State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1946 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,421 New Jersey births in 1946 across 853 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.

#47Maryann#152 nationally
#97Claireoutside the national top 200
#99Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#87Alexander#188 nationally
#96Gerard#197 nationally
#92Michele#187 nationally
#92Kevin#179 nationally
#93Stuart#180 nationally
#61Nicholas#144 nationally
#42Arlene#113 nationally
#86Marion#155 nationally
#84Christopher#150 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia1,845US #3
#2Barbara1,732US #4
#3Mary1,419US #1
#4Carol1,410US #5
#5Susan1,063US #8
#6Linda1,043US #2
#7Kathleen968US #16
#8Nancy955US #7
#9Judith903US #10
#10Diane789US #19
#11Margaret668US #17
#12Joan631US #28
#13Sandra612US #6
#14Karen598US #15
#15Sharon468US #9
#16Elizabeth463US #25
#17Janet458US #21
#18Joyce439US #20
#19Donna427US #13
#20Dorothy389US #23
#21Carolyn360US #12
#22Eileen357US #80
#23Gail354US #49
#24Elaine353US #47
#25Jane336US #35
#26Virginia333US #31
#27Janice330US #22
#28Marilyn328US #29
#29Marie302US #54
#30Beverly300US #30
#31Lorraine299US #93
#32Ann290US #40
#33Ruth290US #38
#34Helen285US #36
#35Catherine283US #48
#36Christine281US #50
#37Ellen281US #58
#38Jean280US #37
#39Joanne272US #57
#40Frances264US #39
#41Maureen264US #95
#42Arlene257US #113
#43Lois252US #55
#44Joann249US #90
#45Betty246US #14
#46Cheryl245US #27
#47Maryann233US #152
#48Lynn232US #94
#49Phyllis227US #41
#50Carole219US #72
#51Shirley219US #18
#52Geraldine216US #66
#53Gloria211US #26
#54Judy210US #11
#55Bonnie199US #33
#56Rosemary199US #74
#57Theresa194US #96
#58Jacqueline193US #62
#59Pamela190US #34
#60Dolores186US #104
#61Cynthia185US #46
#62Alice178US #44
#63Diana178US #42
#64Suzanne175US #52
#65Anne172US #81
#66Jeanne169US #83
#67Louise165US #91
#68Rose159US #60
#69Doris156US #51
#70Jo153US #53
#71Irene148US #102
#72Kathryn142US #63
#73Brenda138US #24
#74Laura130US #75
#75Rita130US #56
#76Anna128US #87
#77Roberta128US #86
#78Dianne127US #76
#79Evelyn125US #65
#80Katherine124US #78
#81Constance120US #100
#82Paula120US #69
#83Martha119US #32
#84Sheila115US #70
#85Florence114US #146
#86Marion114US #155
#87Andrea113US #125
#88Darlene113US #71
#89Eleanor109US #139
#90Charlotte107US #64
#91June104US #116
#92Michele104US #187
#93Anita99US #84
#94Marjorie98US #106
#95Marlene95US #112
#96Victoria95US #122
#97Claire94
#98Kathy94US #79
#99Rosemarie94
#100Leslie91US #130

Boys

#1Robert3,354US #2
#2John3,246US #3
#3William2,265US #4
#4Richard2,234US #5
#5James2,029US #1
#6Joseph1,594US #14
#7Thomas1,587US #8
#8Michael1,224US #7
#9Charles1,054US #9
#10David932US #6
#11Edward932US #19
#12George920US #16
#13Ronald911US #10
#14Frank728US #22
#15Paul695US #18
#16Kenneth667US #15
#17Donald654US #13
#18Dennis605US #17
#19Peter532US #38
#20Anthony512US #44
#21Raymond466US #25
#22Bruce417US #32
#23Gary404US #12
#24Stephen395US #24
#25Walter381US #30
#26Daniel348US #21
#27Alan329US #49
#28Arthur323US #36
#29Lawrence310US #31
#30Louis299US #63
#31Wayne282US #29
#32Douglas275US #34
#33Gregory264US #56
#34Henry260US #41
#35Harry255US #50
#36Albert249US #52
#37Jeffrey235US #78
#38Frederick230US #75
#39Steven217US #28
#40Gerald211US #27
#41Andrew210US #84
#42Barry208US #68
#43Howard208US #55
#44Carl207US #39
#45Fred207US #51
#46Roger205US #23
#47Vincent204US #110
#48Leonard193US #67
#49Philip189US #61
#50Ralph188US #48
#51Russell184US #66
#52Eugene180US #57
#53Harold178US #33
#54Stanley177US #65
#55Francis175US #80
#56Martin166US #92
#57Alfred165US #94
#58Larry163US #11
#59Patrick162US #59
#60Jack157US #35
#61Nicholas152US #144
#62Mark148US #58
#63Theodore134US #101
#64Brian131US #103
#65Norman131US #76
#66Samuel125US #70
#67Roy124US #43
#68Allen110US #74
#69Timothy105US #60
#70Glenn103US #81
#71Warren102US #105
#72Jerry101US #20
#73Allan96US #124
#74Ernest93US #71
#75Craig90US #108
#76Herbert88US #97
#77Jay87US #115
#78Bernard84US #102
#79Joel82US #127
#80Edwin77US #112
#81Victor77US #120
#82Eric70US #134
#83Lewis67US #118
#84Christopher66US #150
#85Clifford65US #100
#86Steve63US #69
#87Alexander62US #188
#88Jerome62US #114
#89Terry61US #26
#90Chester58US #149
#91Lee58US #91
#92Kevin56US #179
#93Stuart55US #180
#94Gordon54US #111
#95Leroy53US #90
#96Gerard52US #197
#97Leslie52US #119
#98Melvin52US #86
#99Arnold51US #153
#100Bill51US #72

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑31Gregory#33
↑24Christine#36
↑24Jo#70
↑20Beverly#30
↑19Cheryl#46
↑18Cynthia#61
↑18Louise#67
↑17Glenn#70

Falling

↓23Eleanor#89
↓18Gloria#53
↓15Harold#53
↓14Carole#50
↓14Victor#81
↓13Arlene#42
↓12Anne#65
↓11Joanne#39

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.