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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1942 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,126 New Jersey births in 1942 across 807 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.

#70Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#82Dominickoutside the national top 200
#87Angelaoutside the national top 200
#87Angelooutside the national top 200
#70Rosemarie#179 nationally
#76Alexander#184 nationally
#93Claire#199 nationally
#89Gerard#193 nationally
#86Matthew#189 nationally
#37Maryann#138 nationally
#86Marianne#182 nationally
#54Nicholas#142 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,876US #2
#2Patricia1,703US #3
#3Carol1,350US #5
#4Mary1,331US #1
#5Judith861US #7
#6Joan847US #18
#7Nancy653US #8
#8Margaret638US #14
#9Elizabeth536US #22
#10Joyce531US #13
#11Linda527US #4
#12Kathleen502US #24
#13Susan481US #21
#14Dorothy477US #17
#15Janet452US #19
#16Diane451US #28
#17Sandra447US #6
#18Carole385US #35
#19Carolyn376US #10
#20Marie360US #43
#21Virginia352US #23
#22Elaine344US #45
#23Jean339US #36
#24Marilyn324US #27
#25Frances316US #30
#26Gail305US #60
#27Ruth303US #33
#28Lois298US #44
#29Arlene297US #83
#30Beverly284US #32
#31Helen279US #26
#32Dolores276US #63
#33Ann275US #38
#34Karen275US #16
#35Joanne268US #48
#36Betty267US #9
#37Maryann255US #138
#38Catherine254US #49
#39Lorraine246US #91
#40Geraldine239US #47
#41Phyllis239US #37
#42Gloria231US #31
#43Eileen229US #88
#44Joann221US #58
#45Judy216US #15
#46Shirley212US #12
#47Jane203US #46
#48Ellen200US #64
#49Maureen199US #102
#50Alice194US #39
#51Doris194US #41
#52Rose192US #50
#53Eleanor188US #87
#54Theresa184US #98
#55Florence179US #110
#56Janice171US #25
#57Anne168US #76
#58Sharon163US #11
#59Louise162US #61
#60Irene155US #80
#61Evelyn151US #53
#62Bonnie150US #34
#63Anna147US #59
#64Rosemary144US #92
#65Rita143US #55
#66Roberta138US #66
#67Jacqueline137US #69
#68Donna134US #20
#69Josephine123US #100
#70Rosemarie123US #179
#71Brenda121US #40
#72Diana118US #68
#73Katherine115US #81
#74Lillian110US #111
#75Marjorie110US #74
#76Grace105US #129
#77Sally105US #56
#78Sheila105US #94
#79Marion104US #130
#80Lucille102US #118
#81Lynn102US #149
#82Christine101US #96
#83Kathryn101US #82
#84Marlene101US #84
#85Charlotte99US #51
#86Marianne99US #182
#87Angela97
#88Loretta95US #79
#89Constance91US #116
#90Martha91US #29
#91June90US #107
#92Anita89US #93
#93Claire89US #199
#94Mildred86US #71
#95Pamela84US #106
#96Cynthia82US #101
#97Jeanne82US #119
#98Suzanne82US #103
#99Madeline78US #177
#100Paula77US #136

Boys

#1Robert2,898US #2
#2John2,843US #3
#3William1,996US #4
#4James1,705US #1
#5Richard1,659US #5
#6Joseph1,493US #11
#7Thomas1,145US #8
#8Charles970US #7
#9Edward926US #17
#10George901US #14
#11Michael849US #13
#12Ronald776US #9
#13Frank771US #21
#14David709US #6
#15Donald592US #10
#16Kenneth558US #15
#17Paul547US #19
#18Anthony514US #44
#19Peter481US #39
#20Raymond423US #24
#21Walter423US #26
#22Arthur335US #29
#23Dennis322US #20
#24Stephen292US #32
#25Albert287US #40
#26Daniel284US #28
#27Bruce277US #50
#28Harry273US #48
#29Louis270US #51
#30Lawrence253US #30
#31Douglas237US #23
#32Henry236US #31
#33Gerald233US #22
#34Vincent220US #101
#35Ralph214US #38
#36Gary207US #18
#37Carl205US #36
#38Fred205US #46
#39Frederick204US #68
#40Barry203US #79
#41Howard201US #49
#42Roger197US #25
#43Stanley194US #56
#44Philip193US #54
#45Andrew187US #80
#46Harold185US #27
#47Eugene170US #45
#48Alfred163US #76
#49Theodore162US #91
#50Wayne158US #41
#51Francis156US #58
#52Martin154US #85
#53Alan153US #81
#54Nicholas153US #142
#55Leonard150US #57
#56Patrick136US #64
#57Russell131US #70
#58Larry130US #12
#59Jack127US #34
#60Norman125US #53
#61Samuel113US #59
#62Victor107US #99
#63Jeffrey105US #116
#64Allen104US #71
#65Ernest99US #61
#66Herbert92US #83
#67Roy92US #42
#68Steven91US #75
#69Warren87US #97
#70Salvatore85
#71Bernard84US #90
#72Allan83US #124
#73Jerry83US #16
#74Edwin77US #105
#75Brian74US #139
#76Alexander70US #184
#77Mark66US #117
#78Gordon64US #92
#79Lewis64US #112
#80Joel63US #134
#81Jerome61US #104
#82Dominick60
#83Leon58US #93
#84Earl57US #62
#85Leroy57US #69
#86Matthew57US #189
#87Angelo55
#88Harvey54US #107
#89Gerard53US #193
#90Steve53US #102
#91Glenn52US #88
#92Melvin52US #60
#93Stuart52US #171
#94Clifford51US #95
#95Marvin51US #66
#96Eric49US #182
#97Lee48US #87
#98Jay47US #133
#99Neil47US #160
#100Karl46US #179

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑27Douglas#31
↑22Sheila#78
↑21Sharon#58
↑20Diana#72
↑17Sally#77
↑17Mark#77
↑17Dominick#82
↑15Roberta#66

Falling

↓22June#91
↓18Dolores#32
↓18Clifford#94
↓17Mildred#94
↓17Neil#99
↓16Marion#79
↓16Suzanne#98
↓15Loretta#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.