State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1961 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 121,806 New Jersey births in 1961 across 1,287 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
#92Maryannoutside the national top 200
#100Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#58Nicholas#158 nationally
#41Eileen#131 nationally
#90Sean#177 nationally
#64Francis#148 nationally
#55Joann#137 nationally
#63Lorraine#143 nationally
#73Edwin#145 nationally
#95Guy#162 nationally
#37Joanne#102 nationally

Girls

#1Susan1,673US #3
#2Lisa1,484US #2
#3Mary1,462US #1
#4Donna1,429US #7
#5Karen1,374US #5
#6Patricia1,337US #6
#7Linda1,295US #4
#8Nancy1,068US #16
#9Barbara1,038US #12
#10Kathleen931US #29
#11Deborah834US #10
#12Diane811US #26
#13Sharon766US #17
#14Cynthia711US #8
#15Elizabeth670US #19
#16Laura647US #21
#17Carol643US #24
#18Denise639US #30
#19Debra624US #13
#20Robin617US #27
#21Lori574US #14
#22Cheryl569US #20
#23Theresa542US #35
#24Sandra540US #9
#25Michele494US #63
#26Jacqueline493US #37
#27Margaret466US #40
#28Janet465US #32
#29Christine449US #39
#30Pamela444US #15
#31Catherine398US #48
#32Maria384US #57
#33Dawn382US #49
#34Michelle370US #34
#35Kim368US #36
#36Carolyn353US #42
#37Joanne345US #102
#38Kathy344US #25
#39Debbie334US #31
#40Suzanne334US #68
#41Eileen328US #131
#42Maureen325US #104
#43Brenda319US #11
#44Laurie315US #43
#45Kimberly301US #22
#46Lynn301US #71
#47Ellen294US #97
#48Joan291US #89
#49Judith282US #83
#50Valerie278US #67
#51Cindy270US #33
#52Jill268US #74
#53Beth263US #65
#54Ann253US #54
#55Joann251US #137
#56Wendy249US #61
#57Janice247US #52
#58Gail245US #94
#59Jean245US #92
#60Jennifer234US #47
#61Anne233US #90
#62Colleen231US #106
#63Lorraine219US #143
#64Marie218US #109
#65Amy217US #69
#66Darlene217US #80
#67Renee217US #79
#68Jane210US #72
#69Dorothy208US #99
#70Joyce208US #62
#71Teresa208US #18
#72Angela207US #38
#73Judy207US #58
#74Bonnie205US #75
#75Cathy199US #55
#76Leslie198US #84
#77Tracy198US #64
#78Anna191US #100
#79Tammy186US #28
#80Kelly185US #45
#81Diana184US #56
#82Andrea181US #110
#83Tina177US #41
#84Beverly169US #66
#85Stephanie165US #78
#86Elaine164US #118
#87Victoria163US #114
#88Virginia162US #103
#89Ruth161US #96
#90Helen159US #119
#91Katherine159US #86
#92Maryann156
#93Kathryn154US #93
#94Sheila153US #59
#95Jeanne149US #138
#96Tracey147US #151
#97Terri145US #51
#98Julie144US #23
#99Regina144US #98
#100Terry144US #108

Boys

#1John3,478US #3
#2Michael3,377US #1
#3Robert3,214US #5
#4James2,431US #4
#5David2,397US #2
#6William1,923US #7
#7Joseph1,884US #12
#8Thomas1,759US #9
#9Richard1,679US #8
#10Mark1,642US #6
#11Kevin1,004US #14
#12Paul978US #18
#13Jeffrey974US #11
#14Steven969US #10
#15Anthony958US #25
#16Kenneth947US #16
#17Charles911US #13
#18Edward835US #29
#19Daniel786US #17
#20Brian767US #20
#21Christopher750US #26
#22Frank718US #41
#23Scott699US #19
#24Stephen696US #27
#25Peter692US #42
#26George689US #31
#27Gary638US #21
#28Ronald622US #24
#29Donald600US #22
#30Timothy600US #15
#31Gregory530US #23
#32Glenn466US #64
#33Douglas449US #28
#34Raymond428US #48
#35Andrew418US #52
#36Keith414US #35
#37Patrick389US #39
#38Bruce355US #40
#39Eric349US #38
#40Craig311US #43
#41Wayne304US #61
#42Vincent290US #98
#43Lawrence288US #67
#44Dennis284US #34
#45Louis259US #105
#46Matthew256US #59
#47Philip253US #79
#48Walter251US #74
#49Alan249US #51
#50Arthur217US #85
#51Carl215US #56
#52Ralph207US #95
#53Todd207US #46
#54Albert197US #97
#55Gerald188US #62
#56Larry186US #30
#57Russell179US #55
#58Nicholas178US #158
#59Barry172US #66
#60Martin170US #73
#61Leonard161US #114
#62Chris160US #57
#63Frederick159US #117
#64Francis158US #148
#65Eugene157US #113
#66Mike157US #36
#67Henry155US #92
#68Victor155US #99
#69Jonathan153US #112
#70Roger143US #47
#71Steve143US #45
#72Jeff141US #49
#73Edwin138US #145
#74Samuel137US #89
#75Harry132US #131
#76Darryl131US #80
#77Howard131US #109
#78Stanley128US #106
#79Gerard127
#80Harold126US #94
#81Marc126US #133
#82Randy124US #33
#83Jack122US #90
#84Jerry122US #37
#85Jose116US #107
#86Dean114US #84
#87Fred110US #124
#88Alfred109US #152
#89Phillip109US #69
#90Sean108US #177
#91Theodore108US #151
#92Joe105US #60
#93Tom104US #88
#94Jay103US #81
#95Guy97US #162
#96Kurt96US #129
#97Dwayne94US #111
#98Roy94US #83
#99Troy94US #100
#100Alexander92

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑32Todd#53
↑29Jacqueline#26
↑23Jennifer#60
↑23Jonathan#69
↑20Carolyn#36
↑15Michelle#34
↑15Kelly#80
↑12Maria#32

Falling

↓20Joyce#70
↓19Fred#87
↓17Harry#75
↓16Steve#71
↓15Theodore#91
↓14Judith#49
↓14Janice#57
↓14Ruth#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.