State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1973 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,400 New Jersey births in 1973 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.

#64Angeloutside the national top 200
#81Francisoutside the national top 200
#85Laurenoutside the national top 200
#87Joanne#197 nationally
#96Keishaoutside the national top 200
#75Edwin#177 nationally
#91Harry#189 nationally
#41Colleen#125 nationally
#99Meredith#178 nationally
#57Louis#135 nationally
#99Theodore#175 nationally
#98Miguel#163 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,110US #1
#2Lisa713US #5
#3Michelle708US #3
#4Kimberly694US #4
#5Nicole620US #11
#6Christine605US #17
#7Amy596US #2
#8Melissa593US #6
#9Heather525US #8
#10Dawn436US #21
#11Tara419US #37
#12Michele396US #44
#13Danielle392US #49
#14Karen386US #23
#15Stephanie380US #9
#16Elizabeth355US #13
#17Kelly353US #18
#18Susan352US #25
#19Maria338US #31
#20Laura319US #19
#21Christina310US #16
#22Patricia309US #27
#23Mary301US #14
#24Denise297US #38
#25Kathleen288US #68
#26Sandra270US #39
#27Tracy266US #20
#28Rebecca258US #10
#29Jessica257US #34
#30Lori232US #28
#31Cynthia229US #26
#32Sharon225US #57
#33Kristen222US #58
#34Nancy217US #77
#35Andrea214US #30
#36Tina213US #24
#37Donna206US #55
#38Deborah204US #56
#39Angela203US #7
#40Dana196US #59
#41Colleen192US #125
#42Tammy190US #15
#43Jill189US #62
#44Barbara181US #63
#45Pamela175US #47
#46Shannon175US #22
#47Stacy174US #32
#48Linda172US #61
#49Jacqueline171US #88
#50Cheryl170US #74
#51Stacey167US #41
#52Gina158US #83
#53Julie158US #12
#54Rachel158US #42
#55Catherine156US #67
#56Melanie156US #43
#57Wendy152US #29
#58Renee151US #80
#59Suzanne150US #98
#60Theresa149US #69
#61Allison146US #105
#62Debra139US #84
#63Kristin139US #78
#64Katherine137US #64
#65Diane133US #115
#66Monica133US #40
#67Diana132US #85
#68Margaret132US #94
#69Tanya132US #50
#70Erica126US #81
#71Tracey126US #102
#72Tiffany124US #52
#73Victoria124US #95
#74April122US #33
#75Carolyn122US #116
#76Brenda121US #53
#77Erin120US #79
#78Robin115US #60
#79Kim114US #129
#80Anna109US #86
#81Carrie109US #46
#82Yolanda108US #113
#83Laurie106US #106
#84Holly105US #54
#85Lauren104
#86Janet102US #119
#87Joanne102US #197
#88Megan101US #141
#89Alicia99US #91
#90Alison96US #146
#91Sarah96US #35
#92Kristine95US #133
#93Kerry94US #148
#94Ann93US #93
#95Cindy92US #92
#96Keisha90
#97Kristina90US #97
#98Tonya90US #36
#99Meredith89US #178
#100Beth87US #117

Boys

#1Michael2,406US #1
#2John1,462US #6
#3Christopher1,400US #2
#4Robert1,393US #7
#5Brian1,281US #8
#6David1,233US #5
#7James1,225US #4
#8Joseph1,040US #12
#9William1,038US #9
#10Jason885US #3
#11Thomas797US #19
#12Daniel775US #11
#13Richard707US #16
#14Matthew665US #10
#15Anthony657US #21
#16Mark657US #15
#17Kevin640US #14
#18Scott592US #18
#19Jeffrey585US #17
#20Eric582US #13
#21Steven494US #20
#22Charles427US #23
#23Paul419US #24
#24Edward406US #39
#25Kenneth378US #28
#26Stephen363US #32
#27Peter362US #52
#28Keith355US #41
#29Andrew346US #29
#30Gregory345US #26
#31Sean338US #36
#32Timothy317US #22
#33Frank302US #61
#34Jose302US #49
#35George298US #46
#36Jonathan280US #31
#37Patrick277US #37
#38Ronald271US #40
#39Shawn263US #27
#40Craig226US #48
#41Todd223US #35
#42Douglas208US #47
#43Vincent201US #99
#44Donald200US #38
#45Dennis195US #56
#46Raymond195US #60
#47Adam191US #45
#48Nicholas180US #85
#49Gary179US #44
#50Ryan178US #30
#51Marc171US #81
#52Bryan170US #43
#53Christian159US #97
#54Luis159US #114
#55Alexander150US #116
#56Juan147US #67
#57Louis146US #135
#58Joshua143US #42
#59Carlos141US #74
#60Victor131US #103
#61Aaron115US #34
#62Justin115US #51
#63Jermaine113US #127
#64Angel109
#65Erik109US #86
#66Philip109US #91
#67Samuel106US #66
#68Albert105US #112
#69Lawrence105US #104
#70Jeremy104US #33
#71Benjamin101US #55
#72Walter101US #101
#73Andre96US #132
#74Frederick96US #120
#75Edwin95US #177
#76Arthur94US #119
#77Darren93US #113
#78Alan92US #115
#79Antonio91US #92
#80Brett87US #88
#81Francis87
#82Wayne87US #107
#83Troy85US #59
#84Carl83US #90
#85Glenn83US #146
#86Bruce81US #134
#87Gerald80US #102
#88Martin80US #108
#89Larry79US #50
#90Eugene78US #144
#91Harry77US #189
#92Joel77US #73
#93Chad76US #25
#94Derek74US #69
#95Corey73US #89
#96Henry72US #111
#97Derrick70US #87
#98Miguel70US #163
#99Theodore70US #175
#100Leonard69US #150

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑35Kristen#33
↑31Aaron#61
↑30Joshua#58
↑26Tiffany#72
↑23Jeremy#70
↑19Justin#62
↑16Jessica#29
↑14Rebecca#28

Falling

↓24Glenn#85
↓22Beth#100
↓22Carl#84
↓22Derek#94
↓17Chad#93
↓17Derrick#97
↓16Troy#83
↓16Corey#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.