State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1980 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,946 New Jersey births in 1980 across 1,566 distinct names.

Distinctively New Jersey

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say New Jersey more than they say America.

#84Francisoutside the national top 200
#77Edwin#188 nationally
#69Angel#172 nationally
#70Jaclyn#168 nationally
#74Omar#170 nationally
#37Michele#126 nationally
#56Colleen#137 nationally
#90Jillian#171 nationally
#71Louis#151 nationally
#91Hector#169 nationally
#88Evan#159 nationally
#44Meghan#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,683US #1
#2Melissa995US #4
#3Jessica973US #3
#4Nicole801US #7
#5Michelle579US #10
#6Lauren572US #38
#7Kimberly525US #11
#8Lisa525US #16
#9Danielle512US #33
#10Christina480US #15
#11Kelly473US #19
#12Heather461US #6
#13Amy440US #8
#14Elizabeth438US #9
#15Stephanie432US #13
#16Amanda407US #2
#17Erin383US #20
#18Laura381US #21
#19Sarah379US #5
#20Christine378US #41
#21Rebecca326US #17
#22Megan285US #30
#23Jamie284US #24
#24Kristen282US #39
#25Dana266US #68
#26Tara260US #43
#27Kristin255US #37
#28Tiffany242US #14
#29Rachel233US #23
#30Shannon233US #29
#31Angela230US #12
#32Mary225US #25
#33Erica218US #34
#34Maria210US #36
#35Katherine207US #35
#36Andrea205US #28
#37Michele193US #126
#38Jacqueline191US #81
#39Karen189US #54
#40Sara182US #27
#41Kathleen180US #82
#42Allison172US #59
#43Patricia171US #51
#44Meghan166US #114
#45Dawn163US #67
#46Courtney160US #48
#47Sandra156US #80
#48Jill153US #66
#49April151US #26
#50Susan150US #62
#51Crystal148US #18
#52Kathryn146US #50
#53Gina144US #100
#54Denise143US #95
#55Catherine141US #77
#56Colleen136US #137
#57Julie132US #32
#58Tracy132US #56
#59Vanessa132US #69
#60Cheryl129US #119
#61Cynthia129US #64
#62Samantha120US #58
#63Emily119US #31
#64Lori118US #76
#65Melanie118US #60
#66Alicia117US #47
#67Sharon115US #129
#68Alison113US #101
#69Tina113US #72
#70Jaclyn112US #168
#71Suzanne111US #139
#72Victoria111US #103
#73Monica110US #45
#74Theresa110US #104
#75Diana109US #118
#76Jaime109US #116
#77Stacy109US #53
#78Monique103US #93
#79Natasha102US #89
#80Stacey101US #74
#81Katie100US #44
#82Leah100US #84
#83Renee100US #107
#84Beth98US #106
#85Brooke97US #57
#86Erika97US #87
#87Kristina94US #73
#88Linda94US #110
#89Nancy94US #111
#90Jillian93US #171
#91Meredith93US #140
#92Barbara91US #120
#93Holly88US #52
#94Pamela86US #86
#95Natalie84US #65
#96Lindsay78US #71
#97Kristy77US #78
#98Tammy77US #96
#99Wendy77US #75
#100Margaret76US #105

Boys

#1Michael2,499US #1
#2Christopher1,346US #2
#3David1,192US #4
#4Robert1,192US #9
#5John1,179US #8
#6Jason1,133US #3
#7Joseph1,123US #10
#8Brian991US #12
#9James979US #5
#10Daniel978US #11
#11Matthew918US #6
#12William769US #14
#13Anthony719US #24
#14Thomas684US #25
#15Kevin651US #23
#16Ryan590US #15
#17Richard555US #26
#18Nicholas539US #17
#19Eric537US #16
#20Jeffrey523US #27
#21Justin483US #13
#22Steven461US #28
#23Andrew460US #19
#24Timothy458US #20
#25Jonathan453US #21
#26Mark426US #30
#27Scott395US #33
#28Paul388US #35
#29Charles384US #29
#30Adam379US #22
#31Edward371US #52
#32Stephen361US #40
#33Joshua355US #7
#34Peter348US #55
#35Sean333US #48
#36Gregory304US #42
#37Patrick300US #38
#38Kenneth292US #41
#39Jose283US #46
#40Keith252US #56
#41George227US #60
#42Frank213US #81
#43Ronald203US #58
#44Douglas197US #62
#45Raymond187US #66
#46Luis185US #88
#47Bryan178US #49
#48Shawn178US #47
#49Benjamin172US #32
#50Vincent161US #111
#51Erik152US #64
#52Dennis151US #80
#53Jesse150US #45
#54Jeremy147US #18
#55Juan147US #59
#56Donald144US #53
#57Gary142US #63
#58Christian140US #118
#59Alexander137US #91
#60Samuel137US #54
#61Carlos135US #78
#62Craig135US #73
#63Philip131US #82
#64Aaron130US #34
#65Derek128US #50
#66Kyle122US #57
#67Marc120US #119
#68Todd118US #75
#69Angel114US #172
#70Ian113US #104
#71Louis110US #151
#72Shaun107US #79
#73Victor106US #107
#74Omar100US #170
#75Andre98US #133
#76Antonio93US #77
#77Edwin93US #188
#78Joel93US #67
#79Jared90US #61
#80Miguel90US #128
#81Lawrence89US #129
#82Corey87US #68
#83Carl82US #103
#84Francis81
#85Brett80US #96
#86Albert77US #142
#87Chad73US #39
#88Evan72US #159
#89Larry71US #70
#90Phillip71US #65
#91Hector70US #169
#92Randy70US #87
#93Russell69US #92
#94Walter67US #137
#95Brandon65US #31
#96Bruce65US #157
#97Marcus65US #71
#98Alan64US #112
#99Wayne63US #146
#100Gerald61US #148

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑31Courtney#46
↑30Sara#40
↑19Samantha#62
↑19Derek#65
↑18Monique#78
↑18Jesse#53
↑18Andre#75
↑14Justin#21

Falling

↓34Kristy#97
↓19Wayne#99
↓17Theresa#74
↓17Margaret#100
↓16Susan#50
↓16Nancy#89
↓15Stacey#80
↓13Colleen#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.