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Baby names in New Jersey, 1910s

1910–1919 · 396,272 recorded births

John was the most common name given in New Jersey across the 1910s, with 15,947 births in the decade. The state recorded 396,272 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Jersey in the 1910s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Garret24
Carmine258
Dominick598
Tessie348
Rocco277
Filomena162
Sigmund134
Carmella339

Top 25 in the 1910s

RankNameBirths
#1John15,947
#2Mary14,560
#3Helen11,272
#4Joseph10,742
#5William10,284
#6Anna7,440
#7Margaret7,233
#8Dorothy6,948
#9George6,294
#10Charles6,251
#11Edward6,176
#12Frank5,817
#13Elizabeth5,552
#14James5,547
#15Robert5,498
#16Ruth5,315
#17Rose4,701
#18Marie4,189
#19Florence3,832
#20Mildred3,823
#21Walter3,746
#22Thomas3,565
#23Catherine3,507
#24Frances3,404
#25Anthony3,372

Other decades in New Jersey

All New Jersey names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org