State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1981 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,722 New Jersey births in 1981 across 1,547 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.

#74Angel#194 nationally
#83Francisoutside the national top 200
#78Edwin#187 nationally
#77Omar#174 nationally
#67Jaclyn#158 nationally
#42Michele#127 nationally
#68Louis#151 nationally
#57Colleen#138 nationally
#96Alexis#172 nationally
#91Suzanne#161 nationally
#100Frederick#170 nationally
#90Wayne#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,605US #1
#2Jessica1,195US #2
#3Melissa872US #5
#4Nicole817US #7
#5Lauren617US #35
#6Michelle539US #11
#7Danielle523US #30
#8Lisa514US #18
#9Kimberly484US #13
#10Elizabeth465US #9
#11Stephanie457US #8
#12Sarah442US #4
#13Christine425US #42
#14Kelly417US #23
#15Amanda408US #3
#16Christina402US #17
#17Kristin399US #31
#18Erin383US #19
#19Heather382US #10
#20Amy378US #6
#21Laura341US #21
#22Rebecca339US #12
#23Tiffany336US #14
#24Kristen301US #38
#25Megan280US #33
#26Dana278US #70
#27Tara272US #45
#28Jamie265US #28
#29Shannon254US #32
#30Rachel251US #22
#31Katherine238US #39
#32Erica232US #36
#33Maria228US #40
#34Andrea213US #24
#35Angela213US #15
#36Mary211US #27
#37Crystal210US #16
#38Allison209US #57
#39Jacqueline209US #67
#40Sara186US #26
#41Diana184US #75
#42Michele179US #127
#43Patricia178US #53
#44April175US #25
#45Kathryn173US #48
#46Karen172US #64
#47Courtney165US #43
#48Catherine161US #73
#49Kathleen157US #82
#50Emily155US #29
#51Julie148US #37
#52Vanessa144US #62
#53Alison140US #113
#54Denise140US #96
#55Jill139US #78
#56Susan136US #71
#57Colleen135US #138
#58Sandra135US #74
#59Dawn134US #79
#60Alicia127US #46
#61Katie125US #44
#62Pamela125US #76
#63Latoya124US #69
#64Lindsay124US #47
#65Victoria124US #87
#66Meghan122US #116
#67Jaclyn121US #158
#68Samantha121US #51
#69Gina120US #106
#70Theresa120US #100
#71Cynthia118US #59
#72Melanie111US #66
#73Tina111US #80
#74Cheryl108US #134
#75Jaime108US #124
#76Jillian108US #137
#77Stacey106US #83
#78Erika104US #93
#79Candice102US #86
#80Kristina102US #72
#81Renee101US #98
#82Tracy101US #77
#83Stacy100US #65
#84Julia99US #88
#85Sharon96US #130
#86Brooke95US #52
#87Monica95US #49
#88Lori91US #91
#89Meredith91US #140
#90Natasha90US #85
#91Suzanne90US #161
#92Ashley89US #34
#93Monique88US #103
#94Natalie88US #60
#95Nancy87US #101
#96Alexis85US #172
#97Margaret83US #107
#98Tanya83US #92
#99Valerie83US #89
#100Veronica82US #68

Boys

#1Michael2,573US #1
#2Christopher1,462US #2
#3David1,154US #5
#4Joseph1,154US #11
#5John1,139US #8
#6Matthew1,088US #3
#7Robert1,066US #9
#8Jason997US #4
#9James982US #7
#10Brian954US #14
#11Daniel954US #10
#12William753US #15
#13Anthony712US #23
#14Thomas704US #26
#15Ryan654US #13
#16Richard617US #27
#17Kevin598US #25
#18Jonathan579US #16
#19Steven530US #28
#20Justin525US #12
#21Jeffrey520US #29
#22Eric496US #17
#23Nicholas479US #21
#24Andrew451US #18
#25Timothy432US #24
#26Mark402US #33
#27Joshua398US #6
#28Sean391US #44
#29Paul385US #35
#30Adam375US #20
#31Scott369US #34
#32Charles353US #31
#33Patrick317US #38
#34Peter315US #55
#35Stephen314US #39
#36Gregory300US #46
#37Edward291US #51
#38Jose283US #45
#39Kenneth260US #41
#40Keith229US #58
#41George225US #61
#42Frank216US #82
#43Benjamin194US #32
#44Bryan189US #48
#45Luis189US #92
#46Shawn183US #49
#47Jesse182US #37
#48Alexander177US #70
#49Ronald169US #59
#50Vincent165US #107
#51Aaron164US #30
#52Douglas164US #64
#53Raymond163US #68
#54Jeremy162US #22
#55Gary159US #62
#56Craig150US #72
#57Kyle139US #52
#58Carlos137US #71
#59Christian132US #121
#60Philip126US #84
#61Juan123US #60
#62Brandon122US #19
#63Jared120US #57
#64Shaun119US #86
#65Dennis118US #83
#66Donald118US #56
#67Erik115US #76
#68Louis113US #151
#69Marc112US #134
#70Derek110US #53
#71Victor110US #104
#72Samuel107US #54
#73Ian101US #101
#74Angel100US #194
#75Brett97US #79
#76Todd91US #74
#77Omar90US #174
#78Edwin89US #187
#79Phillip88US #66
#80Antonio86US #75
#81Corey83US #69
#82Lawrence82US #125
#83Francis80
#84Joel77US #65
#85Andre75US #133
#86Carl72US #106
#87Evan72US #139
#88Henry72US #126
#89Russell72US #98
#90Wayne71US #156
#91Alan70US #112
#92Chad70US #47
#93Miguel69US #116
#94Albert68US #145
#95Jacob68US #43
#96Marcus67US #67
#97Walter67US #138
#98Jordan64US #102
#99Alex62US #148
#100Frederick62US #170

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑34Diana#41
↑33Brandon#62
↑32Pamela#62
↑32Lindsay#64
↑20Katie#61
↑16Jared#63
↑15Alison#53
↑14Crystal#37

Falling

↓24Tracy#82
↓24Lori#88
↓22Meghan#66
↓20Suzanne#91
↓18Sharon#85
↓16Gina#69
↓16Erik#67
↓15Monique#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.