State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1963 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 119,292 New Jersey births in 1963 across 1,320 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.

#75Gerardoutside the national top 200
#92Doreen#200 nationally
#53Nicholas#155 nationally
#46Eileen#141 nationally
#58Francis#153 nationally
#76Lorraine#154 nationally
#73Edwin#148 nationally
#43Joanne#114 nationally
#80Sean#151 nationally
#38Maureen#108 nationally
#72Theodore#142 nationally
#82Joann#151 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,154US #1
#2Susan1,404US #3
#3Mary1,299US #2
#4Donna1,297US #6
#5Karen1,297US #4
#6Patricia1,227US #7
#7Linda1,125US #5
#8Nancy877US #23
#9Kathleen837US #28
#10Barbara797US #17
#11Deborah758US #13
#12Sharon713US #19
#13Elizabeth702US #20
#14Diane699US #31
#15Laura684US #16
#16Lori671US #8
#17Denise659US #27
#18Cynthia608US #10
#19Sandra598US #9
#20Christine570US #29
#21Cheryl543US #24
#22Carol534US #33
#23Robin529US #25
#24Debra528US #21
#25Theresa520US #38
#26Michele507US #59
#27Pamela507US #14
#28Maria488US #43
#29Kimberly410US #11
#30Margaret408US #46
#31Dawn392US #52
#32Jacqueline392US #51
#33Catherine383US #53
#34Kim383US #39
#35Michelle366US #26
#36Jennifer363US #36
#37Janet336US #40
#38Maureen326US #108
#39Suzanne326US #65
#40Tammy295US #12
#41Laurie292US #47
#42Brenda291US #15
#43Joanne287US #114
#44Kelly285US #32
#45Wendy285US #60
#46Eileen279US #141
#47Lynn274US #73
#48Debbie273US #41
#49Judith273US #91
#50Carolyn270US #56
#51Ann267US #57
#52Jill265US #68
#53Teresa261US #18
#54Valerie258US #69
#55Colleen253US #98
#56Janice253US #63
#57Tracy249US #48
#58Angela248US #30
#59Kathy245US #34
#60Cindy237US #37
#61Jane234US #75
#62Beth231US #66
#63Joan225US #95
#64Gina224US #79
#65Ellen222US #112
#66Andrea221US #89
#67Amy217US #54
#68Renee217US #74
#69Tracey215US #119
#70Anne211US #80
#71Darlene206US #85
#72Leslie206US #72
#73Paula200US #42
#74Marie198US #109
#75Tina195US #35
#76Lorraine193US #154
#77Jean189US #97
#78Stephanie188US #64
#79Katherine187US #87
#80Diana184US #62
#81Gail184US #105
#82Joann179US #151
#83Bonnie178US #83
#84Virginia175US #103
#85Sheila169US #50
#86Anna163US #102
#87Dorothy161US #116
#88Annette154US #71
#89Cathy149US #67
#90Joyce149US #84
#91Julie149US #22
#92Doreen146US #200
#93Regina146US #92
#94Wanda146US #76
#95Sherry144US #49
#96Terri144US #58
#97Kathryn140US #93
#98Melissa139US #61
#99Rose139US #118
#100Christina135US #107

Boys

#1John3,451US #2
#2Michael3,136US #1
#3Robert3,017US #5
#4James2,306US #4
#5David2,287US #3
#6Joseph1,910US #13
#7William1,876US #7
#8Thomas1,752US #9
#9Richard1,637US #8
#10Mark1,520US #6
#11Paul1,058US #17
#12Kevin1,011US #11
#13Scott976US #12
#14Anthony966US #22
#15Kenneth908US #18
#16Jeffrey888US #10
#17Steven886US #14
#18Edward885US #27
#19Christopher844US #26
#20Brian816US #20
#21Charles811US #16
#22Daniel811US #19
#23Ronald692US #23
#24Frank666US #41
#25Stephen666US #29
#26Timothy617US #15
#27George613US #34
#28Peter606US #40
#29Gregory593US #21
#30Gary558US #24
#31Donald551US #25
#32Douglas471US #28
#33Eric447US #31
#34Andrew423US #42
#35Patrick402US #35
#36Glenn401US #64
#37Keith394US #33
#38Raymond392US #45
#39Vincent363US #61
#40Bruce300US #43
#41Todd297US #30
#42Matthew292US #50
#43Louis285US #104
#44Dennis265US #39
#45Lawrence248US #68
#46Craig242US #51
#47Wayne234US #63
#48Alan223US #56
#49Walter220US #77
#50Carl209US #54
#51Philip206US #83
#52Gerald193US #60
#53Nicholas191US #155
#54Albert186US #100
#55Barry171US #67
#56Jose171US #98
#57Russell170US #57
#58Francis167US #153
#59Martin166US #62
#60Jonathan165US #88
#61Ralph163US #99
#62Eugene160US #112
#63Henry158US #94
#64Victor147US #97
#65Chris144US #59
#66Arthur140US #91
#67Frederick140US #117
#68Larry140US #36
#69Harry138US #137
#70Darryl137US #80
#71Roger134US #53
#72Theodore134US #142
#73Edwin132US #148
#74Marc129US #123
#75Gerard126
#76Howard125US #114
#77Harold121US #96
#78Jay118US #85
#79Leonard118US #118
#80Sean115US #151
#81Troy114US #66
#82Mike113US #44
#83Samuel112US #87
#84Steve112US #49
#85Dwayne109US #115
#86Dean108US #86
#87Jeff105US #48
#88Kurt104US #116
#89Roy102US #89
#90Jerome100US #128
#91Allen98US #90
#92Ernest98US #122
#93Curtis96US #72
#94Jim94US #92
#95Karl94US #136
#96Adam93US #145
#97Shawn93US #108
#98Jack92US #102
#99Randy91US #37
#100Tom91US #103

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑30Tammy#40
↑30Gina#64
↑16Jill#52
↑15Virginia#84
↑14Jose#56
↑12Kelly#44
↑12Renee#68
↑12Sheila#85

Falling

↓21Joyce#90
↓18Gail#81
↓16Kathy#59
↓15Randy#99
↓13Frederick#67
↓12Joan#63
↓11Ellen#65
↓11Tina#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.