State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1989 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,075 New Jersey births in 1989 across 1,868 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.

#80Micheleoutside the national top 200
#96Francisoutside the national top 200
#78Edwin#171 nationally
#72Louis#163 nationally
#96Arielle#185 nationally
#79Marc#160 nationally
#70Jaclyn#138 nationally
#73Gina#141 nationally
#75Angel#140 nationally
#94Colleen#159 nationally
#44Dana#105 nationally
#87Brendan#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,420US #1
#2Ashley1,275US #2
#3Amanda1,144US #4
#4Stephanie963US #8
#5Nicole962US #12
#6Samantha931US #6
#7Jennifer910US #7
#8Lauren870US #9
#9Brittany830US #3
#10Melissa708US #19
#11Danielle656US #17
#12Sarah644US #5
#13Michelle583US #22
#14Elizabeth569US #10
#15Christina562US #23
#16Megan514US #11
#17Kelly443US #37
#18Emily442US #13
#19Rachel431US #18
#20Rebecca416US #24
#21Alyssa400US #33
#22Laura390US #25
#23Katherine382US #26
#24Alexandra381US #43
#25Kimberly379US #28
#26Christine378US #59
#27Heather373US #15
#28Tiffany346US #16
#29Jasmine335US #30
#30Kristen335US #36
#31Allison311US #46
#32Caitlin306US #49
#33Victoria300US #44
#34Courtney292US #21
#35Lisa276US #55
#36Erin273US #40
#37Jacqueline271US #64
#38Chelsea268US #27
#39Erica265US #34
#40Sara254US #29
#41Amy242US #35
#42Jamie241US #52
#43Vanessa240US #50
#44Dana230US #105
#45Andrea225US #39
#46Catherine215US #67
#47Shannon211US #61
#48Kristin204US #60
#49Mary203US #38
#50Tara200US #70
#51Crystal196US #32
#52Jenna193US #71
#53Kathryn193US #58
#54Amber190US #14
#55Maria190US #56
#56Angela188US #47
#57Kaitlyn186US #95
#58Lindsay182US #63
#59Cassandra173US #54
#60Meghan166US #80
#61Kaitlin165US #100
#62Kelsey165US #31
#63Kristina164US #65
#64Natalie162US #62
#65Kathleen159US #90
#66Jillian158US #106
#67Melanie156US #88
#68Alicia155US #53
#69Kayla154US #20
#70Jaclyn153US #138
#71Anna149US #51
#72Diana149US #86
#73Gina148US #141
#74Bianca145US #91
#75Brittney140US #41
#76Patricia137US #89
#77Lindsey134US #48
#78Katelyn133US #76
#79Julia132US #96
#80Michele129
#81Marissa127US #81
#82Julie126US #78
#83Natasha126US #87
#84Katie125US #45
#85Alison123US #119
#86Cynthia123US #84
#87Gabrielle123US #112
#88Veronica122US #85
#89Monica113US #68
#90Alexis111US #92
#91Morgan111US #69
#92Erika110US #73
#93Brianna109US #77
#94Colleen109US #159
#95Caroline108US #113
#96Arielle105US #185
#97Taylor105US #75
#98Hannah102US #42
#99Casey98US #103
#100Margaret97US #97

Boys

#1Michael2,983US #1
#2Christopher1,856US #2
#3Matthew1,706US #3
#4Daniel1,477US #6
#5Joseph1,374US #11
#6John1,304US #12
#7Robert1,155US #10
#8Anthony1,135US #16
#9David1,118US #5
#10Andrew1,070US #7
#11Kevin972US #19
#12James968US #9
#13Ryan943US #13
#14Brian935US #24
#15Nicholas908US #14
#16Jonathan889US #17
#17Thomas822US #23
#18William763US #15
#19Joshua714US #4
#20Justin712US #8
#21Steven703US #22
#22Kyle630US #20
#23Eric629US #21
#24Richard570US #33
#25Sean566US #39
#26Alexander545US #32
#27Timothy511US #28
#28Jason486US #35
#29Mark471US #42
#30Jeffrey462US #37
#31Stephen458US #40
#32Patrick418US #38
#33Gregory391US #52
#34Adam377US #27
#35Brandon354US #18
#36Charles332US #36
#37Zachary329US #25
#38Paul328US #49
#39Scott328US #51
#40Kenneth313US #53
#41Jose300US #46
#42Bryan294US #56
#43Peter292US #66
#44Edward283US #62
#45Benjamin280US #29
#46Vincent257US #80
#47Corey226US #55
#48Christian223US #78
#49Keith218US #70
#50Jesse215US #50
#51George212US #79
#52Samuel207US #47
#53Luis205US #73
#54Frank204US #109
#55Travis204US #41
#56Aaron200US #31
#57Alex198US #60
#58Jeremy196US #34
#59Carlos180US #77
#60Tyler180US #30
#61Raymond178US #86
#62Evan166US #69
#63Jordan165US #44
#64Douglas164US #92
#65Shawn162US #65
#66Ian154US #68
#67Jacob152US #26
#68Philip147US #101
#69Ronald144US #85
#70Derek141US #54
#71Jared138US #57
#72Louis138US #163
#73Craig129US #105
#74Juan128US #63
#75Angel126US #140
#76Victor123US #89
#77Antonio116US #76
#78Edwin116US #171
#79Marc116US #160
#80Gary109US #106
#81Joel109US #88
#82Shane107US #71
#83Dennis105US #123
#84Erik104US #95
#85Phillip103US #75
#86Brett101US #81
#87Brendan97US #145
#88Miguel97US #108
#89Marcus96US #67
#90Andre92US #134
#91Donald90US #82
#92Jorge89US #122
#93Derrick88US #99
#94Colin86US #126
#95Johnathan86US #112
#96Francis82
#97Austin78US #59
#98Trevor78US #83
#99Julian77US #138
#100Gabriel76US #110

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑26Bianca#74
↑25Melanie#67
↑20Chelsea#38
↑14Corey#47
↑14Tyler#60
↑13Jasmine#29
↑11Catherine#46
↑11Cassandra#59

Falling

↓19Alicia#68
↓18Jaclyn#70
↓15Katelyn#78
↓15Erika#92
↓15Gary#80
↓13Lindsay#58
↓13Colleen#94
↓11Donald#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.