State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1965 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 112,157 New Jersey births in 1965 across 1,323 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.

#88Laurenoutside the national top 200
#88Gerardoutside the national top 200
#54Eileen#157 nationally
#48Nicholas#150 nationally
#92Alexander#191 nationally
#72Francis#164 nationally
#86Luis#174 nationally
#74Joann#158 nationally
#87Lorraine#170 nationally
#64Harry#146 nationally
#90Tyrone#172 nationally
#79Edwin#158 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,105US #1
#2Karen1,361US #3
#3Susan1,174US #5
#4Patricia1,147US #6
#5Mary1,071US #2
#6Donna1,016US #7
#7Dawn867US #26
#8Kathleen809US #34
#9Linda785US #8
#10Christine768US #21
#11Kimberly669US #4
#12Barbara651US #25
#13Deborah646US #13
#14Denise633US #28
#15Laura633US #17
#16Elizabeth618US #16
#17Sharon617US #22
#18Nancy592US #32
#19Cynthia563US #9
#20Michele557US #48
#21Diane536US #40
#22Cheryl486US #31
#23Debra484US #27
#24Jennifer482US #20
#25Sandra464US #15
#26Maria458US #46
#27Theresa456US #45
#28Lori436US #19
#29Jacqueline434US #47
#30Kim427US #43
#31Carol421US #42
#32Pamela420US #12
#33Robin419US #33
#34Kelly396US #30
#35Michelle396US #18
#36Margaret370US #52
#37Jill340US #51
#38Tracy336US #36
#39Wendy332US #39
#40Catherine327US #57
#41Suzanne322US #65
#42Maureen303US #107
#43Amy293US #35
#44Stephanie285US #44
#45Angela272US #10
#46Colleen266US #93
#47Andrea258US #63
#48Tracey257US #85
#49Tammy253US #11
#50Carolyn252US #58
#51Brenda243US #23
#52Ann241US #59
#53Beth238US #66
#54Eileen233US #157
#55Janet233US #55
#56Renee227US #68
#57Darlene222US #83
#58Lynn222US #80
#59Joanne219US #121
#60Tina206US #29
#61Anne205US #77
#62Judith205US #102
#63Gina203US #70
#64Laurie201US #60
#65Valerie194US #67
#66Melissa192US #38
#67Teresa190US #24
#68Janice189US #73
#69Ellen184US #117
#70Diana183US #64
#71Marie182US #106
#72Julie177US #14
#73Allison175US #128
#74Joann172US #158
#75Kathy171US #54
#76Christina169US #74
#77Joan167US #116
#78Leslie167US #75
#79Paula167US #49
#80Katherine161US #79
#81Cindy159US #53
#82Stacey158US #84
#83Jane155US #95
#84Annette154US #71
#85Regina150US #82
#86Sheila148US #50
#87Lorraine147US #170
#88Lauren145
#89Monica143US #72
#90Victoria143US #108
#91Kathryn142US #87
#92Bonnie141US #89
#93Debbie141US #62
#94Jean139US #112
#95Wanda134US #81
#96Dorothy132US #130
#97Joyce131US #90
#98Elaine129US #149
#99Rhonda129US #37
#100Gail125US #134

Boys

#1Michael3,269US #1
#2John3,114US #2
#3Robert2,783US #5
#4James2,215US #4
#5David2,112US #3
#6Joseph1,768US #11
#7William1,634US #6
#8Thomas1,617US #9
#9Richard1,488US #8
#10Mark1,155US #7
#11Christopher1,011US #18
#12Paul979US #16
#13Anthony972US #22
#14Kevin911US #13
#15Steven895US #14
#16Scott892US #15
#17Jeffrey889US #10
#18Edward852US #29
#19Kenneth852US #21
#20Brian821US #19
#21Daniel818US #17
#22Charles711US #20
#23Timothy649US #12
#24Peter631US #39
#25Stephen621US #28
#26Eric592US #25
#27Frank570US #43
#28George566US #34
#29Ronald562US #24
#30Patrick486US #31
#31Andrew484US #37
#32Gary465US #27
#33Gregory463US #23
#34Donald434US #26
#35Keith428US #35
#36Douglas402US #32
#37Matthew389US #36
#38Raymond382US #45
#39Vincent329US #61
#40Glenn286US #85
#41Craig269US #46
#42Todd265US #30
#43Louis244US #101
#44Wayne242US #65
#45Walter229US #82
#46Lawrence225US #66
#47Dennis215US #44
#48Nicholas214US #150
#49Bruce204US #50
#50Darren202US #52
#51Rodney202US #33
#52Philip199US #87
#53Carl198US #54
#54Sean181US #79
#55Alan171US #59
#56Jonathan171US #74
#57Marc171US #108
#58Darryl170US #68
#59Frederick169US #106
#60Russell161US #58
#61Jose160US #89
#62Arthur158US #96
#63Gerald156US #64
#64Harry134US #146
#65Martin131US #67
#66Ralph130US #103
#67Leonard129US #121
#68Albert128US #100
#69Roger125US #49
#70Samuel123US #84
#71Barry122US #86
#72Francis122US #164
#73Henry121US #94
#74Victor121US #98
#75Chris120US #60
#76Eugene119US #120
#77Dean114US #88
#78Derrick114US #129
#79Edwin114US #158
#80Harold112US #99
#81Theodore108US #143
#82Shawn106US #69
#83Larry104US #38
#84Stanley104US #115
#85Darrin103US #102
#86Luis103US #174
#87Adam100US #125
#88Gerard99
#89Jerry99US #41
#90Tyrone98US #172
#91Howard97US #122
#92Alexander92US #191
#93Kurt91US #112
#94Troy91US #53
#95Allen90US #92
#96Fred89US #141
#97Randy89US #42
#98Bryan88US #63
#99Jerome88US #142
#100Jay87US #90

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑49Rodney#51
↑36Darren#50
↑20Julie#72
↑19Darryl#58
↑18Andrea#47
↑16Kimberly#11
↑15Tracey#48
↑14Stephanie#44

Falling

↓21Joyce#97
↓20Debbie#93
↓17Bonnie#92
↓17Eugene#76
↓17Howard#91
↓16Albert#68
↓15Kathy#75
↓14Eileen#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.