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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2001 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,543 New Jersey births in 2001 across 2,236 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.

#26Gianna#185 nationally
#73Julianna#184 nationally
#91Frankoutside the national top 200
#81Carly#176 nationally
#78Shannon#171 nationally
#49Kelly#124 nationally
#51Vincent#121 nationally
#97Scott#167 nationally
#64Peter#133 nationally
#63Liam#131 nationally
#91Meghan#159 nationally
#53Melanie#117 nationally

Girls

#1Emily768US #1
#2Samantha609US #7
#3Ashley527US #4
#4Nicole526US #36
#5Sarah520US #6
#6Julia514US #27
#7Jessica510US #11
#8Olivia490US #10
#9Madison479US #2
#10Kayla477US #17
#11Brianna427US #18
#12Amanda398US #39
#13Victoria394US #21
#14Hannah389US #3
#15Lauren385US #15
#16Alyssa380US #14
#17Isabella353US #28
#18Emma340US #13
#19Elizabeth333US #9
#20Alexis332US #5
#21Abigail323US #8
#22Rachel323US #24
#23Grace320US #16
#24Jennifer297US #26
#25Alexandra293US #38
#26Gianna291US #185
#27Sophia267US #37
#28Katherine258US #35
#29Megan256US #20
#30Jenna253US #45
#31Taylor252US #12
#32Rebecca237US #46
#33Kaitlyn234US #31
#34Danielle229US #63
#35Gabriella228US #83
#36Stephanie226US #43
#37Natalie218US #32
#38Erin214US #60
#39Anna210US #19
#40Sydney204US #23
#41Alexa202US #78
#42Sara195US #58
#43Destiny193US #22
#44Allison189US #44
#45Caroline189US #62
#46Gabrielle189US #50
#47Michelle189US #59
#48Morgan182US #29
#49Kelly181US #124
#50Melissa181US #74
#51Christina179US #80
#52Hailey172US #33
#53Melanie162US #117
#54Jasmine158US #25
#55Mackenzie157US #40
#56Maria155US #41
#57Kimberly152US #61
#58Angelina150US #93
#59Chloe150US #30
#60Catherine149US #81
#61Jillian146US #120
#62Brooke144US #57
#63Vanessa142US #64
#64Jordan136US #47
#65Mia136US #76
#66Amber135US #51
#67Jacqueline135US #70
#68Ava131US #132
#69Ariana130US #92
#70Jada129US #75
#71Haley128US #34
#72Caitlin124US #89
#73Julianna121US #184
#74Madeline118US #56
#75Marissa118US #79
#76Mary118US #48
#77Paige114US #71
#78Shannon114US #171
#79Faith112US #53
#80Laura111US #86
#81Carly109US #176
#82Leah109US #87
#83Angela108US #77
#84Diana106US #102
#85Tiffany105US #127
#86Gabriela104US #125
#87Andrea103US #49
#88Arianna102US #108
#89Briana102US #101
#90Katelyn101US #52
#91Meghan101US #159
#92Sofia100US #145
#93Aaliyah98US #96
#94Erica94US #129
#95Kathryn94US #97
#96Maya94US #110
#97Juliana93US #155
#98Amy92US #114
#99Natalia91US #161
#100Cassandra88US #122

Boys

#1Michael1,417US #2
#2Matthew1,289US #3
#3Nicholas1,081US #6
#4Joseph1,066US #8
#5Christopher964US #5
#6Anthony903US #11
#7Ryan892US #15
#8John815US #14
#9Daniel799US #9
#10Andrew740US #7
#11Justin727US #22
#12Joshua690US #4
#13Kevin637US #32
#14David583US #12
#15James580US #19
#16Alexander568US #20
#17Brandon559US #18
#18Jacob546US #1
#19William527US #10
#20Thomas523US #33
#21Christian500US #24
#22Zachary495US #16
#23Jonathan490US #23
#24Tyler483US #13
#25Kyle461US #40
#26Dylan460US #21
#27Robert449US #30
#28Jason421US #41
#29Brian416US #46
#30Sean406US #57
#31Benjamin337US #27
#32Samuel331US #26
#33Patrick313US #72
#34Ethan310US #17
#35Steven308US #63
#36Jack307US #48
#37Eric306US #44
#38Jake264US #100
#39Connor247US #49
#40Gabriel240US #38
#41Isaiah240US #43
#42Luke240US #50
#43Evan238US #56
#44Jordan229US #39
#45Adam221US #51
#46Richard218US #73
#47Jose217US #34
#48Aidan216US #86
#49Jared208US #65
#50Noah199US #28
#51Vincent197US #121
#52Luis196US #52
#53Alex195US #62
#54Timothy194US #67
#55Bryan192US #69
#56Sebastian191US #81
#57Charles190US #55
#58Elijah188US #45
#59Aaron184US #42
#60Mark176US #84
#61Angel172US #58
#62Austin168US #25
#63Liam163US #131
#64Peter160US #133
#65Logan156US #29
#66Carlos155US #59
#67Colin154US #125
#68Jeffrey150US #119
#69Jeremy150US #89
#70Ian149US #70
#71Shane149US #128
#72George147US #129
#73Lucas145US #83
#74Brendan142US #115
#75Stephen140US #102
#76Edward139US #113
#77Kenneth139US #97
#78Hunter136US #36
#79Julian134US #82
#80Paul131US #109
#81Devin129US #71
#82Juan129US #53
#83Cameron127US #35
#84Trevor120US #76
#85Xavier119US #94
#86Nathan117US #31
#87Antonio112US #85
#88Dominic110US #106
#89Derek109US #132
#90Cole108US #74
#91Frank104
#92Nicolas103US #142
#93Jeremiah102US #90
#94Nathaniel100US #61
#95Gavin99US #78
#96Joel97US #126
#97Scott97US #167
#98Isaac96US #47
#99Gregory94US #157
#100Raymond94US #163

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑35Logan#65
↑28Aidan#48
↑26Vanessa#63
↑25Marissa#75
↑24Melanie#53
↑23Ava#68
↑21Ariana#69
↑16Mackenzie#55

Falling

↓29Briana#89
↓20Angela#83
↓20Cameron#83
↓19Caitlin#72
↓19Gregory#99
↓17Andrea#87
↓16Shannon#78
↓15Meghan#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.