State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1988 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 96,726 New Jersey births in 1988 across 1,729 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.

#86Micheleoutside the national top 200
#86Francisoutside the national top 200
#88Edwin#182 nationally
#98Omar#192 nationally
#81Colleen#167 nationally
#81Louis#165 nationally
#93Carly#175 nationally
#75Angel#151 nationally
#69Gina#142 nationally
#79Marc#149 nationally
#87Brendan#153 nationally
#52Jaclyn#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,485US #1
#2Ashley1,269US #2
#3Amanda1,107US #3
#4Nicole1,032US #9
#5Jennifer980US #5
#6Stephanie867US #7
#7Lauren820US #11
#8Melissa761US #16
#9Danielle719US #17
#10Samantha707US #8
#11Brittany630US #6
#12Sarah615US #4
#13Christina546US #22
#14Elizabeth500US #10
#15Michelle487US #21
#16Megan440US #12
#17Laura434US #23
#18Rachel428US #19
#19Tiffany416US #13
#20Heather412US #14
#21Kimberly407US #25
#22Kelly405US #32
#23Katherine387US #27
#24Christine383US #51
#25Emily366US #18
#26Alexandra352US #49
#27Caitlin349US #44
#28Lisa346US #43
#29Rebecca335US #26
#30Alyssa325US #47
#31Kristen322US #36
#32Courtney293US #24
#33Victoria290US #42
#34Erin281US #37
#35Allison278US #46
#36Erica267US #31
#37Sara262US #30
#38Jacqueline261US #62
#39Amy260US #29
#40Dana257US #90
#41Vanessa253US #41
#42Jasmine251US #53
#43Shannon243US #56
#44Andrea217US #35
#45Lindsay215US #57
#46Jamie207US #45
#47Tara202US #67
#48Crystal199US #28
#49Alicia195US #50
#50Angela192US #38
#51Mary189US #34
#52Jaclyn188US #114
#53Kristin187US #58
#54Kathryn183US #55
#55Maria182US #60
#56Jenna174US #66
#57Catherine171US #69
#58Chelsea171US #33
#59Kaitlyn167US #106
#60Meghan167US #81
#61Kathleen165US #75
#62Diana162US #85
#63Katelyn160US #84
#64Amber150US #15
#65Jillian150US #104
#66Kristina148US #68
#67Natalie148US #63
#68Kaitlin147US #98
#69Gina138US #142
#70Cassandra137US #59
#71Patricia133US #77
#72Kayla132US #20
#73Lindsey127US #48
#74Katie124US #40
#75Natasha119US #73
#76Cynthia118US #79
#77Erika118US #76
#78Anna117US #54
#79Julia116US #88
#80Julie116US #71
#81Colleen114US #167
#82Karen113US #111
#83Monica113US #70
#84Alison110US #113
#85Alexis108US #97
#86Michele106
#87Veronica106US #83
#88Gabrielle103US #137
#89Marissa103US #101
#90Krystal91US #74
#91Desiree90US #127
#92Melanie90US #99
#93Carly89US #175
#94Margaret89US #93
#95April87US #65
#96Casey86US #92
#97Morgan86US #78
#98Caroline85US #122
#99Angelica83US #109
#100Bianca83US #108

Boys

#1Michael2,857US #1
#2Christopher1,749US #2
#3Matthew1,631US #3
#4Daniel1,376US #8
#5Joseph1,263US #12
#6John1,189US #11
#7David1,184US #6
#8Robert1,127US #10
#9Andrew1,032US #5
#10Anthony1,025US #18
#11James1,008US #9
#12Brian861US #22
#13Thomas850US #23
#14Kevin838US #20
#15Ryan838US #13
#16Jonathan832US #15
#17William826US #16
#18Nicholas781US #14
#19Eric742US #19
#20Justin740US #7
#21Steven638US #24
#22Kyle584US #21
#23Richard574US #32
#24Timothy552US #25
#25Joshua550US #4
#26Sean524US #38
#27Jason519US #27
#28Jeffrey504US #36
#29Alexander492US #34
#30Mark485US #39
#31Stephen463US #40
#32Patrick408US #42
#33Adam367US #26
#34Gregory359US #50
#35Paul341US #46
#36Scott319US #47
#37Peter315US #64
#38Charles308US #37
#39Brandon296US #17
#40Zachary294US #29
#41Bryan286US #54
#42Kenneth282US #51
#43Edward272US #62
#44Benjamin241US #30
#45Keith241US #70
#46Jose232US #49
#47Vincent230US #82
#48Frank228US #99
#49Luis202US #75
#50Aaron198US #31
#51Samuel198US #45
#52Travis193US #41
#53Christian184US #86
#54Jeremy183US #35
#55Shawn175US #61
#56Alex167US #58
#57Jesse167US #55
#58George163US #78
#59Douglas157US #88
#60Carlos154US #80
#61Corey154US #56
#62Derek154US #53
#63Raymond153US #84
#64Evan145US #74
#65Gary143US #100
#66Ronald141US #79
#67Ian139US #77
#68Jordan137US #52
#69Jacob128US #28
#70Craig127US #96
#71Juan126US #68
#72Philip123US #94
#73Dennis122US #116
#74Tyler120US #33
#75Angel117US #151
#76Brett115US #73
#77Victor114US #89
#78Jared112US #60
#79Marc111US #149
#80Donald110US #76
#81Louis110US #165
#82Erik109US #92
#83Cory103US #59
#84Antonio101US #72
#85Shane99US #67
#86Francis97
#87Brendan94US #153
#88Edwin92US #182
#89Joel91US #85
#90Marcus91US #66
#91Miguel90US #111
#92Phillip89US #71
#93Andre87US #138
#94Albert84US #155
#95Manuel82US #139
#96Colin80US #131
#97Lawrence78US #150
#98Omar77US #192
#99Gabriel75US #102
#100Carl74US #126

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑23Cassandra#70
↑19Travis#52
↑18Katelyn#63
↑15Jasmine#42
↑15Jacob#69
↑13Cynthia#76
↑12Courtney#32
↑11Chelsea#58

Falling

↓19Marissa#89
↓19Philip#72
↓13Katie#74
↓12Marc#79
↓12Donald#80
↓11Amy#39
↓11Jenna#56
↓11Krystal#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.