State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1968 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 100,889 New Jersey births in 1968 across 1,365 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.

#77Eileen#197 nationally
#95Angeloutside the national top 200
#88Joann#190 nationally
#99Laurenoutside the national top 200
#75Francis#175 nationally
#98Evelyn#192 nationally
#64Maureen#148 nationally
#68Luis#152 nationally
#72Joanne#154 nationally
#79Edwin#160 nationally
#76Harry#153 nationally
#89Ellen#156 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,581US #1
#2Christine944US #14
#3Jennifer941US #4
#4Kimberly886US #3
#5Michelle882US #2
#6Susan871US #10
#7Karen826US #9
#8Dawn740US #21
#9Michele732US #29
#10Patricia669US #15
#11Donna665US #24
#12Laura635US #11
#13Kelly620US #12
#14Mary607US #6
#15Kathleen591US #40
#16Elizabeth520US #17
#17Linda471US #28
#18Denise470US #35
#19Nancy466US #39
#20Maria447US #41
#21Deborah446US #27
#22Melissa446US #5
#23Sharon432US #32
#24Sandra424US #26
#25Barbara407US #36
#26Cynthia399US #19
#27Pamela399US #20
#28Debra371US #38
#29Jacqueline370US #50
#30Lori370US #22
#31Tracy367US #25
#32Theresa355US #47
#33Diane349US #51
#34Amy348US #13
#35Cheryl342US #37
#36Tammy321US #8
#37Jill316US #46
#38Stephanie311US #23
#39Kim291US #57
#40Catherine286US #56
#41Wendy282US #31
#42Suzanne281US #69
#43Gina272US #58
#44Colleen263US #101
#45Tina263US #18
#46Andrea256US #48
#47Robin255US #43
#48Margaret249US #63
#49Tracey247US #72
#50Angela242US #7
#51Christina234US #44
#52Carol233US #49
#53Stacey227US #55
#54Renee217US #65
#55Carolyn213US #61
#56Julie202US #16
#57Ann195US #54
#58Beth192US #74
#59Heather192US #62
#60Brenda181US #34
#61Valerie177US #77
#62Janet175US #73
#63Diana172US #71
#64Maureen171US #148
#65Teresa163US #30
#66Victoria162US #82
#67Danielle161US #133
#68Katherine158US #75
#69Stacy158US #64
#70Lynn156US #85
#71Paula155US #45
#72Joanne149US #154
#73Leslie146US #66
#74Laurie142US #79
#75Nicole141US #108
#76Dana140US #70
#77Eileen139US #197
#78Judith139US #140
#79Monica137US #68
#80Darlene135US #121
#81Rebecca135US #33
#82Regina134US #81
#83Sherry133US #52
#84Anna130US #99
#85Anne129US #88
#86Carmen123US #141
#87Tara121US #147
#88Joann120US #190
#89Ellen119US #156
#90Kristine119US #105
#91Yolanda119US #93
#92Tonya118US #60
#93Kristen116US #107
#94Heidi114US #89
#95Kathryn112US #100
#96Cindy111US #67
#97Kristin111US #84
#98Evelyn109US #192
#99Lauren109
#100Janice108US #110

Boys

#1Michael3,012US #1
#2John2,547US #3
#3Robert2,317US #5
#4David2,018US #2
#5James1,896US #4
#6Joseph1,497US #16
#7William1,430US #6
#8Thomas1,257US #12
#9Richard1,245US #8
#10Christopher1,204US #9
#11Mark1,091US #7
#12Anthony981US #21
#13Brian893US #10
#14Scott819US #14
#15Jeffrey791US #11
#16Kevin761US #17
#17Steven743US #15
#18Daniel736US #18
#19Paul663US #19
#20Edward648US #31
#21Charles637US #20
#22Eric612US #22
#23Kenneth584US #23
#24Stephen572US #27
#25Timothy559US #13
#26Peter533US #39
#27Matthew525US #24
#28Andrew482US #34
#29Frank469US #49
#30George464US #36
#31Ronald458US #25
#32Gregory423US #26
#33Keith415US #35
#34Patrick403US #30
#35Sean374US #37
#36Gary347US #32
#37Donald344US #29
#38Douglas340US #33
#39Raymond332US #50
#40Todd319US #28
#41Craig270US #41
#42Vincent248US #73
#43Jose237US #58
#44Dennis216US #45
#45Jonathan208US #53
#46Glenn195US #92
#47Shawn193US #43
#48Louis190US #109
#49Walter188US #83
#50Lawrence184US #67
#51Wayne173US #63
#52Marc166US #84
#53Nicholas166US #118
#54Gerald144US #62
#55Bruce142US #61
#56Carl140US #59
#57Philip139US #82
#58Darren136US #60
#59Troy136US #40
#60Jason134US #47
#61Russell134US #56
#62Albert131US #103
#63Rodney129US #42
#64Samuel128US #66
#65Alan126US #74
#66Arthur126US #98
#67Bryan125US #51
#68Luis125US #152
#69Martin125US #68
#70Victor123US #101
#71Frederick121US #113
#72Dean116US #78
#73Adam115US #119
#74Eugene113US #126
#75Francis113US #175
#76Harry105US #153
#77Carlos104US #121
#78Henry102US #95
#79Edwin99US #160
#80Juan99US #112
#81Erik98US #125
#82Howard98US #133
#83Theodore98US #149
#84Harold96US #108
#85Larry96US #38
#86Roger96US #55
#87Derrick95US #116
#88Christian92US #151
#89Ralph89US #127
#90Alexander87US #154
#91Barry87US #107
#92Allen86US #100
#93Leonard86US #128
#94Dwayne83US #137
#95Angel81
#96Benjamin80US #99
#97Darryl79US #140
#98Jay79US #88
#99Andre76US #145
#100Chris75US #64

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑33Heather#59
↑21Stacy#69
↑20Adam#73
↑18Shawn#47
↑18Erik#81
↑17Katherine#68
↑14Melissa#22
↑14Jason#60

Falling

↓20Andre#99
↓18Alexander#90
↓17Frederick#71
↓16Janice#100
↓16Barry#91
↓12Laurie#74
↓12Victor#70
↓12Henry#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.