State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1926 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,547 New Jersey births in 1926 across 749 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.

#60Dominickoutside the national top 200
#50Antoinette#182 nationally
#73Carmenoutside the national top 200
#76Seymouroutside the national top 200
#78Emiloutside the national top 200
#79Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#56Angelo#172 nationally
#49Salvatore#158 nationally
#92Sophieoutside the national top 200
#93Veronicaoutside the national top 200
#78Olga#183 nationally
#97Mariooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,466US #1
#2Dorothy1,154US #2
#3Helen1,028US #4
#4Margaret880US #5
#5Ruth727US #6
#6Doris712US #7
#7Marie698US #18
#8Anna620US #15
#9Elizabeth590US #11
#10Jean559US #12
#11Gloria500US #20
#12Rose494US #25
#13Eleanor476US #32
#14Florence464US #26
#15Betty461US #3
#16Frances414US #10
#17Catherine394US #31
#18Irene379US #21
#19Evelyn378US #13
#20Josephine373US #37
#21Mildred366US #9
#22Virginia320US #8
#23Alice311US #17
#24Lillian310US #28
#25Marion307US #47
#26Grace291US #46
#27Shirley280US #14
#28Barbara270US #16
#29Jane268US #56
#30Ann264US #55
#31Theresa250US #64
#32Louise229US #27
#33Anne226US #86
#34Joan220US #51
#35Patricia200US #23
#36Rita188US #50
#37June184US #40
#38Edith176US #42
#39Nancy176US #57
#40Dolores175US #49
#41Ethel170US #41
#42Gladys167US #35
#43Gertrude166US #71
#44Claire164US #144
#45Edna158US #38
#46Lois158US #19
#47Eileen157US #92
#48Marjorie156US #22
#49Charlotte155US #78
#50Antoinette152US #182
#51Beatrice150US #58
#52Bernice150US #45
#53Norma146US #29
#54Audrey145US #60
#55Lorraine145US #53
#56Jennie140US #132
#57Agnes135US #77
#58Janet134US #110
#59Marilyn132US #65
#60Katherine131US #72
#61Muriel129US #129
#62Julia128US #75
#63Phyllis128US #33
#64Martha126US #24
#65Marian125US #70
#66Elaine124US #68
#67Jeanne119US #88
#68Pauline118US #39
#69Lucille116US #43
#70Lucy116US #106
#71Elsie115US #69
#72Thelma115US #36
#73Joyce109US #44
#74Emma106US #59
#75Madeline105US #163
#76Clara102US #61
#77Geraldine99US #54
#78Olga99US #183
#79Angelina97
#80Ida97US #82
#81Emily95US #142
#82Genevieve93US #128
#83Stella93US #121
#84Teresa91US #181
#85Viola91US #97
#86Bertha82US #76
#87Harriet82US #133
#88Laura82US #81
#89Violet81US #94
#90Carolyn80US #114
#91Constance80US #146
#92Sophie80
#93Veronica77
#94Esther75US #62
#95Caroline74US #174
#96Sarah73US #63
#97Loretta72US #126
#98Vivian72US #80
#99Kathryn71US #87
#100Carol70US #113

Boys

#1John2,362US #2
#2William1,800US #4
#3Robert1,710US #1
#4Joseph1,515US #8
#5Edward1,066US #10
#6James1,046US #3
#7George983US #6
#8Charles939US #5
#9Frank862US #12
#10Richard754US #7
#11Thomas644US #11
#12Anthony527US #42
#13Walter513US #17
#14Donald432US #9
#15Raymond432US #15
#16Arthur383US #20
#17Albert382US #21
#18Harry363US #25
#19Henry360US #19
#20Paul342US #13
#21Louis341US #30
#22Michael336US #56
#23Harold335US #14
#24Peter301US #58
#25David268US #22
#26Eugene266US #23
#27Alfred264US #45
#28Fred254US #31
#29Francis249US #35
#30Stanley241US #43
#31Ralph235US #24
#32Vincent232US #77
#33Howard209US #27
#34Kenneth196US #18
#35Jack191US #16
#36Leonard185US #38
#37Andrew178US #59
#38Daniel174US #46
#39Herbert171US #44
#40Theodore167US #63
#41Frederick163US #64
#42Lawrence163US #36
#43Nicholas145US #133
#44Norman145US #39
#45Ernest144US #37
#46Bernard134US #49
#47Samuel134US #48
#48Philip130US #70
#49Salvatore124US #158
#50Carl123US #26
#51Russell118US #52
#52Edwin113US #55
#53Martin108US #80
#54Clarence92US #29
#55Stephen87US #130
#56Angelo86US #172
#57Earl84US #32
#58Victor84US #94
#59Warren84US #71
#60Dominick83
#61Gerald82US #41
#62Leroy82US #51
#63Chester77US #79
#64Elmer77US #61
#65Leon77US #73
#66Milton75US #83
#67Alexander67US #146
#68Patrick67US #141
#69Benjamin66US #98
#70Irving66US #144
#71Joe64US #33
#72Leo64US #54
#73Carmen63
#74Jerry61US #97
#75Alvin60US #72
#76Seymour60
#77Alan59US #174
#78Emil59
#79Rudolph59US #111
#80Edmund57US #156
#81Roy57US #34
#82Clifford55US #62
#83Jerome53US #114
#84Sidney53US #129
#85Herman51US #69
#86Lester50US #78
#87Lewis50US #82
#88Sam48US #92
#89Melvin47US #47
#90Ronald47US #88
#91Steve47US #151
#92Julius46US #153
#93Marvin46US #50
#94Calvin45US #65
#95Franklin45US #142
#96Gilbert45US #101
#97Mario45
#98Arnold43US #99
#99Matthew42US #185
#100Rocco40

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑28Dolores#40
↑22Nancy#39
↑21Antoinette#50
↑19Alan#77
↑18Emma#74
↑15Thelma#72
↑15Carmen#73
↑15Jerome#83

Falling

↓31Calvin#94
↓27Sophie#92
↓21Elsie#71
↓19Arnold#98
↓16Lucy#70
↓15Clifford#82
↓15Sam#88
↓14Kathryn#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.