State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1928 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,470 New Jersey births in 1928 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.

#66Dominickoutside the national top 200
#67Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#64Antoinette#196 nationally
#74Carmenoutside the national top 200
#54Angelo#177 nationally
#81Roccooutside the national top 200
#85Carmineoutside the national top 200
#89Reginaoutside the national top 200
#89Patsyoutside the national top 200
#91Adeleoutside the national top 200
#93Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#53Salvatore#158 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,522US #1
#2Dorothy1,118US #3
#3Helen890US #4
#4Margaret758US #5
#5Doris716US #7
#6Ruth665US #6
#7Anna626US #16
#8Marie618US #21
#9Jean613US #12
#10Elizabeth591US #14
#11Betty501US #2
#12Eleanor472US #36
#13Rose456US #24
#14Gloria417US #25
#15Frances415US #13
#16Florence402US #32
#17Barbara390US #8
#18Catherine380US #33
#19Dolores371US #20
#20Irene367US #28
#21Joan342US #27
#22Marion342US #47
#23Patricia330US #11
#24Evelyn329US #17
#25Shirley329US #10
#26Alice327US #19
#27Mildred324US #15
#28Josephine315US #42
#29Virginia289US #9
#30Theresa285US #49
#31Lillian279US #35
#32Lorraine273US #39
#33Ann272US #54
#34Lois251US #18
#35Grace248US #52
#36Jane228US #62
#37Rita216US #57
#38Louise213US #31
#39June198US #44
#40Edith185US #56
#41Phyllis183US #26
#42Marilyn177US #38
#43Anne175US #93
#44Audrey166US #60
#45Claire166US #136
#46Nancy165US #43
#47Eileen162US #102
#48Elaine158US #68
#49Ethel154US #55
#50Marjorie151US #29
#51Gladys149US #41
#52Beatrice144US #70
#53Gertrude143US #86
#54Bernice137US #53
#55Joyce134US #30
#56Janet133US #95
#57Edna131US #45
#58Geraldine129US #50
#59Jeanne127US #90
#60Norma125US #23
#61Agnes122US #85
#62Carolyn122US #91
#63Julia121US #80
#64Antoinette119US #196
#65Carol119US #77
#66Elsie119US #73
#67Angelina111
#68Lucille110US #51
#69Thelma110US #40
#70Charlotte104US #72
#71Marian104US #71
#72Martha103US #22
#73Katherine100US #75
#74Jennie99US #143
#75Muriel92US #139
#76Pauline92US #48
#77Emma91US #67
#78Bertha87US #81
#79Ellen87US #98
#80Loretta86US #123
#81Esther84US #66
#82Madeline84US #167
#83Sarah83US #64
#84Ida82US #87
#85Lucy82US #112
#86Clara80US #65
#87Teresa80US #172
#88Laura75US #83
#89Regina75
#90Caroline74US #175
#91Adele73
#92Jeanette73US #126
#93Rosemarie71
#94Harriet70US #133
#95Rosemary70US #88
#96Miriam68US #168
#97Viola68US #103
#98Anita67US #137
#99Carmela67
#100Kathleen67US #82

Boys

#1John2,150US #2
#2Robert1,809US #1
#3William1,795US #4
#4Joseph1,425US #9
#5James1,030US #3
#6Edward977US #10
#7Charles963US #5
#8George951US #8
#9Richard885US #6
#10Frank734US #12
#11Thomas656US #11
#12Donald499US #7
#13Anthony446US #44
#14Walter443US #18
#15Raymond404US #16
#16Albert378US #23
#17Arthur353US #22
#18Alfred349US #33
#19Harry343US #26
#20Michael333US #53
#21Henry328US #21
#22Paul318US #13
#23Harold309US #14
#24Louis291US #32
#25Eugene269US #20
#26Herbert257US #25
#27Peter255US #56
#28Francis242US #40
#29Kenneth233US #17
#30Ralph233US #24
#31David230US #19
#32Jack220US #15
#33Fred214US #36
#34Vincent200US #82
#35Stanley196US #45
#36Howard190US #31
#37Daniel166US #47
#38Lawrence166US #38
#39Leonard161US #42
#40Theodore160US #66
#41Andrew155US #60
#42Norman153US #39
#43Frederick152US #67
#44Philip145US #73
#45Carl141US #28
#46Nicholas140US #140
#47Ernest134US #43
#48Samuel131US #52
#49Bernard125US #49
#50Martin122US #83
#51Gerald108US #41
#52Edwin104US #58
#53Salvatore100US #158
#54Angelo96US #177
#55Stephen96US #130
#56Russell94US #55
#57Victor88US #99
#58Alexander84US #152
#59Warren84US #85
#60Clarence82US #35
#61Ronald81US #50
#62Earl78US #37
#63Roy78US #34
#64Leon77US #81
#65Milton73US #92
#66Dominick72
#67Melvin72US #48
#68Herman68US #78
#69Arnold65US #98
#70Chester64US #88
#71Benjamin62US #106
#72Clifford62US #68
#73Leroy62US #51
#74Carmen61
#75Gilbert61US #96
#76Jerome61US #110
#77Elmer59US #63
#78Rudolph59US #134
#79Lester57US #89
#80Matthew57US #182
#81Rocco55
#82Marvin54US #46
#83Leo53US #61
#84Patrick51US #132
#85Carmine50
#86Jerry48US #79
#87Joe47US #30
#88Lewis47US #86
#89Patsy47
#90Edmund46US #163
#91Irving46US #166
#92Alan45US #157
#93Julius45US #168
#94Steve45US #162
#95Roger44US #71
#96Alvin43US #72
#97Emil43
#98Edgar42US #114
#99Allen41US #93
#100Mario41

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑30Milton#65
↑24Melvin#67
↑23Emma#77
↑23Gilbert#75
↑18Carmen#74
↑15Elaine#48
↑14Dolores#19
↑14Carolyn#62

Falling

↓21Jerry#86
↓20Kathleen#100
↓19Rudolph#78
↓16Charlotte#70
↓16Harriet#94
↓15Roger#95
↓14Jennie#74
↓12Edna#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.