State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1992 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 98,214 New Jersey births in 1992 across 1,942 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.

#74Louis#192 nationally
#85Marcoutside the national top 200
#99Gabriellaoutside the national top 200
#80Edwin#177 nationally
#79Jaclyn#171 nationally
#77Gina#165 nationally
#100Colleen#184 nationally
#64Dana#144 nationally
#66Alexa#140 nationally
#100Max#170 nationally
#59Frank#125 nationally
#90Jillian#149 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,067US #2
#2Ashley1,042US #1
#3Amanda966US #3
#4Nicole914US #14
#5Samantha883US #6
#6Stephanie851US #8
#7Jennifer641US #11
#8Lauren641US #12
#9Sarah626US #5
#10Danielle621US #18
#11Brittany596US #4
#12Emily573US #7
#13Melissa551US #24
#14Chelsea494US #15
#15Michelle494US #25
#16Megan490US #10
#17Rebecca488US #20
#18Victoria468US #22
#19Elizabeth460US #9
#20Alexandra427US #29
#21Rachel421US #16
#22Alyssa407US #30
#23Christina394US #33
#24Kelly366US #47
#25Katherine359US #27
#26Kimberly354US #35
#27Taylor346US #17
#28Alexis305US #40
#29Kelsey302US #23
#30Kristen271US #53
#31Kaitlyn270US #42
#32Brianna268US #43
#33Shannon267US #66
#34Jasmine263US #28
#35Courtney261US #21
#36Laura257US #38
#37Erica251US #44
#38Erin248US #46
#39Sara248US #37
#40Allison235US #48
#41Kayla231US #13
#42Gabrielle226US #84
#43Heather221US #31
#44Mary214US #36
#45Christine210US #82
#46Tiffany210US #32
#47Amber209US #19
#48Caitlin205US #62
#49Jacqueline202US #76
#50Julia200US #70
#51Maria197US #45
#52Catherine189US #78
#53Jenna186US #67
#54Amy184US #51
#55Andrea180US #39
#56Vanessa176US #55
#57Marissa175US #72
#58Lindsay168US #81
#59Morgan168US #41
#60Angela166US #69
#61Kathryn162US #60
#62Meghan162US #91
#63Melanie160US #98
#64Dana159US #144
#65Natalie159US #61
#66Alexa156US #140
#67Cassandra156US #52
#68Jamie155US #75
#69Lisa153US #88
#70Tara148US #118
#71Briana146US #79
#72Olivia144US #58
#73Kathleen142US #108
#74Anna140US #49
#75Crystal140US #50
#76Katelyn140US #65
#77Gina139US #165
#78Paige136US #64
#79Jaclyn134US #171
#80Hannah132US #26
#81Carly130US #134
#82Caroline130US #105
#83Bianca128US #97
#84Alicia127US #71
#85Kristina125US #93
#86Dominique124US #116
#87Erika122US #80
#88Julie122US #106
#89Kaitlin122US #113
#90Jillian121US #149
#91Angelica115US #100
#92Diana114US #101
#93Lindsey114US #57
#94Katie110US #54
#95Kristin107US #90
#96Patricia106US #111
#97Casey104US #109
#98Deanna104US #155
#99Gabriella103
#100Colleen102US #184

Boys

#1Michael2,532US #1
#2Christopher1,527US #2
#3Matthew1,494US #3
#4Joseph1,239US #11
#5Daniel1,157US #7
#6Anthony1,072US #19
#7Nicholas1,055US #12
#8John1,034US #14
#9Kevin994US #25
#10Ryan988US #13
#11Andrew976US #5
#12Robert903US #17
#13David892US #10
#14James889US #9
#15Jonathan782US #21
#16Thomas730US #27
#17Kyle707US #22
#18Brian705US #31
#19Joshua685US #4
#20William678US #20
#21Brandon677US #6
#22Alexander669US #23
#23Eric622US #26
#24Justin618US #18
#25Steven604US #29
#26Tyler598US #8
#27Zachary562US #16
#28Sean503US #42
#29Patrick490US #39
#30Richard442US #41
#31Timothy438US #34
#32Christian417US #35
#33Mark380US #49
#34Stephen378US #45
#35Jeffrey348US #51
#36Dylan331US #28
#37Adam314US #36
#38Jason313US #46
#39Charles288US #43
#40Gregory269US #60
#41Paul267US #55
#42Edward256US #70
#43Jose256US #37
#44Peter254US #81
#45Scott244US #61
#46Aaron241US #30
#47Jacob241US #15
#48Vincent240US #92
#49Benjamin234US #33
#50Samuel227US #40
#51Bryan226US #57
#52Luis221US #64
#53Evan213US #66
#54Kenneth213US #59
#55Connor211US #80
#56Jordan211US #32
#57Alex197US #54
#58George192US #95
#59Frank190US #125
#60Jesse182US #50
#61Shawn180US #71
#62Cody177US #24
#63Jeremy172US #47
#64Carlos160US #69
#65Raymond160US #104
#66Ian155US #68
#67Keith149US #102
#68Corey142US #65
#69Travis141US #48
#70Juan130US #56
#71Shane128US #77
#72Angel124US #114
#73Derek122US #62
#74Louis117US #192
#75Victor114US #87
#76Jared113US #67
#77Erik111US #98
#78Marcus110US #82
#79Douglas109US #127
#80Edwin109US #177
#81Jake108US #119
#82Austin106US #38
#83Gabriel106US #86
#84Ronald104US #112
#85Marc101
#86Philip101US #138
#87Taylor101US #52
#88Brendan96US #145
#89Julian94US #134
#90Joel93US #100
#91Colin92US #126
#92Miguel91US #90
#93Brett90US #97
#94Andre88US #140
#95Omar88US #144
#96Gary85US #139
#97Luke85US #93
#98Craig83US #154
#99Dennis83US #150
#100Max83US #170

On the move since 1991

Rising

↑27Connor#55
↑22Morgan#59
↑21Marissa#57
↑20Taylor#27
↑19Hannah#80
↑18Shannon#33
↑18Austin#82
↑15Kaitlyn#31

Falling

↓16Christine#45
↓16Dana#64
↓16Brendan#88
↓15Kaitlin#89
↓15Diana#92
↓14Crystal#75
↓14Kenneth#54
↓13Dennis#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1991 rankings.