State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1984 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 83,468 New Jersey births in 1984 across 1,521 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.

#68Angel#179 nationally
#85Omar#193 nationally
#93Francisoutside the national top 200
#96Glennoutside the national top 200
#98Juliooutside the national top 200
#60Michele#161 nationally
#86Edwin#184 nationally
#95Jaime#182 nationally
#73Louis#158 nationally
#52Jaclyn#134 nationally
#63Colleen#144 nationally
#66Marc#131 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,601US #1
#2Jessica1,249US #2
#3Nicole853US #7
#4Lauren813US #21
#5Melissa775US #8
#6Danielle667US #16
#7Stephanie648US #6
#8Ashley571US #3
#9Amanda538US #4
#10Michelle511US #17
#11Christina508US #20
#12Heather501US #9
#13Laura495US #19
#14Elizabeth476US #10
#15Kimberly462US #22
#16Kelly445US #27
#17Megan430US #11
#18Sarah430US #5
#19Christine404US #43
#20Erin399US #25
#21Lisa399US #29
#22Rachel356US #15
#23Kristen339US #38
#24Amy338US #13
#25Tiffany312US #14
#26Rebecca310US #23
#27Erica309US #34
#28Jamie283US #31
#29Dana280US #73
#30Katherine276US #30
#31Jacqueline267US #56
#32Tara264US #49
#33Lindsay250US #36
#34Kristin247US #47
#35Allison243US #51
#36Vanessa243US #45
#37Crystal241US #12
#38Shannon239US #37
#39Samantha227US #39
#40Meghan226US #65
#41Emily218US #24
#42Jenna217US #54
#43Kathryn208US #48
#44Kathleen202US #71
#45Mary202US #33
#46Sara195US #32
#47Maria188US #50
#48Andrea180US #28
#49Courtney175US #46
#50Alicia174US #40
#51Victoria173US #59
#52Jaclyn169US #134
#53Diana165US #72
#54Katie164US #44
#55Latoya164US #60
#56Angela162US #26
#57Catherine158US #69
#58Jillian156US #106
#59Karen148US #82
#60Michele147US #161
#61Caitlin145US #118
#62Alexis141US #89
#63Colleen140US #144
#64Lindsey137US #35
#65Patricia137US #66
#66Gina124US #109
#67Alexandra123US #96
#68Julie121US #52
#69Natalie121US #55
#70Cynthia116US #62
#71Denise113US #115
#72Melanie111US #85
#73Alison109US #110
#74Kristina107US #68
#75Natasha106US #77
#76Joanna103US #88
#77Stefanie102US #138
#78Monica99US #58
#79Erika97US #81
#80Pamela97US #104
#81Veronica97US #70
#82Holly96US #53
#83Margaret95US #92
#84Sandra95US #94
#85Theresa94US #121
#86Stacey93US #79
#87Susan93US #90
#88Julia87US #87
#89April84US #42
#90Brittany84US #41
#91Stacy84US #67
#92Krystal83US #74
#93Valerie82US #76
#94Cassandra79US #63
#95Jaime79US #182
#96Jill79US #120
#97Tracy79US #91
#98Desiree78US #128
#99Ebony77US #137
#100Renee77US #108

Boys

#1Michael2,674US #1
#2Christopher1,716US #2
#3Matthew1,399US #3
#4Daniel1,298US #6
#5Joseph1,179US #10
#6John1,160US #8
#7David1,158US #5
#8Robert1,155US #9
#9Brian976US #17
#10James955US #7
#11Ryan816US #12
#12Anthony812US #21
#13Jason789US #11
#14William737US #16
#15Thomas734US #25
#16Kevin665US #24
#17Jonathan660US #19
#18Andrew633US #14
#19Steven588US #23
#20Richard527US #27
#21Nicholas516US #20
#22Eric513US #22
#23Timothy486US #26
#24Justin479US #13
#25Jeffrey475US #28
#26Adam463US #18
#27Joshua439US #4
#28Mark435US #32
#29Stephen413US #35
#30Sean387US #43
#31Gregory374US #44
#32Paul349US #40
#33Charles335US #33
#34Scott331US #39
#35Patrick316US #36
#36Edward313US #58
#37Kyle306US #34
#38Peter286US #60
#39Jose261US #49
#40Kenneth249US #46
#41Bryan232US #48
#42Brandon228US #15
#43Alexander223US #54
#44Frank202US #86
#45Keith188US #61
#46Shawn177US #56
#47George174US #68
#48Douglas171US #71
#49Luis171US #88
#50Aaron164US #29
#51Vincent162US #95
#52Christian160US #104
#53Raymond158US #73
#54Donald156US #63
#55Benjamin151US #30
#56Jesse151US #50
#57Craig148US #75
#58Ronald138US #67
#59Philip137US #81
#60Carlos122US #74
#61Gary120US #76
#62Andre119US #119
#63Jeremy119US #31
#64Samuel116US #55
#65Travis115US #42
#66Marc113US #131
#67Derek112US #52
#68Angel109US #179
#69Dennis109US #97
#70Erik109US #84
#71Jared105US #59
#72Ian104US #78
#73Louis101US #158
#74Juan99US #64
#75Zachary96US #45
#76Evan95US #98
#77Brett92US #72
#78Joel87US #66
#79Gabriel85US #87
#80Marcus85US #57
#81Miguel83US #113
#82Todd83US #92
#83Victor83US #90
#84Antonio82US #77
#85Omar82US #193
#86Edwin81US #184
#87Jordan79US #65
#88Shaun78US #121
#89Alex75US #93
#90Lawrence75US #143
#91Corey72US #69
#92Phillip72US #70
#93Francis70
#94Nathan65US #38
#95Alan64US #105
#96Glenn61
#97Russell61US #106
#98Julio60
#99Albert59US #141
#100Jacob59US #37

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑27Caitlin#61
↑19Veronica#81
↑19Andre#62
↑18Gabriel#79
↑15Margaret#83
↑13Latoya#55
↑13Natalie#69
↑12Ashley#8

Falling

↓22April#89
↓18Angela#56
↓15Sandra#84
↓15Stacey#86
↓15Jaime#95
↓15Ebony#99
↓13Theresa#85
↓11Lindsey#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.