New Jersey · 1928

Top 100 names in New Jersey, 1928, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,522
#2	Dorothy	1,118
#3	Helen	890
#4	Margaret	758
#5	Doris	716
#6	Ruth	665
#7	Anna	626
#8	Marie	618
#9	Jean	613
#10	Elizabeth	591
#11	Betty	501
#12	Eleanor	472
#13	Rose	456
#14	Gloria	417
#15	Frances	415
#16	Florence	402
#17	Barbara	390
#18	Catherine	380
#19	Dolores	371
#20	Irene	367
#21	Marion	342
#22	Joan	342
#23	Patricia	330
#24	Evelyn	329
#25	Shirley	329
#26	Alice	327
#27	Mildred	324
#28	Josephine	315
#29	Virginia	289
#30	Theresa	285
#31	Lillian	279
#32	Lorraine	273
#33	Ann	272
#34	Lois	251
#35	Grace	248
#36	Jane	228
#37	Rita	216
#38	Louise	213
#39	June	198
#40	Edith	185
#41	Phyllis	183
#42	Marilyn	177
#43	Anne	175
#44	Claire	166
#45	Audrey	166
#46	Nancy	165
#47	Eileen	162
#48	Elaine	158
#49	Ethel	154
#50	Marjorie	151
#51	Gladys	149
#52	Beatrice	144
#53	Gertrude	143
#54	Bernice	137
#55	Joyce	134
#56	Janet	133
#57	Edna	131
#58	Geraldine	129
#59	Jeanne	127
#60	Norma	125
#61	Carolyn	122
#62	Agnes	122
#63	Julia	121
#64	Antoinette	119
#65	Carol	119
#66	Elsie	119
#67	Angelina	111
#68	Thelma	110
#69	Lucille	110
#70	Marian	104
#71	Charlotte	104
#72	Martha	103
#73	Katherine	100
#74	Jennie	99
#75	Pauline	92
#76	Muriel	92
#77	Emma	91
#78	Ellen	87
#79	Bertha	87
#80	Loretta	86
#81	Esther	84
#82	Madeline	84
#83	Sarah	83
#84	Lucy	82
#85	Ida	82
#86	Teresa	80
#87	Clara	80
#88	Laura	75
#89	Regina	75
#90	Caroline	74
#91	Adele	73
#92	Jeanette	73
#93	Rosemarie	71
#94	Rosemary	70
#95	Harriet	70
#96	Viola	68
#97	Miriam	68
#98	Carmela	67
#99	Anita	67
#100	Kathleen	67

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	37	12	2
Carmella	61	20	3
Concetta	49	16	3
Carmela	67	22	4
Angelina	111	37	8
Antoinette	119	40	9
Adele	73	24	6
Yolanda	46	15	4
Claire	166	55	15
Veronica	66	22	6
Millicent	21	7	2
Angela	53	18	5

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.