State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1969 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,597 New Jersey births in 1969 across 1,414 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.

#83Laurenoutside the national top 200
#89Eileenoutside the national top 200
#90Angeloutside the national top 200
#82Francis#189 nationally
#100Joann#196 nationally
#66Maureen#161 nationally
#71Edwin#161 nationally
#64Luis#151 nationally
#75Joanne#156 nationally
#93Harry#171 nationally
#78Alexander#150 nationally
#51Louis#121 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,511US #1
#2Jennifer1,268US #3
#3Christine989US #14
#4Kimberly981US #4
#5Michelle884US #2
#6Dawn786US #21
#7Karen757US #13
#8Susan750US #11
#9Michele698US #30
#10Laura630US #10
#11Kelly621US #15
#12Patricia612US #18
#13Mary567US #8
#14Donna555US #26
#15Elizabeth550US #16
#16Denise523US #35
#17Kathleen493US #42
#18Melissa472US #5
#19Tracy469US #17
#20Amy455US #6
#21Deborah445US #27
#22Sharon445US #36
#23Sandra431US #25
#24Maria418US #40
#25Linda417US #33
#26Nancy415US #45
#27Lori397US #20
#28Cynthia373US #23
#29Stephanie373US #19
#30Barbara370US #39
#31Cheryl366US #41
#32Pamela354US #24
#33Heather345US #34
#34Diane330US #61
#35Christina319US #37
#36Jacqueline313US #62
#37Tammy304US #9
#38Nicole301US #47
#39Debra291US #43
#40Tina291US #22
#41Kim290US #66
#42Theresa287US #49
#43Suzanne286US #75
#44Wendy272US #29
#45Stacey270US #52
#46Catherine269US #58
#47Jill257US #51
#48Robin254US #46
#49Tracey251US #65
#50Danielle248US #111
#51Andrea239US #48
#52Angela238US #7
#53Gina236US #63
#54Colleen228US #109
#55Carolyn220US #71
#56Renee220US #67
#57Julie218US #12
#58Margaret217US #73
#59Victoria208US #83
#60Carol195US #56
#61Stacy195US #53
#62Tara193US #107
#63Dana191US #60
#64Beth185US #82
#65Ann180US #57
#66Maureen175US #161
#67Janet174US #84
#68Kristin161US #76
#69Brenda160US #38
#70Lynn159US #103
#71Katherine155US #70
#72Monica153US #59
#73Diana152US #81
#74Kristen149US #96
#75Joanne147US #156
#76Valerie146US #85
#77Laurie142US #79
#78Shannon141US #31
#79Leslie140US #64
#80Paula139US #50
#81Anne136US #101
#82Teresa135US #32
#83Lauren133
#84Rachel132US #69
#85Yolanda130US #98
#86Rebecca129US #28
#87Sherry128US #55
#88Darlene125US #137
#89Eileen125
#90Anna124US #99
#91Judith122US #157
#92Kristine121US #110
#93Regina120US #86
#94Tanya120US #91
#95Kathryn117US #104
#96Tonya115US #54
#97Holly114US #87
#98Carmen109US #149
#99Cindy107US #74
#100Joann105US #196

Boys

#1Michael3,004US #1
#2John2,366US #4
#3Robert2,252US #5
#4David1,981US #2
#5James1,800US #3
#6Joseph1,498US #15
#7William1,422US #6
#8Christopher1,335US #7
#9Thomas1,251US #13
#10Richard1,192US #10
#11Brian1,033US #9
#12Mark991US #8
#13Anthony971US #20
#14Scott941US #12
#15Jeffrey903US #11
#16Steven829US #14
#17Daniel779US #18
#18Kevin777US #16
#19Paul735US #22
#20Edward692US #32
#21Eric636US #21
#22Kenneth605US #23
#23Charles568US #19
#24Stephen548US #27
#25Matthew541US #24
#26Timothy511US #17
#27Peter486US #43
#28Andrew473US #33
#29Frank462US #47
#30George458US #38
#31Ronald442US #29
#32Gregory432US #26
#33Keith423US #36
#34Patrick387US #31
#35Sean376US #37
#36Jason348US #25
#37Donald345US #30
#38Douglas336US #34
#39Gary310US #35
#40Todd300US #28
#41Craig294US #39
#42Raymond278US #50
#43Dennis259US #44
#44Vincent259US #70
#45Jonathan251US #46
#46Jose245US #56
#47Marc239US #63
#48Glenn233US #88
#49Shawn219US #41
#50Lawrence211US #71
#51Louis194US #121
#52Walter188US #84
#53Nicholas180US #123
#54Philip164US #86
#55Corey152US #58
#56Darren152US #60
#57Carl149US #62
#58Gerald148US #65
#59Russell145US #57
#60Victor145US #102
#61Wayne142US #75
#62Rodney138US #49
#63Albert135US #108
#64Luis135US #151
#65Bryan129US #51
#66Alan128US #76
#67Bruce127US #72
#68Martin126US #78
#69Samuel125US #64
#70Troy124US #42
#71Edwin123US #161
#72Frederick122US #116
#73Henry119US #100
#74Glen118US #136
#75Eugene117US #131
#76Adam114US #114
#77Arthur114US #97
#78Alexander113US #150
#79Tyrone113US #137
#80Derrick112US #107
#81Erik112US #119
#82Francis112US #189
#83Juan112US #104
#84Howard102US #142
#85Barry101US #99
#86Carlos100US #110
#87Dean100US #89
#88Ralph100US #126
#89Theodore99US #153
#90Angel98
#91Christian97US #140
#92Benjamin95US #91
#93Harry95US #171
#94Jerry91US #45
#95Leonard91US #133
#96Kurt89US #132
#97Antonio87US #124
#98Larry87US #40
#99Roger84US #59
#100Aaron81US #61

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑37Nicole#38
↑29Kristin#68
↑26Heather#33
↑25Tara#62
↑24Jason#36
↑19Kristen#74
↑17Danielle#50
↑16Christina#35

Falling

↓17Teresa#82
↓17Harry#93
↓15Valerie#76
↓15Dean#87
↓13Judith#91
↓13Larry#98
↓13Roger#99
↓12Eileen#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.