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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1951 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,867 New Jersey births in 1951 across 938 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.

#67Maryannoutside the national top 200
#94Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#84Gerard#183 nationally
#98Alexander#190 nationally
#87Matthew#163 nationally
#54Michele#125 nationally
#25Eileen#95 nationally
#51Nicholas#120 nationally
#81Neil#149 nationally
#35Lorraine#102 nationally
#68Arlene#134 nationally
#85Dolores#149 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia2,294US #3
#2Linda2,002US #1
#3Barbara1,613US #5
#4Susan1,471US #6
#5Mary1,407US #2
#6Kathleen1,347US #10
#7Nancy1,069US #7
#8Deborah1,053US #4
#9Carol994US #11
#10Diane894US #15
#11Karen883US #8
#12Donna827US #12
#13Margaret642US #17
#14Judith605US #25
#15Sharon594US #13
#16Christine585US #24
#17Janet536US #19
#18Elizabeth519US #23
#19Gail490US #36
#20Joan483US #39
#21Sandra474US #9
#22Denise458US #48
#23Janice389US #21
#24Catherine384US #34
#25Eileen365US #95
#26Lynn361US #72
#27Joanne354US #73
#28Joyce339US #28
#29Pamela333US #16
#30Elaine323US #66
#31Jane295US #43
#32Cheryl293US #30
#33Debra289US #18
#34Cynthia287US #20
#35Lorraine286US #102
#36Ellen284US #68
#37Dorothy283US #42
#38Theresa268US #64
#39Jean251US #49
#40Ann248US #46
#41Beverly244US #33
#42Marilyn239US #41
#43Virginia238US #47
#44Maureen237US #93
#45Marie231US #78
#46Carolyn226US #22
#47Bonnie224US #37
#48Frances222US #59
#49Jacqueline220US #56
#50Ruth218US #53
#51Brenda215US #14
#52Laura208US #60
#53Joann206US #104
#54Michele206US #125
#55Helen201US #54
#56Jo197US #67
#57Shirley184US #27
#58Phyllis183US #57
#59Rose178US #65
#60Wendy178US #110
#61Anne177US #82
#62Lois175US #85
#63Kathryn172US #45
#64Diana171US #50
#65Gloria171US #31
#66Alice170US #62
#67Maryann169
#68Arlene167US #134
#69Valerie165US #100
#70Betty164US #29
#71Robin164US #122
#72Rosemary159US #109
#73Jeanne158US #98
#74Suzanne158US #83
#75Kathy157US #35
#76Katherine154US #55
#77Irene149US #105
#78Victoria146US #81
#79Geraldine140US #108
#80Rita138US #61
#81Doris136US #80
#82Maria136US #75
#83Anna134US #94
#84Paula134US #51
#85Dolores130US #149
#86Sheila126US #69
#87Judy124US #26
#88Andrea120US #136
#89Constance118US #86
#90Martha113US #38
#91Roberta113US #92
#92Lynne112US #144
#93Charlene109US #103
#94Evelyn106US #88
#95Dianne102US #90
#96Darlene101US #79
#97Jill100US #130
#98Sally100US #77
#99Lynda96US #116
#100Angela94US #150

Boys

#1Robert3,435US #2
#2John3,168US #3
#3James2,226US #1
#4William2,167US #6
#5Michael1,892US #4
#6Richard1,880US #7
#7Thomas1,831US #8
#8Joseph1,658US #14
#9David1,277US #5
#10Charles994US #9
#11Edward994US #23
#12Gary923US #10
#13George796US #22
#14Kenneth775US #16
#15Paul747US #18
#16Dennis715US #17
#17Donald699US #15
#18Ronald696US #12
#19Peter662US #38
#20Steven635US #13
#21Stephen634US #19
#22Frank600US #31
#23Bruce596US #26
#24Anthony545US #34
#25Mark515US #20
#26Raymond472US #32
#27Daniel455US #21
#28Jeffrey425US #35
#29Gregory398US #25
#30Wayne394US #37
#31Lawrence392US #33
#32Kevin368US #53
#33Douglas367US #27
#34Walter332US #42
#35Arthur308US #44
#36Alan301US #40
#37Louis286US #76
#38Glenn272US #58
#39Frederick256US #78
#40Andrew255US #69
#41Francis246US #85
#42Philip242US #55
#43Albert237US #60
#44Patrick231US #39
#45Martin229US #81
#46Ralph229US #51
#47Harry228US #70
#48Vincent226US #104
#49Larry224US #11
#50Timothy223US #28
#51Nicholas216US #120
#52Carl213US #43
#53Gerald213US #36
#54Henry213US #47
#55Brian211US #75
#56Christopher207US #61
#57Eugene207US #65
#58Stanley202US #54
#59Howard195US #74
#60Russell193US #73
#61Roger184US #29
#62Barry183US #71
#63Craig176US #63
#64Leonard172US #80
#65Theodore172US #99
#66Harold162US #46
#67Scott151US #68
#68Samuel141US #67
#69Keith134US #59
#70Eric132US #93
#71Allen121US #72
#72Ernest119US #83
#73Alfred117US #100
#74Fred113US #87
#75Jack112US #48
#76Roy111US #52
#77Norman108US #90
#78Victor100US #110
#79Jerry97US #24
#80Warren96US #118
#81Neil86US #149
#82Jay85US #116
#83Clifford84US #101
#84Gerard83US #183
#85Bernard80US #107
#86Marc78US #148
#87Matthew75US #163
#88Jerome74US #103
#89Jonathan74US #147
#90Earl72US #95
#91Dean70US #105
#92Gordon70US #108
#93Herbert70US #112
#94Salvatore70
#95Lee69US #92
#96Benjamin65US #123
#97Lewis64US #135
#98Alexander63US #190
#99Melvin63US #88
#100Edwin61US #119

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑44Debra#33
↑29Robin#71
↑24Wendy#60
↑18Cheryl#32
↑17Jo#56
↑14Martin#45
↑12Neil#81
↑12Jay#82

Falling

↓17Gloria#65
↓17Alexander#98
↓12Edwin#100
↓11Maryann#67
↓11Irene#77
↓11Maria#82
↓11Darlene#96
↓10Barry#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.