State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1947 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,897 New Jersey births in 1947 across 925 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.

#87Gerardoutside the national top 200
#92Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#49Maryann#157 nationally
#85Alexander#190 nationally
#94Matthew#196 nationally
#93Marc#192 nationally
#86Stuart#178 nationally
#62Nicholas#143 nationally
#82Kevin#160 nationally
#89Marion#160 nationally
#37Vincent#105 nationally
#80Michele#148 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,369US #1
#2Patricia2,061US #3
#3Barbara1,939US #4
#4Mary1,449US #2
#5Carol1,376US #6
#6Susan1,199US #8
#7Kathleen1,141US #11
#8Nancy1,027US #7
#9Judith874US #12
#10Diane778US #18
#11Margaret713US #16
#12Karen647US #13
#13Sandra645US #5
#14Joan583US #30
#15Donna544US #10
#16Sharon543US #9
#17Elizabeth511US #25
#18Janet504US #23
#19Joyce455US #20
#20Gail404US #49
#21Elaine398US #50
#22Joanne398US #56
#23Dorothy374US #26
#24Carolyn359US #15
#25Marilyn356US #29
#26Lorraine355US #84
#27Janice353US #22
#28Jane340US #36
#29Catherine339US #46
#30Virginia337US #34
#31Christine328US #45
#32Eileen322US #91
#33Jean314US #40
#34Marie311US #57
#35Ellen309US #61
#36Ruth300US #44
#37Maureen294US #98
#38Frances291US #39
#39Lynn288US #75
#40Beverly272US #31
#41Ann270US #41
#42Joann263US #89
#43Lois259US #63
#44Phyllis254US #37
#45Cheryl252US #24
#46Cynthia252US #33
#47Betty251US #17
#48Helen250US #38
#49Maryann248US #157
#50Pamela247US #28
#51Arlene238US #118
#52Bonnie229US #35
#53Rosemary221US #80
#54Geraldine219US #78
#55Shirley219US #19
#56Dolores216US #111
#57Theresa215US #85
#58Jacqueline211US #59
#59Judy210US #14
#60Gloria209US #27
#61Alice196US #47
#62Suzanne196US #53
#63Deborah192US #62
#64Kathryn184US #55
#65Anne183US #95
#66Jeanne168US #86
#67Irene167US #107
#68Doris165US #58
#69Rose165US #65
#70Brenda163US #21
#71Jo162US #51
#72Paula161US #54
#73Evelyn157US #72
#74Carole154US #102
#75Diana150US #48
#76Laura149US #74
#77Kathy144US #64
#78Martha143US #32
#79Katherine141US #76
#80Michele139US #148
#81Anna131US #92
#82Dianne131US #83
#83Louise130US #99
#84Rita130US #60
#85Roberta129US #90
#86Constance125US #100
#87June124US #120
#88Darlene123US #71
#89Marion117US #160
#90Sheila116US #73
#91Josephine113US #133
#92Anita110US #94
#93Grace110US #154
#94Andrea109US #126
#95Lucille109US #147
#96Marjorie109US #106
#97Peggy109US #42
#98Maria108US #79
#99Lynda104US #77
#100Marlene103US #114

Boys

#1Robert3,671US #2
#2John3,567US #3
#3William2,507US #4
#4James2,241US #1
#5Richard2,043US #5
#6Joseph1,849US #14
#7Thomas1,744US #8
#8Michael1,494US #7
#9David1,114US #6
#10Edward1,055US #19
#11Charles1,011US #9
#12George1,010US #16
#13Ronald904US #11
#14Frank824US #23
#15Kenneth814US #15
#16Paul759US #18
#17Donald693US #13
#18Dennis624US #17
#19Anthony619US #41
#20Peter599US #36
#21Raymond561US #27
#22Bruce501US #29
#23Walter468US #34
#24Stephen467US #21
#25Gary442US #12
#26Daniel417US #22
#27Gregory382US #33
#28Lawrence360US #32
#29Alan359US #45
#30Louis358US #64
#31Arthur351US #38
#32Wayne340US #30
#33Jeffrey308US #66
#34Steven308US #24
#35Harry296US #54
#36Douglas291US #31
#37Vincent277US #105
#38Philip269US #57
#39Albert266US #55
#40Frederick259US #78
#41Mark257US #47
#42Carl253US #40
#43Andrew250US #82
#44Barry245US #68
#45Harold245US #35
#46Gerald244US #28
#47Henry234US #46
#48Ralph229US #50
#49Patrick222US #53
#50Eugene221US #59
#51Howard220US #62
#52Larry217US #10
#53Francis216US #84
#54Roger214US #25
#55Glenn210US #70
#56Fred204US #56
#57Leonard191US #71
#58Martin185US #90
#59Stanley181US #67
#60Jack172US #37
#61Russell170US #69
#62Nicholas169US #143
#63Brian165US #95
#64Alfred160US #96
#65Theodore155US #102
#66Craig140US #93
#67Samuel129US #72
#68Timothy123US #52
#69Ernest117US #75
#70Norman116US #81
#71Roy113US #48
#72Allen111US #73
#73Jerry103US #20
#74Warren103US #108
#75Clifford101US #101
#76Allan98US #132
#77Christopher98US #127
#78Victor97US #121
#79Eric95US #122
#80Bernard94US #100
#81Steve83US #58
#82Kevin81US #160
#83Edwin78US #114
#84Herbert77US #104
#85Alexander76US #190
#86Stuart76US #178
#87Gerard75
#88Jay74US #119
#89Lee72US #92
#90Lewis72US #118
#91Keith70US #91
#92Salvatore69
#93Marc68US #192
#94Matthew67US #196
#95Jerome66US #110
#96Gordon65US #111
#97Joel64US #133
#98Chester62US #154
#99Arnold61US #149
#100Clarence61US #88

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑21Kathy#77
↑21Mark#41
↑17Joanne#22
↑15Cynthia#46
↑15Glenn#55
↑12Michele#80
↑11Philip#38
↑10Paula#72

Falling

↓24Carole#74
↓18Joel#97
↓16Louise#83
↓14Helen#48
↓13Henry#47
↓12Diana#75
↓11Fred#56
↓11Jay#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.