State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2004 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,081 New Jersey births in 2004 across 2,333 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.

#88Julianna#200 nationally
#13Gianna#124 nationally
#89Giovanni#189 nationally
#74Shane#165 nationally
#58Kelly#138 nationally
#85Juliana#164 nationally
#95Charlotte#170 nationally
#81Sabrina#150 nationally
#80Peter#143 nationally
#87Jeffrey#149 nationally
#61Vincent#121 nationally
#39Jake#98 nationally

Girls

#1Emily780US #1
#2Olivia569US #4
#3Isabella564US #7
#4Samantha555US #9
#5Ashley539US #8
#6Emma508US #2
#7Kayla482US #18
#8Madison480US #3
#9Sarah461US #12
#10Julia427US #32
#11Sophia420US #15
#12Abigail376US #6
#13Gianna371US #124
#14Nicole366US #43
#15Jessica363US #21
#16Ava357US #25
#17Grace351US #13
#18Brianna346US #17
#19Victoria331US #28
#20Alyssa314US #14
#21Elizabeth296US #10
#22Alexandra285US #37
#23Amanda285US #67
#24Lauren278US #16
#25Rachel270US #34
#26Natalie256US #19
#27Alexis248US #11
#28Mia246US #30
#29Katherine243US #35
#30Hannah240US #5
#31Gabriella238US #76
#32Angelina236US #60
#33Jennifer222US #39
#34Alexa217US #72
#35Anna215US #20
#36Sydney212US #27
#37Kaitlyn201US #33
#38Sofia198US #69
#39Stephanie198US #55
#40Megan185US #36
#41Sara185US #68
#42Hailey184US #24
#43Jenna184US #56
#44Taylor180US #22
#45Rebecca178US #70
#46Allison177US #40
#47Leah176US #64
#48Melanie175US #89
#49Michelle174US #66
#50Erin171US #95
#51Morgan165US #31
#52Ella160US #29
#53Maria160US #42
#54Brooke156US #46
#55Gabrielle154US #73
#56Paige154US #51
#57Caroline151US #74
#58Kelly149US #138
#59Kimberly144US #61
#60Jasmine143US #26
#61Diana142US #90
#62Destiny140US #38
#63Arianna138US #86
#64Faith138US #52
#65Maya138US #83
#66Mackenzie137US #45
#67Ariana134US #79
#68Chloe133US #23
#69Amy132US #106
#70Danielle132US #91
#71Catherine131US #103
#72Melissa128US #98
#73Madeline127US #63
#74Riley125US #58
#75Christina123US #123
#76Jada119US #81
#77Lily119US #53
#78Vanessa116US #75
#79Jacqueline112US #108
#80Gabriela111US #110
#81Sabrina108US #150
#82Jordan106US #71
#83Zoe106US #54
#84Natalia105US #142
#85Juliana104US #164
#86Amelia103US #96
#87Mary103US #62
#88Julianna102US #200
#89Briana101US #120
#90Molly100US #97
#91Adriana99US #119
#92Andrea99US #57
#93Katelyn99US #59
#94Angela97US #105
#95Charlotte95US #170
#96Kylie95US #49
#97Marissa93US #78
#98Aaliyah89US #94
#99Daniela89US #118
#100Amber88US #87

Boys

#1Michael1,217US #2
#2Matthew1,092US #4
#3Nicholas987US #13
#4Ryan939US #12
#5Joseph931US #9
#6Anthony810US #11
#7Daniel805US #7
#8Christopher799US #10
#9Joshua678US #3
#10Andrew658US #6
#11John642US #17
#12Alexander607US #15
#13David579US #14
#14Kevin539US #34
#15Justin536US #30
#16James528US #18
#17Jacob501US #1
#18Tyler501US #16
#19William498US #8
#20Christian496US #24
#21Brandon474US #22
#22Thomas467US #37
#23Dylan424US #19
#24Jonathan420US #21
#25Ethan409US #5
#26Aidan403US #40
#27Jack388US #42
#28Brian382US #59
#29Jason380US #47
#30Robert370US #36
#31Zachary366US #26
#32Sean356US #64
#33Kyle318US #55
#34Luke313US #41
#35Connor311US #38
#36Benjamin305US #25
#37Gabriel283US #32
#38Samuel283US #23
#39Jake265US #98
#40Evan255US #39
#41Elijah242US #31
#42Colin236US #85
#43Patrick236US #100
#44Angel233US #44
#45Bryan228US #65
#46Charles219US #56
#47Gavin216US #52
#48Lucas216US #66
#49Eric214US #61
#50Noah210US #29
#51Alex209US #63
#52Logan207US #27
#53Steven201US #78
#54Liam200US #112
#55Richard199US #92
#56Nathan198US #20
#57Aaron197US #53
#58Jordan193US #43
#59Adam188US #58
#60Jayden187US #62
#61Vincent184US #121
#62Isaiah180US #45
#63Jose179US #28
#64Owen176US #67
#65Sebastian166US #97
#66Luis165US #57
#67Xavier163US #88
#68Aiden156US #60
#69Ian155US #69
#70Juan155US #54
#71Julian155US #74
#72Carlos153US #71
#73Nathaniel153US #68
#74Shane150US #165
#75Dominic142US #91
#76Timothy141US #79
#77Jaden137US #83
#78Jeremy137US #111
#79Edward134US #129
#80Peter134US #143
#81Antonio133US #93
#82Cole133US #75
#83Mark131US #113
#84Austin125US #35
#85Paul123US #127
#86Jared119US #128
#87Jeffrey118US #149
#88Adrian115US #72
#89Giovanni113US #189
#90Joel111US #124
#91Brendan107US #150
#92Nicolas107US #138
#93Alexis105US #103
#94Devin105US #81
#95Omar104US #148
#96Jackson103US #48
#97Mason103US #51
#98Kenneth99US #119
#99Cristian98US #139
#100George98US #146

On the move since 2003

Rising

↑46Ella#52
↑30Amy#69
↑24Sofia#38
↑22Leah#47
↑22Nathan#56
↑20Lucas#48
↑17Maria#53
↑17Jayden#60

Falling

↓32Jordan#82
↓25Danielle#70
↓23Kylie#96
↓23Jared#86
↓21Katelyn#93
↓20Christina#75
↓17Timothy#76
↓15Daniela#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2003 rankings.