State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1995 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 92,349 New Jersey births in 1995 across 1,956 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.

#86Ginaoutside the national top 200
#99Giannaoutside the national top 200
#78Dana#170 nationally
#86Douglas#168 nationally
#76Frank#157 nationally
#68Gabriella#143 nationally
#89Tara#158 nationally
#50Vincent#113 nationally
#71Brendan#133 nationally
#64Carly#122 nationally
#89Ronald#146 nationally
#58Christine#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica933US #1
#2Samantha840US #4
#3Emily782US #3
#4Ashley770US #2
#5Nicole770US #19
#6Amanda732US #9
#7Sarah578US #5
#8Rachel539US #12
#9Stephanie535US #16
#10Jennifer524US #18
#11Danielle494US #24
#12Brianna492US #21
#13Lauren468US #15
#14Taylor454US #6
#15Alexandra440US #26
#16Victoria439US #20
#17Brittany433US #8
#18Melissa396US #35
#19Elizabeth385US #10
#20Kayla384US #11
#21Alexis380US #14
#22Megan374US #13
#23Alyssa373US #27
#24Kelly351US #64
#25Rebecca347US #28
#26Christina340US #45
#27Michelle340US #41
#28Kimberly312US #37
#29Courtney296US #17
#30Katherine296US #30
#31Allison275US #34
#32Julia268US #62
#33Erin254US #49
#34Gabrielle247US #61
#35Jasmine246US #25
#36Kaitlyn238US #42
#37Shannon235US #73
#38Olivia231US #39
#39Jacqueline222US #70
#40Sara220US #48
#41Morgan215US #23
#42Hannah210US #7
#43Kristen208US #65
#44Tiffany208US #46
#45Kelsey202US #33
#46Alexa200US #100
#47Natalie199US #51
#48Erica183US #69
#49Amber180US #22
#50Jenna179US #84
#51Chelsea178US #47
#52Marissa178US #53
#53Catherine177US #90
#54Abigail176US #36
#55Laura170US #56
#56Anna166US #31
#57Briana162US #74
#58Christine162US #114
#59Maria162US #44
#60Amy161US #75
#61Caitlin161US #81
#62Caroline160US #92
#63Angela158US #85
#64Carly157US #122
#65Sydney148US #43
#66Jamie142US #93
#67Paige142US #58
#68Gabriella140US #143
#69Heather137US #54
#70Melanie136US #117
#71Brooke134US #52
#72Kathryn134US #83
#73Vanessa134US #63
#74Andrea133US #55
#75Mary133US #40
#76Cassandra131US #78
#77Crystal130US #80
#78Dana125US #170
#79Emma125US #67
#80Meghan123US #112
#81Casey121US #118
#82Madison115US #29
#83Sabrina115US #95
#84Grace113US #97
#85Diana112US #105
#86Gina105
#87Alexandria104US #72
#88Katelyn104US #59
#89Tara103US #158
#90Monica102US #87
#91Kathleen100US #139
#92Miranda99US #57
#93Karina97US #109
#94Madeline97US #79
#95Cynthia95US #113
#96Kaitlin95US #94
#97Marisa95US #147
#98Angelica94US #101
#99Gianna94
#100Haley93US #32

Boys

#1Michael1,990US #1
#2Matthew1,415US #2
#3Christopher1,257US #3
#4Nicholas1,219US #7
#5Daniel1,118US #9
#6Joseph1,082US #12
#7John1,051US #13
#8Ryan990US #15
#9Anthony911US #19
#10Kevin850US #25
#11Andrew834US #11
#12David792US #16
#13James758US #17
#14Tyler753US #6
#15Robert750US #22
#16Thomas715US #27
#17Justin700US #18
#18Alexander647US #21
#19Brandon643US #8
#20Zachary643US #14
#21Joshua632US #5
#22Jonathan599US #23
#23Brian582US #36
#24William572US #20
#25Kyle554US #24
#26Eric532US #32
#27Christian478US #28
#28Steven465US #37
#29Sean432US #45
#30Patrick396US #43
#31Jacob367US #4
#32Jason343US #41
#33Timothy322US #40
#34Austin309US #10
#35Richard303US #42
#36Adam287US #38
#37Mark283US #52
#38Dylan271US #34
#39Stephen268US #57
#40Jeffrey257US #64
#41Samuel255US #33
#42Benjamin254US #31
#43Connor253US #55
#44Jordan246US #29
#45Peter240US #89
#46Aaron231US #30
#47Jose231US #35
#48Paul224US #71
#49Bryan222US #70
#50Vincent222US #113
#51Charles221US #44
#52Edward221US #88
#53Alex213US #47
#54Gregory213US #84
#55Evan208US #60
#56Luis206US #59
#57Ian190US #67
#58Jake185US #108
#59Kenneth177US #72
#60Jeremy176US #48
#61Jesse163US #46
#62Scott156US #92
#63Cody147US #26
#64George147US #115
#65Carlos143US #68
#66Corey142US #74
#67Jared130US #63
#68Gabriel127US #65
#69Luke127US #82
#70Jack126US #110
#71Brendan125US #133
#72Shawn123US #100
#73Isaiah120US #109
#74Shane119US #103
#75Angel118US #101
#76Frank118US #157
#77Elijah115US #93
#78Juan113US #50
#79Devin107US #58
#80Marcus106US #81
#81Antonio104US #85
#82Victor101US #90
#83Ethan100US #75
#84Raymond98US #124
#85Brett97US #106
#86Douglas97US #168
#87Julian97US #132
#88Travis95US #66
#89Ronald94US #146
#90Alec93US #112
#91Derek93US #83
#92Erik89US #111
#93Joel89US #120
#94Keith89US #142
#95Miguel89US #94
#96Omar88US #139
#97Trevor88US #61
#98Colin86US #134
#99Nathaniel85US #73
#100Adrian84US #96

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑24Jack#70
↑23Isaiah#73
↑17Amy#60
↑15Hannah#42
↑15Abigail#54
↑15Carly#64
↑14Anna#56
↑14Corey#66

Falling

↓27Keith#94
↓21Trevor#97
↓18Erik#92
↓17Mary#75
↓17Dana#78
↓17Meghan#80
↓15Heather#69
↓14Katelyn#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.