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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1934 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,568 New Jersey births in 1934 across 649 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.

#55Salvatore#195 nationally
#72Angelooutside the national top 200
#75Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#78Dominickoutside the national top 200
#80Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#81Matthewoutside the national top 200
#86Gerardoutside the national top 200
#51Nicholas#165 nationally
#88Alexander#200 nationally
#95Angelaoutside the national top 200
#96Edmundoutside the national top 200
#51Claire#155 nationally

Girls

#1Joan1,327US #7
#2Mary1,062US #1
#3Barbara955US #3
#4Patricia597US #6
#5Dorothy567US #5
#6Margaret556US #8
#7Jean436US #16
#8Shirley429US #4
#9Dolores425US #26
#10Helen419US #9
#11Marie404US #34
#12Elizabeth399US #18
#13Doris338US #11
#14Betty325US #2
#15Carol306US #14
#16Nancy306US #10
#17Rose297US #37
#18Anna288US #31
#19Janet275US #21
#20Ruth274US #13
#21Ann271US #32
#22Eleanor259US #44
#23Gloria248US #30
#24Lois248US #20
#25Marilyn241US #17
#26Frances240US #19
#27Lorraine231US #56
#28Catherine226US #42
#29Joyce221US #12
#30Virginia219US #15
#31Elaine217US #54
#32Florence200US #61
#33Alice198US #25
#34Marion198US #86
#35Evelyn189US #29
#36Josephine189US #60
#37Jane177US #48
#38Phyllis177US #28
#39Lillian173US #52
#40Irene167US #49
#41Theresa163US #77
#42Anne158US #88
#43Geraldine153US #43
#44June149US #46
#45Arlene144US #53
#46Louise140US #40
#47Eileen135US #109
#48Audrey134US #69
#49Grace132US #79
#50Carolyn126US #33
#51Claire126US #155
#52Mildred126US #35
#53Constance115US #117
#54Marjorie114US #41
#55Kathleen111US #74
#56Rita106US #63
#57Beverly102US #22
#58Bernice99US #82
#59Loretta99US #83
#60Judith95US #94
#61Carole91US #89
#62Charlotte91US #72
#63Sandra90US #93
#64Edith86US #81
#65Martha81US #27
#66Norma81US #24
#67Edna77US #55
#68Lucille77US #84
#69Beatrice76US #99
#70Ellen76US #95
#71Marlene76US #57
#72Elsie75US #107
#73Ethel75US #78
#74Jacqueline75US #80
#75Antoinette73
#76Joanne73US #45
#77Janice70US #68
#78Marian69US #97
#79Harriet67US #156
#80Rosemarie67
#81Gertrude66US #135
#82Gladys66US #66
#83Katherine66US #101
#84Roberta66US #104
#85Agnes65US #120
#86Sylvia65US #70
#87Diane63US #124
#88Gail63US #164
#89Sally62US #62
#90Jeanne61US #131
#91Susan60US #138
#92Kathryn59US #108
#93Rosemary59US #111
#94Maureen58US #171
#95Angela56
#96Anita54US #130
#97Julia54US #105
#98Maryann54
#99Sarah54US #67
#100Clara52US #76

Boys

#1Robert1,862US #1
#2John1,783US #3
#3William1,396US #4
#4Joseph1,065US #10
#5James1,016US #2
#6Richard999US #5
#7Charles740US #7
#8Donald719US #6
#9George696US #8
#10Edward644US #13
#11Thomas615US #9
#12Frank528US #16
#13Anthony360US #52
#14Ronald344US #11
#15Raymond329US #19
#16Michael312US #47
#17David304US #12
#18Paul292US #14
#19Walter283US #21
#20Kenneth255US #15
#21Peter247US #61
#22Arthur233US #29
#23Albert220US #32
#24Henry220US #27
#25Louis220US #40
#26Harry210US #36
#27Fred196US #33
#28Harold194US #18
#29Eugene172US #24
#30Vincent168US #101
#31Francis164US #49
#32Daniel153US #42
#33Lawrence144US #34
#34Ralph138US #31
#35Alfred137US #64
#36Howard136US #37
#37Gerald133US #22
#38Jack128US #17
#39Frederick127US #77
#40Carl126US #28
#41Norman126US #38
#42Stanley122US #58
#43Philip116US #69
#44Martin112US #91
#45Bernard108US #65
#46Herbert106US #57
#47Leonard106US #53
#48Theodore104US #74
#49Roger102US #39
#50Samuel100US #66
#51Nicholas95US #165
#52Andrew94US #76
#53Ernest94US #51
#54Russell85US #70
#55Salvatore80US #195
#56Stephen74US #121
#57Warren72US #96
#58Bruce71US #78
#59Jerry70US #25
#60Roy69US #35
#61Edwin65US #80
#62Patrick63US #109
#63Alan62US #124
#64Franklin59US #46
#65Earl57US #41
#66Leroy56US #54
#67Marvin53US #44
#68Leon52US #87
#69Douglas51US #72
#70Victor51US #122
#71Clarence50US #45
#72Angelo48
#73Allen47US #88
#74Allan45US #151
#75Jerome45US #107
#76Benjamin43US #117
#77Clifford43US #85
#78Dominick42
#79Harvey41US #99
#80Lewis40US #94
#81Matthew40
#82Larry39US #43
#83Melvin39US #55
#84Gary38US #60
#85Lester37US #110
#86Gerard36
#87Leo36US #86
#88Alexander35US #200
#89Chester35US #123
#90Dennis35US #95
#91Gilbert35US #106
#92Arnold34US #105
#93Gene34US #67
#94Gordon33US #71
#95Neil33US #153
#96Edmund32
#97Herman32US #97
#98Joe32US #26
#99Karl32US #186
#100Edgar30US #137

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑35Sandra#63
↑18Shirley#8
↑16Harriet#79
↑13Martha#65
↑13Roberta#84
↑13Larry#82
↑12Judith#60
↑12Carole#61

Falling

↓23Gladys#82
↓21Gertrude#81
↓21Sally#89
↓20Julia#97
↓19Clara#100
↓16Arnold#92
↓14Jeanne#90
↓14Rosemary#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.