State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1996 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,979 New Jersey births in 1996 across 1,968 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.

#87Giannaoutside the national top 200
#91Jillian#199 nationally
#94Edwin#196 nationally
#100Louisoutside the national top 200
#75Dana#175 nationally
#69Frank#162 nationally
#99Liam#184 nationally
#98Andre#173 nationally
#91Keith#159 nationally
#72Gabriella#139 nationally
#100Tara#167 nationally
#48Jake#114 nationally

Girls

#1Samantha844US #5
#2Jessica834US #2
#3Nicole750US #22
#4Emily736US #1
#5Amanda679US #13
#6Ashley646US #3
#7Sarah606US #4
#8Rachel504US #9
#9Stephanie491US #20
#10Lauren453US #16
#11Brianna442US #17
#12Jennifer437US #19
#13Alexandra423US #26
#14Victoria417US #18
#15Danielle413US #29
#16Taylor410US #6
#17Rebecca400US #24
#18Alexis384US #8
#19Kayla384US #11
#20Alyssa383US #23
#21Elizabeth380US #10
#22Megan336US #12
#23Julia335US #48
#24Melissa332US #42
#25Brittany322US #14
#26Katherine318US #31
#27Michelle302US #47
#28Erin300US #51
#29Kelly296US #73
#30Olivia270US #34
#31Christina265US #57
#32Kimberly264US #41
#33Kaitlyn247US #40
#34Hannah244US #7
#35Shannon241US #80
#36Gabrielle238US #54
#37Amber235US #27
#38Morgan232US #25
#39Courtney226US #21
#40Sabrina214US #58
#41Allison207US #38
#42Madison207US #15
#43Sara207US #50
#44Tiffany207US #52
#45Natalie206US #46
#46Kelsey202US #36
#47Jenna196US #83
#48Jacqueline194US #69
#49Abigail191US #32
#50Jasmine190US #28
#51Caroline189US #78
#52Marissa187US #59
#53Alexa184US #100
#54Maria184US #37
#55Briana180US #72
#56Kristen176US #70
#57Anna175US #33
#58Laura168US #66
#59Mary163US #44
#60Catherine159US #95
#61Melanie156US #119
#62Erica155US #79
#63Carly153US #126
#64Jamie152US #96
#65Paige152US #65
#66Brooke151US #45
#67Angela150US #90
#68Chelsea149US #55
#69Vanessa148US #60
#70Sydney147US #39
#71Emma141US #53
#72Gabriella138US #139
#73Caitlin135US #84
#74Grace134US #94
#75Dana133US #175
#76Christine132US #135
#77Casey131US #121
#78Destiny130US #56
#79Haley125US #30
#80Kathryn125US #87
#81Heather123US #71
#82Alexandria119US #77
#83Amy118US #88
#84Cassandra118US #89
#85Monica116US #82
#86Kathleen112US #152
#87Gianna108
#88Katelyn107US #64
#89Crystal106US #92
#90Leah106US #98
#91Jillian105US #199
#92Andrea104US #61
#93Dominique103US #122
#94Jordan101US #49
#95Margaret101US #105
#96Meghan101US #113
#97Alicia98US #91
#98Erika97US #106
#99Madeline96US #67
#100Tara96US #167

Boys

#1Michael1,738US #1
#2Matthew1,448US #2
#3Christopher1,221US #4
#4Nicholas1,169US #6
#5Joseph1,066US #12
#6Daniel989US #11
#7Ryan945US #16
#8John912US #15
#9Anthony903US #19
#10Andrew803US #10
#11Kevin798US #26
#12David751US #13
#13Tyler682US #7
#14Robert680US #23
#15Thomas678US #28
#16James674US #17
#17Brandon667US #8
#18Justin663US #20
#19Joshua658US #5
#20Alexander655US #22
#21Brian600US #36
#22Zachary587US #14
#23Jonathan571US #21
#24Kyle559US #25
#25William548US #18
#26Christian529US #24
#27Sean441US #46
#28Eric426US #35
#29Steven416US #38
#30Jacob403US #3
#31Patrick386US #44
#32Jason354US #41
#33Richard325US #45
#34Austin312US #9
#35Dylan304US #33
#36Mark294US #55
#37Samuel288US #30
#38Benjamin287US #29
#39Timothy286US #40
#40Jordan266US #27
#41Peter260US #95
#42Connor257US #54
#43Stephen257US #59
#44Adam252US #39
#45Jeffrey248US #72
#46Bryan242US #66
#47Jose222US #32
#48Jake219US #114
#49Aaron215US #34
#50Luis211US #57
#51Charles207US #43
#52Alex206US #53
#53Vincent194US #116
#54Edward193US #96
#55Jeremy183US #56
#56Ian181US #70
#57Isaiah180US #71
#58Paul176US #78
#59Evan173US #65
#60Kenneth169US #77
#61George163US #118
#62Gregory156US #98
#63Luke156US #75
#64Jesse152US #51
#65Jack149US #89
#66Elijah143US #81
#67Scott143US #108
#68Jared142US #64
#69Frank140US #162
#70Brendan138US #131
#71Noah138US #50
#72Carlos137US #67
#73Gabriel135US #61
#74Julian124US #129
#75Shawn122US #111
#76Angel120US #102
#77Cody119US #31
#78Shane119US #112
#79Antonio117US #80
#80Raymond116US #132
#81Juan114US #52
#82Devin113US #60
#83Victor113US #100
#84Colin112US #126
#85Corey105US #94
#86Erik102US #122
#87Ethan102US #62
#88Brett101US #110
#89Alec97US #117
#90Marcus96US #87
#91Keith94US #159
#92Nathaniel94US #69
#93Trevor92US #63
#94Edwin91US #196
#95Henry91US #139
#96Cameron89US #49
#97Joel89US #124
#98Andre88US #173
#99Liam88US #184
#100Louis86

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑43Sabrina#40
↑40Madison#42
↑21Haley#79
↑16Mary#59
↑16Isaiah#57
↑14Colin#84
↑13Julian#74
↑12Amber#37

Falling

↓23Amy#83
↓19Corey#85
↓18Christine#76
↓18Andrea#92
↓17Chelsea#68
↓16Meghan#96
↓15Jasmine#50
↓14Erica#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.