State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 1999 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,967 New Jersey births in 1999 across 2,054 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.

#39Giannaoutside the national top 200
#90Tatianaoutside the national top 200
#78Frank#187 nationally
#96Danaoutside the national top 200
#98Marcoutside the national top 200
#86Carly#172 nationally
#61Liam#141 nationally
#66Jillian#142 nationally
#52Vincent#121 nationally
#85Sebastian#152 nationally
#29Kelly#95 nationally
#53Shannon#118 nationally

Girls

#1Emily904US #1
#2Samantha755US #5
#3Sarah616US #4
#4Jessica573US #9
#5Nicole564US #25
#6Ashley553US #6
#7Amanda533US #22
#8Kayla512US #13
#9Julia503US #30
#10Alyssa481US #11
#11Lauren480US #12
#12Victoria434US #16
#13Brianna418US #14
#14Rachel397US #19
#15Olivia389US #20
#16Alexis373US #3
#17Alexandra341US #32
#18Jennifer340US #21
#19Elizabeth339US #10
#20Taylor334US #8
#21Madison324US #7
#22Stephanie324US #37
#23Danielle315US #43
#24Megan308US #15
#25Rebecca300US #38
#26Hannah294US #2
#27Katherine288US #36
#28Emma281US #17
#29Kelly248US #95
#30Kaitlyn247US #33
#31Gabrielle245US #46
#32Natalie244US #34
#33Abigail239US #18
#34Erin237US #58
#35Sydney236US #23
#36Grace230US #27
#37Alexa226US #89
#38Allison225US #40
#39Gianna223
#40Michelle222US #56
#41Melissa221US #64
#42Sara219US #50
#43Jenna216US #61
#44Morgan212US #24
#45Christina205US #75
#46Isabella199US #60
#47Destiny195US #28
#48Sophia187US #53
#49Anna184US #29
#50Brittany183US #35
#51Jasmine179US #26
#52Gabriella175US #107
#53Shannon173US #118
#54Maria170US #39
#55Caroline168US #71
#56Kimberly166US #51
#57Kiara148US #78
#58Mary147US #45
#59Catherine142US #98
#60Jacqueline141US #79
#61Vanessa140US #57
#62Courtney139US #44
#63Melanie139US #126
#64Brooke137US #47
#65Paige137US #67
#66Jillian135US #142
#67Tiffany134US #80
#68Sabrina130US #88
#69Angela128US #90
#70Briana128US #82
#71Marissa124US #73
#72Laura123US #81
#73Amber119US #41
#74Cassandra118US #87
#75Mackenzie117US #52
#76Andrea115US #59
#77Kelsey114US #72
#78Haley112US #31
#79Kathryn112US #91
#80Amy109US #105
#81Kristen109US #114
#82Madeline109US #70
#83Jordan108US #48
#84Meghan108US #127
#85Chelsea106US #122
#86Carly105US #172
#87Diana103US #101
#88Katelyn103US #55
#89Margaret101US #110
#90Tatiana101
#91Faith98US #76
#92Chloe97US #63
#93Erica97US #106
#94Gabriela97US #123
#95Leah97US #103
#96Dana96
#97Jamie96US #129
#98Molly95US #102
#99Caitlin93US #93
#100Veronica91US #115

Boys

#1Michael1,621US #2
#2Matthew1,415US #3
#3Nicholas1,114US #5
#4Christopher1,011US #6
#5Joseph977US #8
#6Ryan946US #12
#7Daniel912US #9
#8John876US #15
#9Anthony807US #18
#10Andrew738US #7
#11Justin709US #20
#12Joshua666US #4
#13David657US #16
#14Alexander619US #21
#15Brandon618US #11
#16Kevin618US #34
#17Tyler585US #10
#18William577US #14
#19Thomas573US #31
#20James561US #19
#21Kyle559US #28
#22Zachary559US #17
#23Jonathan538US #22
#24Robert526US #26
#25Jacob515US #1
#26Brian449US #43
#27Christian448US #25
#28Jason397US #40
#29Sean383US #56
#30Dylan376US #23
#31Eric353US #39
#32Steven329US #47
#33Patrick310US #63
#34Jack308US #52
#35Benjamin297US #29
#36Samuel290US #27
#37Jake266US #97
#38Jordan258US #30
#39Connor256US #48
#40Jared250US #54
#41Timothy242US #49
#42Noah234US #24
#43Richard234US #61
#44Isaiah228US #51
#45Evan222US #57
#46Adam220US #44
#47Jose218US #35
#48Stephen214US #85
#49Charles210US #50
#50Luis208US #55
#51Mark208US #69
#52Vincent203US #121
#53Peter202US #105
#54Aaron184US #38
#55Bryan184US #74
#56Elijah184US #60
#57Austin183US #13
#58Ethan183US #37
#59Alex180US #58
#60Paul172US #94
#61Liam171US #141
#62Brendan167US #96
#63Jeffrey167US #100
#64Carlos160US #59
#65Angel158US #73
#66Edward153US #103
#67Ian153US #72
#68Kenneth153US #89
#69Luke152US #67
#70Gabriel146US #53
#71Jeremy146US #81
#72Juan140US #46
#73George139US #123
#74Hunter137US #36
#75Shane136US #110
#76Colin131US #119
#77Antonio126US #80
#78Frank118US #187
#79Trevor118US #66
#80Cameron116US #33
#81Gregory115US #122
#82Scott110US #140
#83Victor110US #95
#84Shawn109US #117
#85Sebastian106US #152
#86Julian104US #111
#87Nathan95US #32
#88Derek94US #113
#89Dominic94US #118
#90Xavier94US #114
#91Cole92US #75
#92Omar92US #143
#93Henry89US #129
#94Nathaniel89US #62
#95Brett88US #137
#96Devin88US #68
#97Joel88US #115
#98Marc88
#99Miguel88US #91
#100Raymond87US #144

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑32Isabella#46
↑21Angel#65
↑19Sydney#35
↑19Jillian#66
↑17Angela#69
↑15Sophia#48
↑14Grace#36
↑14Tiffany#67

Falling

↓28Jamie#97
↓24Caitlin#99
↓22Amber#73
↓22Jordan#83
↓21Austin#57
↓20Devin#96
↓17Kristen#81
↓16Cameron#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.