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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1938 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,175 New Jersey births in 1938 across 680 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.

#67Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#82Gerardoutside the national top 200
#78Alexander#193 nationally
#90Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#90Dominickoutside the national top 200
#91Edmundoutside the national top 200
#52Nicholas#161 nationally
#60Maryann#168 nationally
#95Angelooutside the national top 200
#79Claire#184 nationally
#96Angelaoutside the national top 200
#73Rosemarie#176 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,443US #2
#2Mary1,002US #1
#3Patricia960US #3
#4Joan881US #10
#5Carol653US #6
#6Margaret530US #9
#7Elizabeth432US #17
#8Dorothy427US #8
#9Nancy424US #7
#10Joyce341US #11
#11Judith329US #12
#12Marie322US #37
#13Helen313US #13
#14Janet292US #16
#15Jean291US #27
#16Shirley280US #5
#17Dolores275US #43
#18Ruth270US #21
#19Betty267US #4
#20Frances262US #23
#21Ann255US #32
#22Elaine254US #42
#23Marilyn243US #19
#24Doris231US #25
#25Sandra229US #14
#26Arlene227US #63
#27Rose222US #39
#28Virginia218US #22
#29Lois215US #33
#30Catherine208US #48
#31Phyllis208US #28
#32Gail200US #77
#33Eleanor199US #60
#34Carole189US #46
#35Carolyn188US #15
#36Beverly185US #18
#37Lorraine178US #93
#38Alice176US #29
#39Anna173US #40
#40Kathleen171US #58
#41Jane166US #44
#42Gloria158US #36
#43Theresa156US #92
#44Eileen150US #113
#45Diane147US #64
#46Florence143US #90
#47Evelyn134US #38
#48Marion126US #118
#49Rita126US #74
#50Anne125US #84
#51Susan123US #71
#52Audrey121US #87
#53Lillian121US #88
#54Geraldine120US #45
#55Grace119US #100
#56Josephine117US #83
#57Janice116US #24
#58Roberta114US #73
#59Louise113US #59
#60Maryann113US #168
#61Loretta112US #62
#62Jacqueline111US #69
#63Joanne111US #57
#64Linda110US #31
#65Marjorie109US #53
#66Rosalie109US #66
#67June108US #79
#68Maureen108US #144
#69Irene107US #72
#70Rosemary106US #95
#71Charlotte103US #70
#72Lucille103US #106
#73Rosemarie101US #176
#74Ellen99US #89
#75Constance96US #117
#76Mildred95US #52
#77Judy89US #41
#78Martha88US #26
#79Claire82US #184
#80Katherine82US #105
#81Marlene82US #51
#82Sheila75US #136
#83Harriet72US #158
#84Anita71US #99
#85Kathryn69US #114
#86Sally68US #54
#87Norma66US #34
#88Edith65US #102
#89Sylvia64US #56
#90Antoinette63
#91Bernice62US #112
#92Agnes60US #157
#93Ethel58US #94
#94Jeanette58US #91
#95Beatrice56US #125
#96Angela55
#97Pauline52US #97
#98Edna51US #82
#99Gladys51US #103
#100Madeline50

Boys

#1Robert2,185US #1
#2John1,794US #3
#3William1,387US #4
#4Richard1,070US #5
#5Joseph1,061US #12
#6James1,035US #2
#7Charles773US #6
#8Thomas707US #9
#9George675US #11
#10Edward664US #13
#11Donald583US #7
#12Frank547US #18
#13Ronald525US #10
#14David471US #8
#15Michael444US #21
#16Anthony416US #46
#17Raymond366US #20
#18Peter317US #48
#19Paul314US #15
#20Kenneth300US #14
#21Walter294US #26
#22Arthur271US #32
#23Louis224US #47
#24Albert208US #37
#25Fred194US #38
#26Daniel193US #39
#27Henry183US #30
#28Harry172US #44
#29Carl166US #29
#30Harold164US #23
#31Eugene163US #33
#32Vincent160US #110
#33Francis158US #51
#34Ralph154US #35
#35Gerald151US #19
#36Stephen146US #74
#37Howard145US #42
#38Lawrence141US #36
#39Philip131US #64
#40Alfred126US #69
#41Frederick126US #71
#42Stanley122US #59
#43Martin121US #87
#44Leonard119US #57
#45Theodore117US #84
#46Bruce115US #66
#47Roger113US #31
#48Jack111US #25
#49Andrew105US #82
#50Norman103US #43
#51Ernest99US #55
#52Nicholas95US #161
#53Herbert94US #68
#54Russell93US #70
#55Alan91US #91
#56Jerry89US #17
#57Bernard78US #75
#58Patrick76US #88
#59Douglas75US #60
#60Samuel75US #62
#61Allan69US #119
#62Edwin69US #90
#63Barry63US #155
#64Larry62US #16
#65Victor61US #117
#66Lewis60US #109
#67Salvatore60
#68Wayne60US #40
#69Gary59US #22
#70Warren58US #102
#71Roy55US #41
#72Allen54US #73
#73Dennis54US #49
#74Leroy52US #61
#75Arnold49US #111
#76Earl49US #50
#77Leon48US #85
#78Alexander47US #193
#79Harvey47US #99
#80Marvin47US #53
#81Neil47US #152
#82Gerard46
#83Gordon44US #78
#84Jerome43US #93
#85Benjamin42US #125
#86Clarence41US #58
#87Melvin41US #54
#88Herman38US #108
#89Joel38US #134
#90Dominick37
#91Edmund37
#92Karl37US #162
#93Lee37US #80
#94Leo36US #104
#95Angelo34
#96Chester34US #136
#97Gene34US #65
#98Joe34US #28
#99Steve34US #149
#100Carmen32

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑23Linda#64
↑21Judy#77
↑18Judith#11
↑17Audrey#52
↑16Rita#49
↑15Lewis#66
↑13Susan#51
↑13Gerard#82

Falling

↓24Irene#69
↓19Angela#96
↓19Clarence#86
↓17Edna#98
↓15Rosemarie#73
↓13Jack#48
↓13Melvin#87
↓12Constance#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.