State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1983 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,115 New Jersey births in 1983 across 1,532 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.

#83Francisoutside the national top 200
#84Edwin#198 nationally
#72Angel#185 nationally
#60Michele#155 nationally
#68Louis#156 nationally
#64Colleen#144 nationally
#80Jaime#158 nationally
#50Jaclyn#126 nationally
#99Jasmine#175 nationally
#96Wayne#171 nationally
#88Maurice#162 nationally
#88Caitlin#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,606US #1
#2Jessica1,226US #2
#3Nicole891US #7
#4Melissa801US #6
#5Lauren772US #24
#6Stephanie586US #8
#7Danielle525US #29
#8Christina518US #16
#9Heather506US #9
#10Amanda504US #3
#11Michelle499US #13
#12Kimberly475US #15
#13Elizabeth466US #10
#14Erin466US #18
#15Sarah457US #5
#16Lisa443US #27
#17Kelly422US #26
#18Laura417US #23
#19Amy399US #12
#20Ashley388US #4
#21Kristen384US #37
#22Megan368US #21
#23Christine353US #47
#24Tiffany350US #14
#25Rebecca343US #19
#26Rachel325US #20
#27Crystal308US #11
#28Jamie308US #28
#29Dana287US #72
#30Erica269US #33
#31Katherine263US #34
#32Kristin263US #42
#33Jacqueline249US #53
#34Lindsay244US #36
#35Tara233US #51
#36Shannon227US #38
#37Vanessa226US #49
#38Angela208US #22
#39Meghan207US #75
#40Kathryn202US #50
#41Allison200US #59
#42Mary200US #32
#43Sara199US #31
#44Maria190US #43
#45Kathleen188US #73
#46Andrea180US #30
#47Victoria178US #58
#48Courtney177US #44
#49Emily177US #25
#50Jaclyn174US #126
#51Samantha169US #40
#52Diana167US #69
#53Lindsey163US #35
#54Patricia160US #60
#55Alexis158US #83
#56Catherine154US #66
#57Alicia146US #41
#58Julie137US #46
#59Karen129US #77
#60Michele129US #155
#61Dawn128US #106
#62Jillian127US #115
#63Gina126US #121
#64Colleen123US #144
#65Katie123US #45
#66Cynthia119US #62
#67April116US #39
#68Latoya114US #90
#69Sandra114US #88
#70Monica113US #54
#71Stacey111US #76
#72Theresa111US #122
#73Natasha109US #71
#74Pamela109US #91
#75Amber105US #17
#76Denise104US #109
#77Susan104US #86
#78Alison101US #116
#79Holly101US #48
#80Jaime100US #158
#81Melanie100US #79
#82Natalie99US #52
#83Erika98US #80
#84Ebony97US #135
#85Kristina97US #63
#86Julia96US #85
#87Tina95US #100
#88Caitlin94US #153
#89Stefanie94US #105
#90Lori91US #113
#91Tracy87US #89
#92Valerie84US #74
#93Jill83US #98
#94Stacy82US #61
#95Sharon80US #160
#96Renee79US #97
#97Leah78US #82
#98Margaret78US #92
#99Jasmine77US #175
#100Veronica77US #68

Boys

#1Michael2,645US #1
#2Christopher1,605US #2
#3Matthew1,328US #3
#4Joseph1,177US #11
#5Robert1,170US #10
#6Daniel1,165US #8
#7John1,164US #9
#8David1,128US #4
#9Jason992US #7
#10James957US #6
#11Brian909US #14
#12Anthony764US #22
#13William758US #16
#14Ryan721US #13
#15Thomas704US #24
#16Andrew639US #15
#17Kevin610US #25
#18Steven600US #23
#19Jonathan591US #19
#20Richard526US #27
#21Eric519US #20
#22Jeffrey514US #28
#23Justin500US #12
#24Nicholas469US #21
#25Mark461US #31
#26Stephen454US #35
#27Adam412US #18
#28Gregory406US #42
#29Timothy405US #26
#30Joshua394US #5
#31Sean387US #44
#32Patrick366US #37
#33Paul342US #39
#34Scott336US #38
#35Peter317US #59
#36Charles316US #33
#37Kenneth292US #45
#38Edward276US #55
#39Kyle275US #34
#40Jose242US #48
#41Keith208US #61
#42Frank205US #86
#43Alexander192US #63
#44George192US #65
#45Luis191US #88
#46Jesse180US #46
#47Vincent180US #97
#48Bryan175US #47
#49Carlos164US #75
#50Brandon163US #17
#51Aaron162US #29
#52Douglas159US #69
#53Raymond158US #71
#54Shawn157US #53
#55Benjamin156US #32
#56Gary148US #68
#57Ronald146US #64
#58Christian139US #112
#59Jeremy139US #30
#60Philip135US #82
#61Craig134US #70
#62Donald133US #60
#63Marc132US #125
#64Ian128US #77
#65Samuel123US #54
#66Juan116US #62
#67Dennis111US #92
#68Louis109US #156
#69Jared108US #56
#70Erik104US #80
#71Evan104US #93
#72Angel100US #185
#73Victor100US #95
#74Antonio99US #76
#75Travis99US #41
#76Brett97US #73
#77Derek96US #51
#78Joel95US #67
#79Miguel95US #114
#80Marcus94US #58
#81Andre91US #126
#82Zachary86US #50
#83Francis83
#84Edwin81US #198
#85Shaun81US #111
#86Todd80US #87
#87Lawrence77US #132
#88Maurice77US #162
#89Carl76US #106
#90Russell74US #104
#91Alan73US #102
#92Roberto73US #152
#93Jacob72US #36
#94Alex70US #123
#95Phillip70US #66
#96Wayne69US #171
#97Gabriel65US #89
#98Jorge65US #139
#99Walter65US #154
#100Albert63US #150

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑40Ashley#20
↑16Meghan#39
↑16Amber#75
↑13Stacey#71
↑13Brett#76
↑12Marcus#80
↑11Stefanie#89
↑11Carlos#49

Falling

↓16Diana#52
↓16Todd#86
↓16Walter#99
↓13Jaime#80
↓13Jill#93
↓11Jillian#62
↓10Michele#60
↓10Shawn#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.