State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2005 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,525 New Jersey births in 2005 across 2,367 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.

#78Juliannaoutside the national top 200
#88Estheroutside the national top 200
#72Kelly#175 nationally
#16Gianna#110 nationally
#82Juliana#176 nationally
#89Shane#166 nationally
#86Peter#161 nationally
#95Sabrina#169 nationally
#99Jeffrey#171 nationally
#63Christina#134 nationally
#80Ciara#149 nationally
#90Kiara#159 nationally

Girls

#1Emily702US #1
#2Isabella559US #6
#3Ava548US #9
#4Olivia503US #5
#5Samantha493US #8
#6Madison491US #3
#7Ashley476US #10
#8Sophia471US #12
#9Emma463US #2
#10Julia429US #31
#11Sarah410US #15
#12Abigail374US #4
#13Kayla362US #25
#14Mia344US #17
#15Jessica343US #27
#16Gianna342US #110
#17Grace340US #14
#18Nicole300US #56
#19Brianna298US #20
#20Elizabeth283US #11
#21Alyssa280US #16
#22Victoria278US #28
#23Alexandra277US #37
#24Natalie277US #18
#25Angelina272US #43
#26Rachel272US #38
#27Gabriella267US #61
#28Hannah251US #7
#29Amanda248US #79
#30Lauren235US #21
#31Katherine230US #36
#32Sofia227US #52
#33Kaitlyn224US #34
#34Alexis218US #13
#35Alexa206US #66
#36Anna206US #22
#37Jennifer193US #42
#38Ella183US #23
#39Sara179US #75
#40Hailey176US #26
#41Morgan170US #33
#42Brooke168US #47
#43Sydney168US #30
#44Allison166US #45
#45Jenna164US #62
#46Taylor164US #24
#47Leah160US #68
#48Gabrielle158US #55
#49Stephanie158US #64
#50Maya153US #73
#51Michelle151US #74
#52Riley148US #54
#53Jasmine147US #29
#54Chloe146US #19
#55Rebecca145US #81
#56Destiny143US #32
#57Erin143US #112
#58Lily143US #39
#59Megan142US #41
#60Melanie138US #92
#61Maria137US #46
#62Paige137US #60
#63Christina132US #134
#64Faith132US #49
#65Kimberly130US #63
#66Ariana127US #82
#67Gabriela123US #115
#68Mackenzie122US #51
#69Jada120US #76
#70Caroline119US #83
#71Vanessa119US #80
#72Kelly118US #175
#73Madeline118US #70
#74Kylie117US #57
#75Catherine111US #109
#76Melissa110US #104
#77Danielle108US #102
#78Julianna108
#79Amelia106US #84
#80Ciara104US #149
#81Arianna102US #88
#82Juliana100US #176
#83Isabel99US #89
#84Molly99US #97
#85Charlotte96US #135
#86Marissa96US #91
#87Natalia94US #123
#88Esther91
#89Jordan91US #86
#90Kiara91US #159
#91Savannah91US #35
#92Zoe91US #58
#93Daniela89US #122
#94Katelyn89US #59
#95Sabrina89US #169
#96Evelyn88US #71
#97Kaylee88US #40
#98Genesis87US #155
#99Makayla87US #44
#100Amy86US #111

Boys

#1Michael1,085US #2
#2Matthew972US #4
#3Ryan920US #14
#4Anthony866US #8
#5Joseph852US #9
#6Nicholas817US #15
#7Christopher782US #10
#8Daniel760US #7
#9John690US #18
#10Andrew638US #6
#11Joshua630US #3
#12Alexander609US #13
#13David557US #12
#14Justin521US #36
#15Tyler519US #16
#16Jack489US #34
#17William484US #11
#18Brandon477US #27
#19Jacob473US #1
#20Kevin458US #33
#21Christian445US #22
#22Jonathan440US #19
#23James432US #17
#24Thomas427US #40
#25Dylan424US #24
#26Ethan408US #5
#27Aidan374US #43
#28Robert361US #37
#29Jason342US #51
#30Zachary328US #29
#31Benjamin325US #25
#32Brian324US #63
#33Gabriel321US #28
#34Sean319US #75
#35Evan305US #39
#36Connor283US #48
#37Jake279US #103
#38Samuel275US #21
#39Luke267US #41
#40Jayden258US #54
#41Kyle255US #69
#42Nathan248US #20
#43Jordan238US #46
#44Elijah236US #31
#45Lucas232US #58
#46Angel222US #32
#47Noah218US #23
#48Charles211US #56
#49Gavin211US #47
#50Eric209US #66
#51Bryan208US #72
#52Alex207US #71
#53Patrick207US #108
#54Logan203US #26
#55Aiden199US #50
#56Aaron195US #57
#57Luis193US #59
#58Steven192US #83
#59Sebastian190US #86
#60Isaiah187US #45
#61Colin183US #95
#62Owen182US #60
#63Jose181US #30
#64Adam174US #64
#65Vincent164US #111
#66Richard162US #94
#67Ian161US #68
#68Liam160US #104
#69Julian156US #74
#70Xavier154US #87
#71Timothy149US #84
#72Jaden147US #88
#73Nathaniel146US #67
#74Carlos145US #70
#75Mason143US #42
#76Mark140US #114
#77Paul139US #130
#78Jeremy137US #115
#79Edward133US #134
#80Juan133US #55
#81Dominic132US #85
#82Adrian131US #65
#83Jeremiah131US #78
#84Antonio127US #92
#85George126US #139
#86Peter124US #161
#87Jackson121US #44
#88Joel119US #123
#89Shane119US #166
#90Cole115US #79
#91Stephen115US #143
#92Cameron114US #52
#93Austin112US #38
#94Isaac112US #49
#95Nicolas111US #136
#96Jared109US #137
#97Miguel108US #93
#98Giovanni105US #158
#99Jeffrey105US #171
#100Victor104US #105

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑22Riley#52
↑22Kylie#74
↑22Mason#75
↑20Jayden#40
↑19Lily#58
↑15Maya#50
↑15Jordan#43
↑15George#85

Falling

↓31Amy#100
↓19Megan#59
↓19Colin#61
↓18Arianna#81
↓15Shane#89
↓14Kelly#72
↓14Sabrina#95
↓14Liam#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.