State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1993 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,483 New Jersey births in 1993 across 1,917 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.

#78Marcoutside the national top 200
#82Louis#194 nationally
#86Jaclyn#197 nationally
#97Gabriellaoutside the national top 200
#98Conoroutside the national top 200
#88Colleen#184 nationally
#84Gina#174 nationally
#66Dana#155 nationally
#96Craig#175 nationally
#79Jillian#157 nationally
#94Elijah#170 nationally
#60Frank#134 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,079US #1
#2Nicole938US #13
#3Ashley905US #2
#4Samantha879US #4
#5Amanda840US #8
#6Stephanie699US #10
#7Emily687US #5
#8Sarah629US #3
#9Jennifer624US #15
#10Lauren542US #12
#11Brittany527US #6
#12Danielle522US #18
#13Victoria487US #19
#14Rebecca482US #22
#15Melissa479US #30
#16Alyssa477US #26
#17Michelle459US #31
#18Rachel450US #14
#19Megan433US #11
#20Taylor420US #7
#21Alexandra411US #28
#22Elizabeth392US #9
#23Katherine385US #29
#24Kelly385US #51
#25Shannon342US #53
#26Christina340US #35
#27Alexis326US #27
#28Brianna319US #32
#29Kimberly301US #39
#30Jasmine290US #23
#31Courtney285US #20
#32Amber274US #17
#33Chelsea273US #25
#34Allison266US #41
#35Kelsey265US #24
#36Kaitlyn260US #46
#37Erin255US #48
#38Sara252US #40
#39Kristen239US #61
#40Kayla238US #16
#41Laura234US #43
#42Jacqueline231US #74
#43Jenna225US #70
#44Gabrielle223US #84
#45Heather211US #38
#46Julia209US #72
#47Christine204US #90
#48Alexa201US #107
#49Erica199US #49
#50Tiffany193US #33
#51Mary190US #36
#52Meghan186US #93
#53Olivia186US #50
#54Briana185US #71
#55Amy182US #65
#56Catherine179US #75
#57Andrea176US #44
#58Jamie174US #79
#59Vanessa168US #55
#60Marissa166US #59
#61Melanie164US #110
#62Caitlin159US #64
#63Morgan158US #34
#64Angela156US #73
#65Natalie156US #62
#66Dana155US #155
#67Maria155US #45
#68Crystal151US #57
#69Lindsay144US #88
#70Hannah139US #21
#71Cassandra138US #66
#72Kathryn136US #68
#73Tara135US #132
#74Katelyn131US #54
#75Anna127US #47
#76Kathleen126US #118
#77Lisa126US #100
#78Paige126US #60
#79Jillian123US #157
#80Kristina122US #104
#81Emma120US #80
#82Alicia119US #76
#83Angelica119US #98
#84Gina115US #174
#85Casey114US #129
#86Jaclyn113US #197
#87Carly112US #137
#88Colleen111US #184
#89Monica111US #86
#90Kaitlin110US #99
#91Lindsey110US #56
#92Caroline108US #105
#93Julie107US #119
#94Margaret107US #102
#95Kristin106US #109
#96Deanna105US #161
#97Gabriella104
#98Diana103US #94
#99Grace103US #123
#100Abigail102US #67

Boys

#1Michael2,259US #1
#2Christopher1,429US #2
#3Matthew1,371US #3
#4Joseph1,239US #12
#5Nicholas1,175US #8
#6Daniel1,153US #7
#7Kevin1,038US #25
#8John1,021US #16
#9Anthony1,005US #19
#10Ryan997US #13
#11Robert906US #17
#12Andrew899US #10
#13James866US #14
#14David843US #11
#15Jonathan701US #22
#16Thomas698US #27
#17Kyle693US #23
#18Brian666US #34
#19Alexander655US #21
#20William647US #18
#21Tyler645US #5
#22Brandon626US #6
#23Joshua606US #4
#24Steven583US #31
#25Eric571US #29
#26Justin555US #20
#27Zachary535US #15
#28Sean529US #42
#29Patrick411US #43
#30Timothy396US #38
#31Christian380US #35
#32Richard357US #40
#33Mark351US #49
#34Stephen347US #47
#35Dylan320US #33
#36Jason310US #45
#37Adam308US #39
#38Jeffrey305US #53
#39Peter281US #82
#40Jacob272US #9
#41Gregory265US #65
#42Jordan262US #28
#43Samuel254US #37
#44Charles252US #44
#45Paul251US #56
#46Benjamin245US #32
#47Connor240US #57
#48Jose240US #36
#49Aaron239US #30
#50Edward225US #78
#51Bryan221US #61
#52Luis219US #58
#53Scott215US #69
#54Evan211US #62
#55Vincent208US #100
#56Kenneth204US #60
#57Jesse193US #48
#58Alex192US #52
#59Jeremy189US #46
#60Frank167US #134
#61Austin164US #26
#62Ian162US #70
#63Cody159US #24
#64George154US #104
#65Corey141US #68
#66Shawn140US #77
#67Carlos138US #72
#68Jake134US #111
#69Keith134US #109
#70Jared127US #63
#71Raymond127US #108
#72Brendan126US #145
#73Victor123US #91
#74Derek121US #67
#75Philip118US #147
#76Shane118US #84
#77Marcus112US #74
#78Marc109
#79Colin107US #121
#80Joel102US #101
#81Julian102US #135
#82Louis102US #194
#83Gabriel101US #86
#84Luke101US #87
#85Ronald101US #122
#86Juan99US #55
#87Douglas98US #139
#88Travis98US #50
#89Taylor96US #51
#90Angel95US #115
#91Erik95US #105
#92Brett92US #102
#93Andre89US #146
#94Elijah89US #170
#95Donald88US #118
#96Craig85US #175
#97Dennis82US #164
#98Conor80
#99Devon78US #127
#100Miguel77US #88

On the move since 1992

Rising

↑21Austin#61
↑19Olivia#53
↑18Alexa#48
↑17Briana#54
↑16Brendan#72
↑15Amber#32
↑14Jordan#42
↑13Jake#68

Falling

↓19Chelsea#33
↓19Travis#88
↓18Angel#90
↓16Maria#67
↓16Juan#86
↓14Caitlin#62
↓14Erik#91
↓12Erica#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1992 rankings.