New Jersey · 1917

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,015
#2	Helen	1,536
#3	Anna	993
#4	Margaret	974
#5	Dorothy	924
#6	Elizabeth	705
#7	Ruth	697
#8	Rose	669
#9	Marie	585
#10	Mildred	518
#11	Florence	509
#12	Frances	495
#13	Josephine	455
#14	Catherine	451
#15	Eleanor	433
#16	Evelyn	392
#17	Lillian	380
#18	Alice	338
#19	Jean	335
#20	Grace	335
#21	Ann	319
#22	Doris	313
#23	Anne	293
#24	Virginia	293
#25	Marion	274
#26	Irene	268
#27	Edith	253
#28	Ethel	237
#29	Julia	233
#30	Louise	232
#31	Gertrude	230
#32	Edna	227
#33	Katherine	206
#34	Jennie	200
#35	Stella	198
#36	Agnes	190
#37	Sophie	183
#38	Gladys	178
#39	Beatrice	178
#40	Bertha	177
#41	Theresa	167
#42	Betty	166
#43	Elsie	160
#44	Pauline	158
#45	Rita	157
#46	Esther	143
#47	Viola	138
#48	Emily	137
#49	Martha	136
#50	Lucy	135
#51	Clara	135
#52	Jane	134
#53	Emma	133
#54	Ida	131
#55	Olga	127
#56	Kathryn	125
#57	Sylvia	123
#58	Marjorie	122
#59	Thelma	121
#60	Charlotte	120
#61	Genevieve	116
#62	Antoinette	115
#63	Muriel	111
#64	Hazel	109
#65	Pearl	108
#66	Laura	106
#67	Angelina	105
#68	Madeline	105
#69	Mae	99
#70	Marian	99
#71	Nancy	98
#72	Lena	94
#73	Lucille	91
#74	Carolyn	89
#75	Veronica	89
#76	Violet	89
#77	Harriet	88
#78	Vera	85
#79	Estelle	85
#80	Barbara	85
#81	Blanche	82
#82	Adele	80
#83	Marguerite	79
#84	Janet	78
#85	Sarah	77
#86	Nellie	74
#87	Miriam	74
#88	Myrtle	73
#89	Anita	72
#90	Ella	71
#91	Eva	71
#92	Ellen	70
#93	Victoria	69
#94	Loretta	67
#95	Claire	67
#96	Caroline	66
#97	Wanda	66
#98	Tessie	66
#99	Vivian	66
#100	Phyllis	65

Uniquely popular in New Jersey

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Tessie	66	22	4
Carmella	62	21	4
Concetta	45	15	3
Angelina	105	35	8
Philomena	33	11	3
Antoinette	115	38	11
Stephanie	38	13	4
Carmela	46	15	4
Yolanda	29	10	3
Veronica	89	30	10
Adele	80	27	9
Sophie	183	61	22

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.