State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1971 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 98,071 New Jersey births in 1971 across 1,488 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.

#78Francisoutside the national top 200
#80Angeloutside the national top 200
#87Maureenoutside the national top 200
#81Joanne#188 nationally
#94Laurenoutside the national top 200
#95Marisoloutside the national top 200
#84Harry#175 nationally
#48Luis#138 nationally
#92Edwin#176 nationally
#57Alexander#134 nationally
#51Louis#126 nationally
#52Nicholas#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,119US #1
#2Lisa1,173US #3
#3Kimberly888US #4
#4Michelle822US #2
#5Christine781US #18
#6Dawn726US #14
#7Karen589US #15
#8Michele564US #39
#9Susan557US #17
#10Melissa544US #7
#11Amy543US #5
#12Nicole495US #27
#13Patricia476US #26
#14Heather474US #12
#15Mary474US #9
#16Kelly471US #22
#17Laura453US #16
#18Elizabeth451US #19
#19Tracy411US #13
#20Kathleen408US #53
#21Maria398US #37
#22Tara390US #49
#23Sandra384US #31
#24Lori374US #25
#25Denise363US #36
#26Cynthia346US #24
#27Angela339US #6
#28Donna337US #38
#29Stephanie336US #11
#30Tammy305US #8
#31Sharon304US #40
#32Nancy302US #52
#33Deborah300US #33
#34Tina299US #20
#35Pamela298US #28
#36Linda295US #42
#37Christina292US #30
#38Danielle286US #99
#39Barbara280US #47
#40Andrea266US #35
#41Stacey264US #41
#42Dana263US #44
#43Cheryl254US #50
#44Wendy253US #29
#45Suzanne246US #88
#46Jacqueline241US #75
#47Theresa231US #61
#48Diane225US #83
#49Renee222US #73
#50Jill219US #59
#51Stacy219US #32
#52Jessica216US #64
#53Shannon214US #21
#54Colleen208US #121
#55Catherine207US #65
#56Debra201US #57
#57Tracey201US #74
#58Kim198US #101
#59Margaret196US #86
#60Kristen192US #87
#61Gina191US #69
#62Rebecca186US #23
#63Julie181US #10
#64Kristin173US #71
#65Robin166US #51
#66Yolanda163US #98
#67Victoria159US #97
#68Katherine156US #67
#69Diana153US #82
#70Carolyn151US #104
#71Allison149US #119
#72Monica146US #48
#73Beth143US #100
#74Brenda139US #43
#75Melanie137US #66
#76Ann136US #78
#77Erica136US #108
#78Rachel136US #54
#79Alicia134US #105
#80Carol131US #92
#81Joanne127US #188
#82April125US #56
#83Laurie125US #96
#84Janet123US #112
#85Erin122US #93
#86Teresa122US #34
#87Maureen121
#88Holly118US #76
#89Tanya117US #72
#90Tonya114US #45
#91Carmen113US #153
#92Leslie113US #68
#93Tiffany113US #62
#94Lauren112
#95Marisol112
#96Jodi110US #94
#97Lynn110US #128
#98Sherry107US #60
#99Alison106US #143
#100Paula106US #63

Boys

#1Michael2,861US #1
#2John1,958US #4
#3Robert1,913US #5
#4David1,720US #3
#5James1,681US #2
#6Christopher1,620US #6
#7Joseph1,341US #15
#8William1,236US #7
#9Brian1,099US #9
#10Thomas993US #17
#11Richard983US #11
#12Scott954US #10
#13Anthony831US #23
#14Jeffrey821US #12
#15Daniel773US #20
#16Jason773US #8
#17Mark767US #13
#18Kevin717US #14
#19Steven705US #16
#20Eric641US #18
#21Matthew608US #19
#22Edward603US #32
#23Paul585US #24
#24Charles504US #22
#25Kenneth489US #25
#26Stephen482US #27
#27Timothy457US #21
#28George425US #42
#29Sean425US #36
#30Gregory416US #26
#31Peter415US #47
#32Keith405US #37
#33Frank388US #54
#34Andrew373US #33
#35Ronald357US #31
#36Shawn331US #28
#37Patrick327US #35
#38Jose308US #55
#39Craig293US #43
#40Donald290US #34
#41Douglas282US #39
#42Raymond272US #52
#43Todd270US #30
#44Jonathan230US #40
#45Marc224US #70
#46Gary223US #38
#47Dennis213US #49
#48Luis198US #138
#49Vincent195US #87
#50Adam189US #57
#51Louis180US #126
#52Nicholas169US #123
#53Carlos160US #88
#54Walter157US #91
#55Christian155US #122
#56Glenn155US #127
#57Alexander152US #134
#58Philip150US #94
#59Bryan146US #48
#60Erik139US #97
#61Arthur137US #117
#62Bruce136US #108
#63Lawrence136US #85
#64Troy136US #46
#65Ryan134US #51
#66Frederick132US #109
#67Juan128US #81
#68Darren126US #100
#69Wayne126US #92
#70Henry125US #112
#71Martin125US #105
#72Albert124US #119
#73Victor124US #113
#74Russell123US #64
#75Kyle118US #116
#76Samuel117US #66
#77Carl114US #72
#78Francis110
#79Aaron109US #41
#80Angel109
#81Benjamin106US #69
#82Gerald106US #83
#83Antonio105US #110
#84Harry104US #175
#85Andre102US #129
#86Joshua101US #80
#87Derek99US #63
#88Derrick99US #84
#89Jeremy99US #45
#90Alan98US #99
#91Barry95US #133
#92Edwin93US #176
#93Eugene92US #145
#94Brett89US #90
#95Ralph88US #149
#96Corey86US #77
#97Chad85US #29
#98Leonard85US #146
#99Marcus84US #65
#100Tyrone83US #142

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑34Jessica#52
↑25Allison#71
↑21Arthur#61
↑20Martin#71
↑18Alicia#79
↑16Dana#42
↑16Carlos#53
↑14Tara#22

Falling

↓25Eugene#93
↓22Tracey#57
↓20Tyrone#100
↓19Lauren#94
↓18Gina#61
↓16Debra#56
↓16Carl#77
↓15Victor#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.