State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1985 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,968 New Jersey births in 1985 across 1,575 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.

#80Edwin#189 nationally
#74Michele#182 nationally
#66Angel#172 nationally
#97Francisoutside the national top 200
#98Kaitlinoutside the national top 200
#78Louis#164 nationally
#70Colleen#150 nationally
#51Jaclyn#123 nationally
#58Marc#129 nationally
#89Carolyn#155 nationally
#100Walter#163 nationally
#76Theresa#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,390US #1
#2Jennifer1,352US #3
#3Nicole1,008US #7
#4Lauren831US #15
#5Amanda794US #4
#6Ashley788US #2
#7Melissa689US #11
#8Stephanie666US #6
#9Danielle661US #18
#10Christina583US #12
#11Laura526US #14
#12Megan499US #10
#13Elizabeth498US #9
#14Heather478US #8
#15Kimberly471US #19
#16Michelle457US #22
#17Sarah426US #5
#18Christine423US #44
#19Kelly419US #28
#20Rachel413US #13
#21Kristen346US #38
#22Erin326US #26
#23Amy318US #20
#24Lisa313US #36
#25Katherine306US #32
#26Rebecca294US #25
#27Tiffany290US #23
#28Jamie288US #27
#29Samantha287US #29
#30Emily265US #24
#31Erica260US #34
#32Kristin257US #49
#33Tara255US #51
#34Allison243US #46
#35Jenna241US #50
#36Shannon240US #41
#37Jacqueline237US #60
#38Dana231US #82
#39Lindsay228US #40
#40Crystal224US #21
#41Sara216US #30
#42Caitlin210US #77
#43Meghan207US #63
#44Andrea206US #33
#45Vanessa206US #42
#46Angela205US #31
#47Brittany202US #17
#48Mary199US #35
#49Courtney192US #43
#50Kathryn188US #48
#51Jaclyn183US #123
#52Maria178US #52
#53Victoria176US #59
#54Alicia171US #45
#55Diana168US #74
#56Kathleen168US #68
#57Kristina160US #57
#58Catherine159US #65
#59Lindsey157US #37
#60Katie154US #39
#61Gina140US #113
#62Jillian139US #115
#63Alexandra138US #92
#64Patricia137US #64
#65Latoya128US #81
#66Krystal122US #53
#67Natalie122US #58
#68Karen118US #87
#69Jasmine116US #103
#70Colleen115US #150
#71Alexis112US #112
#72Alison112US #97
#73Alyssa112US #130
#74Michele112US #182
#75Monica109US #61
#76Theresa109US #136
#77Anna107US #54
#78Julie103US #55
#79Valerie100US #71
#80April99US #47
#81Natasha99US #79
#82Cynthia98US #66
#83Pamela98US #116
#84Dominique96US #83
#85Margaret96US #90
#86Melanie96US #88
#87Amber95US #16
#88Casey94US #114
#89Carolyn91US #155
#90Susan91US #106
#91Joanna89US #99
#92Marissa89US #152
#93Erika87US #80
#94Julia87US #85
#95Stacy87US #67
#96Tracy87US #107
#97Cassandra86US #62
#98Kaitlin86
#99Holly85US #56
#100Denise84US #120

Boys

#1Michael2,586US #1
#2Christopher1,740US #2
#3Matthew1,390US #3
#4Daniel1,322US #5
#5Joseph1,264US #10
#6Robert1,160US #8
#7David1,139US #6
#8John1,095US #9
#9James1,044US #7
#10Anthony908US #20
#11Brian890US #18
#12Ryan809US #12
#13Andrew804US #11
#14William767US #16
#15Thomas749US #25
#16Jonathan728US #17
#17Jason727US #14
#18Kevin721US #23
#19Steven638US #24
#20Nicholas589US #19
#21Eric563US #21
#22Richard551US #28
#23Joshua499US #4
#24Timothy483US #26
#25Jeffrey481US #29
#26Justin478US #15
#27Sean468US #38
#28Mark462US #32
#29Stephen431US #36
#30Kyle414US #27
#31Adam406US #22
#32Gregory405US #45
#33Patrick367US #37
#34Paul353US #42
#35Scott334US #44
#36Charles325US #34
#37Alexander314US #50
#38Brandon300US #13
#39Edward284US #59
#40Bryan270US #48
#41Peter269US #60
#42Kenneth259US #47
#43Jose227US #49
#44Keith216US #64
#45George214US #72
#46Frank205US #90
#47Shawn205US #55
#48Benjamin197US #31
#49Luis188US #85
#50Raymond186US #75
#51Vincent186US #95
#52Jesse173US #51
#53Aaron172US #33
#54Douglas165US #76
#55Jeremy158US #30
#56Ronald149US #71
#57Gary147US #82
#58Marc146US #129
#59Craig145US #79
#60Zachary145US #39
#61Philip143US #84
#62Ian142US #78
#63Samuel137US #54
#64Christian136US #101
#65Carlos130US #74
#66Angel128US #172
#67Donald123US #66
#68Dennis116US #103
#69Erik116US #87
#70Evan116US #91
#71Juan115US #65
#72Derek110US #56
#73Alex104US #80
#74Brett102US #70
#75Victor101US #88
#76Antonio100US #73
#77Jared100US #58
#78Louis97US #164
#79Travis97US #46
#80Edwin95US #189
#81Gabriel92US #92
#82Joel92US #67
#83Jacob90US #35
#84Andre87US #124
#85Corey87US #63
#86Tyler82US #43
#87Jordan79US #62
#88Phillip79US #69
#89Lawrence78US #144
#90Marcus78US #61
#91Shaun78US #120
#92Miguel76US #113
#93Todd76US #99
#94Shane75US #68
#95Jorge73US #125
#96Derrick72US #83
#97Francis71
#98Albert70US #152
#99Drew70US #126
#100Walter70US #163

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑43Brittany#47
↑26Krystal#66
↑19Caitlin#42
↑17Kristina#57
↑17Jacob#83
↑16Alex#73
↑15Zachary#60
↑14Valerie#79

Falling

↓29Denise#100
↓22Andre#84
↓17Holly#99
↓15Joanna#91
↓14Michele#74
↓14Melanie#86
↓14Erika#93
↓14Travis#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.