State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1929 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,111 New Jersey births in 1929 across 717 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.

#59Dominickoutside the national top 200
#63Antoinette#199 nationally
#78Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#56Angelo#176 nationally
#90Reginaoutside the national top 200
#91Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#54Salvatore#160 nationally
#96Gerardoutside the national top 200
#97Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#98Roccooutside the national top 200
#99Carmenoutside the national top 200
#88Matthew#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,399US #1
#2Dorothy1,005US #3
#3Doris762US #6
#4Helen749US #4
#5Margaret708US #5
#6Marie666US #22
#7Joan621US #13
#8Jean587US #12
#9Ruth567US #8
#10Elizabeth554US #15
#11Dolores546US #14
#12Anna516US #20
#13Barbara488US #7
#14Betty484US #2
#15Rose432US #26
#16Gloria402US #28
#17Florence393US #35
#18Frances380US #16
#19Patricia369US #10
#20Eleanor368US #38
#21Catherine344US #34
#22Shirley326US #9
#23Alice321US #21
#24Josephine320US #45
#25Virginia320US #11
#26Theresa312US #49
#27Ann297US #46
#28Irene294US #29
#29Evelyn289US #19
#30Mildred287US #18
#31Lorraine274US #42
#32Lois273US #17
#33Marion256US #53
#34Nancy234US #32
#35Lillian229US #40
#36Grace223US #54
#37Phyllis208US #24
#38Marilyn194US #33
#39Anne191US #91
#40Jane189US #62
#41Rita185US #52
#42Louise182US #31
#43June178US #48
#44Audrey175US #58
#45Joyce171US #23
#46Elaine167US #67
#47Edith165US #59
#48Edna150US #51
#49Claire148US #134
#50Janet146US #82
#51Eileen145US #98
#52Ethel142US #56
#53Geraldine141US #43
#54Bernice138US #55
#55Charlotte138US #73
#56Gertrude135US #95
#57Norma134US #25
#58Jeanne133US #92
#59Marjorie132US #30
#60Gladys127US #44
#61Beatrice122US #72
#62Carol118US #63
#63Antoinette115US #199
#64Julia113US #88
#65Carolyn111US #77
#66Agnes109US #94
#67Pauline105US #50
#68Clara101US #65
#69Elsie99US #78
#70Lucille98US #57
#71Katherine97US #84
#72Lucy93US #116
#73Thelma92US #41
#74Kathleen89US #89
#75Madeline89US #173
#76Jacqueline87US #87
#77Muriel87US #149
#78Angelina86
#79Marian83US #75
#80Vivian83US #81
#81Jennie81US #152
#82Martha81US #27
#83Harriet79US #135
#84Rosemary78US #80
#85Stella77US #137
#86Sarah76US #68
#87Loretta74US #127
#88Ellen72US #97
#89Emma72US #69
#90Regina71
#91Carmela70
#92Esther70US #71
#93Laura70US #90
#94Caroline67US #171
#95Emily67US #151
#96Ida67US #96
#97Rosemarie65
#98Beverly64US #39
#99Anita63US #125
#100Genevieve63US #142

Boys

#1John2,268US #3
#2Robert1,831US #1
#3William1,678US #4
#4Joseph1,366US #9
#5James1,054US #2
#6Richard963US #6
#7Charles940US #5
#8George914US #8
#9Edward911US #10
#10Frank727US #12
#11Thomas630US #11
#12Donald598US #7
#13Anthony486US #44
#14Raymond435US #15
#15Walter424US #19
#16Albert368US #24
#17Louis331US #32
#18Arthur328US #22
#19Michael324US #54
#20Paul321US #13
#21Harry315US #27
#22Henry310US #21
#23Harold283US #16
#24David280US #17
#25Eugene261US #20
#26Herbert252US #25
#27Peter248US #55
#28Alfred243US #41
#29Vincent233US #82
#30Fred230US #34
#31Ralph230US #26
#32Kenneth216US #18
#33Francis213US #39
#34Howard202US #31
#35Stanley191US #48
#36Daniel167US #47
#37Samuel163US #53
#38Jack155US #14
#39Norman155US #40
#40Ernest154US #43
#41Bernard151US #52
#42Theodore145US #65
#43Frederick144US #67
#44Andrew142US #59
#45Leonard140US #42
#46Carl135US #28
#47Nicholas131US #142
#48Martin130US #83
#49Philip129US #76
#50Lawrence126US #38
#51Gerald122US #33
#52Ronald108US #45
#53Russell108US #56
#54Salvatore105US #160
#55Stephen104US #126
#56Angelo102US #176
#57Edwin95US #66
#58Victor93US #100
#59Dominick91
#60Earl84US #36
#61Warren81US #92
#62Roy74US #35
#63Clarence72US #37
#64Leon70US #81
#65Leroy70US #51
#66Roger68US #64
#67Patrick65US #121
#68Jerry64US #61
#69Alan63US #146
#70Alexander63US #156
#71Clifford63US #72
#72Elmer62US #70
#73Leo62US #60
#74Benjamin61US #107
#75Lewis59US #84
#76Marvin59US #46
#77Herman58US #75
#78Melvin57US #49
#79Rudolph56US #140
#80Arnold55US #95
#81Lester55US #88
#82Alvin53US #77
#83Bruce50US #112
#84Milton49US #94
#85Allen48US #86
#86Edmund48US #171
#87Chester46US #96
#88Matthew46US #189
#89Steve46US #162
#90Jerome45US #110
#91Gilbert44US #91
#92Sam44US #105
#93Allan43US #161
#94Douglas43US #97
#95Harvey43US #90
#96Gerard42
#97Joe41US #30
#98Rocco41
#99Carmen40
#100Gordon39US #79

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑29Roger#66
↑26Kathleen#74
↑23Alan#69
↑18Clara#68
↑18Jerry#68
↑17Patrick#67
↑15Charlotte#55
↑14Joan#7

Falling

↓25Carmen#99
↓19Milton#84
↓17Chester#87
↓17Rocco#98
↓16Gilbert#91
↓14Jerome#90
↓12Emma#89
↓12Ida#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.