State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2002 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,983 New Jersey births in 2002 across 2,190 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#163 nationally
#72Julianna#185 nationally
#91Carlyoutside the national top 200
#93Frankoutside the national top 200
#87Shannon#184 nationally
#86Juliana#171 nationally
#49Kelly#119 nationally
#59Vincent#123 nationally
#70Peter#134 nationally
#100Jamie#164 nationally
#41Jake#102 nationally
#55Liam#113 nationally

Girls

#1Emily786US #1
#2Samantha576US #9
#3Ashley563US #6
#4Sarah518US #8
#5Kayla509US #19
#6Julia502US #33
#7Jessica495US #16
#8Olivia481US #10
#9Nicole477US #37
#10Isabella460US #14
#11Madison459US #2
#12Brianna428US #17
#13Alyssa406US #12
#14Emma400US #4
#15Lauren389US #13
#16Rachel363US #24
#17Victoria356US #21
#18Amanda346US #46
#19Grace339US #15
#20Alexandra337US #38
#21Abigail323US #7
#22Elizabeth319US #11
#23Sophia318US #27
#24Hannah290US #3
#25Alexis288US #5
#26Gianna287US #163
#27Jennifer264US #28
#28Katherine263US #36
#29Taylor255US #18
#30Gabriella249US #76
#31Natalie249US #30
#32Kaitlyn242US #32
#33Stephanie233US #41
#34Alexa232US #69
#35Sara227US #59
#36Rebecca220US #54
#37Jenna211US #47
#38Morgan207US #29
#39Anna205US #20
#40Megan205US #22
#41Sydney204US #23
#42Erin200US #72
#43Michelle196US #58
#44Mia194US #43
#45Hailey187US #31
#46Angelina184US #74
#47Caroline181US #67
#48Ava177US #82
#49Kelly176US #119
#50Jasmine175US #26
#51Allison174US #44
#52Chloe167US #25
#53Gabrielle167US #66
#54Brooke166US #52
#55Destiny164US #34
#56Jordan163US #45
#57Melanie162US #94
#58Danielle160US #71
#59Christina151US #97
#60Paige146US #51
#61Mackenzie142US #42
#62Catherine140US #101
#63Kimberly140US #63
#64Maria140US #40
#65Melissa132US #80
#66Ariana131US #93
#67Maya131US #90
#68Aaliyah129US #64
#69Briana129US #102
#70Sofia128US #112
#71Haley127US #35
#72Julianna127US #185
#73Mary127US #49
#74Vanessa124US #68
#75Jacqueline123US #81
#76Jillian123US #125
#77Arianna120US #114
#78Faith120US #48
#79Angela119US #83
#80Madeline119US #56
#81Leah118US #87
#82Amy113US #110
#83Gabriela113US #116
#84Daniela112US #113
#85Caitlin111US #123
#86Juliana110US #171
#87Shannon110US #184
#88Zoe109US #60
#89Jada107US #78
#90Katelyn106US #53
#91Carly103
#92Kylie103US #61
#93Amber100US #65
#94Laura99US #105
#95Isabel98US #85
#96Diana97US #117
#97Sabrina96US #135
#98Andrea94US #55
#99Jade93US #86
#100Jamie92US #164

Boys

#1Michael1,360US #2
#2Matthew1,203US #4
#3Nicholas1,044US #9
#4Joseph1,018US #7
#5Christopher964US #8
#6Anthony888US #12
#7Daniel855US #10
#8Ryan842US #16
#9John714US #17
#10Joshua701US #3
#11Justin697US #22
#12Andrew688US #6
#13David583US #13
#14Kevin574US #33
#15Alexander568US #15
#16Thomas555US #36
#17Jacob549US #1
#18William535US #11
#19James532US #18
#20Brandon529US #20
#21Tyler504US #14
#22Robert467US #34
#23Christian448US #24
#24Jonathan444US #21
#25Zachary443US #19
#26Jason431US #42
#27Jack424US #44
#28Sean398US #59
#29Ethan390US #5
#30Kyle387US #40
#31Dylan379US #23
#32Brian374US #51
#33Benjamin339US #27
#34Aidan328US #60
#35Gabriel300US #32
#36Samuel298US #25
#37Luke291US #46
#38Steven278US #68
#39Eric271US #52
#40Connor269US #47
#41Jake257US #102
#42Patrick255US #79
#43Isaiah252US #45
#44Bryan248US #64
#45Jordan235US #37
#46Evan222US #56
#47Jose218US #30
#48Sebastian216US #80
#49Elijah214US #41
#50Aaron209US #43
#51Noah202US #31
#52Charles199US #58
#53Luis196US #57
#54Adam194US #55
#55Liam185US #113
#56Alex184US #63
#57Timothy180US #70
#58Richard175US #77
#59Vincent175US #123
#60Angel172US #49
#61Jared170US #84
#62Mark167US #93
#63Xavier165US #88
#64Logan161US #29
#65Carlos160US #65
#66Ian158US #67
#67Jeremy157US #95
#68Julian154US #78
#69Lucas154US #75
#70Peter153US #134
#71Colin152US #116
#72Stephen151US #114
#73Nathaniel148US #62
#74Shane148US #130
#75Edward146US #119
#76Juan146US #54
#77Austin145US #26
#78Brendan144US #124
#79Nathan143US #28
#80Cole142US #69
#81Jeffrey141US #132
#82Owen139US #94
#83Devin138US #74
#84Gavin136US #61
#85Paul136US #118
#86Hunter126US #38
#87Antonio124US #85
#88Cameron124US #39
#89Dominic123US #83
#90George118US #131
#91Kenneth111US #104
#92Nicolas111US #137
#93Frank109
#94Adrian107US #73
#95Victor105US #100
#96Jeremiah103US #86
#97Jaden102US #87
#98Derek101US #139
#99Miguel99US #89
#100Joel96US #122

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑29Maya#67
↑25Aaliyah#68
↑22Sofia#70
↑22Xavier#63
↑21Mia#44
↑21Nathaniel#73
↑20Ava#48
↑20Briana#69

Falling

↓27Amber#93
↓24Danielle#58
↓19Jada#89
↓18George#90
↓15Melissa#65
↓15Jillian#76
↓15Austin#77
↓14Laura#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.