New Jersey · 1922

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1922, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,801
#2	Helen	1,256
#3	Dorothy	1,181
#4	Margaret	979
#5	Ruth	820
#6	Anna	766
#7	Elizabeth	661
#8	Marie	646
#9	Rose	617
#10	Doris	560
#11	Florence	535
#12	Eleanor	500
#13	Mildred	498
#14	Josephine	481
#15	Jean	458
#16	Frances	456
#17	Catherine	452
#18	Evelyn	397
#19	Virginia	385
#20	Lillian	353
#21	Irene	351
#22	Alice	325
#23	Grace	323
#24	Gloria	301
#25	Marion	285
#26	Ann	264
#27	Anne	253
#28	Betty	248
#29	Louise	233
#30	Ethel	227
#31	Edith	225
#32	Edna	208
#33	Shirley	202
#34	Gladys	202
#35	Beatrice	201
#36	Julia	195
#37	Jane	190
#38	Rita	186
#39	Marjorie	183
#40	Muriel	182
#41	Gertrude	180
#42	Jennie	176
#43	Katherine	162
#44	Agnes	160
#45	Theresa	159
#46	Angelina	153
#47	Barbara	151
#48	Antoinette	146
#49	Sophie	144
#50	Olga	141
#51	Elsie	140
#52	Stella	140
#53	June	129
#54	Claire	127
#55	Marian	127
#56	Nancy	125
#57	Emma	124
#58	Clara	123
#59	Esther	122
#60	Bertha	121
#61	Pauline	121
#62	Ida	120
#63	Phyllis	119
#64	Lucy	119
#65	Emily	117
#66	Lorraine	114
#67	Charlotte	113
#68	Genevieve	112
#69	Madeline	111
#70	Lucille	111
#71	Kathryn	111
#72	Thelma	111
#73	Martha	109
#74	Veronica	107
#75	Viola	105
#76	Eileen	104
#77	Norma	103
#78	Bernice	101
#79	Sylvia	101
#80	Harriet	99
#81	Jeanne	98
#82	Violet	98
#83	Laura	98
#84	Janet	95
#85	Lois	94
#86	Marguerite	90
#87	Kathleen	89
#88	Constance	89
#89	Blanche	86
#90	Audrey	85
#91	Pearl	84
#92	Lena	84
#93	Geraldine	83
#94	Adele	83
#95	Hazel	83
#96	Sarah	83
#97	Caroline	81
#98	Carolyn	79
#99	Regina	77
#100	Patricia	77

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	42	14	2
Filomena	28	9	1
Antonette	21	7	1
Angelina	153	49	9
Carmella	68	22	5
Concetta	53	17	4
Antoinette	146	47	11
Yolanda	51	16	4
Stephanie	24	8	2
Veronica	107	35	9
Philomena	31	10	3
Clare	23	7	2

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.