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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1949 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,326 New Jersey births in 1949 across 901 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.

#62Maryann#184 nationally
#81Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#84Gerard#197 nationally
#96Claireoutside the national top 200
#82Alexander#180 nationally
#86Matthew#177 nationally
#90Stuart#178 nationally
#61Michele#135 nationally
#60Arlene#133 nationally
#63Nicholas#136 nationally
#89Neil#161 nationally
#100Karl#172 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,365US #1
#2Patricia1,665US #3
#3Barbara1,631US #4
#4Susan1,340US #5
#5Mary1,324US #2
#6Kathleen1,284US #9
#7Carol990US #8
#8Nancy926US #7
#9Diane743US #19
#10Judith682US #16
#11Margaret680US #14
#12Karen651US #11
#13Donna617US #12
#14Sharon598US #10
#15Sandra564US #6
#16Elizabeth493US #25
#17Deborah465US #15
#18Joan465US #36
#19Janet458US #23
#20Christine432US #30
#21Joanne396US #61
#22Catherine360US #37
#23Gail348US #51
#24Joyce348US #26
#25Elaine327US #57
#26Dorothy323US #32
#27Janice305US #24
#28Jane299US #41
#29Virginia296US #39
#30Eileen294US #95
#31Pamela287US #21
#32Marie280US #67
#33Cynthia273US #27
#34Ellen273US #64
#35Maureen273US #89
#36Marilyn270US #33
#37Lorraine263US #102
#38Jean261US #45
#39Carolyn260US #17
#40Bonnie251US #35
#41Shirley249US #18
#42Beverly246US #31
#43Cheryl246US #28
#44Theresa246US #63
#45Lynn240US #74
#46Ann237US #44
#47Ruth232US #47
#48Frances225US #49
#49Gloria224US #29
#50Joann222US #101
#51Helen220US #46
#52Phyllis200US #50
#53Jacqueline196US #58
#54Geraldine190US #90
#55Rosemary189US #98
#56Lois184US #73
#57Brenda179US #13
#58Betty176US #22
#59Jo176US #60
#60Arlene170US #133
#61Michele170US #135
#62Maryann169US #184
#63Kathryn168US #52
#64Alice167US #53
#65Suzanne167US #62
#66Valerie163US #108
#67Anne162US #86
#68Dolores157US #130
#69Rose154US #66
#70Diana152US #48
#71Katherine143US #59
#72Paula137US #55
#73Judy136US #20
#74Laura136US #65
#75Maria130US #72
#76Louise129US #104
#77Martha129US #34
#78Carole120US #118
#79Doris119US #69
#80Jeanne118US #92
#81Evelyn116US #80
#82Rita116US #54
#83Kathy115US #42
#84Roberta113US #97
#85Irene108US #111
#86Marlene107US #110
#87Darlene106US #75
#88Angela105US #150
#89Regina105US #139
#90Constance104US #83
#91Denise104US #140
#92Jill104US #152
#93Lynne101US #159
#94Andrea100US #144
#95Wendy98US #122
#96Claire96
#97Anna95US #91
#98Sheila93US #76
#99June92US #138
#100Lynda92US #93

Boys

#1Robert3,282US #2
#2John3,119US #3
#3William2,156US #4
#4James2,054US #1
#5Richard1,821US #7
#6Thomas1,670US #8
#7Joseph1,591US #14
#8Michael1,519US #5
#9David1,126US #6
#10Charles1,048US #9
#11Edward935US #21
#12George847US #18
#13Ronald794US #11
#14Paul740US #17
#15Kenneth736US #15
#16Dennis660US #16
#17Frank643US #27
#18Donald637US #13
#19Stephen568US #19
#20Bruce560US #26
#21Peter540US #38
#22Anthony535US #36
#23Gary534US #12
#24Daniel471US #22
#25Steven451US #20
#26Raymond446US #30
#27Walter381US #37
#28Mark380US #24
#29Gregory350US #31
#30Jeffrey338US #48
#31Lawrence334US #32
#32Wayne321US #35
#33Douglas307US #29
#34Arthur305US #44
#35Louis305US #64
#36Alan282US #45
#37Albert255US #56
#38Glenn243US #61
#39Philip243US #55
#40Frederick236US #70
#41Francis233US #78
#42Carl226US #43
#43Gerald225US #33
#44Patrick225US #39
#45Harry224US #59
#46Andrew217US #75
#47Vincent216US #102
#48Ralph214US #50
#49Howard209US #63
#50Barry195US #73
#51Kevin194US #95
#52Stanley193US #60
#53Larry191US #10
#54Roger187US #25
#55Henry183US #46
#56Harold178US #42
#57Leonard173US #74
#58Eugene172US #58
#59Russell162US #69
#60Timothy158US #34
#61Brian157US #86
#62Craig151US #77
#63Nicholas150US #136
#64Christopher149US #81
#65Martin145US #83
#66Theodore144US #100
#67Alfred136US #96
#68Fred134US #72
#69Samuel130US #62
#70Eric120US #105
#71Jack119US #47
#72Allen116US #71
#73Warren113US #115
#74Roy110US #51
#75Ernest99US #76
#76Norman93US #90
#77Jay88US #118
#78Victor88US #116
#79Clifford86US #103
#80Jerry86US #23
#81Salvatore80
#82Alexander78US #180
#83Keith78US #85
#84Gerard76US #197
#85Gordon75US #113
#86Matthew75US #177
#87Earl74US #91
#88Bernard73US #111
#89Neil72US #161
#90Stuart72US #178
#91Herbert71US #107
#92Scott71US #99
#93Allan68US #143
#94Edwin68US #123
#95Lee65US #93
#96Benjamin58US #135
#97Leon55US #121
#98Marc55US #167
#99Steve55US #68
#100Karl53US #172

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑23Glenn#38
↑22Valerie#66
↑15Geraldine#54
↑15Michele#61
↑13Jay#77
↑12Cynthia#33
↑12Shirley#41
↑12Gloria#49

Falling

↓15Anna#97
↓13Carolyn#39
↓13Allan#93
↓12Frances#48
↓12Carole#78
↓12Jeanne#80
↓12Bernard#88
↓11Rose#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.