State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1960 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 119,915 New Jersey births in 1960 across 1,274 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.

#79Gerardoutside the national top 200
#84Maryannoutside the national top 200
#53Nicholas#153 nationally
#96Tyrone#191 nationally
#100Doreen#194 nationally
#39Eileen#130 nationally
#65Francis#145 nationally
#76Theodore#149 nationally
#63Lorraine#135 nationally
#38Maureen#106 nationally
#58Harry#124 nationally
#34Joanne#99 nationally

Girls

#1Donna1,825US #5
#2Mary1,620US #1
#3Susan1,605US #2
#4Patricia1,507US #7
#5Karen1,348US #4
#6Linda1,328US #3
#7Lisa1,142US #6
#8Kathleen1,024US #27
#9Nancy1,019US #15
#10Barbara995US #12
#11Diane848US #22
#12Deborah798US #10
#13Sharon779US #16
#14Debra752US #8
#15Carol711US #23
#16Elizabeth699US #18
#17Cynthia690US #9
#18Laura592US #25
#19Denise590US #29
#20Robin550US #33
#21Cheryl536US #17
#22Theresa536US #35
#23Sandra510US #11
#24Margaret508US #36
#25Janet474US #32
#26Kim439US #34
#27Lori437US #20
#28Michele414US #89
#29Pamela410US #14
#30Catherine409US #42
#31Debbie396US #24
#32Kathy396US #21
#33Christine383US #40
#34Joanne378US #99
#35Judith373US #74
#36Brenda370US #13
#37Dawn348US #57
#38Maureen327US #106
#39Eileen321US #130
#40Laurie318US #37
#41Lynn316US #64
#42Ann310US #51
#43Janice296US #41
#44Maria296US #59
#45Ellen291US #94
#46Joan288US #80
#47Suzanne286US #78
#48Cindy284US #30
#49Michelle269US #39
#50Joyce264US #58
#51Wendy264US #63
#52Kimberly262US #26
#53Gail260US #90
#54Valerie258US #65
#55Jacqueline248US #85
#56Carolyn247US #43
#57Jean247US #86
#58Anne242US #88
#59Jill238US #76
#60Beth236US #72
#61Darlene236US #75
#62Marie236US #103
#63Lorraine233US #135
#64Jane232US #67
#65Bonnie229US #71
#66Teresa228US #19
#67Joann221US #131
#68Colleen214US #107
#69Judy204US #48
#70Renee204US #93
#71Amy201US #77
#72Dorothy200US #95
#73Beverly193US #60
#74Cathy192US #46
#75Ruth191US #97
#76Angela190US #50
#77Diana188US #53
#78Elaine186US #112
#79Tracy186US #84
#80Annette181US #62
#81Andrea180US #115
#82Leslie180US #92
#83Jennifer178US #61
#84Maryann178
#85Anna176US #104
#86Katherine171US #81
#87Helen169US #117
#88Kathryn163US #82
#89Virginia162US #102
#90Terry161US #101
#91Jeanne159US #129
#92Stephanie156US #91
#93Terri156US #49
#94Jo154US #134
#95Kelly143US #52
#96Rose143US #98
#97Victoria141US #114
#98Evelyn139US #137
#99Paula138US #55
#100Doreen132US #194

Boys

#1John3,361US #4
#2Michael3,149US #2
#3Robert2,979US #5
#4James2,439US #3
#5David2,333US #1
#6Thomas1,977US #9
#7William1,925US #7
#8Joseph1,864US #12
#9Mark1,769US #6
#10Richard1,685US #8
#11Steven1,072US #10
#12Kevin981US #15
#13Kenneth973US #16
#14Anthony906US #25
#15Edward893US #26
#16Paul891US #18
#17Brian834US #20
#18Jeffrey813US #14
#19Charles812US #13
#20Frank723US #40
#21Peter718US #42
#22Daniel689US #17
#23Christopher677US #29
#24Donald661US #19
#25George641US #33
#26Stephen638US #27
#27Scott633US #23
#28Ronald624US #21
#29Timothy606US #11
#30Gary567US #22
#31Gregory547US #24
#32Andrew445US #51
#33Raymond430US #46
#34Keith406US #35
#35Douglas398US #30
#36Bruce372US #39
#37Eric367US #44
#38Glenn360US #74
#39Craig339US #41
#40Patrick338US #45
#41Dennis309US #31
#42Vincent298US #98
#43Matthew291US #61
#44Wayne276US #58
#45Louis273US #106
#46Lawrence271US #64
#47Walter263US #70
#48Alan253US #50
#49Philip247US #76
#50Carl235US #53
#51Russell217US #56
#52Martin199US #77
#53Nicholas193US #153
#54Albert188US #93
#55Steve187US #43
#56Arthur185US #82
#57Barry182US #72
#58Harry175US #124
#59Larry175US #28
#60Ralph171US #89
#61Frederick168US #114
#62Samuel159US #91
#63Gerald158US #62
#64Mike155US #36
#65Francis154US #145
#66Eugene153US #109
#67Chris149US #63
#68Fred147US #117
#69Leonard145US #113
#70Henry143US #84
#71Stanley135US #100
#72Darryl132US #96
#73Victor130US #103
#74Jack128US #85
#75Harold127US #92
#76Theodore125US #149
#77Howard124US #108
#78Randy124US #32
#79Gerard123
#80Jay123US #78
#81Roger123US #47
#82Jeff122US #49
#83Edwin118US #140
#84Jerry118US #37
#85Todd115US #71
#86Dean110US #94
#87Roy110US #80
#88Marc109US #136
#89Jose107US #107
#90Alfred105US #147
#91Bill105US #95
#92Jonathan103US #118
#93Tom97US #86
#94Tony94US #52
#95Curtis93US #79
#96Tyrone93US #191
#97Jim91US #75
#98Joe91US #57
#99Karl90US #135
#100Dale88US #54

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑31Kimberly#52
↑30Jacqueline#55
↑27Darryl#72
↑20Suzanne#47
↑20Angela#76
↑16Ruth#75
↑16Jack#74
↑14Laurie#40

Falling

↓21Doreen#100
↓19Cathy#74
↓19Joe#98
↓16Kathryn#88
↓14Cindy#48
↓14Anne#58
↓14Rose#96
↓13Virginia#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.