State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1957 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 119,100 New Jersey births in 1957 across 1,183 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.

#88Maryannoutside the national top 200
#80Gerard#189 nationally
#60Nicholas#152 nationally
#36Eileen#120 nationally
#64Marianne#139 nationally
#77Doreen#150 nationally
#59Lorraine#129 nationally
#68Joann#137 nationally
#70Theodore#132 nationally
#87Guy#149 nationally
#38Michele#99 nationally
#67Francis#128 nationally

Girls

#1Susan1,866US #2
#2Mary1,780US #1
#3Patricia1,595US #8
#4Linda1,485US #3
#5Karen1,440US #5
#6Donna1,401US #10
#7Barbara1,271US #9
#8Nancy1,246US #11
#9Deborah1,224US #6
#10Kathleen1,124US #21
#11Debra1,090US #4
#12Diane1,072US #17
#13Cynthia1,008US #7
#14Carol907US #18
#15Sharon759US #14
#16Elizabeth629US #22
#17Denise587US #25
#18Cheryl578US #16
#19Margaret568US #29
#20Lisa516US #26
#21Cindy511US #19
#22Janet476US #23
#23Kim446US #35
#24Pamela441US #12
#25Sandra424US #15
#26Robin422US #30
#27Theresa421US #36
#28Debbie419US #27
#29Joan407US #60
#30Catherine406US #37
#31Kathy406US #20
#32Judith403US #53
#33Laura391US #31
#34Christine380US #41
#35Joanne377US #94
#36Eileen373US #120
#37Lynn360US #61
#38Michele352US #99
#39Gail345US #54
#40Brenda337US #13
#41Ellen337US #85
#42Janice332US #32
#43Ann321US #44
#44Joyce321US #40
#45Maureen301US #103
#46Jane281US #56
#47Cathy274US #39
#48Maria274US #71
#49Jean270US #67
#50Anne263US #86
#51Valerie260US #76
#52Elaine256US #96
#53Leslie253US #77
#54Lori253US #45
#55Jo250US #83
#56Carolyn249US #33
#57Bonnie247US #64
#58Dorothy237US #74
#59Lorraine230US #129
#60Marie227US #98
#61Darlene222US #57
#62Wendy222US #101
#63Beverly221US #48
#64Marianne217US #139
#65Rose216US #69
#66Virginia215US #75
#67Diana210US #43
#68Joann208US #137
#69Laurie208US #73
#70Suzanne208US #102
#71Ruth207US #84
#72Dawn205US #93
#73Jill202US #100
#74Teresa196US #24
#75Katherine194US #72
#76Michelle192US #79
#77Doreen190US #150
#78Judy190US #38
#79Kathryn185US #65
#80Anna177US #105
#81Beth176US #108
#82Helen174US #95
#83Colleen171US #118
#84Angela166US #89
#85Jacqueline162US #91
#86Shirley159US #46
#87Andrea156US #130
#88Maryann154
#89Marilyn152US #82
#90Frances151US #113
#91Gloria148US #66
#92Victoria147US #88
#93Jeanne146US #117
#94Renee146US #111
#95Amy145US #114
#96Julie145US #28
#97Terry143US #92
#98Betty140US #50
#99Sheila133US #58
#100Peggy128US #62

Boys

#1Robert3,482US #4
#2John3,466US #5
#3Michael3,015US #1
#4James2,505US #2
#5William2,231US #6
#6Thomas1,999US #9
#7David1,979US #3
#8Joseph1,968US #12
#9Richard1,796US #8
#10Mark1,494US #7
#11Kevin974US #20
#12Paul964US #18
#13Edward948US #25
#14Steven946US #10
#15Kenneth919US #14
#16Charles900US #11
#17Gary825US #13
#18Jeffrey811US #21
#19Anthony791US #27
#20Peter773US #37
#21Donald767US #15
#22Brian760US #26
#23George750US #29
#24Daniel711US #16
#25Ronald711US #17
#26Stephen707US #24
#27Frank662US #38
#28Gregory600US #23
#29Raymond497US #39
#30Timothy468US #19
#31Bruce453US #34
#32Douglas443US #30
#33Scott442US #32
#34Keith429US #36
#35Christopher390US #43
#36Glenn387US #62
#37Wayne383US #47
#38Andrew336US #56
#39Lawrence335US #46
#40Dennis313US #28
#41Patrick313US #41
#42Vincent303US #97
#43Louis299US #86
#44Walter299US #58
#45Arthur255US #66
#46Alan251US #48
#47Philip246US #68
#48Larry239US #22
#49Eric236US #60
#50Carl235US #49
#51Albert223US #84
#52Russell221US #54
#53Martin217US #69
#54Barry212US #72
#55Craig207US #55
#56Harry207US #100
#57Ralph207US #76
#58Matthew206US #83
#59Eugene199US #92
#60Nicholas193US #152
#61Frederick191US #99
#62Gerald179US #51
#63Henry178US #75
#64Leonard178US #94
#65Stanley178US #81
#66Harold174US #74
#67Francis168US #128
#68Howard149US #89
#69Jerry149US #35
#70Theodore145US #132
#71Fred140US #103
#72Victor138US #98
#73Jack136US #67
#74Samuel135US #82
#75Alfred134US #131
#76Steve133US #44
#77Randy132US #31
#78Roy129US #65
#79Marc127US #139
#80Gerard118US #189
#81Jonathan111US #124
#82Roger111US #42
#83Jay107US #88
#84Allen105US #91
#85Bernard105US #137
#86Dean105US #93
#87Guy103US #149
#88Mike99US #53
#89Bill98US #123
#90Edwin97US #134
#91Ernest97US #101
#92Karl97US #146
#93Chris94US #120
#94Jeff93US #96
#95Glen92US #129
#96Clifford89US #130
#97Jerome89US #126
#98Tom88US #116
#99Joe83US #57
#100Warren82US #147

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑33Cindy#21
↑31Debbie#28
↑26Leslie#53
↑25Carolyn#56
↑23Steve#76
↑22Brenda#40
↑18Diana#67
↑17Beth#81

Falling

↓28Jacqueline#85
↓22Rose#65
↓20Jo#55
↓20Laurie#69
↓17Frances#90
↓17Francis#67
↓15Gloria#91
↓14Helen#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.