State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1987 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,483 New Jersey births in 1987 across 1,682 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.

#76Micheleoutside the national top 200
#85Edwin#191 nationally
#96Francisoutside the national top 200
#100Carly#196 nationally
#68Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#72Colleen#158 nationally
#81Angel#165 nationally
#92Justine#176 nationally
#78Louis#161 nationally
#64Kaitlin#141 nationally
#67Marc#143 nationally
#91Brendan#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,632US #1
#2Ashley1,262US #2
#3Amanda1,176US #3
#4Jennifer1,103US #4
#5Nicole988US #8
#6Lauren810US #16
#7Stephanie780US #6
#8Melissa744US #13
#9Danielle693US #14
#10Samantha619US #11
#11Sarah555US #5
#12Christina546US #20
#13Brittany467US #7
#14Kelly459US #30
#15Michelle441US #21
#16Elizabeth433US #10
#17Megan420US #12
#18Kimberly418US #23
#19Heather401US #9
#20Laura394US #22
#21Christine362US #48
#22Emily354US #19
#23Rachel347US #17
#24Katherine333US #28
#25Erin331US #34
#26Lisa328US #40
#27Tiffany312US #18
#28Amy305US #24
#29Rebecca303US #25
#30Kristen298US #42
#31Allison291US #44
#32Jacqueline274US #54
#33Sara261US #29
#34Vanessa259US #43
#35Alexandra257US #59
#36Caitlin255US #63
#37Erica253US #31
#38Shannon253US #45
#39Dana241US #83
#40Alyssa240US #60
#41Victoria235US #50
#42Jamie226US #39
#43Crystal223US #26
#44Courtney218US #33
#45Jenna212US #57
#46Lindsay209US #49
#47Kathryn203US #51
#48Kristin199US #55
#49Mary193US #37
#50Andrea188US #36
#51Kathleen185US #72
#52Tara182US #69
#53Meghan179US #78
#54Alicia176US #46
#55Angela170US #35
#56Jaclyn170US #116
#57Jasmine167US #79
#58Jillian167US #99
#59Kristina166US #62
#60Maria166US #53
#61Katie161US #38
#62Amber146US #15
#63Diana145US #85
#64Kaitlin145US #141
#65Catherine144US #74
#66Patricia142US #76
#67Gina141US #123
#68Kaitlyn138US #163
#69Chelsea132US #47
#70Marissa129US #109
#71Natalie128US #56
#72Colleen126US #158
#73Natasha123US #73
#74Alison121US #100
#75Julie120US #65
#76Michele118
#77Monica118US #64
#78Alexis115US #113
#79Krystal115US #70
#80Karen110US #107
#81Katelyn110US #127
#82Anna106US #52
#83Julia106US #86
#84Lindsey105US #41
#85Erika101US #75
#86Dominique97US #114
#87Margaret97US #90
#88Melanie97US #102
#89Cynthia95US #84
#90Veronica93US #80
#91Desiree92US #124
#92Justine88US #176
#93Cassandra85US #68
#94Ebony83US #157
#95Valerie83US #93
#96Carolyn82US #149
#97Rachael82US #98
#98April80US #58
#99Theresa80US #159
#100Carly79US #196

Boys

#1Michael2,784US #1
#2Christopher1,699US #2
#3Matthew1,594US #3
#4Daniel1,400US #7
#5Joseph1,302US #12
#6David1,164US #5
#7John1,128US #11
#8Andrew1,071US #6
#9Robert1,070US #10
#10Anthony966US #17
#11James936US #8
#12Brian932US #20
#13Ryan849US #13
#14Kevin828US #19
#15Jonathan800US #18
#16William798US #15
#17Thomas774US #24
#18Nicholas716US #16
#19Steven660US #25
#20Jason628US #23
#21Justin601US #9
#22Eric591US #21
#23Timothy574US #26
#24Kyle563US #22
#25Joshua552US #4
#26Richard539US #30
#27Jeffrey534US #32
#28Sean532US #40
#29Stephen473US #38
#30Mark453US #36
#31Alexander443US #37
#32Adam385US #27
#33Gregory374US #47
#34Patrick366US #41
#35Paul362US #46
#36Scott362US #43
#37Charles332US #35
#38Peter323US #64
#39Brandon303US #14
#40Bryan285US #51
#41Edward276US #61
#42Jose268US #48
#43Kenneth266US #53
#44Benjamin236US #28
#45Zachary213US #33
#46Keith206US #69
#47George203US #77
#48Jeremy202US #29
#49Frank197US #97
#50Vincent195US #95
#51Luis189US #82
#52Aaron181US #34
#53Philip180US #84
#54Samuel180US #50
#55Jesse177US #55
#56Raymond175US #79
#57Christian169US #90
#58Alex168US #60
#59Douglas165US #85
#60Carlos163US #74
#61Shawn160US #59
#62Ronald152US #73
#63Evan142US #83
#64Corey140US #57
#65Ian132US #81
#66Dennis127US #107
#67Marc126US #143
#68Donald122US #70
#69Juan120US #66
#70Jordan117US #52
#71Travis117US #42
#72Gary115US #87
#73Derek114US #54
#74Victor113US #91
#75Erik112US #94
#76Brett109US #71
#77Craig109US #88
#78Louis109US #161
#79Shane106US #65
#80Tyler106US #39
#81Angel102US #165
#82Antonio101US #72
#83Joel99US #75
#84Jacob96US #31
#85Edwin94US #191
#86Phillip93US #68
#87Cory92US #62
#88Jared91US #58
#89Marcus91US #67
#90Andre88US #136
#91Brendan85US #156
#92Lawrence81US #146
#93Colin76US #134
#94Devin75US #99
#95Albert74US #158
#96Francis74
#97Miguel74US #110
#98Derrick73US #86
#99Shaun71US #152
#100Gabriel67US #98

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑30Kaitlin#64
↑28Travis#71
↑25Alyssa#40
↑20Marissa#70
↑16Amber#62
↑14Jasmine#57
↑13Philip#53
↑13Shane#79

Falling

↓22Lindsey#84
↓20Jared#88
↓17Theresa#99
↓15Valerie#95
↓14Julia#83
↓14April#98
↓13Shawn#61
↓13Craig#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.