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Baby names in New Jersey, 1960s

1960–1969 · 1,126,173 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in New Jersey across the 1960s, with 31,791 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,126,173 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Jersey in the 1960s

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
Domenick80
Dominick513
Carmine205
Rocco278
Sharonda78
Alnisa7
Sharanda10
Pasquale121

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael31,791
#2John30,976
#3Robert27,479
#4James22,039
#5David21,706
#6Lisa17,618
#7Joseph17,583
#8William17,226
#9Thomas16,117
#10Richard14,888
#11Mark13,137
#12Susan12,425
#13Karen11,417
#14Donna10,932
#15Mary10,800
#16Patricia10,671
#17Christopher9,788
#18Anthony9,738
#19Kevin9,122
#20Steven9,054
#21Paul8,904
#22Jeffrey8,828
#23Linda8,690
#24Scott8,575
#25Brian8,483

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