State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1990 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,727 New Jersey births in 1990 across 1,910 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.

#72Louis#168 nationally
#69Marc#163 nationally
#87Edwin#170 nationally
#70Alexa#146 nationally
#79Brendan#155 nationally
#41Dana#114 nationally
#87Colleen#160 nationally
#67Gina#139 nationally
#72Jaclyn#143 nationally
#97Albert#167 nationally
#57Frank#109 nationally
#50Gabrielle#99 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,331US #1
#2Ashley1,164US #2
#3Amanda1,137US #4
#4Stephanie1,005US #7
#5Samantha925US #5
#6Nicole917US #13
#7Brittany855US #3
#8Jennifer850US #8
#9Lauren794US #10
#10Danielle697US #18
#11Melissa632US #20
#12Sarah618US #6
#13Michelle561US #22
#14Christina511US #25
#15Megan496US #11
#16Elizabeth490US #9
#17Rebecca476US #21
#18Alyssa467US #27
#19Rachel459US #16
#20Emily458US #12
#21Kelly430US #41
#22Katherine418US #26
#23Kimberly396US #31
#24Alexandra377US #37
#25Laura344US #29
#26Victoria331US #33
#27Courtney326US #17
#28Christine322US #62
#29Erin320US #43
#30Kristen320US #42
#31Jasmine319US #28
#32Chelsea290US #24
#33Heather278US #19
#34Caitlin275US #50
#35Erica266US #36
#36Tiffany265US #23
#37Sara264US #34
#38Allison261US #48
#39Amy239US #38
#40Jacqueline234US #67
#41Dana233US #114
#42Catherine227US #71
#43Jamie225US #55
#44Maria225US #47
#45Amber223US #15
#46Lisa221US #64
#47Kaitlyn218US #78
#48Kayla206US #14
#49Andrea202US #40
#50Gabrielle202US #99
#51Kathryn202US #57
#52Mary202US #35
#53Alexis200US #66
#54Kelsey194US #32
#55Kristin191US #65
#56Shannon185US #68
#57Meghan184US #91
#58Vanessa183US #56
#59Angela182US #52
#60Crystal182US #39
#61Tara182US #85
#62Alicia177US #54
#63Jenna171US #81
#64Melanie170US #86
#65Kaitlin169US #101
#66Lindsay165US #69
#67Gina163US #139
#68Brianna161US #61
#69Cassandra158US #49
#70Alexa157US #146
#71Natalie157US #63
#72Jaclyn153US #143
#73Taylor150US #46
#74Jillian148US #122
#75Julia146US #83
#76Kristina144US #77
#77Kathleen141US #92
#78Brittney134US #44
#79Julie129US #93
#80Lindsey129US #51
#81Anna128US #45
#82Katelyn128US #75
#83Marissa127US #87
#84Hannah126US #30
#85Katie126US #53
#86Morgan126US #58
#87Colleen125US #160
#88Cynthia124US #88
#89Olivia124US #72
#90Erika123US #74
#91Bianca122US #84
#92Margaret121US #102
#93Patricia118US #97
#94Diana114US #98
#95Monica107US #76
#96Veronica106US #96
#97Karen103US #120
#98Casey102US #106
#99Briana101US #109
#100Molly101US #80

Boys

#1Michael2,876US #1
#2Christopher1,806US #2
#3Matthew1,655US #3
#4Daniel1,391US #5
#5Joseph1,333US #10
#6John1,200US #12
#7Anthony1,113US #15
#8David1,096US #6
#9Robert1,087US #13
#10Andrew1,012US #7
#11Ryan1,000US #11
#12Kevin990US #23
#13Nicholas975US #14
#14James971US #8
#15Brian882US #27
#16Jonathan869US #17
#17William810US #16
#18Thomas776US #26
#19Steven735US #25
#20Kyle710US #18
#21Justin706US #9
#22Eric671US #24
#23Joshua650US #4
#24Alexander539US #28
#25Sean534US #37
#26Timothy505US #30
#27Richard492US #35
#28Patrick466US #36
#29Stephen458US #39
#30Mark457US #47
#31Jeffrey433US #43
#32Zachary383US #22
#33Adam369US #32
#34Jason361US #46
#35Gregory355US #51
#36Charles347US #38
#37Brandon327US #19
#38Peter327US #74
#39Paul322US #49
#40Christian314US #60
#41Tyler294US #21
#42Jose289US #41
#43Scott283US #53
#44Vincent275US #78
#45Benjamin271US #33
#46Bryan269US #57
#47Edward262US #68
#48Kenneth262US #52
#49Luis233US #66
#50Jordan218US #29
#51Samuel215US #45
#52Keith211US #80
#53Travis203US #42
#54Aaron199US #34
#55George193US #79
#56Alex188US #59
#57Frank186US #109
#58Jacob186US #20
#59Jeremy186US #40
#60Jesse177US #48
#61Raymond174US #92
#62Evan173US #71
#63Douglas171US #103
#64Ian170US #70
#65Corey164US #56
#66Carlos161US #75
#67Derek160US #54
#68Shawn156US #69
#69Marc139US #163
#70Juan138US #61
#71Jared137US #63
#72Louis133US #168
#73Erik129US #96
#74Ronald127US #97
#75Shane123US #73
#76Craig122US #117
#77Philip122US #111
#78Donald121US #87
#79Brendan120US #155
#80Brett119US #84
#81Victor118US #82
#82Antonio113US #77
#83Marcus113US #72
#84Cody112US #31
#85Dennis111US #129
#86Colin108US #122
#87Edwin103US #170
#88Gabriel103US #100
#89Julian101US #123
#90Joel97US #95
#91Johnathan97US #108
#92Andre95US #137
#93Miguel93US #101
#94Phillip93US #81
#95Dylan92US #83
#96Nathan89US #44
#97Albert88US #167
#98Jorge88US #116
#99Cory87US #67
#100Angel86US #133

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑37Gabrielle#50
↑37Alexis#53
↑25Brianna#68
↑24Taylor#73
↑21Kayla#48
↑19Tyler#41
↑14Hannah#84
↑13Jordan#50

Falling

↓25Angel#100
↓22Diana#94
↓18Corey#65
↓17Bianca#91
↓17Patricia#93
↓15Vanessa#58
↓13Kristina#76
↓12Kathleen#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.