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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1945 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,468 New Jersey births in 1945 across 786 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.

#84Matthew#198 nationally
#89Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#90Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#95Marcoutside the national top 200
#39Maryann#144 nationally
#79Alexander#178 nationally
#57Nicholas#151 nationally
#100Stuart#191 nationally
#93Marianne#180 nationally
#85Christopher#160 nationally
#29Arlene#99 nationally
#83Lynne#153 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara1,453US #3
#2Patricia1,391US #4
#3Carol1,245US #5
#4Mary1,204US #1
#5Linda733US #2
#6Susan717US #10
#7Judith708US #9
#8Kathleen669US #19
#9Nancy626US #7
#10Diane591US #22
#11Joan587US #25
#12Margaret535US #15
#13Sandra464US #6
#14Elizabeth423US #26
#15Janet408US #20
#16Joyce392US #18
#17Dorothy386US #21
#18Karen371US #16
#19Elaine340US #44
#20Sharon334US #8
#21Donna303US #17
#22Virginia299US #28
#23Marie294US #49
#24Marilyn290US #27
#25Jane288US #36
#26Gail287US #52
#27Eileen283US #70
#28Joanne274US #53
#29Arlene267US #99
#30Lorraine264US #87
#31Carolyn259US #12
#32Frances256US #34
#33Ruth245US #33
#34Jean239US #38
#35Gloria233US #23
#36Carole229US #51
#37Catherine228US #50
#38Janice226US #24
#39Maryann221US #144
#40Helen220US #31
#41Phyllis220US #40
#42Betty218US #11
#43Ann216US #39
#44Joann216US #80
#45Geraldine205US #56
#46Ellen204US #61
#47Lois203US #48
#48Shirley191US #14
#49Maureen184US #105
#50Beverly181US #37
#51Dolores174US #103
#52Theresa173US #96
#53Anne162US #81
#54Judy161US #13
#55Bonnie158US #35
#56Alice155US #41
#57Rose153US #54
#58Rosemary152US #79
#59Jacqueline146US #63
#60Christine145US #62
#61Lynn141US #102
#62Pamela141US #42
#63Diana132US #43
#64Kathryn130US #65
#65Cheryl126US #32
#66Eleanor123US #130
#67Suzanne123US #68
#68Doris122US #46
#69Katherine122US #82
#70Anna119US #73
#71Evelyn118US #57
#72Irene114US #97
#73Laura114US #77
#74Rita112US #59
#75Roberta112US #75
#76Jeanne111US #98
#77Brenda107US #29
#78Florence106US #140
#79Cynthia101US #90
#80Dianne101US #72
#81Marion100US #145
#82June98US #121
#83Lynne98US #153
#84Martha97US #30
#85Louise95US #78
#86Andrea94US #126
#87Grace94US #139
#88Marlene94US #110
#89Rosemarie94
#90Paula93US #67
#91Lucille91US #129
#92Constance90US #109
#93Marianne90US #180
#94Jo88US #60
#95Charlotte87US #55
#96Victoria84US #106
#97Lillian82US #124
#98Marcia81US #88
#99Marjorie80US #94
#100Josephine79US #120

Boys

#1Robert2,707US #2
#2John2,636US #3
#3William1,752US #4
#4Richard1,718US #5
#5James1,653US #1
#6Joseph1,360US #14
#7Thomas1,193US #8
#8Michael908US #9
#9Charles874US #7
#10Edward853US #18
#11David771US #6
#12George761US #15
#13Ronald677US #10
#14Frank570US #21
#15Kenneth550US #16
#16Donald533US #12
#17Paul513US #17
#18Anthony460US #46
#19Peter453US #38
#20Dennis375US #19
#21Raymond374US #23
#22Walter324US #27
#23Gary315US #13
#24Daniel289US #24
#25Arthur285US #34
#26Stephen282US #26
#27Bruce260US #48
#28Lawrence243US #30
#29Albert241US #49
#30Louis241US #55
#31Alan236US #52
#32Harry220US #47
#33Henry219US #37
#34Douglas218US #29
#35Gerald218US #25
#36Wayne201US #35
#37Roger195US #22
#38Harold183US #28
#39Fred182US #51
#40Frederick181US #77
#41Eugene178US #50
#42Vincent176US #110
#43Howard175US #54
#44Barry172US #84
#45Ralph159US #44
#46Steven157US #43
#47Carl155US #39
#48Philip155US #58
#49Andrew154US #86
#50Francis154US #76
#51Martin154US #90
#52Jeffrey148US #91
#53Leonard147US #57
#54Jack141US #32
#55Stanley140US #59
#56Mark128US #72
#57Nicholas128US #151
#58Theodore124US #101
#59Patrick123US #63
#60Russell122US #64
#61Alfred117US #88
#62Larry115US #11
#63Ernest108US #60
#64Gregory106US #96
#65Samuel104US #62
#66Brian98US #113
#67Victor91US #95
#68Allen90US #74
#69Roy88US #40
#70Herbert84US #94
#71Bernard81US #98
#72Norman77US #65
#73Warren74US #106
#74Edwin71US #117
#75Jerry68US #20
#76Clifford67US #99
#77Earl66US #71
#78Jay63US #125
#79Alexander61US #178
#80Timothy61US #70
#81Joel58US #135
#82Allan57US #137
#83Jerome56US #122
#84Matthew56US #198
#85Christopher55US #160
#86Eric53US #153
#87Glenn52US #93
#88Benjamin51US #140
#89Neil51US #157
#90Salvatore50
#91Craig49US #134
#92Leroy47US #83
#93Lewis47US #123
#94Lee45US #87
#95Marc45
#96Leon44US #111
#97Franklin41US #119
#98Steve41US #79
#99Harvey40US #116
#100Stuart40US #191

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑29Gregory#64
↑18Anne#53
↑18Jay#78
↑15Arlene#29
↑15Janice#38
↑13Katherine#69
↑13June#82
↑12Lorraine#30

Falling

↓25Louise#85
↓23Harvey#99
↓20Josephine#100
↓18Charlotte#95
↓17Salvatore#90
↓14Leon#96
↓13Carole#36
↓12Carolyn#31

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.