State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1970 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 105,601 New Jersey births in 1970 across 1,495 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.

#72Angeloutside the national top 200
#75Laurenoutside the national top 200
#75Francis#192 nationally
#89Marisoloutside the national top 200
#74Maureen#182 nationally
#69Joanne#170 nationally
#57Luis#145 nationally
#79Edwin#167 nationally
#85Harry#169 nationally
#55Alexander#137 nationally
#68Eugene#146 nationally
#49Louis#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,766US #1
#2Lisa1,315US #2
#3Kimberly1,018US #3
#4Dawn865US #16
#5Christine856US #14
#6Michelle822US #4
#7Karen705US #12
#8Michele681US #31
#9Susan627US #15
#10Kelly567US #20
#11Laura566US #13
#12Tracy553US #10
#13Elizabeth539US #18
#14Patricia526US #24
#15Amy521US #5
#16Denise509US #36
#17Melissa506US #7
#18Mary491US #9
#19Nicole479US #30
#20Donna461US #32
#21Sandra432US #27
#22Sharon431US #37
#23Kathleen422US #45
#24Maria414US #39
#25Deborah404US #33
#26Heather402US #19
#27Lori397US #23
#28Stephanie384US #17
#29Cynthia356US #25
#30Linda352US #38
#31Nancy351US #50
#32Cheryl347US #44
#33Pamela347US #26
#34Barbara320US #41
#35Tracey320US #55
#36Tara315US #69
#37Christina304US #35
#38Tammy302US #8
#39Angela296US #6
#40Debra291US #47
#41Jacqueline291US #66
#42Wendy290US #28
#43Gina279US #61
#44Danielle278US #114
#45Diane276US #70
#46Tina272US #21
#47Theresa268US #53
#48Stacey266US #48
#49Catherine262US #59
#50Shannon260US #22
#51Andrea253US #43
#52Colleen247US #117
#53Jill242US #52
#54Suzanne240US #87
#55Kim226US #78
#56Kristen221US #83
#57Margaret220US #80
#58Dana216US #54
#59Robin212US #51
#60Stacy209US #42
#61Renee207US #68
#62Julie205US #11
#63Brenda190US #40
#64Kristin187US #63
#65Carolyn173US #84
#66Rebecca169US #29
#67Katherine167US #67
#68Victoria163US #85
#69Joanne161US #170
#70Diana159US #89
#71Beth156US #92
#72Carol156US #71
#73Ann152US #62
#74Maureen149US #182
#75Lauren147
#76Laurie146US #88
#77Yolanda144US #106
#78Rachel143US #58
#79Tanya143US #76
#80Teresa142US #34
#81Janet141US #96
#82Leslie141US #64
#83Lynn139US #119
#84Monica138US #56
#85Holly135US #74
#86Jessica132US #98
#87Valerie132US #97
#88Cindy131US #72
#89Marisol130
#90April125US #82
#91Carmen125US #152
#92Darlene125US #155
#93Kristine121US #109
#94Sherry121US #60
#95Erin116US #111
#96Allison115US #133
#97Alicia112US #118
#98Paula112US #57
#99Heidi111US #81
#100Anna107US #102

Boys

#1Michael3,051US #1
#2John2,258US #4
#3Robert2,232US #5
#4David2,009US #3
#5James1,817US #2
#6Joseph1,480US #16
#7Christopher1,452US #6
#8William1,403US #7
#9Thomas1,189US #17
#10Richard1,149US #10
#11Brian1,085US #8
#12Jeffrey949US #11
#13Anthony905US #22
#14Scott904US #12
#15Mark884US #9
#16Kevin872US #14
#17Daniel821US #19
#18Steven791US #15
#19Eric705US #18
#20Paul686US #23
#21Matthew648US #24
#22Edward611US #31
#23Charles606US #21
#24Kenneth593US #25
#25Jason585US #13
#26Peter533US #44
#27Stephen517US #27
#28Gregory495US #26
#29Timothy474US #20
#30Andrew451US #32
#31George447US #40
#32Frank432US #48
#33Ronald432US #29
#34Sean429US #37
#35Patrick389US #33
#36Keith381US #38
#37Craig351US #39
#38Jose312US #56
#39Douglas311US #36
#40Shawn310US #34
#41Raymond309US #49
#42Todd302US #28
#43Donald287US #30
#44Marc284US #60
#45Gary258US #35
#46Vincent257US #79
#47Jonathan249US #42
#48Dennis232US #46
#49Louis207US #124
#50Glenn197US #109
#51Adam175US #72
#52Lawrence174US #83
#53Walter169US #89
#54Nicholas160US #123
#55Alexander156US #137
#56Darren156US #75
#57Luis154US #145
#58Victor154US #106
#59Wayne152US #80
#60Philip150US #92
#61Carl142US #66
#62Frederick140US #115
#63Russell138US #58
#64Christian137US #127
#65Troy137US #41
#66Albert133US #107
#67Bryan131US #53
#68Eugene128US #146
#69Carlos127US #98
#70Henry122US #104
#71Samuel122US #62
#72Angel118
#73Erik117US #101
#74Bruce114US #94
#75Francis114US #192
#76Andre113US #134
#77Juan113US #95
#78Alan112US #91
#79Edwin112US #167
#80Tyrone111US #132
#81Gerald109US #67
#82Arthur102US #111
#83Roger102US #61
#84Antonio97US #121
#85Harry97US #169
#86Theodore97US #160
#87Larry94US #43
#88Glen93US #155
#89Corey92US #84
#90Dean92US #112
#91Martin92US #93
#92Aaron90US #52
#93Benjamin90US #81
#94Derek90US #77
#95Harold90US #122
#96Jerry89US #45
#97Leonard89US #144
#98Rodney89US #55
#99Willie89US #103
#100Marcus88US #71

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑28Shannon#50
↑27Christian#64
↑26Tara#36
↑25Adam#51
↑23Alexander#55
↑20Rebecca#66
↑19Nicole#19
↑18Kristen#56

Falling

↓36Rodney#98
↓34Corey#89
↓23Gerald#81
↓23Martin#91
↓18Paula#98
↓14Kim#55
↓14Janet#81
↓14Glen#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.