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Baby names in New Jersey, 1930s

1930–1939 · 507,306 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in New Jersey across the 1930s, with 20,477 births in the decade. The state recorded 507,306 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Jersey in the 1930s

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
Dominick5097×
Carmella3375×
Rocco2405×
Carmine2115×
Salvatore7885×
Carmela3545×
Concetta2504×
Nicholas1,0524×

Top 25 in the 1930s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert20,477
#2John19,271
#3William14,154
#4Joan11,736
#5Joseph11,403
#6Mary11,243
#7Richard10,539
#8Barbara10,139
#9James10,097
#10Charles7,668
#11George7,436
#12Edward7,082
#13Patricia7,027
#14Donald6,553
#15Thomas6,443
#16Dorothy6,064
#17Frank5,791
#18Margaret5,731
#19Dolores4,391
#20Elizabeth4,377
#21Helen4,313
#22Jean4,209
#23Marie4,182
#24Anthony3,991
#25Carol3,822

Other decades in New Jersey

Names unique to New Jersey

All New Jersey names, 2025

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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