State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1978 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,650 New Jersey births in 1978 across 1,547 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.

#64Angel#189 nationally
#76Edwin#194 nationally
#71Omar#181 nationally
#87Hector#191 nationally
#99Francisoutside the national top 200
#100Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#79Meghan#164 nationally
#82Tamika#166 nationally
#66Louis#149 nationally
#60Colleen#133 nationally
#86Frederick#158 nationally
#80Albert#146 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,676US #1
#2Melissa879US #2
#3Jessica800US #3
#4Nicole728US #10
#5Michelle558US #9
#6Lisa542US #11
#7Kelly519US #12
#8Kimberly503US #13
#9Heather496US #5
#10Amy495US #4
#11Danielle473US #31
#12Christine472US #29
#13Christina461US #15
#14Elizabeth448US #14
#15Stephanie374US #16
#16Laura351US #19
#17Lauren329US #80
#18Erin295US #21
#19Tara294US #40
#20Rebecca281US #17
#21Sarah280US #8
#22Amanda269US #6
#23Shannon259US #22
#24Jamie256US #20
#25Andrea252US #23
#26Karen249US #39
#27Michele249US #86
#28Dana230US #71
#29Maria214US #36
#30Erica213US #34
#31Mary210US #24
#32Dawn208US #52
#33Jill208US #46
#34Angela206US #7
#35Kathleen203US #79
#36Megan197US #41
#37Kristen196US #62
#38Susan196US #49
#39Rachel193US #25
#40Jaime192US #70
#41Cynthia182US #50
#42Patricia177US #48
#43Jacqueline174US #81
#44Katherine165US #38
#45Cheryl161US #94
#46Kristin159US #78
#47Gina158US #93
#48Tracy158US #47
#49Kristy155US #51
#50Sara155US #28
#51Allison154US #75
#52Denise150US #85
#53Catherine147US #72
#54Sandra143US #69
#55Julie141US #26
#56Melanie141US #54
#57Sharon141US #106
#58Stacey138US #53
#59April133US #27
#60Colleen133US #133
#61Lori133US #60
#62Tina133US #45
#63Crystal130US #18
#64Kathryn130US #57
#65Stacy128US #44
#66Diana127US #102
#67Tiffany127US #32
#68Jaclyn125US #131
#69Courtney122US #68
#70Renee120US #99
#71Emily119US #33
#72Theresa116US #101
#73Vanessa113US #76
#74Alison107US #123
#75Suzanne107US #117
#76Samantha106US #74
#77Alicia102US #58
#78Donna102US #120
#79Meghan99US #164
#80Monica98US #42
#81Linda96US #100
#82Tamika96US #166
#83Wendy95US #56
#84Kristina94US #64
#85Meredith94US #146
#86Barbara93US #113
#87Carrie92US #35
#88Beth91US #107
#89Nancy90US #97
#90Robin90US #89
#91Leslie89US #63
#92Anna86US #65
#93Natalie86US #66
#94Erika85US #104
#95Carolyn83US #130
#96Victoria83US #121
#97Deborah82US #118
#98Holly80US #55
#99Veronica80US #73
#100Tammy79US #67

Boys

#1Michael2,523US #1
#2Christopher1,326US #3
#3David1,323US #4
#4Jason1,192US #2
#5John1,172US #7
#6Robert1,164US #8
#7Joseph1,080US #10
#8James1,053US #5
#9Brian1,006US #9
#10Daniel817US #11
#11Matthew772US #6
#12William761US #13
#13Thomas692US #23
#14Kevin684US #15
#15Richard620US #21
#16Anthony592US #20
#17Jeffrey510US #19
#18Timothy480US #17
#19Eric479US #16
#20Steven476US #24
#21Ryan475US #14
#22Mark433US #26
#23Scott416US #30
#24Nicholas408US #25
#25Andrew384US #22
#26Paul379US #33
#27Stephen356US #37
#28Charles352US #27
#29Peter347US #54
#30Gregory338US #38
#31Adam321US #29
#32Edward321US #47
#33Jonathan316US #31
#34Joshua306US #12
#35Sean295US #45
#36Kenneth288US #41
#37Keith285US #49
#38Patrick280US #42
#39Jose276US #44
#40Justin261US #28
#41Frank237US #77
#42George232US #58
#43Douglas198US #59
#44Shaun196US #52
#45Ronald189US #55
#46Shawn186US #39
#47Bryan183US #43
#48Todd179US #56
#49Luis174US #110
#50Craig172US #66
#51Raymond167US #69
#52Aaron166US #32
#53Carlos154US #78
#54Vincent152US #105
#55Jeremy149US #18
#56Christian139US #116
#57Juan138US #62
#58Marc138US #107
#59Gary136US #60
#60Donald134US #48
#61Benjamin133US #34
#62Dennis132US #71
#63Alexander119US #98
#64Angel119US #189
#65Philip117US #84
#66Louis113US #149
#67Victor111US #103
#68Jesse101US #51
#69Kyle98US #63
#70Erik96US #85
#71Omar92US #181
#72Corey90US #61
#73Lawrence90US #113
#74Samuel90US #57
#75Joel89US #74
#76Edwin82US #194
#77Carl81US #100
#78Wayne80US #138
#79Ian79US #117
#80Albert77US #146
#81Derrick76US #76
#82Derek75US #75
#83Walter74US #131
#84Andre72US #129
#85Arthur71US #141
#86Frederick71US #158
#87Hector71US #191
#88Miguel71US #144
#89Antonio69US #79
#90Brett69US #112
#91Randy69US #86
#92Martin68US #126
#93Jorge66US #153
#94Manuel64US #142
#95Russell64US #93
#96Jacob63US #50
#97Henry62US #127
#98Phillip62US #67
#99Francis61
#100Rafael61

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑47Shaun#44
↑42Cheryl#45
↑29Kristy#49
↑25Courtney#69
↑20Crystal#63
↑20Jaclyn#68
↑19Nicholas#24
↑19Carl#77

Falling

↓34Tammy#100
↓31Nancy#89
↓26Russell#95
↓21Barbara#86
↓18Carrie#87
↓17Stacey#58
↓17Victoria#96
↓17Deborah#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.