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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1944 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,187 New Jersey births in 1944 across 767 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.

#73Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#86Rosemarie#196 nationally
#91Claireoutside the national top 200
#89Matthew#196 nationally
#77Alexander#183 nationally
#98Angela#200 nationally
#94Bernadette#195 nationally
#45Maryann#143 nationally
#55Nicholas#150 nationally
#83Craig#151 nationally
#47Vincent#113 nationally
#92Eric#158 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,520US #2
#2Patricia1,472US #4
#3Carol1,247US #5
#4Mary1,240US #1
#5Judith754US #9
#6Nancy667US #7
#7Linda649US #3
#8Joan642US #22
#9Susan615US #13
#10Kathleen595US #20
#11Margaret577US #14
#12Diane527US #24
#13Sandra462US #6
#14Elizabeth426US #23
#15Dorothy424US #19
#16Joyce408US #18
#17Janet402US #21
#18Karen364US #16
#19Carolyn313US #11
#20Virginia299US #26
#21Marilyn298US #27
#22Sharon297US #8
#23Carole285US #43
#24Eileen284US #73
#25Marie274US #48
#26Elaine273US #46
#27Jean264US #37
#28Gail262US #56
#29Donna254US #17
#30Frances248US #33
#31Betty242US #10
#32Ann237US #39
#33Ruth235US #32
#34Helen232US #31
#35Jane229US #41
#36Joanne227US #55
#37Catherine220US #49
#38Joann220US #65
#39Lois218US #47
#40Gloria214US #25
#41Dolores212US #92
#42Lorraine212US #93
#43Beverly211US #35
#44Arlene209US #101
#45Maryann200US #143
#46Geraldine199US #53
#47Phyllis191US #40
#48Maureen190US #107
#49Theresa187US #96
#50Alice185US #38
#51Ellen180US #63
#52Shirley179US #15
#53Janice174US #28
#54Jacqueline165US #64
#55Bonnie155US #34
#56Doris155US #42
#57Pamela155US #44
#58Judy153US #12
#59Rose148US #52
#60Louise144US #69
#61Anna137US #74
#62Evelyn132US #57
#63Christine130US #75
#64Rita129US #54
#65Lynn125US #116
#66Cheryl123US #36
#67Diana123US #60
#68Irene121US #91
#69Rosemary121US #99
#70Suzanne121US #78
#71Anne116US #86
#72Florence112US #133
#73Eleanor110US #122
#74Martha109US #29
#75Roberta109US #70
#76Kathryn106US #68
#77Charlotte105US #50
#78Grace103US #135
#79Brenda102US #30
#80Josephine99US #115
#81Jeanne98US #108
#82Katherine98US #77
#83Constance97US #104
#84Marion97US #140
#85Lucille96US #132
#86Rosemarie96US #196
#87Marlene93US #106
#88Marjorie91US #85
#89Sally91US #59
#90Dianne88US #90
#91Claire87
#92Andrea85US #128
#93Paula85US #82
#94Bernadette84US #195
#95June84US #121
#96Loretta84US #98
#97Sheila81US #103
#98Angela79US #200
#99Mildred79US #81
#100Maria77US #80

Boys

#1Robert2,696US #2
#2John2,609US #3
#3William1,864US #4
#4Richard1,642US #5
#5James1,597US #1
#6Joseph1,338US #13
#7Thomas1,176US #8
#8Michael846US #9
#9Edward835US #18
#10George819US #14
#11Charles803US #7
#12David760US #6
#13Ronald733US #10
#14Frank627US #21
#15Donald543US #11
#16Kenneth490US #16
#17Paul473US #17
#18Anthony456US #46
#19Peter454US #40
#20Raymond384US #22
#21Walter343US #26
#22Arthur314US #29
#23Dennis309US #20
#24Gary300US #15
#25Louis282US #54
#26Stephen266US #28
#27Daniel261US #25
#28Lawrence243US #32
#29Bruce228US #51
#30Harry218US #49
#31Albert206US #44
#32Gerald206US #24
#33Henry203US #35
#34Harold199US #27
#35Frederick194US #73
#36Alan189US #55
#37Fred182US #47
#38Douglas180US #34
#39Wayne177US #37
#40Eugene172US #48
#41Francis172US #71
#42Ralph171US #42
#43Stanley166US #57
#44Roger165US #23
#45Carl160US #36
#46Howard160US #53
#47Vincent160US #113
#48Barry157US #84
#49Philip155US #60
#50Leonard153US #56
#51Andrew152US #81
#52Martin151US #91
#53Patrick147US #64
#54Jack140US #30
#55Nicholas134US #150
#56Steven134US #52
#57Russell127US #63
#58Alfred125US #82
#59Jeffrey124US #101
#60Samuel124US #62
#61Theodore119US #96
#62Larry106US #12
#63Roy99US #39
#64Herbert96US #90
#65Bernard95US #94
#66Norman94US #58
#67Ernest87US #59
#68Mark84US #93
#69Jerry80US #19
#70Allen78US #77
#71Brian77US #116
#72Victor76US #107
#73Salvatore73
#74Warren72US #100
#75Earl64US #65
#76Harvey61US #118
#77Alexander58US #183
#78Allan58US #141
#79Edwin58US #106
#80Jerome58US #117
#81Lewis58US #112
#82Leon57US #108
#83Craig55US #151
#84Joel54US #125
#85Benjamin53US #130
#86Bill52US #66
#87Clifford52US #99
#88Glenn52US #88
#89Matthew52US #196
#90Timothy51US #92
#91Chester50US #137
#92Eric50US #158
#93Gregory50US #152
#94Lee50US #85
#95Melvin49US #67
#96Jay45US #136
#97Leroy45US #78
#98Leslie44US #114
#99Lester44US #126
#100Neil43US #161

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑18Harvey#76
↑16Pamela#57
↑15Diana#67
↑14Donna#29
↑13Jane#35
↑13Evelyn#62
↑13Wayne#39
↑12Karen#18

Falling

↓18Josephine#80
↓18Rosemarie#86
↓16Loretta#96
↓13Jay#96
↓12Marjorie#88
↓12Sheila#97
↓12Vincent#47
↓12Clifford#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.