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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1925 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,823 New Jersey births in 1925 across 726 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.

#62Dominickoutside the national top 200
#67Angelina#197 nationally
#65Sophie#190 nationally
#82Seymouroutside the national top 200
#84Mariooutside the national top 200
#71Antoinette#187 nationally
#85Patsyoutside the national top 200
#88Carmenoutside the national top 200
#90Veronicaoutside the national top 200
#58Angelo#168 nationally
#92Roccooutside the national top 200
#78Olga#186 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,615US #1
#2Dorothy1,194US #2
#3Helen1,148US #4
#4Margaret943US #5
#5Ruth768US #6
#6Doris668US #8
#7Marie663US #16
#8Anna659US #13
#9Elizabeth653US #10
#10Jean567US #14
#11Rose552US #26
#12Gloria518US #20
#13Florence496US #24
#14Eleanor481US #31
#15Betty444US #3
#16Frances404US #11
#17Mildred400US #9
#18Catherine386US #29
#19Josephine382US #36
#20Evelyn381US #12
#21Alice366US #15
#22Lillian361US #25
#23Irene356US #19
#24Virginia335US #7
#25Marion310US #47
#26Shirley293US #17
#27Ann290US #52
#28Grace290US #44
#29Edith249US #42
#30Jane237US #53
#31Barbara231US #22
#32Theresa218US #80
#33June211US #39
#34Rita207US #48
#35Anne199US #85
#36Ethel189US #43
#37Louise183US #27
#38Joan177US #66
#39Patricia165US #28
#40Gertrude163US #70
#41Marjorie163US #21
#42Edna162US #37
#43Lorraine162US #51
#44Audrey159US #78
#45Beatrice153US #50
#46Gladys152US #33
#47Charlotte151US #77
#48Jennie150US #121
#49Lois149US #18
#50Elsie146US #63
#51Eileen144US #96
#52Agnes142US #69
#53Phyllis140US #40
#54Lucy137US #102
#55Julia136US #65
#56Katherine136US #61
#57Muriel136US #126
#58Claire135US #159
#59Bernice132US #46
#60Janet132US #111
#61Nancy132US #60
#62Jeanne131US #89
#63Norma131US #34
#64Martha126US #23
#65Sophie126US #190
#66Lucille125US #41
#67Angelina123US #197
#68Dolores119US #64
#69Marilyn118US #83
#70Clara117US #55
#71Antoinette113US #187
#72Pauline113US #38
#73Marian106US #67
#74Madeline104US #158
#75Genevieve103US #113
#76Stella103US #114
#77Elaine102US #73
#78Olga102US #186
#79Viola101US #84
#80Harriet96US #131
#81Violet95US #92
#82Bertha92US #74
#83Ida91US #82
#84Geraldine90US #54
#85Kathryn88US #88
#86Loretta88US #122
#87Thelma88US #35
#88Esther87US #56
#89Laura86US #75
#90Veronica86
#91Emily85US #145
#92Emma85US #57
#93Regina84US #192
#94Kathleen83US #81
#95Carmela82
#96Carolyn82US #127
#97Constance80US #152
#98Pearl80US #90
#99Vivian80US #76
#100Miriam76US #154

Boys

#1John2,410US #2
#2William1,729US #3
#3Robert1,654US #1
#4Joseph1,500US #7
#5Edward1,039US #9
#6George1,021US #6
#7James971US #4
#8Charles892US #5
#9Frank863US #12
#10Richard669US #8
#11Thomas668US #11
#12Anthony539US #39
#13Walter485US #16
#14Raymond428US #15
#15Albert396US #21
#16Donald385US #10
#17Arthur382US #20
#18Michael376US #55
#19Henry360US #18
#20Louis349US #29
#21Paul342US #13
#22Harold339US #14
#23Harry322US #23
#24Peter275US #60
#25Vincent270US #71
#26Alfred250US #43
#27David250US #22
#28Fred245US #33
#29Ralph224US #25
#30Eugene217US #24
#31Kenneth212US #19
#32Francis208US #35
#33Daniel203US #44
#34Stanley202US #40
#35Andrew175US #56
#36Jack174US #17
#37Theodore173US #63
#38Samuel172US #46
#39Frederick170US #65
#40Howard168US #26
#41Herbert166US #42
#42Leonard158US #38
#43Nicholas157US #133
#44Bernard148US #48
#45Ernest147US #37
#46Norman141US #41
#47Philip139US #75
#48Russell135US #53
#49Lawrence130US #36
#50Carl121US #28
#51Edwin116US #57
#52Martin113US #83
#53Salvatore112US #155
#54Warren104US #66
#55Clarence101US #30
#56Stephen101US #122
#57Alexander98US #137
#58Angelo93US #168
#59Victor90US #89
#60Earl88US #31
#61Gerald85US #45
#62Dominick83
#63Calvin81US #47
#64Chester81US #73
#65Leon81US #76
#66Milton77US #80
#67Clifford76US #59
#68Leo76US #54
#69Roy72US #32
#70Benjamin66US #93
#71Elmer65US #61
#72Jerry65US #107
#73Sam65US #91
#74Lewis64US #79
#75Leroy63US #52
#76Joe62US #34
#77Lester62US #81
#78Irving61US #141
#79Arnold59US #95
#80Patrick59US #143
#81Herman55US #69
#82Seymour55
#83Edmund54US #152
#84Mario54
#85Patsy53
#86Gordon52US #72
#87Melvin52US #50
#88Carmen51
#89Emil51US #191
#90Julius51US #149
#91Rudolph51US #136
#92Rocco50
#93Matthew48US #174
#94Morris46US #126
#95Wallace46US #92
#96Alan45US #179
#97Allen45US #94
#98Jerome45US #113
#99Roland45US #98
#100Carmine44

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑30Audrey#44
↑28Lucy#54
↑28Gerald#61
↑27Lois#49
↑22Lewis#74
↑21Joan#38
↑20Sophie#65
↑20Arnold#79

Falling

↓27Antoinette#71
↓23Thelma#87
↓22Emma#92
↓21Marian#73
↓20Olga#78
↓19Emil#89
↓17Veronica#90
↓15Melvin#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.