State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1954 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 108,804 New Jersey births in 1954 across 1,028 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.

#85Maryannoutside the national top 200
#70Marianne#172 nationally
#76Gerard#177 nationally
#99Alexander#200 nationally
#83Arlene#169 nationally
#32Eileen#115 nationally
#43Lorraine#120 nationally
#59Nicholas#134 nationally
#96Kurt#168 nationally
#58Joann#129 nationally
#81Guy#143 nationally
#85Neil#147 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia1,977US #4
#2Mary1,823US #1
#3Susan1,787US #5
#4Deborah1,731US #3
#5Linda1,701US #2
#6Barbara1,455US #7
#7Kathleen1,214US #14
#8Karen1,192US #8
#9Donna1,173US #11
#10Nancy1,173US #9
#11Debra1,096US #6
#12Diane1,084US #17
#13Carol900US #15
#14Sharon666US #16
#15Cynthia640US #10
#16Elizabeth638US #20
#17Margaret615US #21
#18Denise607US #24
#19Janet520US #19
#20Joan489US #40
#21Gail470US #37
#22Pamela456US #12
#23Sandra444US #13
#24Judith436US #30
#25Catherine434US #32
#26Joanne403US #78
#27Jo379US #53
#28Robin377US #41
#29Janice363US #25
#30Theresa355US #47
#31Lynn349US #63
#32Eileen342US #115
#33Michele333US #89
#34Joyce329US #28
#35Jane297US #49
#36Maureen297US #97
#37Ellen296US #77
#38Rose293US #54
#39Christine280US #43
#40Cheryl279US #22
#41Jean279US #56
#42Elaine270US #74
#43Lorraine270US #120
#44Laura267US #45
#45Marilyn266US #35
#46Ann263US #44
#47Dorothy256US #55
#48Beverly249US #31
#49Maria242US #65
#50Marie242US #79
#51Anne234US #80
#52Marian211US #104
#53Virginia209US #61
#54Bonnie207US #52
#55Valerie206US #87
#56Brenda202US #18
#57Jacqueline200US #68
#58Joann200US #129
#59Frances192US #83
#60Carolyn191US #27
#61Kathryn190US #51
#62Ruth190US #66
#63Paula186US #38
#64Suzanne186US #82
#65Kathy183US #23
#66Helen178US #72
#67Wendy178US #95
#68Jill176US #107
#69Lisa173US #73
#70Marianne172US #172
#71Victoria169US #85
#72Laurie161US #98
#73Katherine160US #64
#74Shirley159US #33
#75Andrea156US #136
#76Lois153US #110
#77Gloria152US #42
#78Leslie149US #99
#79Alice148US #81
#80Betty146US #36
#81Judy142US #29
#82Sheila139US #60
#83Arlene138US #169
#84Phyllis138US #75
#85Maryann136
#86Michelle136US #94
#87Teresa136US #34
#88Louise134US #138
#89Anna132US #105
#90Angela131US #118
#91Darlene130US #76
#92Cathy128US #59
#93Jeanne128US #112
#94Diana126US #57
#95Dawn124US #124
#96Irene123US #140
#97Beth118US #130
#98Sally117US #84
#99Evelyn116US #109
#100Rita115US #67

Boys

#1Robert3,533US #2
#2John3,417US #4
#3Michael2,492US #1
#4James2,300US #3
#5William2,240US #6
#6Thomas2,046US #8
#7Richard1,951US #7
#8Joseph1,840US #13
#9David1,817US #5
#10Gary1,103US #9
#11Edward1,023US #22
#12Charles961US #10
#13Mark958US #12
#14Steven893US #11
#15Paul868US #16
#16George816US #24
#17Kenneth796US #17
#18Kevin763US #28
#19Donald741US #14
#20Stephen735US #20
#21Peter710US #37
#22Ronald689US #15
#23Anthony682US #32
#24Jeffrey671US #23
#25Frank659US #36
#26Daniel619US #18
#27Bruce562US #30
#28Raymond512US #35
#29Gregory474US #25
#30Dennis460US #21
#31Douglas409US #29
#32Lawrence399US #39
#33Wayne386US #41
#34Brian361US #48
#35Glenn359US #63
#36Louis325US #81
#37Walter319US #49
#38Alan308US #43
#39Patrick303US #38
#40Timothy298US #26
#41Andrew282US #70
#42Philip267US #62
#43Barry260US #68
#44Arthur258US #52
#45Frederick255US #83
#46Scott254US #40
#47Christopher248US #64
#48Craig244US #51
#49Francis241US #94
#50Keith240US #45
#51Vincent238US #104
#52Albert236US #73
#53Ralph233US #61
#54Gerald222US #44
#55Harry220US #86
#56Carl217US #47
#57Henry210US #59
#58Russell208US #69
#59Nicholas200US #134
#60Eugene195US #77
#61Larry190US #19
#62Leonard187US #85
#63Howard177US #80
#64Stanley173US #58
#65Martin171US #79
#66Roger164US #34
#67Theodore158US #115
#68Eric150US #89
#69Matthew148US #124
#70Harold138US #60
#71Fred130US #93
#72Ernest129US #87
#73Samuel128US #71
#74Alfred123US #116
#75Jack121US #57
#76Gerard117US #177
#77Roy117US #56
#78Warren111US #126
#79Jonathan110US #121
#80Allen105US #82
#81Guy102US #143
#82Marc102US #133
#83Victor98US #103
#84Jay94US #101
#85Neil94US #147
#86Randy94US #33
#87Bernard91US #123
#88Jerry91US #31
#89Norman86US #99
#90Jerome84US #114
#91Clifford80US #112
#92Lee80US #96
#93Dean77US #110
#94Herbert76US #128
#95Edwin75US #129
#96Kurt75US #168
#97Glen72US #131
#98Terry71US #27
#99Alexander68US #200
#100Benjamin68US #132

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑24Laurie#72
↑17Marianne#70
↑16Matthew#69
↑16Guy#81
↑15Jill#68
↑14Maria#49
↑14Randy#86
↑13Victoria#71

Falling

↓21Arlene#83
↓21Alexander#99
↓19Jeanne#93
↓18Darlene#91
↓18Diana#94
↓15Phyllis#84
↓13Christine#39
↓12Jacqueline#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.