State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1975 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,271 New Jersey births in 1975 across 1,461 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
#70Edwin#183 nationally
#32Lauren#144 nationally
#89Francisoutside the national top 200
#78Hector#182 nationally
#94Alex#175 nationally
#54Colleen#133 nationally
#59Louis#138 nationally
#91Glenn#170 nationally
#79Jorge#157 nationally
#98Jermaine#176 nationally
#96Ralph#173 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,931US #1
#2Melissa686US #4
#3Amy622US #2
#4Nicole616US #10
#5Heather577US #3
#6Michelle571US #6
#7Kimberly568US #7
#8Lisa546US #8
#9Christine480US #22
#10Danielle460US #42
#11Jessica434US #13
#12Kelly423US #16
#13Christina396US #12
#14Tara370US #41
#15Karen364US #27
#16Elizabeth352US #15
#17Dawn345US #23
#18Stephanie328US #9
#19Michele322US #56
#20Laura303US #20
#21Rebecca282US #11
#22Maria275US #30
#23Mary262US #19
#24Susan246US #32
#25Tracy240US #24
#26Patricia236US #36
#27Kristen233US #60
#28Dana230US #62
#29Jill212US #46
#30Sandra211US #51
#31Andrea207US #28
#32Lauren206US #144
#33Stacey204US #44
#34Kathleen203US #80
#35Erin201US #38
#36Angela200US #5
#37Lori197US #39
#38Rachel197US #26
#39Shannon190US #21
#40Sarah182US #17
#41Amanda181US #14
#42Kristin178US #74
#43Megan177US #69
#44Denise175US #64
#45Catherine174US #73
#46Cynthia173US #40
#47Julie169US #18
#48Stacy168US #34
#49Wendy167US #33
#50Nancy164US #82
#51Gina161US #84
#52Sharon155US #75
#53Jacqueline154US #90
#54Colleen152US #133
#55Allison150US #89
#56Donna148US #85
#57Tammy146US #31
#58Tina146US #35
#59Theresa136US #78
#60Tiffany136US #37
#61Katherine133US #58
#62April130US #25
#63Barbara130US #83
#64Cheryl130US #97
#65Erica129US #63
#66Melanie129US #52
#67Linda128US #81
#68Renee124US #87
#69Deborah122US #86
#70Pamela121US #70
#71Suzanne121US #121
#72Brenda120US #67
#73Carrie119US #29
#74Alicia114US #76
#75Tracey114US #117
#76Monica111US #49
#77Debra107US #114
#78Diana107US #100
#79Tamika105US #130
#80Diane104US #142
#81Beth100US #120
#82Emily100US #48
#83Margaret98US #98
#84Holly96US #55
#85Alison94US #127
#86Laurie93US #125
#87Robin93US #65
#88Tanya92US #50
#89Victoria92US #105
#90Leslie88US #71
#91Jamie87US #68
#92Tamara87US #77
#93Erika86US #128
#94Teresa84US #61
#95Valerie83US #92
#96Kristina81US #103
#97Samantha81US #101
#98Anna80US #79
#99Carolyn80US #119
#100Kara79US #118

Boys

#1Michael2,441US #1
#2John1,360US #7
#3David1,289US #5
#4Christopher1,267US #3
#5Robert1,237US #6
#6Brian1,078US #8
#7James1,062US #4
#8Joseph1,037US #12
#9Jason1,031US #2
#10William883US #10
#11Daniel843US #11
#12Matthew699US #9
#13Thomas699US #20
#14Anthony689US #21
#15Richard683US #16
#16Kevin584US #15
#17Jeffrey539US #14
#18Scott535US #17
#19Mark515US #19
#20Eric514US #13
#21Steven485US #18
#22Charles396US #25
#23Edward385US #41
#24Andrew383US #28
#25Paul382US #29
#26Gregory355US #33
#27Timothy351US #22
#28Stephen348US #34
#29Jose333US #48
#30Peter318US #54
#31Ryan312US #23
#32Keith309US #49
#33Sean295US #40
#34Kenneth292US #35
#35George280US #53
#36Patrick267US #39
#37Frank260US #66
#38Jonathan260US #30
#39Joshua247US #26
#40Adam229US #38
#41Justin216US #37
#42Shawn216US #31
#43Ronald215US #46
#44Douglas196US #55
#45Bryan195US #47
#46Dennis193US #59
#47Raymond175US #63
#48Craig172US #58
#49Todd172US #43
#50Vincent172US #109
#51Donald170US #42
#52Christian163US #103
#53Luis162US #107
#54Gary160US #50
#55Nicholas160US #81
#56Marc157US #89
#57Carlos155US #73
#58Benjamin139US #36
#59Louis131US #138
#60Lawrence130US #110
#61Aaron128US #32
#62Alexander128US #105
#63Jeremy128US #24
#64Juan125US #60
#65Victor122US #95
#66Erik118US #87
#67Philip118US #85
#68Walter112US #112
#69Angel94
#70Edwin88US #183
#71Samuel88US #61
#72Andre86US #123
#73Russell85US #82
#74Jamie83US #62
#75Gerald82US #108
#76Chad80US #27
#77Carl77US #91
#78Hector77US #182
#79Jorge77US #157
#80Miguel77US #148
#81Damon76US #114
#82Joel76US #74
#83Wayne75US #120
#84Albert74US #129
#85Kyle73US #88
#86Phillip73US #72
#87Brett72US #92
#88Frederick72US #141
#89Francis71
#90Derek70US #83
#91Glenn69US #170
#92Ian69US #144
#93Alan67US #115
#94Alex67US #175
#95Antonio67US #77
#96Ralph67US #173
#97Arthur66US #128
#98Jermaine66US #176
#99Troy66US #69
#100Corey65US #71

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑43Lauren#32
↑37Megan#43
↑36Amanda#41
↑20Jorge#79
↑19Alicia#74
↑19Andre#72
↑18Erin#35
↑18Tamika#79

Falling

↓23Pamela#70
↓22Tanya#88
↓22Antonio#95
↓21Sharon#52
↓21Diana#78
↓18Donna#56
↓18Cheryl#64
↓16Denise#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.