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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1935 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,933 New Jersey births in 1935 across 659 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.

#61Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#59Rosemarie#191 nationally
#75Angelooutside the national top 200
#76Dominickoutside the national top 200
#68Alexander#186 nationally
#84Gerardoutside the national top 200
#89Maryannoutside the national top 200
#89Carmenoutside the national top 200
#91Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#51Nicholas#158 nationally
#91Matthew#195 nationally
#68Claire#171 nationally

Girls

#1Joan1,242US #7
#2Mary1,038US #1
#3Barbara1,030US #3
#4Patricia726US #5
#5Shirley631US #2
#6Dorothy523US #6
#7Margaret511US #8
#8Dolores437US #26
#9Marie391US #33
#10Jean382US #18
#11Carol372US #11
#12Elizabeth357US #17
#13Helen350US #10
#14Nancy317US #9
#15Ruth310US #15
#16Doris304US #13
#17Betty289US #4
#18Marilyn280US #14
#19Ann271US #30
#20Joyce268US #12
#21Frances253US #19
#22Lois252US #21
#23Rose250US #37
#24Janet229US #22
#25Anna223US #34
#26Virginia223US #16
#27Catherine219US #42
#28Alice207US #25
#29Eleanor203US #48
#30Elaine200US #51
#31Florence194US #74
#32Lorraine190US #68
#33Gloria189US #32
#34Theresa187US #86
#35June183US #55
#36Jane182US #43
#37Marion170US #88
#38Phyllis169US #27
#39Audrey163US #64
#40Evelyn163US #31
#41Judith163US #54
#42Eileen156US #108
#43Irene150US #52
#44Anne148US #84
#45Josephine148US #75
#46Arlene140US #59
#47Carolyn140US #28
#48Grace140US #83
#49Lillian137US #66
#50Beverly128US #20
#51Geraldine122US #40
#52Mildred118US #35
#53Loretta116US #69
#54Jacqueline113US #79
#55Marjorie111US #46
#56Gail107US #127
#57Sandra103US #50
#58Louise102US #45
#59Rosemarie102US #191
#60Roberta100US #77
#61Carole99US #93
#62Kathleen98US #71
#63Rita97US #63
#64Constance96US #125
#65Diane92US #109
#66Edith90US #87
#67Charlotte85US #65
#68Claire85US #171
#69Marlene84US #39
#70Edna80US #67
#71Katherine80US #103
#72Norma80US #29
#73Bernice77US #90
#74Martha77US #24
#75Rosemary77US #97
#76Sally76US #58
#77Ellen75US #95
#78Janice74US #47
#79Ethel73US #82
#80Sylvia71US #60
#81Harriet70US #157
#82Agnes68US #138
#83Maureen67US #162
#84Lucille66US #85
#85Beatrice64US #107
#86Joanne64US #44
#87Susan64US #126
#88Gladys63US #78
#89Maryann63
#90Pauline62US #80
#91Antoinette56
#92Delores55US #57
#93Esther55US #94
#94Anita54US #119
#95Gertrude54US #145
#96Jeanette54US #104
#97Sheila54US #151
#98Elsie52US #113
#99Jeanne52US #133
#100Cynthia51US #179

Boys

#1Robert1,974US #1
#2John1,845US #3
#3William1,331US #4
#4Richard1,064US #5
#5Joseph1,051US #10
#6James989US #2
#7Charles733US #6
#8George694US #8
#9Donald681US #7
#10Edward644US #13
#11Thomas603US #9
#12Frank550US #16
#13Ronald435US #12
#14Anthony374US #52
#15David346US #11
#16Raymond336US #17
#17Paul292US #14
#18Walter285US #23
#19Michael282US #41
#20Arthur281US #29
#21Kenneth262US #15
#22Albert247US #31
#23Peter239US #59
#24Harry232US #37
#25Louis225US #42
#26Henry207US #27
#27Harold202US #20
#28Fred193US #34
#29Vincent173US #106
#30Daniel169US #43
#31Eugene169US #26
#32Carl163US #28
#33Ralph163US #32
#34Francis151US #53
#35Lawrence150US #35
#36Jack149US #18
#37Alfred148US #63
#38Gerald145US #21
#39Howard136US #39
#40Stanley135US #56
#41Frederick124US #73
#42Philip117US #65
#43Martin114US #93
#44Herbert111US #58
#45Theodore110US #79
#46Leonard102US #54
#47Norman102US #38
#48Samuel101US #62
#49Roger96US #36
#50Stephen95US #113
#51Nicholas93US #158
#52Russell92US #68
#53Andrew90US #85
#54Warren89US #97
#55Bernard87US #67
#56Bruce81US #77
#57Ernest76US #55
#58Patrick72US #112
#59Edwin71US #89
#60Leroy70US #50
#61Salvatore70
#62Jerry68US #22
#63Alan66US #122
#64Douglas61US #75
#65Roy57US #40
#66Arnold55US #103
#67Allen54US #83
#68Alexander48US #186
#69Clarence48US #48
#70Franklin48US #71
#71Jerome48US #96
#72Larry48US #33
#73Marvin48US #45
#74Lewis45US #98
#75Angelo44
#76Dominick44
#77Earl43US #46
#78Allan42US #150
#79Victor42US #116
#80Benjamin41US #123
#81Leon41US #86
#82Barry40US #183
#83Chester39US #121
#84Gerard39
#85Gordon39US #70
#86Melvin38US #57
#87Herman37US #101
#88Karl37US #171
#89Carmen35
#90Dennis35US #72
#91Matthew35US #195
#92Milton35US #117
#93Wayne35US #49
#94Gary34US #44
#95Neil34US #167
#96Alvin33US #91
#97Clifford33US #88
#98Jay33US #147
#99Joel33US #157
#100Leo32US #92

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑32Gail#56
↑26Arnold#66
↑24Roberta#60
↑22Diane#65
↑21Rosemarie#59
↑20Jacqueline#54
↑20Alexander#68
↑19Judith#41

Falling

↓26Elsie#98
↓20Clifford#97
↓17Claire#68
↓16Lucille#84
↓16Beatrice#85
↓16Antoinette#91
↓15Bernice#73
↓14Gertrude#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.