State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1930 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,507 New Jersey births in 1930 across 721 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.

#58Antoinette#197 nationally
#65Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#69Dominickoutside the national top 200
#60Angelo#190 nationally
#72Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#54Salvatore#167 nationally
#88Gerardoutside the national top 200
#90Mariooutside the national top 200
#96Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#96Carmenoutside the national top 200
#98Roccooutside the national top 200
#99Matthewoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,389US #1
#2Joan965US #8
#3Dorothy940US #3
#4Margaret712US #5
#5Helen711US #4
#6Dolores672US #13
#7Doris625US #9
#8Marie606US #26
#9Jean588US #14
#10Ruth567US #10
#11Elizabeth554US #15
#12Barbara544US #6
#13Anna511US #23
#14Betty480US #2
#15Rose428US #29
#16Patricia405US #7
#17Gloria391US #30
#18Eleanor374US #39
#19Florence365US #38
#20Catherine343US #35
#21Frances333US #16
#22Ann328US #41
#23Alice322US #20
#24Irene293US #33
#25Shirley293US #11
#26Theresa289US #50
#27Virginia289US #12
#28Josephine284US #49
#29Lorraine284US #46
#30Nancy277US #24
#31Evelyn276US #19
#32Marion275US #60
#33Lois261US #17
#34Lillian255US #44
#35Marilyn255US #22
#36Grace250US #62
#37Mildred250US #21
#38Janet247US #53
#39Rita241US #42
#40Louise224US #31
#41June223US #47
#42Jane215US #55
#43Audrey197US #63
#44Joyce196US #18
#45Anne176US #83
#46Elaine171US #69
#47Phyllis169US #28
#48Ethel155US #65
#49Marjorie151US #32
#50Gladys147US #48
#51Claire146US #136
#52Eileen143US #110
#53Geraldine143US #43
#54Bernice142US #58
#55Edith136US #61
#56Carol133US #54
#57Jeanne130US #92
#58Antoinette126US #197
#59Gertrude126US #96
#60Charlotte122US #75
#61Norma119US #25
#62Martha113US #27
#63Edna111US #51
#64Carolyn110US #72
#65Angelina108
#66Agnes104US #102
#67Julia104US #90
#68Thelma102US #45
#69Beatrice100US #76
#70Lucille95US #59
#71Clara94US #64
#72Rosemarie92
#73Elsie91US #88
#74Beverly90US #34
#75Jacqueline90US #74
#76Kathleen89US #84
#77Lucy89US #119
#78Marian89US #80
#79Katherine88US #85
#80Rosemary88US #82
#81Ellen87US #100
#82Pauline87US #52
#83Esther86US #77
#84Vivian82US #91
#85Muriel81US #155
#86Anita80US #115
#87Constance80US #147
#88Loretta80US #105
#89Sally77US #98
#90Jeanette76US #106
#91Jennie76US #152
#92Genevieve75US #143
#93Madeline74US #173
#94Laura71US #89
#95Harriet69US #138
#96Carmela65
#97Caroline65US #172
#98Emma63US #73
#99Pearl62US #121
#100Bertha61US #95

Boys

#1John2,227US #3
#2Robert1,996US #1
#3William1,614US #4
#4Joseph1,430US #9
#5James1,088US #2
#6Richard987US #5
#7George931US #8
#8Charles927US #6
#9Edward899US #10
#10Frank692US #13
#11Donald678US #7
#12Thomas650US #11
#13Anthony462US #44
#14Walter432US #19
#15Raymond390US #16
#16David341US #15
#17Harry332US #28
#18Arthur318US #23
#19Albert314US #24
#20Paul309US #12
#21Henry307US #22
#22Michael307US #54
#23Louis291US #34
#24Eugene285US #21
#25Harold263US #18
#26Peter257US #56
#27Alfred251US #46
#28Fred228US #32
#29Kenneth223US #17
#30Vincent212US #84
#31Jack209US #14
#32Ralph200US #25
#33Francis196US #42
#34Lawrence183US #36
#35Daniel180US #47
#36Howard179US #31
#37Stanley179US #49
#38Herbert177US #35
#39Andrew172US #62
#40Carl167US #26
#41Ronald162US #37
#42Theodore144US #67
#43Leonard143US #45
#44Ernest142US #43
#45Norman136US #40
#46Philip135US #75
#47Samuel134US #55
#48Bernard129US #52
#49Russell127US #60
#50Frederick123US #74
#51Nicholas123US #147
#52Gerald121US #30
#53Martin120US #83
#54Salvatore111US #167
#55Stephen95US #138
#56Edwin94US #66
#57Earl86US #38
#58Victor84US #100
#59Jerry81US #51
#60Angelo80US #190
#61Clarence79US #39
#62Warren74US #96
#63Alan73US #136
#64Roy72US #33
#65Herman70US #78
#66Roger68US #58
#67Arnold67US #98
#68Leo66US #63
#69Dominick64
#70Patrick63US #118
#71Benjamin62US #115
#72Lewis62US #87
#73Leon61US #81
#74Marvin61US #48
#75Jerome60US #105
#76Douglas59US #89
#77Leroy59US #53
#78Alexander58US #168
#79Alvin56US #79
#80Chester56US #103
#81Elmer55US #80
#82Clifford53US #73
#83Melvin51US #50
#84Milton51US #93
#85Lester50US #95
#86Gilbert49US #90
#87Rudolph49US #140
#88Gerard48
#89Bruce47US #109
#90Mario47
#91Sam47US #110
#92Edmund46US #177
#93Joe45US #27
#94Allan44US #155
#95Allen41US #85
#96Carmen40
#97Gordon40US #77
#98Rocco40
#99Matthew39
#100Emil38

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑25Rosemarie#72
↑24Beverly#74
↑20Martha#62
↑18Douglas#76
↑16Lawrence#34
↑15Jerome#75
↑13Angelina#65
↑13Anita#86

Falling

↓18Madeline#93
↓15Edna#63
↓15Pauline#82
↓12Harriet#95
↓12Herbert#38
↓12Leroy#77
↓11Clifford#82
↓11Matthew#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.