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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2006 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 87,758 New Jersey births in 2006 across 2,403 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.

#69Julianna#194 nationally
#62Juliana#162 nationally
#73Peter#167 nationally
#94Shane#179 nationally
#15Gianna#98 nationally
#36Jake#108 nationally
#67Erin#131 nationally
#84Giovanni#147 nationally
#98Edwin#158 nationally
#99Christina#158 nationally
#46Amanda#100 nationally
#89Nicolas#140 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella652US #4
#2Ava640US #5
#3Emily618US #1
#4Sophia494US #9
#5Olivia481US #7
#6Samantha466US #10
#7Ashley450US #12
#8Madison440US #3
#9Mia410US #13
#10Sarah410US #15
#11Julia409US #31
#12Emma408US #2
#13Abigail382US #6
#14Kayla377US #26
#15Gianna359US #98
#16Grace335US #16
#17Brianna327US #20
#18Alyssa285US #19
#19Angelina285US #49
#20Victoria283US #27
#21Jessica264US #32
#22Alexandra260US #40
#23Gabriella260US #50
#24Hannah255US #8
#25Nicole251US #74
#26Alexa241US #39
#27Elizabeth236US #11
#28Sofia236US #55
#29Natalie234US #17
#30Katherine233US #37
#31Alexis220US #14
#32Lauren219US #24
#33Ella217US #21
#34Sara213US #72
#35Kaitlyn204US #41
#36Anna197US #22
#37Leah196US #68
#38Hailey195US #25
#39Rachel187US #48
#40Chloe181US #18
#41Maya178US #57
#42Brooke167US #44
#43Jasmine167US #29
#44Michelle166US #81
#45Allison162US #47
#46Amanda161US #100
#47Maria158US #46
#48Sydney158US #34
#49Jennifer156US #51
#50Riley156US #56
#51Morgan154US #35
#52Rebecca150US #96
#53Gabrielle143US #63
#54Kimberly143US #58
#55Lily143US #33
#56Megan141US #60
#57Ariana139US #78
#58Mackenzie139US #53
#59Madeline138US #71
#60Melanie136US #85
#61Arianna134US #76
#62Juliana134US #162
#63Taylor134US #23
#64Gabriela133US #109
#65Stephanie130US #70
#66Paige125US #77
#67Erin119US #131
#68Faith118US #62
#69Julianna114US #194
#70Kylie114US #67
#71Destiny113US #36
#72Danielle112US #116
#73Keira112US #110
#74Vanessa112US #79
#75Jada111US #92
#76Adriana109US #107
#77Caroline109US #89
#78Natalia109US #94
#79Jenna108US #88
#80Catherine105US #121
#81Jacqueline105US #118
#82Jayla105US #99
#83Savannah103US #30
#84Charlotte102US #125
#85Isabel99US #87
#86Jordan96US #97
#87Katelyn96US #61
#88Molly96US #105
#89Amelia95US #83
#90Makayla95US #45
#91Marissa95US #104
#92Melissa95US #117
#93Andrea93US #59
#94Angela92US #114
#95Zoe92US #54
#96Aaliyah91US #90
#97Amy91US #128
#98Daniela91US #132
#99Christina89US #158
#100Evelyn88US #65

Boys

#1Michael1,029US #2
#2Matthew901US #5
#3Daniel794US #6
#4Joseph789US #11
#5Anthony783US #9
#6Ryan752US #14
#7Nicholas749US #17
#8Christopher723US #8
#9Joshua649US #3
#10Alexander607US #12
#11John569US #19
#12Andrew554US #7
#13David502US #13
#14Jacob477US #1
#15Tyler466US #18
#16Justin464US #45
#17James453US #16
#18Jack452US #36
#19Brandon444US #27
#20Kevin429US #37
#21Christian422US #21
#22William422US #10
#23Jonathan420US #22
#24Dylan415US #26
#25Aidan406US #44
#26Thomas394US #51
#27Sean361US #68
#28Ethan351US #4
#29Jayden346US #49
#30Benjamin344US #24
#31Robert335US #47
#32Jason329US #55
#33Gabriel304US #28
#34Zachary301US #33
#35Luke300US #43
#36Jake294US #108
#37Brian291US #72
#38Samuel286US #25
#39Noah277US #15
#40Angel268US #31
#41Logan260US #20
#42Evan258US #42
#43Aiden257US #32
#44Kyle247US #81
#45Elijah242US #29
#46Lucas239US #59
#47Gavin234US #38
#48Connor232US #53
#49Bryan227US #66
#50Nathan222US #23
#51Jordan216US #46
#52Sebastian216US #76
#53Isaiah211US #39
#54Eric203US #77
#55Aaron201US #57
#56Jose200US #30
#57Vincent194US #107
#58Alex193US #67
#59Charles190US #60
#60Julian190US #65
#61Owen190US #58
#62Steven187US #90
#63Adam178US #64
#64Liam178US #98
#65Nathaniel178US #69
#66Xavier176US #78
#67Colin175US #111
#68Dominic174US #85
#69Patrick174US #110
#70Luis171US #62
#71Chase167US #83
#72Richard162US #99
#73Peter148US #167
#74Ian145US #80
#75Joel144US #123
#76Mason144US #40
#77Cole143US #84
#78Adrian141US #63
#79Jaden139US #88
#80Jeremy137US #124
#81Austin136US #41
#82Carlos136US #70
#83Jeremiah134US #71
#84Giovanni130US #147
#85Timothy124US #93
#86Antonio123US #94
#87Henry122US #95
#88Cameron119US #52
#89Nicolas119US #140
#90Diego118US #56
#91Jackson113US #35
#92Mark113US #128
#93Juan112US #61
#94Shane112US #179
#95Isaac111US #48
#96Jared108US #138
#97Edward105US #141
#98Edwin105US #158
#99Kenneth103US #129
#100Marcus100US #112

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑20Arianna#61
↑20Juliana#62
↑14Chloe#40
↑14Maria#47
↑14Madeline#59
↑14Giovanni#84
↑13Logan#41
↑13Dominic#68

Falling

↓36Christina#99
↓34Jenna#79
↓18Edward#97
↓17Amanda#46
↓17Taylor#63
↓16Stephanie#65
↓16Melissa#92
↓16Patrick#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.