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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1933 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,638 New Jersey births in 1933 across 635 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.

#65Dominickoutside the national top 200
#67Angelooutside the national top 200
#57Salvatore#183 nationally
#75Carmenoutside the national top 200
#71Rosemarie#192 nationally
#82Matthewoutside the national top 200
#83Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#87Gerardoutside the national top 200
#88Edmundoutside the national top 200
#49Nicholas#160 nationally
#96Reginaoutside the national top 200
#84Alexander#187 nationally

Girls

#1Joan1,342US #5
#2Mary1,143US #1
#3Barbara840US #3
#4Dorothy647US #4
#5Patricia558US #6
#6Margaret549US #7
#7Jean476US #14
#8Dolores469US #21
#9Helen450US #8
#10Elizabeth426US #17
#11Doris423US #10
#12Marie417US #33
#13Ruth356US #13
#14Betty355US #2
#15Nancy342US #11
#16Rose315US #35
#17Anna301US #29
#18Ann285US #34
#19Catherine285US #44
#20Eleanor283US #38
#21Joyce279US #12
#22Carol266US #20
#23Lois262US #19
#24Janet261US #25
#25Marilyn260US #16
#26Shirley247US #9
#27Frances245US #18
#28Gloria235US #31
#29Lorraine231US #54
#30Florence226US #49
#31Virginia206US #15
#32Jane193US #47
#33Theresa192US #70
#34Alice188US #22
#35Elaine188US #61
#36Evelyn186US #30
#37Irene179US #46
#38Marion178US #73
#39Phyllis178US #28
#40June177US #45
#41Josephine175US #62
#42Grace173US #69
#43Mildred161US #32
#44Lillian160US #51
#45Anne152US #85
#46Geraldine150US #42
#47Audrey143US #59
#48Louise136US #39
#49Kathleen126US #77
#50Arlene122US #74
#51Claire122US #144
#52Eileen120US #115
#53Rita120US #53
#54Carolyn113US #40
#55Constance113US #105
#56Edith106US #80
#57Charlotte103US #79
#58Marjorie100US #41
#59Gladys98US #60
#60Gertrude97US #133
#61Beverly92US #26
#62Norma88US #23
#63Ethel87US #71
#64Loretta86US #87
#65Marlene81US #50
#66Edna79US #55
#67Beatrice78US #94
#68Sally78US #76
#69Bernice77US #83
#70Lucille77US #78
#71Rosemarie76US #192
#72Judith74US #119
#73Carole73US #107
#74Elsie73US #99
#75Jacqueline72US #86
#76Jeanne72US #125
#77Julia71US #97
#78Martha71US #27
#79Rosemary71US #102
#80Sylvia70US #84
#81Clara68US #67
#82Ellen66US #104
#83Antoinette65
#84Marian65US #89
#85Agnes64US #118
#86Diane62US #134
#87Katherine62US #100
#88Janice61US #81
#89Jeanette61US #103
#90Maureen61US #170
#91Anita57US #116
#92Kathryn55US #108
#93Delores54US #52
#94Laura54US #91
#95Harriet53US #152
#96Regina53
#97Roberta53US #112
#98Sandra52US #145
#99Vivian52US #98
#100Caroline51US #173

Boys

#1John1,904US #3
#2Robert1,877US #1
#3William1,345US #4
#4Joseph1,151US #9
#5Richard1,043US #5
#6James959US #2
#7Charles763US #6
#8George731US #8
#9Donald680US #7
#10Edward652US #11
#11Frank605US #16
#12Thomas587US #10
#13Anthony391US #46
#14Raymond370US #19
#15Ronald358US #12
#16Walter328US #21
#17David294US #13
#18Arthur292US #25
#19Michael271US #53
#20Albert269US #30
#21Kenneth265US #15
#22Paul262US #14
#23Peter248US #60
#24Henry226US #24
#25Louis213US #40
#26Harry210US #35
#27Eugene200US #23
#28Harold197US #18
#29Fred195US #34
#30Vincent179US #94
#31Francis161US #45
#32Ralph156US #29
#33Herbert151US #49
#34Alfred146US #57
#35Daniel146US #42
#36Jack144US #17
#37Howard142US #36
#38Philip132US #70
#39Gerald128US #22
#40Lawrence128US #38
#41Norman128US #37
#42Theodore121US #68
#43Carl119US #28
#44Samuel118US #61
#45Stanley118US #55
#46Frederick117US #78
#47Leonard110US #47
#48Andrew109US #76
#49Nicholas109US #160
#50Ernest99US #50
#51Martin93US #89
#52Russell90US #67
#53Franklin89US #33
#54Bernard87US #63
#55Stephen83US #126
#56Edwin81US #77
#57Salvatore79US #183
#58Warren72US #99
#59Jerry71US #31
#60Roy67US #39
#61Roger65US #48
#62Alan64US #122
#63Patrick64US #110
#64Earl60US #41
#65Dominick59
#66Bruce58US #91
#67Angelo56
#68Clifford56US #86
#69Leon55US #85
#70Douglas54US #81
#71Benjamin53US #118
#72Marvin53US #44
#73Allen51US #84
#74Victor51US #116
#75Carmen50
#76Arnold49US #103
#77Leroy49US #56
#78Leo48US #75
#79Jerome47US #105
#80Clarence44US #43
#81Melvin44US #51
#82Matthew43
#83Lewis42US #92
#84Alexander41US #187
#85Allan40US #154
#86Herman39US #96
#87Gerard38
#88Edmund35
#89Gordon35US #71
#90Joe35US #27
#91Neil34US #149
#92Dennis33US #106
#93Rudolph33US #167
#94Elmer32US #101
#95Larry32US #58
#96Wayne32US #52
#97Gilbert31US #104
#98Milton31US #113
#99Rocco31
#100August29

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑39Franklin#53
↑25Marlene#65
↑23Arlene#50
↑18Carol#22
↑18Clifford#68
↑15Marvin#72
↑15Carmen#75
↑13Earl#64

Falling

↓22Clarence#80
↓20Martha#78
↓19Marian#84
↓19Joe#90
↓19Milton#98
↓17Caroline#100
↓15Anita#91
↓12Benjamin#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.