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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1943 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,646 New Jersey births in 1943 across 826 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.

#72Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#68Rosemarie#189 nationally
#90Dominickoutside the national top 200
#93Gerardoutside the national top 200
#94Claireoutside the national top 200
#99Angelaoutside the national top 200
#36Maryann#135 nationally
#79Alexander#178 nationally
#54Nicholas#148 nationally
#93Marianne#185 nationally
#92Stuart#179 nationally
#100Christopher#184 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,707US #2
#2Patricia1,625US #3
#3Carol1,353US #5
#4Mary1,324US #1
#5Judith886US #7
#6Joan801US #21
#7Linda675US #4
#8Nancy668US #9
#9Margaret628US #14
#10Susan599US #18
#11Kathleen572US #22
#12Diane508US #24
#13Elizabeth500US #23
#14Joyce499US #16
#15Sandra480US #6
#16Dorothy474US #19
#17Janet392US #20
#18Marie378US #45
#19Eileen371US #68
#20Carolyn370US #11
#21Virginia351US #25
#22Elaine350US #46
#23Carole328US #42
#24Jean319US #36
#25Ruth315US #33
#26Frances314US #31
#27Marilyn313US #27
#28Gail311US #55
#29Helen301US #28
#30Karen294US #15
#31Sharon293US #8
#32Beverly276US #32
#33Ann275US #37
#34Dolores273US #74
#35Catherine263US #48
#36Maryann259US #135
#37Betty257US #10
#38Joanne257US #49
#39Arlene254US #90
#40Lois252US #43
#41Lorraine243US #94
#42Phyllis238US #39
#43Donna232US #17
#44Geraldine229US #51
#45Joann229US #60
#46Shirley228US #12
#47Alice204US #38
#48Jane199US #44
#49Judy198US #13
#50Gloria190US #30
#51Janice186US #26
#52Ellen181US #67
#53Maureen179US #105
#54Theresa179US #100
#55Rose177US #50
#56Doris166US #40
#57Irene158US #85
#58Rita157US #52
#59Christine147US #84
#60Rosemary146US #97
#61Anne145US #80
#62Josephine144US #108
#63Louise142US #70
#64Florence141US #124
#65Jacqueline136US #65
#66Bonnie135US #34
#67Roberta135US #66
#68Rosemarie134US #189
#69Anna133US #64
#70Eleanor133US #107
#71Brenda128US #35
#72Lynn128US #134
#73Pamela125US #54
#74Charlotte123US #47
#75Evelyn120US #53
#76Marjorie115US #79
#77Suzanne115US #86
#78Martha114US #29
#79Kathryn113US #75
#80Loretta113US #89
#81Marion112US #129
#82Diana109US #62
#83Grace109US #130
#84Katherine104US #78
#85Sheila103US #92
#86Constance102US #109
#87Cynthia102US #101
#88Lucille101US #125
#89Marlene97US #104
#90June92US #111
#91Lillian90US #116
#92Jeanne89US #113
#93Marianne87US #185
#94Claire84
#95Dianne83US #88
#96Maria82US #103
#97Paula82US #93
#98Sally81US #57
#99Angela80
#100Harriet78US #165

Boys

#1Robert2,812US #2
#2John2,767US #3
#3William1,993US #4
#4Richard1,770US #5
#5James1,708US #1
#6Joseph1,476US #13
#7Thomas1,199US #8
#8Charles974US #7
#9George925US #14
#10Edward890US #18
#11Ronald883US #9
#12Michael830US #10
#13David760US #6
#14Frank700US #21
#15Donald626US #11
#16Kenneth536US #15
#17Anthony512US #44
#18Raymond490US #22
#19Peter487US #39
#20Paul471US #19
#21Walter405US #26
#22Dennis359US #20
#23Arthur338US #30
#24Stephen315US #29
#25Gerald287US #23
#26Daniel279US #25
#27Louis272US #53
#28Albert263US #43
#29Lawrence259US #32
#30Harry255US #50
#31Gary242US #16
#32Henry240US #31
#33Bruce236US #51
#34Fred222US #45
#35Vincent219US #106
#36Eugene213US #47
#37Carl205US #33
#38Howard203US #48
#39Roger203US #24
#40Frederick201US #70
#41Ralph197US #40
#42Alan195US #67
#43Harold190US #27
#44Leonard189US #55
#45Douglas186US #28
#46Philip179US #57
#47Francis177US #64
#48Stanley168US #54
#49Barry166US #82
#50Alfred162US #78
#51Andrew156US #79
#52Wayne148US #41
#53Martin142US #83
#54Nicholas140US #148
#55Steven137US #58
#56Theodore134US #96
#57Patrick130US #69
#58Jack129US #34
#59Russell128US #73
#60Norman126US #56
#61Samuel122US #62
#62Jeffrey111US #116
#63Allen105US #76
#64Herbert100US #86
#65Ernest99US #61
#66Bernard96US #92
#67Roy96US #38
#68Larry94US #12
#69Victor93US #97
#70Edwin88US #107
#71Warren86US #102
#72Salvatore85
#73Brian81US #120
#74Jerry79US #17
#75Clifford69US #94
#76Allan68US #136
#77Joel65US #128
#78Mark64US #101
#79Alexander63US #178
#80Benjamin63US #130
#81Timothy62US #99
#82Earl61US #60
#83Jay61US #134
#84Lewis61US #115
#85Gordon60US #98
#86Jerome59US #109
#87Leroy59US #74
#88Leon56US #103
#89Steve56US #93
#90Dominick53
#91Eric52US #161
#92Stuart52US #179
#93Gerard51
#94Harvey50US #111
#95Clarence49US #68
#96Gregory49US #163
#97Chester48US #137
#98Glenn46US #85
#99Neil45US #162
#100Christopher43US #184

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑27Sharon#31
↑25Donna#43
↑24Eileen#19
↑23Christine#59
↑22Pamela#73
↑21Suzanne#77
↑19Clifford#75
↑15Jay#83

Falling

↓21Sally#98
↓17Eleanor#70
↓17Lillian#91
↓14Evelyn#75
↓14Douglas#45
↓12Lois#40
↓12Angela#99
↓11Katherine#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.