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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1927 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,094 New Jersey births in 1927 across 737 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.

#58Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#63Dominickoutside the national top 200
#67Antoinette#196 nationally
#77Roccooutside the national top 200
#81Veronicaoutside the national top 200
#84Gerardoutside the national top 200
#90Patsyoutside the national top 200
#58Angelo#168 nationally
#92Carmenoutside the national top 200
#93Sophieoutside the national top 200
#96Adeleoutside the national top 200
#97Seymouroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,568US #1
#2Dorothy1,196US #2
#3Helen994US #4
#4Margaret865US #5
#5Doris798US #7
#6Marie710US #20
#7Ruth688US #6
#8Elizabeth649US #13
#9Jean634US #14
#10Anna593US #16
#11Rose516US #23
#12Gloria482US #22
#13Florence476US #28
#14Betty461US #3
#15Eleanor442US #33
#16Catherine410US #31
#17Josephine379US #39
#18Frances378US #12
#19Irene370US #21
#20Evelyn365US #15
#21Shirley350US #9
#22Mildred346US #11
#23Alice338US #17
#24Virginia337US #8
#25Barbara328US #10
#26Marion324US #51
#27Theresa314US #52
#28Lillian299US #32
#29Grace287US #50
#30Ann253US #59
#31Lorraine253US #44
#32Joan250US #41
#33Dolores249US #34
#34Patricia247US #18
#35Lois238US #19
#36Jane226US #60
#37Louise216US #27
#38Rita207US #54
#39June191US #43
#40Anne189US #92
#41Phyllis179US #29
#42Ethel178US #47
#43Edith176US #48
#44Gertrude169US #78
#45Edna167US #40
#46Nancy167US #56
#47Eileen160US #91
#48Gladys160US #37
#49Marjorie154US #25
#50Claire152US #136
#51Audrey146US #62
#52Julia146US #76
#53Marilyn145US #46
#54Charlotte144US #75
#55Janet144US #111
#56Norma144US #26
#57Bernice141US #49
#58Angelina131
#59Jeanne131US #85
#60Jennie128US #135
#61Joyce125US #35
#62Beatrice124US #67
#63Elaine123US #69
#64Agnes118US #81
#65Lucille117US #45
#66Muriel117US #138
#67Antoinette116US #196
#68Elsie116US #72
#69Marian115US #74
#70Martha115US #24
#71Geraldine110US #58
#72Pauline107US #42
#73Katherine105US #73
#74Clara104US #63
#75Madeline102US #163
#76Carolyn98US #99
#77Esther97US #65
#78Harriet96US #132
#79Lucy95US #112
#80Kathleen94US #83
#81Veronica94
#82Emily93US #146
#83Thelma92US #38
#84Bertha88US #80
#85Kathryn88US #90
#86Ida87US #84
#87Teresa87US #174
#88Ellen86US #93
#89Olga85US #186
#90Loretta81US #127
#91Stella81US #123
#92Genevieve80US #126
#93Sophie80
#94Laura79US #82
#95Viola76US #101
#96Adele72
#97Constance72US #155
#98Rosemary71US #86
#99Vera71US #89
#100Emma70US #64

Boys

#1John2,254US #2
#2William1,773US #4
#3Robert1,754US #1
#4Joseph1,468US #9
#5James1,082US #3
#6George1,056US #7
#7Edward1,020US #10
#8Charles981US #5
#9Richard816US #6
#10Frank797US #12
#11Thomas653US #11
#12Walter510US #17
#13Donald471US #8
#14Anthony445US #43
#15Raymond436US #15
#16Arthur375US #22
#17Henry373US #19
#18Albert369US #23
#19Louis364US #29
#20Michael346US #52
#21Harry345US #25
#22Paul330US #13
#23Harold314US #14
#24Peter283US #59
#25Eugene264US #20
#26Francis255US #36
#27David254US #21
#28Vincent240US #77
#29Alfred228US #45
#30Fred224US #35
#31Ralph224US #24
#32Kenneth215US #18
#33Daniel207US #46
#34Jack203US #16
#35Howard198US #28
#36Stanley191US #44
#37Norman177US #39
#38Herbert171US #42
#39Theodore171US #62
#40Andrew163US #56
#41Frederick163US #64
#42Leonard163US #40
#43Lawrence158US #37
#44Samuel154US #49
#45Philip142US #75
#46Bernard139US #50
#47Salvatore138US #149
#48Nicholas130US #137
#49Carl126US #26
#50Ernest125US #41
#51Russell117US #54
#52Warren111US #79
#53Edwin109US #57
#54Stephen109US #125
#55Martin107US #87
#56Gerald104US #38
#57Clarence97US #32
#58Angelo90US #168
#59Rudolph87US #110
#60Victor87US #98
#61Earl84US #33
#62Benjamin83US #101
#63Dominick83
#64Alexander76US #146
#65Jerry74US #93
#66Leon73US #78
#67Roy73US #34
#68Ronald70US #63
#69Clifford69US #65
#70Elmer69US #61
#71Chester68US #85
#72Leo66US #55
#73Patrick64US #140
#74Herman63US #70
#75Joe61US #30
#76Leroy61US #51
#77Rocco60
#78Lester59US #83
#79Lewis59US #82
#80Roger58US #84
#81Edmund57US #160
#82Irving57US #155
#83Matthew57US #183
#84Gerard55
#85Douglas54US #104
#86Marvin54US #47
#87Sam54US #102
#88Alvin53US #66
#89Jerome52US #111
#90Patsy52
#91Melvin49US #48
#92Carmen48
#93Harvey48US #94
#94Alex47US #169
#95Milton47US #88
#96Morris47US #143
#97Seymour46
#98Gilbert45US #99
#99Emil44
#100Julius44US #166

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑24Lorraine#31
↑23Rocco#77
↑22Phyllis#41
↑22Ronald#68
↑21Angelina#58
↑20Rudolph#59
↑17Esther#77
↑16Matthew#83

Falling

↓29Milton#95
↓26Emma#100
↓21Seymour#97
↓21Emil#99
↓19Carmen#92
↓17Antoinette#67
↓14Leroy#76
↓13Katherine#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.