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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1962 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,555 New Jersey births in 1962 across 1,288 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
#61Nicholas#155 nationally
#47Eileen#139 nationally
#59Francis#148 nationally
#36Joanne#114 nationally
#94Gregg#167 nationally
#76Theodore#146 nationally
#77Lorraine#147 nationally
#41Maureen#108 nationally
#67Harry#134 nationally
#90Alfred#156 nationally
#73Joann#137 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,793US #1
#2Susan1,484US #3
#3Karen1,310US #4
#4Mary1,274US #2
#5Patricia1,234US #6
#6Donna1,218US #7
#7Linda1,122US #5
#8Nancy927US #19
#9Kathleen890US #29
#10Barbara849US #14
#11Deborah783US #9
#12Diane781US #26
#13Sharon727US #17
#14Elizabeth666US #20
#15Laura631US #21
#16Cynthia627US #8
#17Debra607US #15
#18Carol605US #28
#19Lori588US #11
#20Denise570US #30
#21Sandra541US #10
#22Robin523US #25
#23Theresa508US #40
#24Christine505US #39
#25Michele503US #59
#26Cheryl502US #24
#27Margaret497US #43
#28Jacqueline485US #44
#29Pamela476US #13
#30Maria467US #49
#31Dawn426US #50
#32Catherine406US #53
#33Janet388US #35
#34Kim388US #37
#35Kimberly360US #16
#36Joanne350US #114
#37Laurie337US #42
#38Michelle330US #31
#39Suzanne321US #65
#40Carolyn320US #46
#41Maureen318US #108
#42Debbie315US #32
#43Kathy311US #27
#44Brenda310US #12
#45Judith304US #86
#46Jennifer302US #41
#47Eileen286US #139
#48Lynn283US #71
#49Ann276US #56
#50Tracy273US #55
#51Joan258US #94
#52Wendy255US #64
#53Angela247US #36
#54Ellen245US #109
#55Janice242US #58
#56Kelly242US #38
#57Cindy238US #34
#58Valerie233US #67
#59Teresa231US #18
#60Beth230US #66
#61Amy228US #61
#62Colleen228US #101
#63Gail223US #103
#64Tina223US #33
#65Tracey219US #123
#66Anne216US #83
#67Jane216US #73
#68Jill211US #72
#69Joyce211US #74
#70Tammy207US #23
#71Diana206US #57
#72Darlene205US #88
#73Joann200US #137
#74Andrea199US #99
#75Jean193US #95
#76Elaine192US #125
#77Lorraine191US #147
#78Marie188US #113
#79Bonnie186US #79
#80Renee180US #76
#81Dorothy177US #111
#82Cathy171US #62
#83Leslie171US #80
#84Stephanie170US #70
#85Judy169US #63
#86Helen166US #128
#87Katherine164US #84
#88Annette160US #75
#89Anna159US #100
#90Terri159US #54
#91Ruth155US #104
#92Julie154US #22
#93Victoria154US #121
#94Gina153US #102
#95Kathryn151US #89
#96Wanda148US #77
#97Sheila145US #52
#98Sherry142US #48
#99Virginia142US #105
#100Regina140US #91

Boys

#1John3,399US #3
#2Michael3,153US #1
#3Robert3,031US #5
#4James2,315US #4
#5David2,303US #2
#6William1,955US #7
#7Joseph1,896US #13
#8Thomas1,813US #9
#9Mark1,576US #6
#10Richard1,557US #8
#11Kevin989US #14
#12Anthony983US #24
#13Scott956US #11
#14Steven947US #12
#15Jeffrey931US #10
#16Kenneth871US #18
#17Edward851US #29
#18Paul848US #19
#19Charles792US #15
#20Brian771US #20
#21Christopher756US #26
#22Daniel709US #17
#23Stephen693US #28
#24Peter681US #43
#25Frank652US #42
#26George632US #32
#27Ronald585US #25
#28Gregory583US #21
#29Donald579US #23
#30Gary565US #22
#31Timothy565US #16
#32Douglas486US #27
#33Andrew477US #49
#34Glenn457US #55
#35Keith437US #36
#36Raymond407US #48
#37Eric390US #33
#38Vincent355US #66
#39Patrick352US #40
#40Bruce302US #41
#41Wayne273US #63
#42Dennis271US #37
#43Craig267US #51
#44Louis262US #107
#45Matthew257US #56
#46Walter250US #79
#47Alan239US #53
#48Todd226US #30
#49Lawrence214US #70
#50Philip209US #81
#51Barry207US #61
#52Carl200US #58
#53Martin197US #74
#54Frederick189US #116
#55Albert182US #101
#56Russell182US #57
#57Arthur181US #91
#58Chris171US #60
#59Francis170US #148
#60Gerald169US #65
#61Nicholas169US #155
#62Roger168US #47
#63Ralph160US #97
#64Jonathan150US #94
#65Larry149US #31
#66Eugene143US #112
#67Harry142US #134
#68Darryl137US #83
#69Henry136US #92
#70Jose136US #103
#71Leonard134US #117
#72Marc134US #122
#73Victor131US #96
#74Samuel125US #88
#75Harold123US #95
#76Theodore123US #146
#77Jerry122US #38
#78Troy122US #67
#79Gerard121
#80Steve121US #46
#81Mike117US #39
#82Edwin116US #143
#83Jay116US #80
#84Randy116US #35
#85Howard115US #114
#86Glen113US #129
#87Dean112US #86
#88Joe110US #59
#89Jeff107US #44
#90Alfred103US #156
#91Fred103US #126
#92Stanley103US #106
#93Jeffery102US #45
#94Gregg99US #167
#95Jack98US #99
#96Allen97US #93
#97Ernest97US #127
#98Bill96US #108
#99Roy96US #90
#100Benjamin95US #140

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑31Tracey#65
↑27Tracy#50
↑24Kelly#56
↑21Troy#78
↑19Angela#53
↑19Tina#64
↑15Jose#70
↑15Theodore#76

Falling

↓18Joann#73
↓17Jeff#89
↓16Jill#68
↓16Jean#75
↓15Mike#81
↓14Lorraine#77
↓14Marie#78
↓14Stanley#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.