State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1997 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,846 New Jersey births in 1997 across 2,031 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.

#79Giannaoutside the national top 200
#82Marcoutside the national top 200
#99Louisoutside the national top 200
#94Philip#195 nationally
#100Imanioutside the national top 200
#68Frank#168 nationally
#87Dana#179 nationally
#81Liam#162 nationally
#86Jillian#166 nationally
#63Carly#137 nationally
#85Christine#159 nationally
#55Melanie#127 nationally

Girls

#1Emily849US #1
#2Samantha819US #6
#3Jessica725US #2
#4Nicole663US #21
#5Ashley637US #3
#6Amanda586US #16
#7Sarah576US #4
#8Rachel493US #13
#9Brianna473US #17
#10Taylor447US #7
#11Julia439US #37
#12Victoria439US #19
#13Alyssa429US #15
#14Jennifer429US #18
#15Lauren419US #14
#16Alexis413US #8
#17Stephanie384US #23
#18Alexandra380US #30
#19Kayla378US #12
#20Elizabeth375US #9
#21Rebecca358US #25
#22Danielle346US #34
#23Olivia343US #27
#24Megan340US #11
#25Melissa325US #44
#26Katherine296US #32
#27Kelly289US #83
#28Brittany280US #20
#29Erin275US #52
#30Gabrielle260US #51
#31Michelle253US #55
#32Morgan243US #22
#33Kimberly237US #49
#34Christina236US #62
#35Hannah234US #5
#36Kaitlyn234US #41
#37Madison228US #10
#38Shannon228US #85
#39Sabrina225US #53
#40Jenna224US #76
#41Allison216US #39
#42Emma213US #36
#43Abigail212US #26
#44Natalie201US #48
#45Sara201US #50
#46Jasmine199US #24
#47Kristen186US #82
#48Amber185US #29
#49Courtney183US #28
#50Alexa182US #106
#51Maria177US #38
#52Briana176US #72
#53Caroline176US #75
#54Gabriella172US #123
#55Melanie165US #127
#56Marissa162US #60
#57Jacqueline160US #77
#58Tiffany157US #61
#59Mary156US #46
#60Brooke152US #45
#61Sydney150US #35
#62Anna146US #33
#63Carly144US #137
#64Laura143US #66
#65Erica140US #84
#66Vanessa140US #54
#67Chelsea137US #73
#68Jamie135US #103
#69Jordan135US #40
#70Caitlin134US #88
#71Andrea132US #58
#72Catherine132US #96
#73Meghan132US #113
#74Grace131US #69
#75Haley130US #31
#76Paige129US #64
#77Cassandra125US #81
#78Destiny123US #42
#79Gianna121
#80Amy119US #92
#81Heather119US #90
#82Kelsey118US #57
#83Dominique117US #118
#84Angela116US #93
#85Christine114US #159
#86Jillian112US #166
#87Dana108US #179
#88Casey107US #146
#89Margaret107US #110
#90Katelyn106US #63
#91Diana105US #97
#92Angelica104US #101
#93Sophia103US #94
#94Isabella102US #114
#95Monica102US #79
#96Madeline101US #59
#97Kathryn100US #86
#98Leah100US #104
#99Mackenzie99US #71
#100Imani98

Boys

#1Michael1,750US #1
#2Matthew1,421US #3
#3Nicholas1,168US #6
#4Christopher1,148US #4
#5Joseph1,045US #12
#6Anthony917US #18
#7Daniel897US #11
#8John878US #15
#9Andrew826US #7
#10Ryan784US #16
#11Brandon740US #8
#12Kevin705US #28
#13Tyler701US #10
#14David689US #14
#15Justin679US #20
#16James660US #17
#17Kyle656US #24
#18Robert656US #23
#19Joshua625US #5
#20Thomas613US #31
#21William611US #19
#22Jonathan608US #21
#23Alexander578US #22
#24Zachary538US #13
#25Brian525US #37
#26Christian490US #25
#27Jacob456US #2
#28Eric413US #35
#29Sean379US #48
#30Steven372US #40
#31Patrick343US #50
#32Jason339US #41
#33Dylan319US #30
#34Samuel317US #27
#35Austin311US #9
#36Jordan278US #26
#37Benjamin274US #29
#38Timothy274US #43
#39Richard263US #51
#40Mark255US #58
#41Connor249US #52
#42Stephen236US #68
#43Jose232US #32
#44Adam224US #39
#45Paul224US #79
#46Evan216US #61
#47Jake215US #101
#48Peter212US #102
#49Isaiah202US #60
#50Jeffrey201US #84
#51Charles198US #49
#52Luis198US #53
#53Vincent192US #118
#54Bryan188US #69
#55Jared187US #56
#56Aaron184US #33
#57Edward180US #100
#58Gregory176US #103
#59Jack171US #76
#60Brendan168US #107
#61Jeremy164US #64
#62Alex163US #55
#63Kenneth159US #83
#64Elijah155US #74
#65Ian151US #70
#66Carlos150US #67
#67George150US #121
#68Frank140US #168
#69Scott140US #113
#70Luke136US #78
#71Antonio135US #75
#72Noah135US #38
#73Angel131US #86
#74Ethan128US #46
#75Gabriel128US #57
#76Devin127US #59
#77Shawn126US #109
#78Colin122US #125
#79Jesse121US #63
#80Juan118US #54
#81Liam118US #162
#82Marc116
#83Cameron114US #45
#84Shane113US #114
#85Alec111US #123
#86Raymond108US #138
#87Trevor104US #62
#88Miguel101US #91
#89Cole98US #72
#90Brett96US #116
#91Julian96US #131
#92Derek95US #106
#93Cody91US #36
#94Philip90US #195
#95Victor90US #105
#96Corey88US #110
#97Hunter88US #44
#98Erik86US #134
#99Louis86
#100Ronald86US #164

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑29Emma#42
↑25Jordan#69
↑23Meghan#73
↑21Andrea#71
↑18Gabriella#54
↑18Liam#81
↑13Paul#45
↑13Evan#46

Falling

↓36Kelsey#82
↓17Angela#84
↓17Kathryn#97
↓17Julian#91
↓16Cody#93
↓15Jesse#79
↓14Tiffany#58
↓12Catherine#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.