State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2000 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,687 New Jersey births in 2000 across 2,121 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.

#35Giannaoutside the national top 200
#92Frankoutside the national top 200
#74Carly#169 nationally
#62Shannon#152 nationally
#91Ava#180 nationally
#88Scott#158 nationally
#71Liam#140 nationally
#56Jillian#120 nationally
#62Peter#125 nationally
#59Vincent#120 nationally
#38Gabriella#98 nationally
#37Jake#96 nationally

Girls

#1Emily812US #1
#2Samantha693US #7
#3Nicole611US #31
#4Jessica606US #8
#5Sarah588US #5
#6Julia569US #29
#7Ashley562US #4
#8Brianna495US #15
#9Kayla483US #13
#10Lauren481US #11
#11Amanda457US #32
#12Olivia430US #16
#13Victoria419US #20
#14Madison404US #3
#15Alyssa398US #12
#16Hannah390US #2
#17Elizabeth383US #9
#18Rachel377US #21
#19Alexis334US #6
#20Alexandra321US #36
#21Jennifer308US #26
#22Katherine305US #33
#23Emma297US #17
#24Taylor281US #10
#25Grace280US #19
#26Megan279US #18
#27Kaitlyn271US #30
#28Stephanie269US #40
#29Isabella268US #45
#30Abigail264US #14
#31Rebecca262US #39
#32Natalie248US #34
#33Danielle247US #48
#34Michelle238US #52
#35Gianna230
#36Alexa225US #87
#37Gabrielle219US #49
#38Gabriella217US #98
#39Erin215US #61
#40Morgan214US #25
#41Sophia210US #42
#42Anna209US #22
#43Melissa206US #71
#44Jenna199US #63
#45Sara198US #57
#46Christina196US #73
#47Destiny196US #24
#48Sydney193US #23
#49Caroline190US #65
#50Catherine178US #81
#51Allison177US #44
#52Kelly169US #111
#53Caitlin168US #76
#54Kimberly167US #58
#55Maria163US #41
#56Jillian162US #120
#57Hailey159US #35
#58Jordan150US #50
#59Jacqueline148US #64
#60Briana147US #83
#61Jasmine145US #27
#62Shannon143US #152
#63Angela139US #79
#64Sabrina139US #92
#65Chloe138US #38
#66Mia138US #93
#67Brooke133US #51
#68Jada133US #84
#69Paige130US #69
#70Andrea128US #55
#71Mackenzie128US #43
#72Madeline128US #56
#73Laura125US #85
#74Carly123US #169
#75Mary120US #46
#76Meghan118US #134
#77Melanie118US #114
#78Amber117US #47
#79Courtney116US #59
#80Haley116US #28
#81Arianna113US #128
#82Diana111US #106
#83Katelyn111US #54
#84Amy110US #105
#85Leah109US #97
#86Brittany108US #60
#87Erica108US #102
#88Tiffany106US #101
#89Vanessa105US #62
#90Ariana104US #109
#91Ava104US #180
#92Chelsea101US #140
#93Margaret101US #110
#94Molly99US #96
#95Gabriela98US #117
#96Sierra97US #53
#97Cassandra96US #100
#98Kathryn96US #89
#99Kelsey93US #88
#100Marissa92US #78

Boys

#1Michael1,437US #2
#2Matthew1,255US #3
#3Nicholas1,059US #6
#4Christopher1,013US #5
#5Joseph988US #8
#6Anthony911US #17
#7Ryan901US #13
#8John863US #14
#9Daniel822US #9
#10Justin774US #19
#11Joshua709US #4
#12Andrew706US #7
#13David646US #16
#14Kevin645US #32
#15Brandon595US #12
#16Tyler580US #10
#17Alexander579US #20
#18Thomas578US #33
#19James554US #18
#20William552US #11
#21Jonathan531US #21
#22Jacob530US #1
#23Robert525US #29
#24Zachary525US #15
#25Kyle520US #37
#26Christian485US #22
#27Brian461US #43
#28Sean431US #57
#29Jason411US #39
#30Dylan409US #24
#31Jack332US #46
#32Benjamin328US #26
#33Steven314US #54
#34Eric311US #42
#35Patrick309US #68
#36Samuel288US #28
#37Jake259US #96
#38Ethan253US #25
#39Jordan252US #36
#40Timothy241US #58
#41Noah238US #27
#42Evan236US #55
#43Jared235US #56
#44Luke230US #59
#45Isaiah217US #47
#46Luis211US #49
#47Jose208US #34
#48Mark208US #79
#49Adam205US #45
#50Connor205US #50
#51Richard202US #65
#52Bryan200US #70
#53Charles195US #51
#54Gabriel189US #44
#55Alex188US #62
#56Elijah187US #52
#57Sebastian183US #81
#58Aaron179US #41
#59Vincent176US #120
#60Stephen175US #95
#61Jeffrey173US #104
#62Peter169US #125
#63Cameron167US #31
#64Edward166US #108
#65Shane164US #116
#66Austin162US #23
#67Carlos162US #66
#68Jeremy157US #84
#69Colin156US #117
#70Paul156US #100
#71Liam155US #140
#72Angel151US #67
#73Juan150US #48
#74Julian149US #87
#75Brendan148US #101
#76Aidan143US #114
#77Kenneth141US #94
#78Ian139US #73
#79George138US #130
#80Gregory137US #138
#81Hunter133US #35
#82Lucas126US #83
#83Antonio120US #82
#84Derek118US #121
#85Nathan115US #30
#86Xavier113US #103
#87Cole109US #71
#88Scott108US #158
#89Trevor108US #75
#90Devin106US #69
#91Maxwell105US #113
#92Frank102
#93Adrian99US #78
#94Nicolas99US #137
#95Omar99US #146
#96Nathaniel95US #61
#97Victor94US #97
#98Miguel92US #86
#99Isaac91US #53
#100Logan91US #40

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑46Caitlin#53
↑28Sebastian#57
↑27Chloe#65
↑25Jordan#58
↑25Luke#44
↑20Ethan#38
↑17Isabella#29
↑17Cameron#63

Falling

↓36Brittany#86
↓29Marissa#100
↓28Vanessa#89
↓23Kelly#52
↓23Cassandra#97
↓22Kelsey#99
↓21Tiffany#88
↓19Kathryn#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.