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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1932 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,087 New Jersey births in 1932 across 674 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.

#61Angelooutside the national top 200
#64Dominickoutside the national top 200
#72Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#55Salvatore#181 nationally
#78Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#89Madelineoutside the national top 200
#52Nicholas#163 nationally
#90Carmenoutside the national top 200
#94Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#96Emiloutside the national top 200
#84Matthew#188 nationally
#97Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Joan1,559US #5
#2Mary1,265US #1
#3Barbara851US #3
#4Dorothy703US #4
#5Margaret572US #7
#6Dolores542US #18
#7Patricia540US #6
#8Helen524US #8
#9Jean502US #15
#10Elizabeth477US #17
#11Marie467US #31
#12Doris460US #10
#13Ruth439US #11
#14Betty379US #2
#15Rose358US #33
#16Anna357US #24
#17Marilyn336US #16
#18Gloria309US #25
#19Nancy304US #13
#20Ann300US #34
#21Catherine298US #39
#22Eleanor293US #45
#23Florence286US #47
#24Frances281US #19
#25Shirley280US #9
#26Lois261US #20
#27Joyce256US #12
#28Janet249US #35
#29Alice247US #21
#30Irene239US #43
#31Evelyn237US #23
#32Marion228US #73
#33Lorraine223US #55
#34Virginia219US #14
#35Josephine212US #57
#36Anne205US #81
#37Mildred203US #26
#38Theresa198US #60
#39Phyllis191US #30
#40Carol183US #32
#41Lillian180US #48
#42Jane171US #49
#43June165US #44
#44Rita164US #53
#45Elaine162US #68
#46Grace155US #72
#47Constance151US #99
#48Eileen148US #114
#49Audrey146US #61
#50Claire142US #140
#51Geraldine140US #42
#52Louise140US #36
#53Edith133US #69
#54Norma125US #22
#55Marjorie124US #37
#56Charlotte115US #74
#57Kathleen112US #83
#58Martha101US #27
#59Ethel100US #66
#60Beatrice98US #87
#61Edna98US #50
#62Bernice97US #71
#63Beverly96US #28
#64Carolyn95US #46
#65Marian95US #86
#66Jeanne94US #112
#67Gladys89US #54
#68Rosemary85US #100
#69Lucille84US #63
#70Gertrude83US #124
#71Jacqueline83US #85
#72Antoinette82
#73Arlene82US #80
#74Loretta81US #89
#75Sally81US #84
#76Anita80US #116
#77Julia77US #92
#78Rosemarie76
#79Elsie74US #97
#80Muriel72US #181
#81Thelma71US #51
#82Pauline69US #59
#83Caroline68US #174
#84Sylvia68US #96
#85Esther67US #82
#86Kathryn67US #107
#87Agnes66US #115
#88Jeanette66US #106
#89Madeline66
#90Marlene66US #78
#91Ellen65US #104
#92Vivian65US #90
#93Lucy64US #128
#94Angelina63
#95Harriet63US #149
#96Laura61US #88
#97Delores59US #56
#98Janice58US #94
#99Katherine58US #95
#100Sarah58US #67

Boys

#1Robert2,132US #1
#2John1,966US #3
#3William1,449US #4
#4Joseph1,218US #9
#5Richard1,029US #5
#6James1,005US #2
#7Charles820US #6
#8George800US #8
#9Edward765US #11
#10Donald684US #7
#11Frank654US #15
#12Thomas584US #10
#13Anthony417US #45
#14Walter360US #21
#15Ronald359US #16
#16Raymond352US #19
#17Michael324US #54
#18Albert289US #26
#19Louis275US #39
#20Harry273US #32
#21Kenneth267US #14
#22Arthur262US #25
#23Paul255US #13
#24David254US #12
#25Henry251US #23
#26Peter250US #62
#27Harold234US #18
#28Eugene204US #22
#29Vincent204US #93
#30Alfred188US #49
#31Fred181US #33
#32Francis178US #43
#33Jack175US #17
#34Ralph174US #27
#35Stanley169US #52
#36Howard166US #36
#37Carl163US #28
#38Daniel159US #42
#39Lawrence154US #35
#40Frederick152US #73
#41Gerald146US #24
#42Herbert144US #44
#43Norman143US #37
#44Bernard135US #60
#45Theodore133US #67
#46Andrew131US #69
#47Philip119US #70
#48Samuel114US #56
#49Ernest109US #47
#50Martin109US #88
#51Leonard108US #48
#52Nicholas104US #163
#53Russell97US #63
#54Edwin95US #72
#55Salvatore95US #181
#56Stephen95US #124
#57Warren78US #102
#58Clarence73US #40
#59Benjamin72US #115
#60Roger71US #50
#61Angelo70
#62Alan69US #127
#63Victor69US #110
#64Dominick67
#65Bruce65US #98
#66Allen63US #80
#67Roy63US #38
#68Jerry61US #34
#69Leo59US #74
#70Patrick59US #114
#71Joe56US #29
#72Leroy56US #53
#73Chester55US #112
#74Leon55US #83
#75Lewis53US #92
#76Allan52US #153
#77Earl51US #41
#78Herman51US #89
#79Milton51US #106
#80Alexander50US #178
#81Douglas50US #85
#82Jerome49US #107
#83Arnold47US #100
#84Matthew47US #188
#85Melvin46US #51
#86Clifford44US #84
#87Marvin43US #46
#88Alvin42US #87
#89Rudolph42US #158
#90Carmen41
#91Edmund40US #190
#92Franklin38US #66
#93Gilbert38US #97
#94Harvey38US #95
#95Floyd37US #68
#96Emil36
#97Gerard36
#98Alex35US #192
#99Maurice35US #122
#100Roland35US #111

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑26Joe#71
↑19Ronald#15
↑18Muriel#80
↑17Martha#58
↑17Rosemary#68
↑17Warren#57
↑16Sally#75
↑14Carol#40

Falling

↓25Katherine#99
↓22Agnes#87
↓20Earl#77
↓16Marvin#87
↓15Emil#96
↓13Herman#78
↓12Pauline#82
↓11Josephine#35

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.