State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1976 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,715 New Jersey births in 1976 across 1,476 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.

#67Angel#197 nationally
#89Francisoutside the national top 200
#82Edwin#188 nationally
#93Omar#198 nationally
#28Lauren#125 nationally
#90Hector#180 nationally
#100Theodore#189 nationally
#48Colleen#136 nationally
#84Jermaine#164 nationally
#92Meredith#172 nationally
#98Glenn#176 nationally
#69Louis#142 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,764US #1
#2Melissa761US #3
#3Amy652US #2
#4Nicole630US #13
#5Jessica618US #8
#6Kimberly565US #7
#7Heather554US #4
#8Michelle521US #6
#9Lisa519US #9
#10Christine491US #26
#11Danielle482US #33
#12Elizabeth422US #16
#13Kelly412US #19
#14Christina357US #14
#15Laura353US #20
#16Stephanie327US #11
#17Rebecca326US #12
#18Jaime320US #29
#19Karen309US #31
#20Shannon309US #17
#21Tara309US #42
#22Dawn294US #35
#23Michele279US #63
#24Amanda247US #10
#25Maria246US #34
#26Susan245US #40
#27Angela241US #5
#28Lauren241US #125
#29Erin236US #24
#30Jamie235US #18
#31Mary228US #22
#32Kathleen211US #82
#33Dana210US #64
#34Patricia201US #43
#35Jill191US #52
#36Andrea188US #25
#37Megan187US #62
#38Sandra185US #59
#39Allison184US #67
#40Lori182US #47
#41Tracy181US #37
#42Rachel180US #23
#43Carrie177US #28
#44Kristen177US #73
#45Sarah174US #15
#46Denise173US #69
#47Stacey173US #51
#48Colleen172US #136
#49Sharon165US #81
#50Julie162US #21
#51Jacqueline160US #99
#52Renee158US #86
#53Kristin156US #74
#54Wendy153US #39
#55Catherine149US #72
#56Nancy148US #87
#57Donna147US #93
#58Erica144US #54
#59Melanie141US #53
#60Stacy140US #38
#61Theresa136US #89
#62Katherine135US #57
#63Tiffany128US #32
#64Cynthia126US #44
#65Barbara123US #98
#66Monica120US #45
#67Tina119US #48
#68Alison118US #118
#69Deborah117US #96
#70Cheryl116US #105
#71April112US #30
#72Sara111US #27
#73Suzanne111US #126
#74Victoria110US #92
#75Gina109US #94
#76Diana102US #101
#77Tanya99US #61
#78Tammy98US #41
#79Alicia96US #71
#80Beth95US #114
#81Holly94US #56
#82Kathryn94US #88
#83Pamela93US #84
#84Crystal91US #36
#85Linda88US #90
#86Leslie87US #65
#87Robin87US #75
#88Tamika87US #144
#89Tracey87US #140
#90Courtney86US #76
#91Diane86US #155
#92Meredith86US #172
#93Veronica86US #68
#94Yolanda83US #117
#95Debra82US #134
#96Emily82US #50
#97Valerie82US #83
#98Samantha81US #85
#99Laurie80US #137
#100Margaret80US #103

Boys

#1Michael2,542US #1
#2Christopher1,317US #3
#3David1,211US #4
#4Robert1,195US #7
#5John1,190US #6
#6Jason1,082US #2
#7James1,076US #5
#8Brian1,067US #8
#9Joseph1,021US #12
#10Daniel861US #10
#11William790US #11
#12Matthew732US #9
#13Thomas664US #23
#14Anthony644US #22
#15Kevin588US #15
#16Richard577US #19
#17Eric561US #13
#18Jeffrey517US #17
#19Steven492US #20
#20Mark439US #25
#21Timothy429US #21
#22Scott428US #24
#23Paul391US #28
#24Ryan369US #16
#25Stephen361US #37
#26Edward349US #45
#27Gregory344US #35
#28Andrew343US #27
#29Sean341US #42
#30Peter340US #54
#31Charles339US #26
#32Kenneth314US #38
#33Jonathan298US #31
#34Keith296US #48
#35Jose266US #44
#36Frank256US #68
#37Patrick252US #41
#38Shawn245US #34
#39George243US #53
#40Adam239US #36
#41Ronald204US #49
#42Joshua202US #18
#43Todd190US #50
#44Donald184US #47
#45Justin182US #33
#46Bryan178US #43
#47Marc174US #99
#48Raymond166US #65
#49Nicholas165US #77
#50Gary163US #52
#51Benjamin160US #32
#52Craig160US #61
#53Douglas160US #56
#54Dennis155US #66
#55Luis155US #110
#56Vincent154US #106
#57Jeremy153US #14
#58Christian146US #112
#59Carlos141US #70
#60Juan137US #58
#61Alexander132US #107
#62Aaron124US #30
#63Philip111US #89
#64Samuel111US #59
#65Victor110US #100
#66Erik98US #94
#67Angel97US #197
#68Antonio97US #71
#69Louis95US #142
#70Jesse93US #55
#71Walter91US #127
#72Damon89US #104
#73Ian87US #135
#74Corey85US #64
#75Kyle82US #80
#76Andre81US #125
#77Brett79US #109
#78Jamie79US #62
#79Wayne78US #131
#80Chad77US #29
#81Albert75US #136
#82Edwin75US #188
#83Lawrence75US #113
#84Jermaine74US #164
#85Arthur73US #137
#86Frederick72US #145
#87Miguel72US #143
#88Derek69US #84
#89Francis69
#90Hector69US #180
#91Larry68US #60
#92Derrick67US #91
#93Omar66US #198
#94Russell65US #87
#95Troy65US #73
#96Tyrone64US #146
#97Darren63US #147
#98Glenn63US #176
#99Henry63US #122
#100Theodore63US #189

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑61Jamie#30
↑30Carrie#43
↑27Antonio#68
↑26Corey#74
↑19Shannon#20
↑19Ian#73
↑17Amanda#24
↑17Alison#68

Falling

↓24Gina#75
↓23Lawrence#83
↓21Tammy#78
↓21Russell#94
↓18Cynthia#64
↓18Linda#85
↓18Debra#95
↓17Kristen#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.