State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1955 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,181 New Jersey births in 1955 across 1,077 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.

#93Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#94Maryannoutside the national top 200
#73Gerard#179 nationally
#95Doreenoutside the national top 200
#100Marianne#191 nationally
#36Eileen#120 nationally
#58Nicholas#141 nationally
#47Lorraine#126 nationally
#87Neil#159 nationally
#66Joann#136 nationally
#31Maureen#100 nationally
#72Andrea#139 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia1,926US #6
#2Susan1,792US #5
#3Deborah1,730US #2
#4Mary1,706US #1
#5Linda1,604US #3
#6Kathleen1,289US #17
#7Barbara1,264US #7
#8Donna1,257US #10
#9Karen1,251US #8
#10Debra1,232US #4
#11Nancy1,219US #9
#12Diane1,116US #14
#13Carol854US #15
#14Sharon682US #16
#15Elizabeth607US #21
#16Margaret600US #24
#17Cynthia589US #11
#18Janet531US #20
#19Denise522US #23
#20Pamela474US #12
#21Sandra463US #13
#22Cheryl457US #19
#23Judith454US #31
#24Joan442US #46
#25Catherine437US #28
#26Gail435US #42
#27Jo419US #58
#28Robin400US #33
#29Janice380US #25
#30Theresa368US #38
#31Maureen365US #100
#32Michele356US #93
#33Joanne352US #88
#34Lynn342US #62
#35Christine317US #40
#36Eileen315US #120
#37Ann314US #43
#38Joyce308US #29
#39Ellen304US #81
#40Laura299US #41
#41Lisa293US #48
#42Marie271US #92
#43Rose271US #54
#44Jane270US #50
#45Elaine257US #77
#46Bonnie252US #45
#47Lorraine251US #126
#48Jean248US #60
#49Kathy242US #22
#50Wendy239US #90
#51Dorothy238US #64
#52Virginia238US #66
#53Kim231US #75
#54Maria228US #69
#55Beverly221US #34
#56Anne218US #84
#57Valerie217US #80
#58Brenda211US #18
#59Jacqueline192US #73
#60Helen191US #78
#61Kathryn189US #59
#62Marilyn188US #49
#63Paula188US #39
#64Ruth185US #70
#65Suzanne185US #86
#66Joann184US #136
#67Katherine178US #65
#68Colleen174US #110
#69Carolyn173US #30
#70Jill172US #102
#71Frances170US #96
#72Andrea168US #139
#73Gloria168US #47
#74Lori166US #89
#75Darlene163US #76
#76Leslie159US #99
#77Teresa158US #26
#78Michelle157US #97
#79Diana155US #55
#80Laurie155US #91
#81Shirley155US #37
#82Dawn154US #103
#83Debbie149US #63
#84Victoria149US #82
#85Cathy148US #44
#86Judy146US #32
#87Lois146US #124
#88Alice145US #87
#89Angela145US #109
#90Jeanne144US #115
#91Anna142US #105
#92Betty137US #36
#93Phyllis137US #74
#94Maryann135
#95Doreen131
#96Regina128US #127
#97Martha127US #53
#98Sheila127US #57
#99Terry127US #83
#100Marianne123US #191

Boys

#1Robert3,479US #4
#2John3,434US #5
#3Michael2,673US #1
#4James2,354US #3
#5William2,267US #6
#6David2,078US #2
#7Richard1,976US #7
#8Thomas1,972US #8
#9Joseph1,937US #13
#10Mark1,150US #9
#11Edward1,015US #25
#12Gary970US #12
#13Paul922US #16
#14Kenneth902US #15
#15Charles893US #11
#16Jeffrey878US #20
#17Steven861US #10
#18Kevin813US #27
#19George806US #26
#20Peter773US #35
#21Stephen744US #21
#22Donald731US #14
#23Anthony706US #31
#24Frank674US #34
#25Daniel653US #17
#26Ronald608US #18
#27Bruce517US #32
#28Raymond514US #36
#29Gregory488US #24
#30Brian453US #40
#31Dennis432US #23
#32Douglas417US #29
#33Wayne393US #44
#34Keith382US #39
#35Lawrence377US #42
#36Timothy374US #22
#37Glenn361US #59
#38Alan332US #43
#39Christopher327US #49
#40Walter321US #51
#41Scott300US #38
#42Louis295US #82
#43Patrick295US #41
#44Andrew294US #66
#45Arthur287US #56
#46Philip264US #62
#47Craig251US #50
#48Barry242US #70
#49Vincent241US #99
#50Ralph235US #67
#51Harry225US #89
#52Gerald214US #48
#53Russell213US #57
#54Larry209US #19
#55Francis206US #100
#56Frederick206US #86
#57Carl197US #47
#58Nicholas195US #141
#59Eugene194US #81
#60Henry184US #61
#61Albert181US #76
#62Eric171US #85
#63Howard170US #83
#64Martin170US #77
#65Harold161US #63
#66Theodore158US #120
#67Samuel155US #71
#68Stanley150US #64
#69Roger149US #37
#70Leonard138US #88
#71Alfred126US #119
#72Allen124US #84
#73Gerard123US #179
#74Matthew119US #105
#75Jonathan118US #116
#76Roy114US #58
#77Marc113US #126
#78Jerry111US #33
#79Fred109US #97
#80Jack104US #60
#81Randy102US #30
#82Ernest100US #90
#83Warren100US #130
#84Clifford95US #118
#85Jay94US #103
#86Bernard93US #127
#87Neil92US #159
#88Jerome89US #112
#89Victor88US #101
#90Edwin87US #124
#91Herbert86US #129
#92Norman86US #102
#93Salvatore81
#94Terry79US #28
#95Guy77US #145
#96Allan75US #157
#97Curtis75US #79
#98Willie74US #54
#99Jeffery73US #73
#100Garry72US #140

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑28Lisa#41
↑18Cheryl#22
↑17Wendy#50
↑16Kathy#49
↑16Darlene#75
↑16Keith#34
↑15Diana#79
↑13Dawn#82

Falling

↓30Marianne#100
↓17Marilyn#62
↓16Sheila#98
↓14Guy#95
↓13Victoria#84
↓12Frances#71
↓12Betty#92
↓11Lois#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.