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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1931 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 54,634 New Jersey births in 1931 across 684 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.

#56Angelo#194 nationally
#64Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#64Dominickoutside the national top 200
#52Salvatore#176 nationally
#72Rosemarie#194 nationally
#81Emiloutside the national top 200
#80Madeline#199 nationally
#84Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#87Carmenoutside the national top 200
#90Matthewoutside the national top 200
#99Jacoboutside the national top 200
#100Adeleoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Joan1,420US #5
#2Mary1,272US #1
#3Dorothy835US #3
#4Margaret716US #7
#5Barbara707US #4
#6Doris603US #10
#7Dolores600US #14
#8Helen590US #6
#9Elizabeth537US #16
#10Jean525US #13
#11Marie517US #27
#12Patricia445US #8
#13Betty441US #2
#14Ruth437US #11
#15Gloria425US #23
#16Anna416US #25
#17Rose372US #30
#18Catherine325US #36
#19Eleanor316US #40
#20Nancy306US #17
#21Frances301US #18
#22Florence300US #43
#23Ann293US #35
#24Josephine273US #51
#25Marilyn272US #19
#26Shirley271US #9
#27Lois258US #20
#28Evelyn251US #24
#29Virginia249US #12
#30Alice247US #21
#31Theresa241US #59
#32Joyce240US #15
#33Lorraine239US #49
#34Marion238US #66
#35Janet230US #45
#36Irene226US #37
#37Mildred215US #26
#38Jane208US #50
#39June206US #44
#40Lillian195US #47
#41Grace189US #70
#42Anne183US #80
#43Phyllis183US #29
#44Rita177US #48
#45Louise162US #33
#46Elaine159US #72
#47Audrey151US #64
#48Claire147US #139
#49Marjorie144US #34
#50Eileen143US #106
#51Geraldine132US #38
#52Constance131US #118
#53Norma131US #22
#54Carol123US #46
#55Bernice121US #63
#56Edith121US #65
#57Beatrice118US #85
#58Edna114US #52
#59Jeanne112US #98
#60Charlotte110US #75
#61Kathleen110US #87
#62Carolyn107US #60
#63Ethel106US #67
#64Antoinette104
#65Agnes103US #103
#66Gladys101US #55
#67Marian98US #84
#68Lucille97US #62
#69Jacqueline96US #78
#70Pauline93US #56
#71Gertrude91US #115
#72Rosemarie91US #194
#73Beverly88US #31
#74Katherine87US #92
#75Martha84US #28
#76Loretta83US #96
#77Clara82US #61
#78Elsie82US #86
#79Julia82US #91
#80Madeline81US #199
#81Anita80US #117
#82Arlene76US #77
#83Ellen75US #99
#84Angelina74
#85Rosemary74US #88
#86Harriet72US #143
#87Esther66US #79
#88Jeanette66US #105
#89Laura66US #89
#90Thelma65US #53
#91Sally64US #97
#92Caroline63US #165
#93Janice63US #104
#94Joanne63US #68
#95Kathryn61US #108
#96Emma59US #76
#97Jennie59US #150
#98Muriel59US #172
#99Lucy58US #126
#100Adele57

Boys

#1John2,137US #3
#2Robert1,979US #1
#3William1,503US #4
#4Joseph1,235US #9
#5James1,063US #2
#6Richard1,022US #5
#7Charles834US #6
#8George825US #8
#9Edward804US #11
#10Donald663US #7
#11Frank618US #16
#12Thomas593US #10
#13Anthony445US #46
#14Walter387US #20
#15Raymond373US #17
#16David323US #13
#17Michael323US #55
#18Albert293US #24
#19Arthur291US #23
#20Paul288US #12
#21Louis282US #37
#22Harry270US #30
#23Peter268US #61
#24Harold266US #18
#25Henry262US #22
#26Kenneth247US #14
#27Francis232US #42
#28Alfred224US #50
#29Vincent223US #86
#30Fred211US #33
#31Eugene210US #21
#32Ralph201US #25
#33Stanley191US #49
#34Ronald181US #27
#35Daniel179US #44
#36Jack173US #15
#37Howard167US #34
#38Andrew157US #65
#39Herbert156US #41
#40Lawrence151US #38
#41Carl146US #28
#42Norman141US #36
#43Theodore135US #70
#44Frederick131US #73
#45Nicholas129US #145
#46Samuel126US #56
#47Gerald123US #26
#48Bernard122US #54
#49Leonard122US #48
#50Philip119US #71
#51Ernest108US #47
#52Salvatore102US #176
#53Stephen96US #130
#54Russell94US #63
#55Edwin91US #67
#56Angelo85US #194
#57Earl84US #40
#58Martin80US #91
#59Alan79US #120
#60Roger75US #53
#61Roy75US #35
#62Clarence72US #39
#63Jerry70US #43
#64Dominick67
#65Herman66US #83
#66Benjamin64US #113
#67Leo64US #69
#68Patrick64US #111
#69Victor64US #109
#70Allen62US #79
#71Marvin61US #45
#72Leon57US #84
#73Lewis57US #87
#74Warren57US #100
#75Jerome55US #103
#76Leroy54US #52
#77Clifford53US #75
#78Melvin53US #51
#79Bruce49US #101
#80Chester49US #106
#81Emil49
#82Alexander47US #172
#83Allan47US #151
#84Arnold47US #98
#85Lester47US #96
#86Rudolph47US #146
#87Carmen45
#88Douglas44US #85
#89Elmer44US #82
#90Matthew42
#91Milton42US #99
#92Edmund41US #184
#93Gordon41US #76
#94Harvey41US #93
#95Alvin39US #80
#96Hugh39US #131
#97Joe38US #29
#98Gilbert34US #92
#99Jacob34
#100Neil34US #165

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑35Constance#52
↑25Allen#70
↑19Emil#81
↑15Kathleen#61
↑13Madeline#80
↑12Joyce#32
↑12Beatrice#57
↑12Pauline#70

Falling

↓22Thelma#90
↓22Lucy#99
↓19Angelina#84
↓17Arnold#84
↓16Gladys#66
↓16Alvin#95
↓15Ethel#63
↓13Martha#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.