New Jersey · 1921

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1921, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,922
#2	Helen	1,420
#3	Dorothy	1,165
#4	Margaret	1,062
#5	Anna	852
#6	Ruth	839
#7	Elizabeth	735
#8	Rose	685
#9	Marie	629
#10	Doris	602
#11	Josephine	532
#12	Florence	531
#13	Mildred	505
#14	Frances	473
#15	Eleanor	470
#16	Catherine	444
#17	Jean	403
#18	Evelyn	398
#19	Virginia	374
#20	Alice	362
#21	Lillian	357
#22	Grace	320
#23	Marion	315
#24	Irene	313
#25	Ann	267
#26	Anne	249
#27	Betty	239
#28	Edith	235
#29	Louise	235
#30	Marjorie	225
#31	Ethel	216
#32	Edna	209
#33	Shirley	206
#34	Jennie	206
#35	Julia	199
#36	Jane	195
#37	Beatrice	193
#38	Gertrude	193
#39	Agnes	191
#40	Stella	188
#41	Katherine	181
#42	Elsie	176
#43	Rita	164
#44	Theresa	164
#45	Sophie	158
#46	Gladys	158
#47	Barbara	154
#48	Gloria	153
#49	Muriel	151
#50	Olga	145
#51	Bertha	143
#52	Antoinette	143
#53	Charlotte	140
#54	Genevieve	139
#55	Pauline	138
#56	Lucy	138
#57	Angelina	137
#58	Clara	133
#59	Madeline	133
#60	Emma	127
#61	Lucille	125
#62	Ida	123
#63	Nancy	119
#64	Martha	117
#65	Norma	115
#66	Janet	114
#67	Viola	109
#68	Thelma	109
#69	Pearl	108
#70	Claire	108
#71	Sarah	107
#72	Kathryn	107
#73	Veronica	107
#74	Lena	106
#75	Bernice	106
#76	Sylvia	105
#77	Esther	104
#78	Marian	103
#79	Lorraine	100
#80	Phyllis	97
#81	Eileen	96
#82	Laura	96
#83	Harriet	93
#84	Adele	92
#85	Emily	90
#86	Jeanette	90
#87	Vivian	88
#88	Loretta	87
#89	Audrey	87
#90	June	86
#91	Violet	86
#92	Kathleen	85
#93	Lois	83
#94	Patricia	82
#95	Hazel	82
#96	Ellen	81
#97	Caroline	80
#98	Jeanne	79
#99	Marguerite	79
#100	Victoria	78

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
Philomena	39	12	2
Concetta	55	17	3
Angelina	137	43	9
Carmela	70	22	5
Antoinette	143	45	10
Adele	92	29	7
Tessie	30	9	2
Carmella	50	16	4
Veronica	107	34	9
Olga	145	46	13
Johanna	30	9	3
Claire	108	34	10

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.