157
#57Chester100US #67
#58Leon98US #76
#59Leo95US #51
#60Clarence94US #29
#61Alexander93US #129
#62Calvin91US #44
#63Earl91US #33
#64Dominick90
#65Jerry85US #123
#66Victor85US #90
#67Milton79US #81
#68Leroy78US #53
#69Elmer74US #57
#70Emil72US #181
#71Irving72US #137
#72Melvin71US #48
#73Edmund66US #148
#74Sam66US #91
#75Carmen65
#76Roy65US #31
#77Patrick64US #147
#78Matthew63US #171
#79Herman62US #70
#80Benjamin61US #89
#81Lester61US #72
#82Clifford60US #64
#83Julius58US #146
#84Morris58US #120
#85Rocco58
#86Jerome57US #114
#87Joe55US #35
#88Patsy55
#89Gerald53US #49
#90Steve53US #139
#91Tony53US #156
#92Alex52US #162
#93Seymour52US #182
#94Wilbur52US #106
#95Franklin50US #134
#96Lewis47US #77
#97Rudolph46US #138
#98Allen44US #94
#99Arnold40US #95
#100Jacob40US #163

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑31Elaine#63
↑28Patricia#51
↑26Veronica#73
↑23Joan#59
↑20Jerry#65
↑19Lorraine#55
↑15Marian#52
↑14Jerome#86

Falling

↓28Lucy#82
↓23Ida#84
↓19Benjamin#80
↓18Martha#71
↓16Bertha#81
↓16Sophie#85
↓14Joe#87
↓13Stella#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.