State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1998 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,137 New Jersey births in 1998 across 2,065 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.

#44Giannaoutside the national top 200
#92Danteoutside the national top 200
#98Marcoutside the national top 200
#95Edwin#197 nationally
#80Frank#177 nationally
#74Liam#155 nationally
#85Jillian#158 nationally
#73Carly#141 nationally
#56Vincent#121 nationally
#52Gabriella#116 nationally
#71Melanie#135 nationally
#31Alexa#93 nationally

Girls

#1Samantha809US #3
#2Emily798US #1
#3Ashley650US #5
#4Nicole631US #24
#5Jessica627US #8
#6Sarah608US #4
#7Amanda533US #19
#8Brianna475US #17
#9Julia466US #32
#10Alexis451US #6
#11Victoria446US #16
#12Kayla436US #12
#13Alyssa427US #11
#14Jennifer399US #20
#15Lauren397US #14
#16Rachel387US #15
#17Olivia383US #21
#18Alexandra378US #27
#19Taylor378US #7
#20Danielle368US #41
#21Elizabeth349US #10
#22Megan311US #13
#23Stephanie305US #29
#24Rebecca298US #30
#25Madison296US #9
#26Gabrielle276US #47
#27Katherine275US #33
#28Hannah270US #2
#29Melissa269US #59
#30Emma265US #22
#31Alexa254US #93
#32Michelle254US #55
#33Kelly246US #90
#34Kaitlyn240US #35
#35Erin234US #57
#36Abigail230US #18
#37Morgan230US #23
#38Jenna224US #65
#39Allison223US #38
#40Christina223US #69
#41Natalie221US #40
#42Brittany220US #25
#43Shannon211US #104
#44Gianna207
#45Sara200US #48
#46Destiny184US #34
#47Jasmine181US #26
#48Maria181US #43
#49Kimberly174US #54
#50Grace171US #53
#51Amber168US #37
#52Gabriella164US #116
#53Sabrina162US #68
#54Sydney161US #28
#55Anna154US #31
#56Paige152US #63
#57Courtney151US #39
#58Marissa149US #66
#59Caroline147US #75
#60Jacqueline147US #95
#61Jordan147US #42
#62Briana145US #79
#63Sophia145US #73
#64Kristen143US #102
#65Laura143US #74
#66Vanessa143US #52
#67Kelsey142US #56
#68Brooke140US #46
#69Jamie136US #112
#70Mary136US #44
#71Melanie135US #135
#72Catherine134US #101
#73Carly133US #141
#74Mackenzie130US #64
#75Caitlin129US #78
#76Angelica128US #109
#77Diana128US #83
#78Isabella128US #84
#79Amy122US #96
#80Erica122US #92
#81Tiffany122US #67
#82Haley118US #36
#83Cassandra117US #85
#84Chelsea117US #94
#85Jillian115US #158
#86Angela114US #100
#87Madeline114US #50
#88Andrea112US #61
#89Casey109US #150
#90Kathryn108US #89
#91Katelyn104US #58
#92Caitlyn100US #115
#93Leah100US #106
#94Margaret100US #114
#95Meghan99US #121
#96Molly93US #108
#97Crystal91US #110
#98Veronica91US #126
#99Dominique90US #146
#100Maya90US #123

Boys

#1Michael1,724US #1
#2Matthew1,387US #3
#3Nicholas1,192US #6
#4Christopher1,103US #5
#5Joseph1,018US #11
#6Daniel933US #12
#7Anthony913US #19
#8John869US #15
#9Ryan858US #17
#10Justin721US #20
#11Kevin702US #32
#12Andrew701US #9
#13Brandon687US #7
#14David672US #13
#15Joshua667US #4
#16Thomas666US #31
#17Kyle637US #24
#18James628US #18
#19Alexander615US #22
#20Tyler615US #8
#21William607US #14
#22Robert588US #23
#23Zachary566US #16
#24Jonathan555US #21
#25Jacob517US #2
#26Brian509US #41
#27Christian475US #26
#28Sean440US #50
#29Jason423US #40
#30Eric359US #39
#31Dylan351US #25
#32Steven345US #46
#33Patrick299US #57
#34Samuel297US #28
#35Timothy292US #49
#36Austin282US #10
#37Connor279US #47
#38Jordan278US #27
#39Benjamin264US #30
#40Jack262US #61
#41Mark258US #64
#42Richard258US #56
#43Isaiah254US #59
#44Stephen248US #78
#45Jake227US #102
#46Adam219US #45
#47Charles217US #48
#48Evan215US #63
#49Alex213US #55
#50Bryan211US #74
#51Noah208US #29
#52Jared206US #51
#53Jeffrey200US #91
#54Aaron199US #37
#55Luis194US #53
#56Vincent187US #121
#57Jose185US #33
#58Peter185US #111
#59Paul184US #89
#60Brendan179US #99
#61Gabriel175US #54
#62Ethan171US #38
#63Kenneth163US #87
#64Cameron162US #35
#65Elijah160US #66
#66Edward158US #105
#67Jeremy158US #68
#68Ian157US #73
#69Luke155US #75
#70Carlos147US #69
#71Gregory146US #109
#72Hunter143US #36
#73George141US #125
#74Liam134US #155
#75Shane125US #118
#76Devin124US #62
#77Colin123US #122
#78Scott122US #123
#79Victor120US #97
#80Frank119US #177
#81Juan116US #52
#82Derek115US #110
#83Antonio113US #79
#84Trevor112US #58
#85Nathaniel111US #60
#86Angel107US #81
#87Raymond105US #141
#88Dominic103US #120
#89Alec98US #112
#90Miguel98US #90
#91Joel96US #117
#92Dante95
#93Jesse95US #70
#94Nathan95US #34
#95Edwin94US #197
#96Erik94US #140
#97Lucas94US #93
#98Marc93
#99Julian92US #124
#100Max90US #159

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑35Gianna#44
↑32Destiny#46
↑30Sophia#63
↑25Mackenzie#74
↑25Hunter#72
↑24Grace#50
↑21Noah#51
↑20Paige#56

Falling

↓23Tiffany#81
↓22Meghan#95
↓17Kristen#64
↓17Chelsea#84
↓17Andrea#88
↓16Kimberly#49
↓16Melanie#71
↓16Dominique#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.