State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1972 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,628 New Jersey births in 1972 across 1,456 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.

#69Angeloutside the national top 200
#76Laurenoutside the national top 200
#90Joanneoutside the national top 200
#95Francisoutside the national top 200
#99Maureenoutside the national top 200
#77Edwin#177 nationally
#97Harry#183 nationally
#48Luis#124 nationally
#59Jermaine#135 nationally
#55Louis#130 nationally
#61Glenn#134 nationally
#53Colleen#123 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,400US #1
#2Lisa857US #3
#3Michelle772US #2
#4Kimberly740US #4
#5Christine681US #16
#6Nicole634US #10
#7Amy550US #5
#8Dawn525US #20
#9Melissa500US #7
#10Michele464US #36
#11Heather443US #9
#12Karen442US #21
#13Kelly427US #23
#14Elizabeth394US #15
#15Tara383US #38
#16Patricia381US #27
#17Denise370US #35
#18Mary367US #13
#19Laura366US #17
#20Susan363US #24
#21Maria338US #32
#22Stephanie331US #8
#23Danielle318US #73
#24Kathleen315US #57
#25Tracy304US #19
#26Christina282US #26
#27Donna274US #45
#28Sharon268US #50
#29Angela264US #6
#30Cynthia263US #25
#31Sandra259US #31
#32Deborah252US #43
#33Tammy250US #11
#34Lori246US #28
#35Andrea234US #30
#36Cheryl234US #56
#37Nancy226US #63
#38Linda225US #51
#39Stacey224US #41
#40Barbara216US #58
#41Tina215US #18
#42Rebecca214US #14
#43Pamela210US #34
#44Dana199US #52
#45Jessica197US #46
#46Wendy197US #29
#47Jacqueline193US #79
#48Stacy190US #33
#49Rachel186US #40
#50Jill184US #62
#51Catherine183US #65
#52Theresa180US #68
#53Colleen178US #123
#54Shannon178US #22
#55Kristin177US #67
#56Julie174US #12
#57Debra172US #66
#58Gina172US #78
#59Renee172US #77
#60Suzanne171US #92
#61Tracey164US #88
#62Brenda163US #44
#63Melanie163US #42
#64Victoria155US #99
#65Diane152US #105
#66Katherine144US #69
#67Robin141US #55
#68Kristen140US #85
#69Laurie140US #98
#70Monica138US #47
#71Tanya136US #54
#72Allison134US #115
#73Kim131US #118
#74Yolanda130US #89
#75Diana126US #83
#76Lauren124
#77Margaret123US #95
#78Beth120US #113
#79Teresa119US #39
#80Valerie118US #100
#81Erica114US #87
#82Janet114US #111
#83Carolyn112US #110
#84April110US #48
#85Sarah110US #49
#86Carrie107US #53
#87Alicia106US #96
#88Holly106US #71
#89Ann104US #91
#90Joanne104
#91Carmen103US #144
#92Kristine101US #127
#93Alison100US #162
#94Carol100US #109
#95Tonya100US #37
#96Sherry99US #70
#97Cindy96US #80
#98Tiffany95US #61
#99Maureen93
#100Crystal88US #59

Boys

#1Michael2,563US #1
#2John1,690US #5
#3Robert1,603US #6
#4Christopher1,585US #2
#5David1,440US #4
#6James1,394US #3
#7Brian1,164US #8
#8Joseph1,139US #12
#9William1,048US #9
#10Thomas899US #20
#11Richard846US #14
#12Daniel725US #15
#13Jason723US #7
#14Kevin712US #13
#15Scott709US #11
#16Anthony700US #22
#17Mark643US #18
#18Jeffrey635US #17
#19Matthew623US #10
#20Eric622US #16
#21Steven585US #19
#22Paul518US #24
#23Edward488US #34
#24Charles462US #23
#25Kenneth422US #27
#26Peter422US #48
#27Stephen418US #29
#28Keith388US #38
#29Gregory384US #26
#30Sean367US #33
#31Frank361US #56
#32George360US #44
#33Andrew351US #30
#34Timothy349US #21
#35Ronald319US #32
#36Jose295US #50
#37Shawn283US #28
#38Craig271US #46
#39Jonathan264US #37
#40Todd254US #31
#41Patrick249US #35
#42Douglas247US #43
#43Raymond226US #54
#44Marc212US #83
#45Donald199US #36
#46Adam197US #51
#47Ryan196US #39
#48Luis195US #124
#49Vincent195US #105
#50Gary186US #41
#51Dennis183US #52
#52Christian178US #96
#53Bryan164US #45
#54Nicholas157US #99
#55Louis154US #130
#56Juan144US #73
#57Carlos137US #84
#58Walter137US #98
#59Jermaine124US #135
#60Erik121US #86
#61Glenn121US #134
#62Carl120US #85
#63Victor120US #107
#64Philip114US #104
#65Alexander112US #129
#66Lawrence109US #101
#67Troy109US #49
#68Samuel106US #66
#69Angel105
#70Wayne105US #103
#71Albert104US #112
#72Derek103US #67
#73Darren102US #106
#74Antonio100US #93
#75Frederick98US #116
#76Chad96US #25
#77Edwin95US #177
#78Russell95US #69
#79Corey92US #95
#80Derrick92US #91
#81Justin92US #60
#82Benjamin91US #64
#83Henry89US #118
#84Andre87US #128
#85Kyle85US #113
#86Marcus85US #71
#87Arthur84US #119
#88Joshua82US #59
#89Tyrone82US #144
#90Larry81US #47
#91Martin81US #117
#92Aaron79US #40
#93Jeremy79US #42
#94Brett76US #80
#95Francis76
#96Eugene75US #145
#97Harry75US #183
#98Leonard73US #151
#99Ralph73US #159
#100Bruce72US #121

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑29Rachel#49
↑21Chad#76
↑20Rebecca#42
↑18Tanya#71
↑18Lauren#76
↑18Ryan#47
↑17Corey#79
↑15Danielle#23

Falling

↓38Bruce#100
↓26Arthur#87
↓20Martin#91
↓18Margaret#77
↓17Diane#65
↓17Francis#95
↓15Suzanne#60
↓15Kim#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.