State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1994 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,568 New Jersey births in 1994 across 1,958 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.

#90Marcoutside the national top 200
#85Gina#194 nationally
#92Louisoutside the national top 200
#61Dana#167 nationally
#100Jillian#191 nationally
#88Edwin#175 nationally
#80Gabriella#160 nationally
#64Frank#141 nationally
#96Isaiah#169 nationally
#100Philip#168 nationally
#99Deanna#165 nationally
#84Andre#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,043US #1
#2Nicole901US #11
#3Samantha856US #4
#4Ashley848US #2
#5Amanda845US #8
#6Emily716US #3
#7Stephanie628US #15
#8Sarah621US #5
#9Jennifer592US #17
#10Danielle547US #20
#11Lauren502US #14
#12Megan473US #10
#13Rachel469US #13
#14Taylor463US #6
#15Victoria448US #19
#16Brittany446US #7
#17Melissa442US #31
#18Rebecca439US #24
#19Brianna433US #27
#20Alexandra412US #28
#21Alyssa412US #26
#22Michelle406US #33
#23Elizabeth384US #9
#24Alexis363US #18
#25Kimberly352US #32
#26Kelly342US #62
#27Katherine337US #30
#28Christina328US #39
#29Kayla316US #12
#30Shannon307US #60
#31Courtney286US #22
#32Allison272US #34
#33Jasmine261US #23
#34Erin250US #45
#35Kelsey244US #29
#36Morgan233US #25
#37Jacqueline232US #65
#38Amber231US #21
#39Jenna226US #80
#40Sara226US #43
#41Alexa223US #95
#42Kaitlyn223US #48
#43Gabrielle220US #67
#44Julia218US #72
#45Laura213US #46
#46Tiffany195US #35
#47Erica193US #57
#48Olivia192US #50
#49Kristen188US #55
#50Maria185US #47
#51Christine183US #104
#52Marissa180US #53
#53Briana178US #68
#54Heather176US #44
#55Chelsea173US #38
#56Catherine172US #84
#57Hannah169US #16
#58Mary169US #37
#59Angela163US #81
#60Natalie163US #56
#61Dana158US #167
#62Caitlin157US #78
#63Meghan156US #100
#64Andrea154US #49
#65Cassandra149US #66
#66Caroline144US #94
#67Kristina142US #113
#68Paige142US #63
#69Abigail138US #42
#70Anna137US #41
#71Emma136US #74
#72Vanessa136US #59
#73Melanie135US #120
#74Katelyn131US #58
#75Crystal129US #64
#76Jamie129US #87
#77Amy128US #77
#78Casey123US #118
#79Carly121US #138
#80Gabriella121US #160
#81Grace121US #103
#82Kathryn120US #79
#83Lisa118US #123
#84Brooke113US #54
#85Gina109US #194
#86Kathleen109US #130
#87Margaret109US #106
#88Alexandria108US #73
#89Angelica108US #108
#90Alicia106US #83
#91Marisa106US #147
#92Diana105US #98
#93Lindsey105US #69
#94Lindsay102US #107
#95Julie101US #129
#96Monica96US #88
#97Tara96US #148
#98Kaitlin95US #93
#99Deanna94US #165
#100Jillian94US #191

Boys

#1Michael2,060US #1
#2Matthew1,385US #3
#3Christopher1,359US #2
#4Nicholas1,184US #9
#5Daniel1,165US #8
#6Joseph1,115US #11
#7Anthony1,014US #18
#8Ryan962US #16
#9Kevin937US #26
#10John901US #15
#11Robert840US #21
#12Andrew826US #10
#13James793US #14
#14David778US #13
#15Tyler757US #5
#16Thomas728US #27
#17Brandon689US #6
#18William685US #19
#19Brian684US #37
#20Jonathan666US #23
#21Joshua647US #4
#22Kyle629US #24
#23Alexander616US #22
#24Zachary573US #12
#25Justin567US #20
#26Steven519US #34
#27Eric477US #30
#28Sean463US #44
#29Christian417US #35
#30Patrick416US #42
#31Richard353US #41
#32Stephen346US #49
#33Timothy345US #39
#34Jason341US #46
#35Jacob322US #7
#36Mark318US #48
#37Dylan314US #32
#38Jeffrey291US #55
#39Adam269US #38
#40Benjamin261US #31
#41Gregory257US #76
#42Austin250US #17
#43Peter244US #87
#44Charles241US #43
#45Samuel240US #33
#46Vincent236US #100
#47Jordan234US #29
#48Paul232US #64
#49Connor225US #59
#50Evan224US #62
#51Edward221US #84
#52Aaron219US #28
#53Luis208US #57
#54Bryan205US #66
#55Jesse199US #45
#56Alex196US #50
#57Jose193US #36
#58Scott193US #80
#59Kenneth186US #65
#60Jeremy180US #47
#61George171US #110
#62Cody166US #25
#63Carlos162US #72
#64Frank159US #141
#65Ian158US #74
#66Jake151US #106
#67Keith141US #126
#68Brendan140US #129
#69Shawn137US #86
#70Jared134US #63
#71Raymond134US #115
#72Devin124US #61
#73Shane122US #92
#74Erik120US #99
#75Victor117US #93
#76Trevor112US #58
#77Juan110US #51
#78Luke110US #91
#79Brett109US #107
#80Corey107US #73
#81Marcus104US #75
#82Gabriel103US #68
#83Travis103US #53
#84Andre101US #148
#85Angel101US #104
#86Antonio100US #88
#87Colin98US #124
#88Edwin98US #175
#89Elijah98US #133
#90Marc96
#91Alec95US #109
#92Louis94
#93Joel93US #108
#94Jack91US #127
#95Cory90US #102
#96Isaiah89US #169
#97Derek88US #77
#98Troy87US #123
#99Julian86US #140
#100Philip86US #168

On the move since 1993

Rising

↑31Abigail#69
↑27Morgan#36
↑26Caroline#66
↑19Austin#42
↑18Grace#81
↑17Maria#50
↑17Gabriella#80
↑17Erik#74

Falling

↓25Lindsay#94
↓25Philip#100
↓24Tara#97
↓23Derek#97
↓22Chelsea#55
↓22Amy#77
↓21Jillian#100
↓18Jamie#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1993 rankings.