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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1939 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,618 New Jersey births in 1939 across 702 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.

#69Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#72Gerardoutside the national top 200
#76Dominickoutside the national top 200
#81Angelooutside the national top 200
#85Angelaoutside the national top 200
#55Maryann#167 nationally
#45Nicholas#156 nationally
#89Madeline#199 nationally
#70Rosemarie#175 nationally
#97Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#83Alexander#186 nationally
#87Claire#189 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,411US #2
#2Patricia1,084US #3
#3Mary1,010US #1
#4Joan873US #11
#5Carol715US #6
#6Judith538US #8
#7Margaret537US #10
#8Dorothy443US #9
#9Nancy436US #7
#10Elizabeth405US #18
#11Joyce377US #12
#12Marie340US #37
#13Helen303US #16
#14Janet287US #17
#15Betty285US #4
#16Jean275US #32
#17Ann261US #33
#18Elaine258US #45
#19Frances257US #26
#20Ruth254US #22
#21Marilyn252US #19
#22Dolores242US #58
#23Arlene236US #69
#24Virginia234US #21
#25Catherine224US #49
#26Phyllis220US #30
#27Beverly212US #25
#28Gail211US #73
#29Doris208US #29
#30Sandra202US #13
#31Shirley200US #5
#32Lois199US #35
#33Rose196US #42
#34Carolyn192US #14
#35Kathleen188US #48
#36Carole176US #47
#37Susan176US #44
#38Geraldine168US #41
#39Eleanor167US #63
#40Lorraine162US #95
#41Alice160US #31
#42Theresa157US #94
#43Jane154US #46
#44Diane153US #51
#45Anna147US #43
#46Eileen147US #115
#47Linda139US #15
#48Josephine137US #84
#49Gloria131US #36
#50Anne124US #85
#51Judy123US #28
#52Florence122US #96
#53Evelyn120US #40
#54Irene120US #74
#55Maryann120US #167
#56Roberta120US #71
#57Joanne119US #53
#58Marion118US #120
#59Loretta116US #65
#60Louise115US #59
#61Janice112US #24
#62Ellen109US #80
#63Brenda105US #86
#64Audrey104US #98
#65Maureen102US #146
#66Jacqueline100US #72
#67Grace96US #108
#68Rosemary91US #93
#69June90US #83
#70Rosemarie89US #175
#71Lucille88US #110
#72Martha87US #27
#73Marjorie86US #60
#74Sally84US #52
#75Katherine83US #101
#76Lillian82US #99
#77Marlene80US #64
#78Mildred80US #55
#79Charlotte79US #66
#80Constance77US #123
#81Rosalie72US #114
#82Bernice71US #116
#83Rita71US #78
#84Christine69US #124
#85Angela67
#86Anita67US #97
#87Claire67US #189
#88Edith67US #102
#89Madeline66US #199
#90Joann65US #57
#91Kathryn65US #106
#92Sheila63US #125
#93Harriet62US #156
#94Gladys60US #104
#95Marcia60US #109
#96Sarah60US #68
#97Antoinette59
#98Karen59US #39
#99Suzanne59US #122
#100Edna57US #81

Boys

#1Robert2,195US #1
#2John1,887US #3
#3William1,437US #4
#4Richard1,210US #5
#5Joseph1,044US #12
#6James1,037US #2
#7Thomas760US #9
#8Charles699US #6
#9George665US #11
#10Edward656US #15
#11Donald548US #8
#12Frank547US #20
#13Ronald515US #10
#14David514US #7
#15Michael423US #18
#16Anthony374US #48
#17Raymond344US #22
#18Paul318US #17
#19Peter314US #46
#20Kenneth312US #13
#21Walter281US #25
#22Arthur236US #32
#23Louis233US #49
#24Albert220US #41
#25Henry202US #31
#26Harry199US #45
#27Gerald180US #19
#28Lawrence170US #36
#29Stephen166US #65
#30Harold165US #23
#31Daniel160US #38
#32Francis160US #53
#33Ralph157US #35
#34Fred155US #40
#35Eugene153US #37
#36Vincent153US #110
#37Howard147US #47
#38Frederick145US #71
#39Alfred144US #70
#40Bruce137US #64
#41Philip135US #66
#42Carl132US #30
#43Jack122US #26
#44Stanley121US #57
#45Nicholas119US #156
#46Roger117US #28
#47Leonard113US #54
#48Martin113US #91
#49Alan112US #85
#50Dennis108US #34
#51Andrew105US #84
#52Samuel105US #63
#53Patrick104US #79
#54Theodore99US #90
#55Herbert97US #68
#56Norman97US #44
#57Wayne96US #39
#58Douglas90US #58
#59Ernest86US #55
#60Gary83US #21
#61Bernard79US #76
#62Barry75US #127
#63Russell75US #73
#64Jerry72US #16
#65Warren70US #104
#66Allan67US #125
#67Larry63US #14
#68Allen59US #72
#69Salvatore59
#70Jerome55US #93
#71Edwin54US #96
#72Gerard52
#73Melvin52US #51
#74Victor51US #119
#75Arnold49US #113
#76Dominick48
#77Earl48US #50
#78Roy47US #42
#79Leroy45US #61
#80Neil44US #152
#81Angelo43
#82Clifford43US #88
#83Alexander40US #186
#84Joel39US #135
#85Lewis39US #107
#86Steven38US #144
#87Leon37US #86
#88Joe35US #27
#89Benjamin33US #124
#90Clarence33US #60
#91Leo33US #108
#92Marvin33US #52
#93Franklin32US #106
#94Harvey32US #102
#95Jay31US #142
#96Lester31US #116
#97Gordon30US #82
#98Lee30US #78
#99Stuart30
#100Karl29US #171

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑26Judy#51
↑23Dennis#50
↑17Linda#47
↑16Geraldine#38
↑15Irene#54
↑14Susan#37
↑14Jerome#70
↑14Melvin#73

Falling

↓34Rita#83
↓23Lillian#76
↓19Lewis#85
↓15Shirley#31
↓15Rosalie#81
↓15Harvey#94
↓14Gordon#97
↓13Carl#42

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.