State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1959 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,511 New Jersey births in 1959 across 1,259 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.

#80Gerardoutside the national top 200
#88Maryannoutside the national top 200
#79Doreen#175 nationally
#65Nicholas#156 nationally
#40Eileen#126 nationally
#54Francis#136 nationally
#65Lorraine#137 nationally
#36Maureen#106 nationally
#60Joann#130 nationally
#71Edwin#137 nationally
#55Harry#120 nationally
#78Marc#140 nationally

Girls

#1Donna1,901US #5
#2Susan1,644US #2
#3Mary1,569US #1
#4Patricia1,539US #6
#5Karen1,393US #4
#6Linda1,308US #3
#7Nancy1,092US #14
#8Barbara1,090US #11
#9Kathleen1,019US #23
#10Deborah981US #9
#11Diane924US #19
#12Debra834US #7
#13Cynthia823US #8
#14Lisa789US #10
#15Sharon752US #17
#16Carol710US #22
#17Elizabeth671US #21
#18Cheryl601US #18
#19Denise595US #29
#20Margaret533US #36
#21Laura504US #30
#22Sandra494US #13
#23Kathy487US #15
#24Robin482US #32
#25Theresa478US #34
#26Debbie469US #20
#27Janet462US #28
#28Catherine424US #40
#29Pamela424US #12
#30Lori407US #27
#31Kim394US #35
#32Joanne392US #92
#33Michele391US #89
#34Cindy377US #25
#35Christine351US #43
#36Maureen351US #106
#37Ellen348US #91
#38Judith345US #70
#39Joan341US #76
#40Eileen324US #126
#41Lynn321US #63
#42Maria313US #62
#43Ann306US #44
#44Anne302US #82
#45Dawn301US #54
#46Gail296US #75
#47Janice292US #37
#48Valerie290US #60
#49Brenda287US #16
#50Jean275US #77
#51Michelle274US #47
#52Joyce273US #50
#53Jane259US #67
#54Laurie252US #56
#55Cathy249US #39
#56Wendy245US #83
#57Beth238US #80
#58Darlene238US #66
#59Marie229US #104
#60Joann225US #130
#61Teresa224US #24
#62Carolyn223US #42
#63Jill220US #86
#64Judy213US #41
#65Lorraine208US #137
#66Bonnie207US #71
#67Suzanne206US #96
#68Amy203US #85
#69Dorothy202US #94
#70Beverly199US #55
#71Colleen195US #110
#72Kathryn193US #69
#73Diana187US #49
#74Elaine185US #105
#75Leslie184US #84
#76Virginia182US #93
#77Andrea176US #123
#78Jeanne174US #129
#79Doreen171US #175
#80Helen170US #108
#81Anna166US #99
#82Rose166US #88
#83Kimberly165US #33
#84Renee164US #100
#85Jacqueline161US #111
#86Annette160US #64
#87Katherine160US #79
#88Maryann157
#89Paula152US #51
#90Frances151US #124
#91Ruth151US #97
#92Jennifer146US #78
#93Jo146US #115
#94Victoria146US #113
#95Terry143US #95
#96Angela141US #68
#97Phyllis139US #103
#98Sheila136US #52
#99Terri134US #46
#100Julie130US #26

Boys

#1John3,343US #4
#2Robert3,123US #5
#3Michael3,086US #1
#4James2,448US #3
#5David2,215US #2
#6William2,074US #7
#7Joseph1,881US #13
#8Thomas1,863US #9
#9Richard1,772US #8
#10Mark1,554US #6
#11Kevin999US #14
#12Steven985US #10
#13Paul963US #17
#14Edward927US #27
#15Kenneth891US #15
#16Charles877US #11
#17Anthony875US #26
#18Jeffrey783US #16
#19Brian773US #22
#20Peter746US #40
#21George739US #32
#22Frank687US #42
#23Daniel654US #18
#24Ronald637US #21
#25Donald634US #19
#26Stephen624US #28
#27Gary617US #20
#28Timothy616US #12
#29Scott596US #24
#30Christopher569US #35
#31Gregory496US #23
#32Raymond442US #45
#33Bruce399US #38
#34Douglas397US #30
#35Keith384US #39
#36Eric367US #46
#37Patrick359US #43
#38Dennis332US #29
#39Glenn331US #80
#40Andrew330US #58
#41Wayne306US #51
#42Craig291US #44
#43Lawrence287US #62
#44Walter284US #66
#45Vincent282US #102
#46Louis279US #100
#47Matthew259US #63
#48Philip248US #68
#49Alan246US #50
#50Arthur231US #76
#51Carl222US #54
#52Barry211US #73
#53Russell206US #56
#54Francis198US #136
#55Harry196US #120
#56Albert195US #92
#57Frederick195US #114
#58Henry193US #83
#59Larry192US #25
#60Martin188US #79
#61Eugene178US #106
#62Ralph173US #84
#63Mike172US #37
#64Howard168US #104
#65Nicholas153US #156
#66Chris152US #72
#67Fred146US #112
#68Steve145US #41
#69Gerald142US #61
#70Harold138US #87
#71Edwin137US #137
#72Samuel137US #86
#73Stanley136US #98
#74Victor134US #107
#75Randy131US #31
#76Leonard130US #109
#77Jerry124US #36
#78Marc122US #140
#79Joe120US #57
#80Gerard119
#81Jay119US #88
#82Bill118US #93
#83Jonathan118US #124
#84Alfred117US #138
#85Jim114US #70
#86Roy113US #81
#87Todd111US #99
#88Roger108US #47
#89Theodore108US #146
#90Jack106US #85
#91Jeff100US #52
#92Tom100US #82
#93Ernest99US #118
#94Allen97US #97
#95Jose97US #113
#96Jerome95US #133
#97Bernard93US #152
#98Dean93US #95
#99Darryl91US #130
#100Guy90US #158

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑25Randy#75
↑24Amy#68
↑17Teresa#61
↑17Jeanne#78
↑16Wendy#56
↑15Edwin#71
↑14Beth#57
↑14Beverly#70

Falling

↓27Jo#93
↓27Julie#100
↓22Angela#96
↓19Roger#88
↓15Leslie#75
↓14Virginia#76
↓14Theodore#89
↓12Darlene#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.