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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1941 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,501 New Jersey births in 1941 across 741 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
#74Angelaoutside the national top 200
#79Matthew#198 nationally
#33Maryann#147 nationally
#86Claire#196 nationally
#90Gerard#200 nationally
#68Rosemarie#175 nationally
#77Alexander#184 nationally
#98Carmenoutside the national top 200
#99Dominickoutside the national top 200
#100Edmundoutside the national top 200
#53Nicholas#146 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,596US #2
#2Patricia1,422US #3
#3Mary1,128US #1
#4Carol966US #4
#5Joan829US #17
#6Judith744US #6
#7Nancy548US #8
#8Margaret539US #12
#9Elizabeth446US #21
#10Joyce446US #13
#11Dorothy432US #14
#12Linda393US #5
#13Marie373US #42
#14Dolores341US #57
#15Janet323US #18
#16Elaine311US #44
#17Kathleen309US #36
#18Carolyn308US #11
#19Jean308US #32
#20Susan295US #27
#21Virginia292US #23
#22Sandra287US #9
#23Diane270US #40
#24Ruth270US #28
#25Ann264US #37
#26Helen264US #24
#27Frances244US #31
#28Betty232US #7
#29Catherine228US #51
#30Marilyn227US #30
#31Arlene223US #77
#32Carole222US #48
#33Maryann219US #147
#34Lois216US #43
#35Shirley215US #10
#36Geraldine214US #45
#37Gail210US #68
#38Beverly208US #29
#39Gloria208US #26
#40Phyllis204US #35
#41Lorraine193US #93
#42Doris190US #38
#43Alice184US #34
#44Rose180US #49
#45Eleanor172US #78
#46Anne171US #82
#47Joanne166US #54
#48Karen162US #19
#49Anna161US #56
#50Janice160US #22
#51Theresa160US #95
#52Jane154US #46
#53Joann153US #58
#54Eileen151US #121
#55Ellen151US #67
#56Judy144US #16
#57Florence143US #107
#58Irene135US #74
#59Louise132US #62
#60Maureen130US #129
#61Evelyn129US #50
#62Brenda120US #41
#63Marion119US #130
#64Josephine116US #92
#65Jacqueline115US #73
#66Rita112US #63
#67Katherine110US #85
#68Rosemarie108US #175
#69June105US #90
#70Lillian104US #104
#71Rosemary104US #94
#72Bonnie102US #33
#73Loretta100US #81
#74Angela99
#75Martha98US #25
#76Charlotte97US #55
#77Mildred95US #64
#78Marjorie93US #71
#79Sharon93US #15
#80Grace92US #123
#81Roberta90US #72
#82Suzanne88US #97
#83Donna86US #20
#84Marlene86US #83
#85Lynn84US #171
#86Claire83US #196
#87Constance83US #114
#88Kathryn82US #87
#89Lucille82US #119
#90Jeanne81US #126
#91Anita79US #91
#92Diana79US #100
#93Edith78US #103
#94Sally78US #61
#95Harriet77US #158
#96Christine76US #101
#97Cynthia74US #112
#98Marianne74US #182
#99Priscilla70US #132
#100Sheila70US #110

Boys

#1Robert2,430US #2
#2John2,254US #3
#3William1,599US #4
#4Richard1,372US #5
#5James1,327US #1
#6Joseph1,217US #12
#7Thomas910US #8
#8Charles802US #6
#9Edward777US #17
#10George773US #13
#11Ronald654US #9
#12David616US #7
#13Michael605US #16
#14Frank552US #21
#15Donald494US #10
#16Anthony468US #46
#17Kenneth417US #15
#18Peter387US #44
#19Paul384US #18
#20Raymond353US #22
#21Walter346US #26
#22Louis271US #50
#23Arthur253US #33
#24Stephen237US #41
#25Daniel225US #31
#26Harry224US #48
#27Albert223US #40
#28Dennis215US #23
#29Bruce211US #51
#30Henry210US #28
#31Gerald206US #20
#32Lawrence206US #34
#33Ralph188US #38
#34Vincent187US #104
#35Fred184US #43
#36Carl182US #29
#37Francis166US #60
#38Frederick165US #69
#39Howard164US #47
#40Stanley161US #57
#41Philip160US #52
#42Gary158US #19
#43Harold158US #24
#44Leonard154US #54
#45Roger150US #25
#46Andrew145US #82
#47Eugene144US #42
#48Barry136US #91
#49Jack135US #32
#50Alan128US #84
#51Alfred127US #74
#52Patrick124US #70
#53Nicholas122US #146
#54Martin120US #85
#55Theodore118US #95
#56Norman110US #49
#57Russell107US #75
#58Douglas106US #53
#59Wayne106US #37
#60Samuel103US #65
#61Larry97US #11
#62Ernest93US #61
#63Jerry81US #14
#64Bernard78US #87
#65Herbert76US #76
#66Jeffrey75US #134
#67Benjamin68US #124
#68Edwin68US #97
#69Salvatore68
#70Victor68US #118
#71Roy67US #39
#72Steven66US #90
#73Warren65US #105
#74Allen60US #73
#75Allan59US #135
#76Clifford56US #94
#77Alexander54US #184
#78Leon53US #93
#79Matthew53US #198
#80Brian52US #153
#81Melvin51US #56
#82Neil51US #161
#83Lewis50US #109
#84Leroy49US #67
#85Earl48US #58
#86Gordon48US #92
#87Stuart47US #173
#88Joel46US #142
#89Clarence44US #62
#90Gerard43US #200
#91Gilbert43US #117
#92Lee42US #81
#93Jay41US #137
#94Mark41US #122
#95Gregory40US #183
#96Arnold39US #123
#97Joe38US #30
#98Carmen37
#99Dominick37
#100Edmund37

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑52Karen#48
↑43Joann#53
↑28Steven#72
↑20Dolores#14
↑15Maryann#33
↑13Diane#23
↑13Rosemarie#68
↑13Dennis#28

Falling

↓22Arnold#96
↓17Grace#80
↓12Rosemary#71
↓12Anita#91
↓11Constance#87
↓11Lucille#89
↓10Brenda#62
↓10Roberta#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.