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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1936 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,565 New Jersey births in 1936 across 656 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.

#58Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#75Angelooutside the national top 200
#78Dominickoutside the national top 200
#66Maryann#182 nationally
#85Carmenoutside the national top 200
#88Edmundoutside the national top 200
#89Angelaoutside the national top 200
#90Matthewoutside the national top 200
#91Gerardoutside the national top 200
#92Alexander#200 nationally
#51Rosemarie#158 nationally
#52Nicholas#157 nationally

Girls

#1Joan1,083US #7
#2Barbara1,073US #3
#3Mary964US #1
#4Patricia810US #5
#5Dorothy507US #6
#6Margaret505US #9
#7Carol453US #10
#8Nancy409US #8
#9Shirley401US #2
#10Elizabeth389US #18
#11Dolores387US #30
#12Marie376US #33
#13Jean359US #20
#14Helen337US #11
#15Marilyn311US #13
#16Janet288US #21
#17Joyce285US #12
#18Ann270US #28
#19Ruth270US #16
#20Doris252US #15
#21Catherine249US #44
#22Frances248US #19
#23Rose243US #37
#24Anna235US #36
#25Virginia235US #14
#26Betty228US #4
#27Eleanor225US #47
#28Lois219US #26
#29Elaine215US #50
#30Alice201US #27
#31Gloria191US #32
#32Jane189US #42
#33Arlene185US #54
#34Lorraine179US #76
#35Phyllis176US #25
#36Josephine164US #77
#37Marion164US #93
#38Evelyn162US #34
#39Theresa162US #88
#40Judith159US #43
#41Florence149US #80
#42Carolyn148US #23
#43Irene148US #57
#44Eileen146US #103
#45Gail146US #101
#46Geraldine139US #41
#47Anne136US #89
#48Grace136US #86
#49Sandra136US #38
#50Kathleen133US #67
#51Rosemarie130US #158
#52Beverly129US #17
#53Carole120US #73
#54June120US #62
#55Jacqueline118US #66
#56Lillian115US #79
#57Loretta114US #70
#58Audrey113US #68
#59Janice113US #31
#60Louise110US #46
#61Mildred110US #40
#62Rita101US #69
#63Ellen98US #99
#64Charlotte95US #61
#65Roberta94US #64
#66Maryann92US #182
#67Diane91US #112
#68Lucille89US #92
#69Susan87US #110
#70Constance86US #133
#71Claire85US #176
#72Marjorie83US #49
#73Sally83US #59
#74Sylvia82US #53
#75Marlene80US #39
#76Anita78US #104
#77Bernice78US #95
#78Maureen78US #155
#79Joanne76US #48
#80Rosemary74US #111
#81Ethel71US #90
#82Kathryn71US #113
#83Norma71US #29
#84Edith69US #87
#85Katherine65US #100
#86Agnes64US #139
#87Beatrice63US #121
#88Gertrude62US #156
#89Angela60
#90Marian60US #114
#91Pauline60US #82
#92Sheila58US #157
#93Jeanette56US #94
#94Peggy55US #35
#95Edna54US #71
#96Gladys54US #84
#97Elsie53US #123
#98Annette52US #125
#99Madeline52
#100Martha51US #24

Boys

#1Robert2,032US #1
#2John1,807US #3
#3William1,313US #4
#4Joseph1,051US #11
#5Richard1,046US #5
#6James938US #2
#7Donald688US #7
#8George671US #9
#9Charles666US #6
#10Edward653US #13
#11Thomas629US #8
#12Frank502US #16
#13Ronald469US #12
#14David449US #10
#15Anthony389US #48
#16Michael328US #33
#17Walter310US #26
#18Raymond296US #17
#19Peter273US #56
#20Arthur270US #30
#21Paul264US #15
#22Kenneth249US #14
#23Harry217US #39
#24Henry213US #28
#25Albert208US #34
#26Louis193US #44
#27Fred175US #36
#28Eugene174US #29
#29Harold164US #21
#30Daniel163US #41
#31Alfred155US #60
#32Francis148US #50
#33Lawrence147US #37
#34Ralph146US #31
#35Gerald141US #19
#36Carl138US #27
#37Vincent137US #109
#38Frederick135US #70
#39Howard132US #40
#40Jack123US #20
#41Roger122US #35
#42Stanley116US #58
#43Philip114US #63
#44Andrew113US #83
#45Norman112US #43
#46Leonard109US #54
#47Stephen106US #99
#48Martin102US #92
#49Theodore96US #87
#50Bernard95US #68
#51Herbert91US #62
#52Nicholas90US #157
#53Bruce89US #73
#54Samuel87US #67
#55Alan81US #108
#56Ernest80US #55
#57Edwin73US #84
#58Salvatore71
#59Patrick69US #100
#60Russell69US #69
#61Warren64US #95
#62Jerry59US #18
#63Douglas58US #78
#64Leroy58US #57
#65Victor54US #116
#66Allen53US #81
#67Clarence48US #52
#68Larry48US #25
#69Wayne46US #45
#70Jerome45US #98
#71Roy45US #42
#72Earl44US #47
#73Gordon44US #75
#74Lester44US #115
#75Angelo43
#76Leon43US #82
#77Arnold42US #111
#78Dominick42
#79Marvin42US #49
#80Lewis41US #101
#81Benjamin40US #123
#82Leo40US #94
#83Allan39US #138
#84Melvin39US #53
#85Carmen38
#86Barry37US #185
#87Chester37US #127
#88Edmund36
#89Gary36US #38
#90Matthew35
#91Gerard34
#92Alexander33US #200
#93Clifford33US #90
#94Dennis33US #74
#95Franklin33US #64
#96Herman33US #105
#97Rudolph33US #192
#98Alvin32US #96
#99Harvey32US #97
#100Jay32US #140

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑24Wayne#69
↑23Maryann#66
↑19Janice#59
↑18Susan#69
↑18Anita#76
↑18Leo#82
↑16Lucille#68
↑14Ellen#63

Falling

↓26Martha#100
↓25Edna#95
↓25Franklin#95
↓24Alexander#92
↓19June#54
↓19Audrey#58
↓18Edith#84
↓17Marjorie#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.