State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2003 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,538 New Jersey births in 2003 across 2,335 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.

#19Gianna#143 nationally
#77Julianna#186 nationally
#93Shannonoutside the national top 200
#98Frankoutside the national top 200
#92Carly#183 nationally
#100Gregory#185 nationally
#67Peter#146 nationally
#82Juliana#157 nationally
#52Kelly#125 nationally
#74Shane#144 nationally
#72Jeffrey#140 nationally
#36Jake#98 nationally

Girls

#1Emily818US #1
#2Isabella564US #12
#3Olivia563US #5
#4Emma540US #2
#5Samantha508US #10
#6Sarah502US #11
#7Ashley498US #8
#8Julia471US #33
#9Kayla470US #16
#10Madison439US #3
#11Jessica434US #18
#12Nicole403US #40
#13Abigail394US #6
#14Victoria392US #22
#15Grace379US #13
#16Brianna375US #17
#17Sophia361US #20
#18Alyssa359US #14
#19Gianna352US #143
#20Alexandra324US #38
#21Lauren324US #15
#22Elizabeth322US #9
#23Hannah314US #4
#24Rachel312US #28
#25Ava277US #39
#26Alexis275US #7
#27Amanda275US #54
#28Kaitlyn270US #32
#29Natalie253US #23
#30Anna251US #21
#31Katherine250US #35
#32Jennifer249US #31
#33Gabriella248US #77
#34Mia238US #36
#35Alexa237US #67
#36Megan236US #30
#37Angelina235US #71
#38Stephanie231US #49
#39Sara206US #65
#40Rebecca203US #63
#41Taylor201US #19
#42Michelle196US #62
#43Sydney186US #25
#44Morgan183US #29
#45Danielle181US #82
#46Jenna181US #55
#47Paige180US #47
#48Hailey171US #26
#49Erin170US #80
#50Jordan169US #48
#51Brooke167US #43
#52Kelly162US #125
#53Allison158US #46
#54Gabrielle157US #66
#55Christina156US #109
#56Destiny156US #37
#57Chloe154US #24
#58Caroline152US #68
#59Arianna151US #86
#60Jasmine151US #27
#61Melanie150US #93
#62Sofia150US #97
#63Faith147US #50
#64Kimberly145US #64
#65Mackenzie145US #45
#66Ariana137US #85
#67Melissa137US #96
#68Maya135US #84
#69Leah134US #81
#70Maria133US #42
#71Catherine123US #106
#72Katelyn119US #58
#73Kylie119US #52
#74Vanessa118US #70
#75Madeline117US #61
#76Mary112US #59
#77Julianna111US #186
#78Gabriela109US #102
#79Haley109US #34
#80Lily109US #69
#81Sabrina109US #137
#82Juliana107US #157
#83Zoe107US #57
#84Daniela106US #112
#85Isabel105US #83
#86Andrea104US #60
#87Marissa104US #95
#88Riley104US #72
#89Adriana103US #121
#90Angela103US #104
#91Molly103US #99
#92Carly101US #183
#93Shannon100
#94Amber99US #74
#95Briana99US #114
#96Jillian96US #135
#97Jocelyn96US #87
#98Ella95US #44
#99Amy92US #120
#100Aaliyah90US #90

Boys

#1Michael1,340US #2
#2Matthew1,226US #4
#3Nicholas1,030US #12
#4Joseph925US #6
#5Anthony887US #10
#6Ryan878US #13
#7Christopher858US #9
#8Daniel852US #8
#9Andrew758US #5
#10John696US #17
#11Joshua664US #3
#12Justin656US #27
#13Alexander588US #16
#14David583US #14
#15James556US #18
#16Jacob514US #1
#17Kevin512US #32
#18Tyler507US #15
#19Brandon499US #21
#20William497US #11
#21Thomas496US #36
#22Jonathan461US #22
#23Christian452US #25
#24Robert443US #35
#25Jason433US #42
#26Zachary431US #20
#27Dylan428US #19
#28Brian423US #59
#29Jack415US #45
#30Sean415US #61
#31Aidan399US #39
#32Ethan349US #7
#33Kyle336US #53
#34Benjamin332US #24
#35Gabriel297US #29
#36Jake280US #98
#37Samuel280US #23
#38Luke264US #46
#39Steven256US #70
#40Patrick254US #91
#41Connor246US #43
#42Elijah240US #37
#43Evan240US #44
#44Jordan237US #38
#45Adam235US #58
#46Eric234US #56
#47Isaiah214US #49
#48Bryan210US #64
#49Jose208US #30
#50Colin204US #88
#51Noah202US #31
#52Angel199US #47
#53Aaron195US #50
#54Charles194US #57
#55Logan193US #28
#56Richard192US #86
#57Sebastian190US #93
#58Alex189US #62
#59Timothy189US #76
#60Vincent189US #117
#61Luis178US #60
#62Gavin173US #51
#63Jared169US #107
#64Ian164US #65
#65Liam164US #114
#66Julian162US #77
#67Peter161US #146
#68Lucas159US #71
#69Owen159US #72
#70Jeremy156US #108
#71Nathaniel155US #63
#72Jeffrey153US #140
#73Mark153US #105
#74Shane150US #144
#75Xavier149US #85
#76Aiden148US #73
#77Jayden148US #75
#78Nathan143US #26
#79Brendan142US #141
#80Carlos141US #66
#81Antonio139US #92
#82Edward134US #130
#83Stephen134US #128
#84Juan133US #55
#85Jaden127US #82
#86Austin126US #33
#87Dominic126US #81
#88Hunter126US #41
#89Paul126US #123
#90Cole120US #69
#91Nicolas111US #134
#92Joel110US #124
#93Devin109US #74
#94Jackson108US #52
#95Jeremiah107US #90
#96Kenneth106US #111
#97Cameron104US #40
#98Frank103
#99Mason103US #54
#100Gregory102US #185

On the move since 2002

Rising

↑23Ava#25
↑22Gavin#62
↑21Colin#50
↑19Kylie#73
↑18Arianna#59
↑18Katelyn#72
↑16Sabrina#81
↑15Faith#63

Falling

↓32Aaliyah#100
↓26Briana#95
↓20Jillian#96
↓17Amy#99
↓15Carlos#80
↓12Taylor#41
↓12Xavier#75
↓11Caroline#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2002 rankings.