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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1953 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,905 New Jersey births in 1953 across 993 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.

#80Maryannoutside the national top 200
#78Alexander#195 nationally
#73Gerard#186 nationally
#88Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#87Marianne#187 nationally
#62Arlene#153 nationally
#29Eileen#108 nationally
#88Dolores#165 nationally
#42Lorraine#118 nationally
#59Nicholas#131 nationally
#94Karl#163 nationally
#53Joann#121 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia2,022US #4
#2Linda1,928US #2
#3Susan1,598US #5
#4Mary1,553US #1
#5Barbara1,504US #6
#6Deborah1,426US #3
#7Kathleen1,183US #14
#8Nancy1,100US #8
#9Karen1,033US #9
#10Diane994US #17
#11Carol903US #16
#12Donna901US #13
#13Debra769US #7
#14Sharon635US #15
#15Margaret619US #20
#16Denise572US #31
#17Elizabeth572US #21
#18Cynthia547US #12
#19Judith523US #30
#20Janet519US #19
#21Sandra488US #11
#22Gail483US #39
#23Pamela475US #10
#24Joan469US #37
#25Joanne418US #71
#26Christine410US #32
#27Catherine405US #35
#28Janice398US #22
#29Eileen375US #108
#30Jo363US #54
#31Joyce329US #26
#32Lynn316US #67
#33Maureen306US #92
#34Theresa301US #50
#35Michele298US #102
#36Jane283US #43
#37Ann280US #46
#38Beverly279US #34
#39Ellen277US #76
#40Robin267US #66
#41Cheryl266US #28
#42Lorraine265US #118
#43Jean262US #52
#44Marilyn262US #36
#45Jacqueline261US #58
#46Marie257US #86
#47Dorothy254US #49
#48Virginia242US #53
#49Rose231US #59
#50Elaine226US #77
#51Anne219US #80
#52Laura218US #51
#53Joann212US #121
#54Brenda211US #18
#55Suzanne210US #78
#56Carolyn207US #25
#57Frances202US #72
#58Kathryn202US #48
#59Bonnie201US #45
#60Ruth196US #62
#61Helen188US #65
#62Arlene185US #153
#63Maria178US #68
#64Lois177US #91
#65Gloria174US #38
#66Kathy173US #23
#67Valerie172US #88
#68Katherine171US #63
#69Phyllis170US #69
#70Andrea169US #131
#71Alice165US #73
#72Paula162US #40
#73Darlene158US #75
#74Jeanne152US #97
#75Shirley149US #29
#76Diana147US #55
#77Wendy147US #110
#78Sheila146US #60
#79Lisa144US #111
#80Maryann142
#81Betty140US #33
#82Leslie138US #96
#83Jill137US #114
#84Victoria134US #82
#85Irene133US #127
#86Anna130US #98
#87Marianne128US #187
#88Dolores120US #165
#89Martha120US #41
#90Louise116US #125
#91Teresa116US #42
#92Judy115US #27
#93Cathy114US #56
#94Evelyn114US #94
#95Colleen113US #115
#96Laurie113US #103
#97Rita113US #64
#98Roberta112US #90
#99Geraldine111US #135
#100Sally109US #81

Boys

#1Robert3,478US #1
#2John3,366US #4
#3Michael2,378US #3
#4James2,334US #2
#5William2,219US #6
#6Richard2,055US #7
#7Thomas1,838US #8
#8Joseph1,731US #13
#9David1,642US #5
#10Charles1,002US #9
#11Gary990US #10
#12Edward901US #23
#13Paul852US #16
#14Kenneth837US #17
#15George815US #22
#16Steven761US #11
#17Donald737US #14
#18Peter705US #38
#19Stephen698US #21
#20Mark690US #12
#21Bruce647US #28
#22Anthony636US #32
#23Ronald630US #15
#24Dennis614US #19
#25Frank600US #33
#26Daniel585US #20
#27Kevin584US #36
#28Jeffrey573US #25
#29Raymond453US #34
#30Gregory450US #24
#31Douglas424US #27
#32Lawrence389US #37
#33Wayne378US #40
#34Brian331US #53
#35Walter330US #45
#36Glenn310US #67
#37Alan300US #43
#38Patrick299US #39
#39Louis287US #78
#40Arthur286US #50
#41Frederick269US #80
#42Andrew258US #68
#43Timothy252US #26
#44Philip248US #61
#45Francis234US #90
#46Vincent228US #100
#47Barry222US #73
#48Keith222US #47
#49Christopher221US #63
#50Craig209US #60
#51Ralph208US #59
#52Gerald202US #42
#53Harry202US #83
#54Henry202US #54
#55Larry200US #18
#56Albert196US #69
#57Scott194US #46
#58Carl192US #44
#59Nicholas187US #131
#60Eugene184US #75
#61Howard183US #77
#62Roger183US #31
#63Stanley178US #62
#64Martin169US #82
#65Harold166US #56
#66Leonard164US #85
#67Russell160US #71
#68Samuel141US #70
#69Alfred135US #104
#70Theodore135US #112
#71Eric134US #89
#72Roy128US #55
#73Gerard126US #186
#74Jack112US #57
#75Allen109US #81
#76Warren109US #124
#77Victor98US #106
#78Alexander96US #195
#79Ernest95US #87
#80Fred93US #92
#81Bernard92US #119
#82Jerry92US #29
#83Jay90US #99
#84Jonathan86US #133
#85Matthew85US #130
#86Neil83US #146
#87Norman83US #98
#88Salvatore74
#89Edwin73US #123
#90Lee73US #93
#91Marc72US #144
#92Terry72US #30
#93Clifford71US #102
#94Karl71US #163
#95Jerome67US #107
#96Allan64US #153
#97Guy63US #150
#98Herbert61US #125
#99Leon61US #137
#100Randy61US #35

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑23Darlene#73
↑20Robin#40
↑19Jo#30
↑17Andrea#70
↑13Philip#44
↑12Suzanne#55
↑12Salvatore#88
↑11Scott#57

Falling

↓23Geraldine#99
↓14Elaine#50
↓14Judy#92
↓13Christine#26
↓12Carl#58
↓11Virginia#48
↓10Carolyn#56
↓10Shirley#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.