State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1964 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 118,600 New Jersey births in 1964 across 1,307 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.

#81Gerardoutside the national top 200
#40Eileen#153 nationally
#55Nicholas#158 nationally
#98Laurenoutside the national top 200
#66Francis#159 nationally
#84Luis#175 nationally
#84Lorraine#165 nationally
#72Joann#148 nationally
#92Bernard#165 nationally
#80Theodore#152 nationally
#91Alfred#163 nationally
#67Harry#136 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,064US #1
#2Susan1,414US #3
#3Mary1,243US #2
#4Donna1,226US #7
#5Patricia1,224US #5
#6Karen1,132US #4
#7Linda969US #8
#8Kathleen843US #30
#9Dawn790US #33
#10Barbara773US #19
#11Nancy771US #26
#12Denise752US #25
#13Deborah735US #12
#14Laura706US #14
#15Diane702US #32
#16Christine694US #28
#17Elizabeth687US #16
#18Sharon641US #20
#19Maria574US #41
#20Jacqueline549US #37
#21Sandra547US #13
#22Cynthia539US #9
#23Michele522US #58
#24Lori520US #15
#25Debra515US #24
#26Cheryl496US #29
#27Kimberly488US #6
#28Theresa464US #38
#29Robin463US #27
#30Carol456US #36
#31Pamela445US #11
#32Michelle427US #23
#33Margaret423US #49
#34Jennifer405US #31
#35Catherine376US #54
#36Kim369US #42
#37Suzanne361US #67
#38Tracy312US #40
#39Kelly305US #35
#40Eileen299US #153
#41Janet298US #48
#42Beth290US #65
#43Jill283US #61
#44Maureen283US #107
#45Wendy281US #55
#46Tammy277US #10
#47Ann273US #60
#48Joanne273US #116
#49Carolyn270US #56
#50Colleen270US #94
#51Brenda267US #18
#52Angela266US #22
#53Laurie259US #59
#54Darlene253US #80
#55Anne252US #76
#56Amy250US #44
#57Judith247US #98
#58Stephanie246US #57
#59Lynn243US #72
#60Kathy237US #39
#61Valerie233US #66
#62Renee229US #71
#63Tracey220US #111
#64Tina219US #34
#65Andrea218US #77
#66Teresa204US #21
#67Joan202US #99
#68Diana201US #63
#69Gina197US #79
#70Ellen186US #119
#71Marie185US #110
#72Joann183US #148
#73Debbie181US #52
#74Paula181US #45
#75Bonnie180US #89
#76Joyce178US #87
#77Melissa178US #53
#78Cindy177US #47
#79Janice177US #69
#80Leslie173US #73
#81Annette170US #68
#82Jean168US #100
#83Katherine164US #82
#84Lorraine164US #165
#85Anna161US #97
#86Christina158US #88
#87Cathy157US #75
#88Sheila155US #51
#89Dorothy154US #118
#90Gail153US #125
#91Regina152US #83
#92Julie151US #17
#93Kathryn149US #84
#94Sherry149US #50
#95Terri149US #62
#96Jane146US #93
#97Dana144US #70
#98Lauren144
#99Monica143US #90
#100Evelyn142US #162

Boys

#1John3,701US #2
#2Michael3,283US #1
#3Robert2,968US #5
#4James2,428US #4
#5David2,160US #3
#6William1,888US #7
#7Joseph1,828US #11
#8Thomas1,752US #9
#9Richard1,624US #8
#10Mark1,369US #6
#11Paul1,050US #16
#12Anthony991US #21
#13Kevin980US #13
#14Steven949US #12
#15Scott947US #14
#16Jeffrey895US #10
#17Christopher869US #23
#18Kenneth867US #18
#19Edward841US #27
#20Brian828US #20
#21Daniel777US #19
#22Charles770US #17
#23Peter717US #39
#24Stephen659US #29
#25Timothy642US #15
#26Frank589US #41
#27Ronald579US #24
#28George558US #33
#29Gregory532US #22
#30Gary512US #26
#31Patrick510US #30
#32Andrew509US #37
#33Eric505US #32
#34Donald495US #25
#35Douglas490US #31
#36Keith425US #34
#37Raymond375US #44
#38Vincent358US #64
#39Glenn301US #81
#40Matthew300US #43
#41Todd285US #28
#42Craig261US #48
#43Dennis261US #42
#44Bruce252US #46
#45Lawrence244US #68
#46Louis244US #102
#47Walter231US #80
#48Wayne222US #61
#49Alan214US #53
#50Carl207US #55
#51Philip206US #76
#52Albert180US #100
#53Jose178US #94
#54Marc172US #113
#55Nicholas171US #158
#56Gerald168US #60
#57Sean168US #118
#58Arthur166US #91
#59Eugene166US #114
#60Martin166US #63
#61Ralph163US #103
#62Jonathan159US #83
#63Russell157US #58
#64Henry155US #92
#65Frederick153US #105
#66Francis152US #159
#67Harry147US #136
#68Samuel147US #86
#69Victor144US #97
#70Barry141US #69
#71Roger138US #49
#72Leonard136US #115
#73Chris132US #65
#74Howard132US #116
#75Larry128US #36
#76Dean122US #85
#77Darryl118US #87
#78Stanley116US #111
#79Adam114US #122
#80Theodore110US #152
#81Gerard108
#82Kurt107US #109
#83Dwayne104US #120
#84Luis104US #175
#85Bryan100US #70
#86Darren100US #127
#87Troy100US #57
#88Randy99US #38
#89Edwin98US #153
#90Shawn98US #88
#91Alfred96US #163
#92Bernard96US #165
#93Harold96US #98
#94Jerry96US #40
#95Phillip96US #67
#96Steve95US #51
#97Benjamin94US #131
#98Jerome93US #140
#99Fred92US #133
#100Rodney92US #59

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑23Sean#57
↑22Dawn#9
↑21Melissa#77
↑20Beth#42
↑20Stephanie#58
↑20Marc#54
↑19Tracy#38
↑17Darlene#54

Falling

↓35Jane#96
↓25Debbie#73
↓23Janice#79
↓18Cindy#78
↓16Edwin#89
↓16Harold#93
↓15Barry#70
↓13Teresa#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.