State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1937 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,578 New Jersey births in 1937 across 668 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.

#63Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#77Angelaoutside the national top 200
#72Claire#191 nationally
#83Angelooutside the national top 200
#58Rosemarie#171 nationally
#89Dominickoutside the national top 200
#82Alexander#191 nationally
#51Nicholas#159 nationally
#75Barry#182 nationally
#94Carmenoutside the national top 200
#61Maryann#167 nationally
#95Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara1,261US #2
#2Mary1,057US #1
#3Joan1,016US #9
#4Patricia897US #3
#5Carol607US #6
#6Margaret543US #10
#7Dorothy466US #8
#8Elizabeth401US #17
#9Nancy379US #7
#10Jean342US #23
#11Marie342US #35
#12Dolores330US #37
#13Helen316US #12
#14Shirley310US #4
#15Janet289US #18
#16Joyce285US #11
#17Ruth268US #15
#18Frances266US #19
#19Lois263US #29
#20Betty252US #5
#21Ann249US #30
#22Marilyn248US #13
#23Doris242US #22
#24Elaine229US #45
#25Virginia223US #16
#26Eleanor218US #53
#27Rose206US #38
#28Phyllis203US #27
#29Judith201US #34
#30Anna198US #39
#31Catherine198US #47
#32Arlene193US #60
#33Alice184US #28
#34Lorraine178US #83
#35Beverly174US #14
#36Sandra174US #26
#37Gloria160US #32
#38Jane159US #42
#39Gail153US #99
#40Carolyn152US #20
#41Florence152US #81
#42Carole146US #56
#43Eileen142US #107
#44Theresa139US #95
#45Irene138US #62
#46Josephine138US #82
#47Kathleen137US #61
#48Evelyn133US #36
#49Marion132US #109
#50Lillian129US #84
#51Janice128US #25
#52Diane127US #76
#53Jacqueline126US #70
#54Geraldine124US #44
#55Anne123US #92
#56June122US #71
#57Grace116US #94
#58Rosemarie109US #171
#59Loretta108US #63
#60Louise104US #48
#61Maryann104US #167
#62Roberta104US #66
#63Constance100US #118
#64Susan100US #97
#65Rita99US #69
#66Charlotte97US #67
#67Marjorie95US #57
#68Mildred95US #43
#69Audrey94US #85
#70Marlene94US #40
#71Ellen91US #102
#72Claire85US #191
#73Harriet83US #154
#74Joanne82US #51
#75Lucille82US #98
#76Rosemary80US #110
#77Angela79
#78Maureen77US #155
#79Sylvia76US #50
#80Edith75US #96
#81Edna73US #74
#82Katherine73US #103
#83Norma73US #33
#84Martha70US #24
#85Bernice69US #104
#86Yvonne69US #77
#87Linda67US #49
#88Anita66US #93
#89Ethel66US #88
#90Jeanne65US #149
#91Kathryn62US #108
#92Pauline62US #87
#93Sheila62US #142
#94Jeanette61US #90
#95Julia59US #112
#96Sally59US #59
#97Gertrude58US #159
#98Judy58US #91
#99Beatrice55US #120
#100Gladys54US #86

Boys

#1Robert2,167US #1
#2John1,834US #3
#3William1,323US #4
#4Joseph1,072US #12
#5Richard1,059US #5
#6James926US #2
#7George741US #10
#8Charles708US #6
#9Thomas698US #9
#10Edward687US #13
#11Donald624US #7
#12Frank538US #18
#13David466US #8
#14Ronald428US #11
#15Anthony354US #47
#16Michael324US #27
#17Paul318US #15
#18Walter307US #26
#19Raymond288US #19
#20Kenneth266US #14
#21Peter261US #52
#22Arthur243US #31
#23Harry222US #41
#24Albert220US #37
#25Louis209US #46
#26Fred194US #35
#27Harold192US #21
#28Henry190US #30
#29Vincent173US #105
#30Eugene159US #33
#31Ralph159US #34
#32Daniel153US #39
#33Gerald152US #20
#34Carl149US #28
#35Jack147US #23
#36Lawrence139US #38
#37Frederick133US #68
#38Howard133US #42
#39Stanley126US #57
#40Francis117US #55
#41Philip114US #62
#42Andrew112US #79
#43Norman110US #43
#44Roger109US #36
#45Stephen109US #92
#46Theodore109US #86
#47Martin107US #87
#48Alfred105US #60
#49Leonard104US #58
#50Samuel103US #66
#51Nicholas95US #159
#52Bruce93US #70
#53Ernest91US #53
#54Russell90US #67
#55Alan85US #103
#56Herbert81US #65
#57Edwin72US #89
#58Bernard71US #73
#59Jerry68US #17
#60Patrick66US #94
#61Larry65US #16
#62Roy62US #40
#63Salvatore61
#64Allen60US #76
#65Douglas60US #74
#66Victor58US #117
#67Clarence57US #54
#68Leroy56US #56
#69Warren55US #106
#70Wayne54US #44
#71Allan52US #124
#72Earl52US #48
#73Jerome51US #100
#74Melvin51US #50
#75Barry50US #182
#76Leon50US #85
#77Gary48US #29
#78Arnold47US #111
#79Benjamin47US #119
#80Dennis46US #63
#81Lewis46US #104
#82Alexander45US #191
#83Angelo45
#84Gilbert44US #112
#85Marvin41US #49
#86Gordon40US #75
#87Karl40US #162
#88Chester39US #129
#89Dominick39
#90Clifford38US #90
#91Jay38US #136
#92Franklin37US #77
#93Joe37US #25
#94Carmen36
#95Gerard35
#96Gene34US #61
#97Lee34US #78
#98Leo33US #97
#99Matthew33
#100Steven31

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑17Beverly#35
↑16Martha#84
↑15Diane#52
↑14Edna#81
↑14Dennis#80
↑13Sandra#36
↑12Angela#77
↑12Allan#71

Falling

↓23Sally#96
↓17Alfred#48
↓16Leo#98
↓13Gordon#86
↓12Marion#49
↓12Anita#88
↓12Beatrice#99
↓11Audrey#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.