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Baby names in New Jersey in the 1960s

In New Jersey in the 1960s the most given names were Michael (31,666 boys) and Lisa (17,578 girls), of 1,125,505 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Jersey each year, the 1960s shaded
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New Jersey, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Jersey, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa17,578
2Susan12,410
3Karen11,406
4Donna10,908
5Mary10,789
6Patricia10,653
7Linda8,690
8Kathleen7,692
9Nancy7,283
10Barbara6,985
11Christine6,921
12Deborah6,525
13Dawn6,349
14Laura6,342
15Elizabeth6,325
16Sharon6,152
17Kimberly6,080
18Denise5,987
19Michele5,922
20Diane5,920
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Michael31,666
2John30,855
3Robert27,398
4James21,946
5David21,660
6Joseph17,527
7William17,162
8Thomas16,055
9Richard14,842
10Mark13,126
11Christopher9,772
12Anthony9,705
13Kevin9,108
14Steven9,038
15Paul8,904
16Jeffrey8,820
17Scott8,569
18Brian8,478
19Kenneth8,032
20Edward8,015

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Jersey in the 1960s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1960-1969.

More about names in New Jersey

  1. The 1960s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. New Jersey: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. New Jersey in the 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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