State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1974 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,433 New Jersey births in 1974 across 1,471 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.

#63Angel#198 nationally
#75Lauren#187 nationally
#80Edwin#192 nationally
#81Hector#185 nationally
#97Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#75Glenn#158 nationally
#43Colleen#123 nationally
#72Miguel#147 nationally
#62Louis#134 nationally
#82Jermaine#151 nationally
#99Jorge#168 nationally
#89Carmen#157 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,008US #1
#2Michelle710US #3
#3Lisa659US #8
#4Kimberly648US #6
#5Heather612US #4
#6Amy608US #2
#7Melissa573US #7
#8Nicole555US #11
#9Christine508US #19
#10Dawn448US #22
#11Danielle432US #40
#12Kelly412US #15
#13Tara406US #39
#14Jessica395US #17
#15Stephanie390US #9
#16Karen382US #26
#17Michele382US #50
#18Elizabeth370US #12
#19Susan334US #27
#20Maria304US #31
#21Kristen303US #45
#22Christina288US #16
#23Laura286US #21
#24Rebecca281US #10
#25Patricia273US #29
#26Mary263US #13
#27Kathleen248US #76
#28Denise246US #53
#29Sandra238US #44
#30Dana236US #55
#31Sharon223US #70
#32Tracy223US #23
#33Angela221US #5
#34Cynthia218US #33
#35Andrea206US #35
#36Shannon200US #18
#37Jacqueline198US #83
#38Donna197US #67
#39Lori193US #30
#40Catherine191US #73
#41Rachel187US #36
#42Nancy184US #78
#43Colleen183US #123
#44Stacey182US #48
#45Jill180US #58
#46Cheryl175US #88
#47Pamela172US #54
#48Kristin169US #72
#49Tammy166US #24
#50Tina165US #25
#51Barbara163US #77
#52Stacy162US #38
#53Erin157US #47
#54Julie156US #14
#55Renee156US #85
#56Sarah152US #20
#57Diana150US #87
#58Gina149US #84
#59Linda149US #75
#60Theresa146US #79
#61Wendy146US #32
#62Suzanne145US #111
#63Deborah142US #68
#64Tiffany140US #41
#65Diane136US #129
#66Tanya136US #46
#67April135US #28
#68Erica135US #74
#69Tracey134US #108
#70Monica133US #43
#71Allison132US #99
#72Katherine132US #62
#73Melanie132US #51
#74Carrie131US #42
#75Lauren128US #187
#76Tamara127US #64
#77Amanda120US #34
#78Holly119US #56
#79Robin119US #63
#80Megan118US #105
#81Brenda117US #59
#82Victoria112US #104
#83Debra105US #94
#84Margaret105US #95
#85Kim101US #145
#86Valerie99US #93
#87Anna97US #82
#88Janet97US #130
#89Carmen95US #157
#90Jodi95US #91
#91Laurie95US #116
#92Leslie93US #65
#93Alicia91US #90
#94Beth89US #117
#95Carolyn89US #118
#96Teresa89US #52
#97Tamika88
#98Alison87US #135
#99Yolanda86US #112
#100Kathryn83US #98

Boys

#1Michael2,462US #1
#2John1,422US #6
#3Christopher1,397US #3
#4David1,320US #4
#5Robert1,286US #7
#6Brian1,232US #8
#7Jason1,164US #2
#8James1,082US #5
#9Joseph1,047US #12
#10William958US #10
#11Thomas786US #20
#12Daniel781US #11
#13Anthony691US #21
#14Matthew680US #9
#15Richard663US #17
#16Eric570US #13
#17Kevin566US #14
#18Jeffrey565US #15
#19Scott555US #18
#20Mark549US #16
#21Steven509US #19
#22Edward394US #40
#23Peter392US #50
#24Charles385US #23
#25Paul378US #27
#26Keith373US #44
#27Timothy359US #22
#28Gregory358US #31
#29Andrew356US #28
#30Stephen349US #35
#31Sean322US #37
#32Jonathan307US #33
#33Kenneth305US #34
#34Jose277US #47
#35Ryan276US #25
#36Frank273US #65
#37George271US #49
#38Ronald265US #42
#39Shawn244US #30
#40Patrick238US #38
#41Adam237US #36
#42Todd214US #39
#43Dennis210US #59
#44Douglas207US #53
#45Craig189US #57
#46Raymond188US #62
#47Donald181US #41
#48Marc180US #85
#49Bryan176US #45
#50Joshua174US #29
#51Nicholas174US #80
#52Luis173US #106
#53Gary171US #48
#54Alexander168US #112
#55Vincent167US #107
#56Christian148US #103
#57Jeremy142US #24
#58Justin140US #43
#59Carlos135US #71
#60Philip128US #86
#61Juan125US #64
#62Louis124US #134
#63Angel116US #198
#64Erik114US #90
#65Walter114US #104
#66Aaron111US #32
#67Benjamin108US #46
#68Victor105US #96
#69Lawrence103US #100
#70Samuel101US #60
#71Wayne99US #120
#72Miguel97US #147
#73Antonio94US #82
#74Russell94US #84
#75Glenn92US #158
#76Darren88US #127
#77Derek87US #74
#78Frederick86US #135
#79Albert84US #130
#80Edwin84US #192
#81Hector82US #185
#82Jermaine82US #151
#83Henry81US #115
#84Jesse80US #67
#85Kyle80US #97
#86Alan79US #118
#87Arthur75US #126
#88Larry74US #55
#89Brett73US #95
#90Gerald73US #108
#91Andre72US #132
#92Ian72US #148
#93Corey71US #77
#94Rodney71US #72
#95Tyrone71US #139
#96Damon70US #110
#97Phillip70US #70
#98Eugene69US #154
#99Jorge69US #168
#100Troy69US #63

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑35Sarah#56
↑26Miguel#72
↑24Erin#53
↑17Derek#77
↑15Jessica#14
↑15Catherine#40
↑15Kristin#48
↑15Ryan#35

Falling

↓25Deborah#63
↓21Debra#83
↓20Carolyn#95
↓19Jermaine#82
↓18Andre#91
↓17Melanie#73
↓17Yolanda#99
↓17Troy#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.