State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1977 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,388 New Jersey births in 1977 across 1,530 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.

#73Omar#193 nationally
#75Angel#189 nationally
#74Edwin#180 nationally
#98Harryoutside the national top 200
#99Nelsonoutside the national top 200
#51Colleen#145 nationally
#97Glenn#188 nationally
#89Robyn#179 nationally
#27Lauren#114 nationally
#83Dwayne#163 nationally
#65Louis#143 nationally
#95Diane#164 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,791US #1
#2Melissa834US #2
#3Jessica754US #4
#4Nicole666US #15
#5Kelly637US #10
#6Amy551US #3
#7Michelle546US #7
#8Heather535US #5
#9Lisa531US #12
#10Kimberly511US #8
#11Elizabeth477US #13
#12Danielle454US #31
#13Christine439US #30
#14Christina407US #16
#15Laura358US #20
#16Stephanie346US #14
#17Tara346US #35
#18Rebecca332US #17
#19Karen305US #32
#20Erin278US #23
#21Shannon277US #19
#22Mary272US #21
#23Sarah271US #11
#24Maria266US #36
#25Michele261US #77
#26Jamie258US #18
#27Lauren258US #114
#28Amanda246US #9
#29Jaime245US #46
#30Dana244US #62
#31Susan244US #45
#32Kathleen231US #80
#33Dawn227US #43
#34Angela225US #6
#35Jill216US #41
#36Megan215US #54
#37Andrea207US #24
#38Kristen205US #72
#39Patricia195US #47
#40Erica170US #38
#41Stacey169US #56
#42Rachel167US #26
#43Allison166US #66
#44Cynthia165US #48
#45Sandra164US #61
#46Kristin159US #82
#47Jacqueline158US #92
#48Denise152US #78
#49Melanie152US #53
#50Sharon152US #95
#51Colleen148US #145
#52Gina148US #88
#53Catherine147US #75
#54Katherine146US #44
#55Sara146US #27
#56Stacy146US #42
#57Tracy146US #50
#58Nancy145US #89
#59Julie140US #22
#60Diana139US #100
#61Renee133US #87
#62Tiffany131US #34
#63Lori129US #57
#64Monica125US #39
#65Barbara121US #101
#66Tammy121US #55
#67Alison120US #122
#68Emily120US #37
#69Carrie119US #28
#70Theresa116US #98
#71April115US #29
#72Vanessa114US #90
#73Suzanne113US #121
#74Tina113US #58
#75Wendy112US #49
#76Alicia111US #60
#77Kathryn111US #70
#78Kristy111US #68
#79Victoria106US #107
#80Deborah105US #109
#81Linda105US #99
#82Beth104US #97
#83Crystal101US #25
#84Donna100US #113
#85Holly99US #52
#86Brenda97US #91
#87Cheryl95US #135
#88Jaclyn94US #148
#89Robyn93US #179
#90Meredith92US #154
#91Natalie92US #69
#92Tanya92US #67
#93Samantha89US #85
#94Courtney87US #76
#95Diane87US #164
#96Sabrina86US #63
#97Valerie86US #86
#98Erika83US #103
#99Debra82US #146
#100Anna81US #74

Boys

#1Michael2,548US #1
#2Christopher1,329US #3
#3David1,276US #4
#4Jason1,249US #2
#5John1,228US #7
#6Robert1,170US #6
#7Brian1,138US #8
#8Joseph1,093US #10
#9James1,014US #5
#10Daniel840US #11
#11William803US #12
#12Matthew786US #9
#13Thomas761US #22
#14Kevin752US #13
#15Anthony715US #21
#16Richard614US #20
#17Jeffrey520US #19
#18Eric500US #17
#19Mark469US #25
#20Steven457US #23
#21Scott451US #27
#22Timothy448US #18
#23Ryan442US #16
#24Andrew402US #24
#25Paul383US #31
#26Edward379US #47
#27Charles360US #26
#28Stephen354US #38
#29Gregory336US #35
#30Peter334US #55
#31Keith330US #48
#32Jonathan321US #28
#33Sean311US #43
#34Kenneth302US #39
#35George261US #57
#36Adam260US #33
#37Jose255US #45
#38Frank245US #71
#39Patrick242US #40
#40Joshua236US #14
#41Justin225US #30
#42Shawn214US #37
#43Nicholas208US #51
#44Bryan192US #42
#45Raymond186US #65
#46Ronald180US #53
#47Douglas173US #59
#48Jeremy173US #15
#49Dennis171US #68
#50Marc168US #101
#51Craig165US #64
#52Todd163US #50
#53Donald159US #46
#54Luis156US #108
#55Vincent151US #110
#56Gary148US #58
#57Alexander145US #96
#58Carlos140US #74
#59Benjamin129US #29
#60Christian127US #116
#61Philip124US #90
#62Aaron115US #32
#63Samuel112US #60
#64Juan109US #63
#65Louis108US #143
#66Lawrence96US #115
#67Victor95US #104
#68Joel94US #73
#69Russell94US #89
#70Corey91US #52
#71Derek90US #84
#72Jesse90US #54
#73Omar90US #193
#74Edwin84US #180
#75Angel83US #189
#76Erik83US #94
#77Miguel83US #145
#78Ian81US #119
#79Albert78US #137
#80Andre75US #134
#81Kyle75US #79
#82Alan74US #126
#83Dwayne74US #163
#84Frederick74US #152
#85Henry73US #127
#86Alex72US #153
#87Walter70US #123
#88Jared69US #76
#89Wayne67US #138
#90Phillip66US #70
#91Shaun66US #103
#92Chad65US #34
#93Gerald65US #131
#94Randy65US #86
#95Antonio64US #77
#96Carl63US #99
#97Glenn63US #188
#98Harry63
#99Nelson63
#100Arthur62US #135

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑28Emily#68
↑25Russell#69
↑23Gina#52
↑22Sarah#23
↑20Cynthia#44
↑20Omar#73
↑18Erica#40
↑17Sara#55

Falling

↓27Donna#84
↓27Antonio#95
↓26Carrie#69
↓23Lori#63
↓21Wendy#75
↓17Cheryl#87
↓16Tracy#57
↓16Walter#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.