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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1948 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,244 New Jersey births in 1948 across 898 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.

#84Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#54Maryann#170 nationally
#87Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Alexander#183 nationally
#98Matthew#190 nationally
#87Marion#175 nationally
#57Nicholas#142 nationally
#76Michele#159 nationally
#97Karl#179 nationally
#94Marc#175 nationally
#96Jonathan#173 nationally
#89Neil#165 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,365US #1
#2Barbara1,774US #3
#3Patricia1,717US #4
#4Mary1,399US #2
#5Susan1,300US #5
#6Kathleen1,169US #10
#7Carol1,140US #8
#8Nancy864US #7
#9Diane731US #19
#10Judith656US #15
#11Karen638US #12
#12Margaret636US #13
#13Donna600US #11
#14Sharon583US #9
#15Sandra571US #6
#16Elizabeth520US #26
#17Joan487US #37
#18Janet421US #24
#19Joyce369US #21
#20Christine367US #35
#21Gail354US #51
#22Dorothy348US #29
#23Eileen335US #91
#24Jane317US #39
#25Joanne314US #65
#26Carolyn312US #14
#27Deborah311US #30
#28Elaine310US #53
#29Marilyn310US #33
#30Marie308US #60
#31Janice302US #23
#32Catherine300US #41
#33Lorraine299US #96
#34Virginia297US #36
#35Maureen291US #88
#36Frances284US #42
#37Ann281US #44
#38Pamela280US #22
#39Ellen279US #67
#40Beverly272US #31
#41Jean267US #47
#42Theresa250US #63
#43Lynn249US #80
#44Cheryl248US #25
#45Cynthia247US #27
#46Helen245US #40
#47Ruth239US #45
#48Lois238US #70
#49Betty234US #18
#50Joann221US #94
#51Bonnie217US #34
#52Arlene215US #125
#53Shirley199US #20
#54Maryann198US #170
#55Jacqueline196US #58
#56Phyllis193US #46
#57Alice191US #49
#58Rose191US #62
#59Jo189US #56
#60Dolores186US #119
#61Gloria185US #28
#62Suzanne180US #66
#63Brenda175US #17
#64Rosemary172US #90
#65Anne159US #87
#66Carole158US #106
#67Diana155US #48
#68Jeanne154US #95
#69Geraldine153US #83
#70Judy153US #16
#71Paula151US #52
#72Laura144US #73
#73Kathryn142US #54
#74Louise140US #99
#75Katherine137US #68
#76Michele132US #159
#77Doris126US #64
#78Evelyn126US #74
#79Kathy121US #55
#80Martha120US #32
#81Rita119US #59
#82Anna114US #89
#83Irene114US #111
#84Angela113US #158
#85Maria110US #75
#86Sally110US #72
#87Marion109US #175
#88Valerie109US #135
#89June108US #127
#90Dianne107US #86
#91Lynda105US #84
#92Sheila105US #71
#93Darlene103US #77
#94Constance102US #93
#95Florence99US #165
#96Peggy99US #38
#97Regina94US #132
#98Lynne93US #166
#99Andrea92US #128
#100Grace91US #167

Boys

#1Robert3,338US #2
#2John3,182US #3
#3William2,197US #4
#4James2,097US #1
#5Richard1,773US #7
#6Thomas1,662US #8
#7Joseph1,604US #13
#8Michael1,347US #6
#9David1,109US #5
#10Charles959US #9
#11Edward949US #19
#12George850US #16
#13Ronald831US #10
#14Kenneth742US #15
#15Frank703US #25
#16Paul661US #18
#17Donald640US #14
#18Dennis602US #17
#19Peter586US #37
#20Anthony563US #41
#21Stephen523US #20
#22Bruce519US #28
#23Raymond452US #27
#24Gary429US #12
#25Walter393US #35
#26Daniel381US #22
#27Steven355US #23
#28Lawrence336US #31
#29Alan321US #46
#30Louis319US #64
#31Mark316US #29
#32Gregory315US #32
#33Arthur306US #44
#34Jeffrey298US #58
#35Wayne275US #34
#36Douglas274US #33
#37Frederick263US #75
#38Harry253US #57
#39Albert243US #55
#40Vincent236US #106
#41Philip234US #54
#42Francis227US #80
#43Andrew224US #77
#44Gerald219US #30
#45Henry216US #45
#46Carl212US #42
#47Larry211US #11
#48Howard204US #63
#49Patrick204US #48
#50Stanley197US #65
#51Eugene194US #61
#52Russell194US #67
#53Ralph193US #51
#54Barry192US #74
#55Harold183US #36
#56Roger178US #24
#57Nicholas174US #142
#58Leonard170US #71
#59Kevin168US #127
#60Theodore158US #104
#61Glenn155US #73
#62Brian154US #95
#63Martin146US #88
#64Fred144US #66
#65Jack143US #43
#66Timothy140US #38
#67Craig127US #82
#68Alfred124US #96
#69Samuel122US #70
#70Allen118US #72
#71Christopher116US #102
#72Warren104US #109
#73Ernest103US #76
#74Roy100US #49
#75Norman98US #85
#76Bernard94US #107
#77Victor94US #115
#78Jerry92US #21
#79Eric89US #114
#80Allan83US #132
#81Herbert82US #103
#82Alexander72US #183
#83Terry72US #26
#84Salvatore70
#85Lewis68US #130
#86Clifford66US #105
#87Gerard66
#88Keith66US #89
#89Neil66US #165
#90Jay65US #123
#91Earl63US #83
#92Jerome63US #110
#93Benjamin59US #139
#94Marc59US #175
#95Edwin58US #116
#96Jonathan58US #173
#97Karl58US #179
#98Matthew58US #190
#99Joel56US #137
#100Jon56US #128

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑36Deborah#27
↑23Kevin#59
↑15Theresa#42
↑13Maria#85
↑12Pamela#38
↑12Jo#59
↑11Christine#20
↑11Rose#58

Falling

↓16Irene#83
↓15Geraldine#69
↓12Phyllis#56
↓12Edwin#95
↓11Ruth#47
↓11Rosemary#64
↓11Judy#70
↓11Clifford#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.