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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1982 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,261 New Jersey births in 1982 across 1,545 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.

#63Angel#181 nationally
#84Francisoutside the national top 200
#82Edwin#189 nationally
#98Alexisoutside the national top 200
#81Omar#183 nationally
#52Jaclyn#141 nationally
#50Michele#135 nationally
#88Hector#172 nationally
#79Louis#162 nationally
#66Colleen#139 nationally
#67Jaime#138 nationally
#72Marc#138 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,619US #1
#2Jessica1,262US #2
#3Melissa878US #5
#4Nicole828US #6
#5Lauren740US #26
#6Danielle517US #31
#7Michelle512US #11
#8Elizabeth503US #8
#9Stephanie501US #7
#10Kimberly491US #14
#11Kelly470US #25
#12Lisa460US #23
#13Erin449US #20
#14Christina441US #19
#15Amanda430US #3
#16Amy428US #10
#17Kristen409US #33
#18Laura401US #22
#19Heather384US #12
#20Sarah384US #4
#21Tiffany373US #13
#22Christine342US #46
#23Rebecca320US #15
#24Jamie317US #29
#25Kristin300US #37
#26Megan280US #34
#27Katherine277US #36
#28Tara277US #47
#29Erica275US #35
#30Crystal274US #9
#31Rachel270US #21
#32Jacqueline258US #54
#33Dana244US #67
#34Shannon240US #38
#35Maria234US #42
#36Diana221US #63
#37Mary221US #30
#38Andrea220US #27
#39Lindsay220US #39
#40Kathleen210US #77
#41Angela208US #16
#42Vanessa208US #49
#43Allison207US #58
#44Sara198US #28
#45Patricia184US #59
#46Emily180US #24
#47Kathryn176US #48
#48Courtney171US #43
#49Samantha170US #44
#50Michele165US #135
#51Jillian164US #96
#52Jaclyn160US #141
#53Catherine145US #73
#54Karen143US #68
#55Meghan139US #110
#56Victoria139US #66
#57Lindsey136US #40
#58Alicia135US #53
#59Julie135US #41
#60Ashley132US #17
#61Alexis131US #93
#62April131US #32
#63Cynthia131US #64
#64Katie130US #45
#65Gina128US #124
#66Colleen127US #139
#67Jaime123US #138
#68Sandra123US #80
#69Pamela120US #82
#70Susan120US #76
#71Dawn115US #95
#72Monica114US #52
#73Latoya112US #91
#74Theresa112US #109
#75Melanie111US #65
#76Alison109US #111
#77Natalie107US #51
#78Erika105US #81
#79Linda101US #107
#80Jill100US #89
#81Denise98US #100
#82Natasha98US #71
#83Julia95US #84
#84Stacey95US #85
#85Anna94US #56
#86Meredith92US #150
#87Kristina91US #70
#88Valerie91US #75
#89Renee89US #101
#90Stacy88US #72
#91Amber87US #18
#92Margaret85US #97
#93Sharon85US #144
#94Ebony84US #132
#95Nancy83US #106
#96Veronica83US #69
#97Cheryl81US #159
#98Lori81US #98
#99Barbara79US #130
#100Stefanie79US #151

Boys

#1Michael2,630US #1
#2Christopher1,681US #2
#3Matthew1,219US #3
#4Robert1,193US #9
#5David1,174US #5
#6John1,162US #8
#7Joseph1,139US #11
#8Daniel1,052US #10
#9Jason1,043US #4
#10Brian991US #14
#11James967US #6
#12William793US #15
#13Anthony771US #21
#14Thomas690US #23
#15Ryan671US #13
#16Andrew585US #17
#17Justin580US #12
#18Kevin579US #25
#19Jonathan566US #16
#20Richard558US #27
#21Jeffrey507US #29
#22Eric495US #20
#23Steven493US #26
#24Nicholas476US #22
#25Mark438US #32
#26Timothy411US #24
#27Adam406US #19
#28Gregory396US #40
#29Sean395US #44
#30Scott390US #34
#31Stephen381US #38
#32Joshua368US #7
#33Paul341US #35
#34Patrick331US #37
#35Peter319US #57
#36Charles312US #31
#37Edward294US #53
#38Kenneth279US #45
#39Jose257US #46
#40Keith240US #59
#41Frank202US #81
#42George202US #62
#43Bryan199US #49
#44Shawn188US #52
#45Alexander179US #65
#46Benjamin178US #33
#47Jesse176US #43
#48Luis174US #90
#49Kyle172US #47
#50Raymond172US #70
#51Christian171US #114
#52Ronald168US #60
#53Vincent164US #103
#54Aaron163US #30
#55Douglas161US #68
#56Craig149US #73
#57Dennis143US #87
#58Jeremy141US #28
#59Brandon138US #18
#60Carlos132US #71
#61Gary128US #64
#62Philip124US #79
#63Angel122US #181
#64Samuel122US #56
#65Jared120US #54
#66Juan114US #61
#67Donald113US #58
#68Derek111US #50
#69Miguel109US #110
#70Todd109US #82
#71Ian108US #83
#72Marc106US #138
#73Travis103US #39
#74Victor103US #99
#75Shaun98US #96
#76Evan97US #108
#77Andre94US #124
#78Joel93US #69
#79Louis93US #162
#80Erik91US #80
#81Omar91US #183
#82Edwin83US #189
#83Walter83US #147
#84Francis80
#85Antonio79US #76
#86Zachary79US #55
#87Corey76US #74
#88Hector76US #172
#89Brett75US #72
#90Jorge75US #139
#91Lawrence75US #128
#92Marcus74US #63
#93Manuel73US #136
#94Phillip72US #67
#95Russell71US #97
#96Wayne71US #159
#97Albert69US #140
#98Alexis68
#99Chad67US #48
#100Carl66US #104

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑35Alexis#61
↑32Ashley#60
↑25Lindsay#39
↑25Jillian#51
↑24Miguel#69
↑19Samantha#49
↑17Natalie#77
↑15Jaclyn#52

Falling

↓27Denise#81
↓25Jill#80
↓23Alison#76
↓23Cheryl#97
↓18April#62
↓15Phillip#94
↓14Susan#70
↓14Brett#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.