State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1991 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 100,101 New Jersey births in 1991 across 1,936 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.

#80Marc#196 nationally
#77Louis#187 nationally
#91Francisoutside the national top 200
#91Colleen#188 nationally
#67Gina#160 nationally
#68Jaclyn#161 nationally
#48Dana#131 nationally
#72Brendan#147 nationally
#88Edwin#163 nationally
#66Alexa#127 nationally
#59Frank#116 nationally
#80Jillian#136 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,232US #2
#2Ashley1,116US #1
#3Amanda959US #4
#4Samantha930US #5
#5Stephanie914US #7
#6Nicole860US #15
#7Jennifer847US #8
#8Brittany650US #3
#9Melissa620US #20
#10Lauren616US #13
#11Danielle608US #17
#12Sarah596US #6
#13Emily525US #10
#14Michelle517US #22
#15Elizabeth516US #9
#16Megan475US #11
#17Christina459US #31
#18Rebecca458US #21
#19Rachel435US #14
#20Kelly424US #42
#21Victoria419US #28
#22Alyssa408US #30
#23Kimberly388US #34
#24Katherine381US #25
#25Alexandra379US #36
#26Chelsea355US #18
#27Jasmine298US #24
#28Laura294US #35
#29Christine292US #73
#30Courtney282US #19
#31Alexis271US #47
#32Kristen266US #48
#33Erin263US #44
#34Kelsey262US #26
#35Heather260US #23
#36Sara244US #37
#37Allison241US #50
#38Erica241US #40
#39Tiffany241US #27
#40Jacqueline239US #70
#41Mary233US #38
#42Caitlin232US #55
#43Catherine230US #72
#44Kayla229US #12
#45Brianna223US #51
#46Kaitlyn218US #82
#47Taylor217US #32
#48Dana214US #131
#49Maria207US #45
#50Amber204US #16
#51Shannon204US #71
#52Amy203US #43
#53Andrea203US #39
#54Gabrielle200US #97
#55Jenna197US #80
#56Jamie191US #60
#57Julia189US #67
#58Kathryn185US #57
#59Vanessa182US #56
#60Angela174US #59
#61Crystal173US #41
#62Lisa172US #83
#63Meghan171US #94
#64Natalie171US #64
#65Kathleen156US #102
#66Alexa155US #127
#67Gina152US #160
#68Jaclyn150US #161
#69Tara148US #104
#70Lindsay147US #77
#71Cassandra146US #54
#72Olivia145US #61
#73Melanie144US #96
#74Kaitlin143US #99
#75Alicia142US #63
#76Briana140US #95
#77Diana135US #103
#78Marissa135US #81
#79Cynthia131US #93
#80Jillian131US #136
#81Morgan131US #49
#82Bianca129US #89
#83Katelyn129US #75
#84Julie127US #98
#85Monica127US #85
#86Ariel126US #66
#87Kristin126US #86
#88Lindsey126US #52
#89Anna125US #46
#90Kristina124US #87
#91Colleen123US #188
#92Caroline120US #116
#93Paige115US #76
#94Shelby113US #33
#95Katie112US #53
#96Carly110US #137
#97Patricia110US #101
#98Brittney108US #58
#99Hannah108US #29
#100Alexandria107US #78

Boys

#1Michael2,668US #1
#2Christopher1,662US #2
#3Matthew1,618US #3
#4Joseph1,328US #9
#5Daniel1,218US #6
#6Anthony1,065US #18
#7John1,058US #10
#8Kevin1,037US #23
#9Nicholas1,005US #12
#10Robert1,000US #13
#11David957US #8
#12Ryan943US #11
#13James930US #7
#14Andrew892US #5
#15Jonathan831US #20
#16Brian784US #30
#17William767US #19
#18Thomas740US #28
#19Joshua700US #4
#20Kyle700US #21
#21Steven676US #27
#22Justin658US #14
#23Eric643US #25
#24Alexander602US #26
#25Brandon539US #15
#26Sean530US #40
#27Tyler460US #16
#28Richard459US #34
#29Timothy439US #32
#30Patrick416US #35
#31Zachary410US #22
#32Stephen403US #41
#33Jeffrey395US #45
#34Mark390US #47
#35Christian354US #48
#36Gregory344US #55
#37Jason335US #49
#38Peter323US #77
#39Paul286US #53
#40Kenneth279US #54
#41Vincent278US #81
#42Scott276US #57
#43Adam274US #36
#44Dylan267US #46
#45Charles263US #38
#46Bryan257US #61
#47Benjamin252US #33
#48Samuel245US #39
#49Aaron242US #31
#50Edward236US #68
#51Jose236US #37
#52Jacob224US #17
#53Jordan220US #29
#54Ian210US #73
#55Luis210US #66
#56Evan184US #70
#57Jeremy182US #43
#58George179US #87
#59Frank176US #116
#60Alex173US #63
#61Corey169US #58
#62Keith168US #89
#63Carlos166US #72
#64Raymond164US #97
#65Cody161US #24
#66Shawn155US #71
#67Travis154US #44
#68Jesse151US #51
#69Jared145US #64
#70Douglas144US #109
#71Shane143US #75
#72Brendan141US #147
#73Juan139US #60
#74Gabriel126US #82
#75Ronald125US #101
#76Erik121US #95
#77Louis119US #187
#78Derek115US #59
#79Julian112US #122
#80Marc112US #196
#81Marcus112US #76
#82Connor110US #133
#83Philip108US #120
#84Donald107US #102
#85Angel106US #123
#86Dennis106US #138
#87Gary100US #124
#88Edwin99US #163
#89Jake99US #119
#90Antonio98US #79
#91Francis97
#92Joel97US #100
#93Brett96US #88
#94Trevor96US #69
#95Andre92US #140
#96Cory91US #74
#97Taylor91US #52
#98Craig89US #135
#99Miguel85US #92
#100Austin84US #50

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑51Dylan#44
↑26Taylor#47
↑23Brianna#45
↑23Briana#76
↑22Alexis#31
↑20Kelsey#34
↑19Cody#65
↑18Julia#57

Falling

↓32Kristin#87
↓22Craig#98
↓20Brittney#98
↓16Lisa#62
↓15Hannah#99
↓14Kristina#90
↓14Travis#67
↓13Amy#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.