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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1950 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,028 New Jersey births in 1950 across 911 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.

#56Maryann#200 nationally
#90Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#81Alexander#189 nationally
#89Gerard#191 nationally
#96Marianne#192 nationally
#96Stuart#186 nationally
#92Matthew#174 nationally
#87Marc#167 nationally
#59Arlene#132 nationally
#100Karl#172 nationally
#58Michele#128 nationally
#95Jonathan#163 nationally

Girls

#1Linda2,160US #1
#2Patricia1,769US #3
#3Barbara1,554US #4
#4Mary1,333US #2
#5Susan1,296US #5
#6Kathleen1,241US #10
#7Nancy980US #6
#8Carol897US #9
#9Karen793US #12
#10Diane741US #16
#11Deborah719US #7
#12Donna694US #13
#13Sharon600US #11
#14Margaret599US #15
#15Judith590US #21
#16Elizabeth525US #24
#17Christine510US #28
#18Janet509US #18
#19Sandra501US #8
#20Joan466US #40
#21Gail449US #42
#22Joanne374US #67
#23Janice368US #22
#24Catherine350US #34
#25Jane345US #39
#26Joyce344US #27
#27Eileen325US #91
#28Pamela321US #17
#29Cynthia296US #23
#30Dorothy295US #35
#31Elaine281US #60
#32Denise276US #82
#33Lynn276US #76
#34Ellen272US #66
#35Maureen269US #89
#36Jean265US #48
#37Beverly251US #31
#38Virginia250US #43
#39Frances242US #51
#40Lorraine242US #105
#41Marilyn241US #37
#42Bonnie238US #33
#43Marie236US #72
#44Ann229US #45
#45Joann222US #98
#46Carolyn219US #20
#47Jacqueline216US #55
#48Gloria215US #30
#49Theresa214US #65
#50Cheryl209US #29
#51Shirley209US #19
#52Ruth204US #49
#53Brenda196US #14
#54Kathryn193US #46
#55Helen188US #50
#56Maryann188US #200
#57Lois186US #83
#58Michele183US #128
#59Arlene176US #132
#60Anne170US #84
#61Laura167US #63
#62Phyllis166US #53
#63Rosemary166US #101
#64Diana163US #47
#65Betty162US #26
#66Irene161US #92
#67Suzanne158US #71
#68Rose157US #69
#69Katherine155US #58
#70Jeanne150US #95
#71Maria150US #73
#72Rita149US #56
#73Jo148US #64
#74Alice147US #57
#75Geraldine145US #102
#76Valerie141US #116
#77Debra140US #59
#78Kathy132US #38
#79Paula129US #54
#80Doris125US #74
#81Dolores122US #139
#82Sheila122US #70
#83Constance121US #85
#84Wendy121US #114
#85Darlene117US #79
#86Anna115US #93
#87Louise113US #109
#88June111US #137
#89Marlene111US #112
#90Judy110US #25
#91Leslie108US #134
#92Jill107US #142
#93Evelyn103US #86
#94Martha102US #32
#95Carole98US #140
#96Marianne97US #192
#97Dianne94US #90
#98Andrea93US #141
#99Anita93US #99
#100Robin92US #149

Boys

#1Robert3,162US #2
#2John3,030US #3
#3James2,137US #1
#4William2,081US #6
#5Richard1,800US #7
#6Thomas1,756US #8
#7Michael1,682US #4
#8Joseph1,620US #13
#9David1,136US #5
#10Charles987US #9
#11Edward883US #22
#12George799US #20
#13Gary731US #10
#14Kenneth731US #15
#15Ronald731US #12
#16Dennis723US #17
#17Paul682US #18
#18Donald669US #14
#19Frank622US #29
#20Peter594US #37
#21Stephen552US #19
#22Bruce539US #26
#23Anthony523US #36
#24Raymond470US #31
#25Daniel452US #21
#26Steven430US #16
#27Mark427US #23
#28Lawrence408US #33
#29Gregory397US #25
#30Douglas369US #28
#31Jeffrey362US #43
#32Wayne343US #35
#33Alan336US #41
#34Walter314US #40
#35Kevin286US #73
#36Louis280US #66
#37Francis274US #86
#38Arthur270US #46
#39Glenn251US #59
#40Vincent248US #101
#41Andrew243US #68
#42Patrick242US #38
#43Albert241US #56
#44Philip241US #53
#45Frederick229US #75
#46Larry225US #11
#47Henry210US #47
#48Gerald201US #34
#49Carl198US #44
#50Ralph197US #52
#51Eugene196US #58
#52Barry194US #74
#53Harry186US #61
#54Brian182US #79
#55Christopher181US #72
#56Timothy178US #32
#57Howard172US #63
#58Leonard167US #77
#59Martin165US #85
#60Craig156US #69
#61Nicholas156US #124
#62Russell154US #67
#63Harold152US #45
#64Roger151US #27
#65Stanley149US #60
#66Alfred133US #96
#67Allen122US #71
#68Eric118US #98
#69Theodore115US #99
#70Ernest111US #81
#71Fred102US #84
#72Keith102US #78
#73Jack100US #48
#74Samuel100US #62
#75Warren98US #118
#76Jerry86US #24
#77Victor86US #106
#78Scott85US #82
#79Roy81US #51
#80Norman80US #90
#81Alexander79US #189
#82Jerome79US #103
#83Allan75US #142
#84Bernard75US #110
#85Clifford75US #100
#86Earl75US #92
#87Marc72US #167
#88Edwin71US #117
#89Gerard70US #191
#90Salvatore70
#91Lee69US #91
#92Matthew69US #174
#93Neil67US #156
#94Jay65US #115
#95Jonathan62US #163
#96Stuart59US #186
#97Gordon57US #108
#98Gene56US #122
#99Herbert54US #112
#100Karl53US #172

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑59Denise#32
↑19Irene#66
↑16Sheila#82
↑16Kevin#35
↑14Scott#78
↑13Laura#61
↑12Lynn#33
↑11Wendy#84

Falling

↓21Geraldine#75
↓17Judy#90
↓17Martha#94
↓17Carole#95
↓17Jay#94
↓14Jo#73
↓13Dolores#81
↓13Stanley#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.