State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2007 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,038 New Jersey births in 2007 across 2,509 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.

#59Estheroutside the national top 200
#88Kellyoutside the national top 200
#81Julianna#186 nationally
#62Juliana#162 nationally
#87Shane#184 nationally
#90Peter#177 nationally
#10Gianna#91 nationally
#90Adrianna#169 nationally
#68Erin#141 nationally
#44Amanda#111 nationally
#47Jake#112 nationally
#50Adriana#115 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella666US #2
#2Emily608US #1
#3Sophia601US #6
#4Ava597US #4
#5Olivia546US #7
#6Samantha492US #12
#7Ashley466US #13
#8Madison438US #5
#9Emma411US #3
#10Gianna404US #91
#11Abigail403US #8
#12Mia380US #15
#13Sarah380US #18
#14Julia346US #34
#15Gabriella320US #38
#16Kayla318US #26
#17Brianna302US #22
#18Angelina299US #58
#19Grace297US #20
#20Victoria269US #29
#21Alyssa254US #14
#22Hannah241US #9
#23Sofia236US #36
#24Natalie232US #17
#25Ella230US #21
#26Alexa228US #40
#27Elizabeth226US #10
#28Nicole220US #86
#29Jessica217US #42
#30Alexandra208US #49
#31Katherine193US #39
#32Chloe190US #16
#33Leah190US #67
#34Sara190US #80
#35Hailey189US #23
#36Kaitlyn185US #44
#37Lauren184US #28
#38Anna183US #25
#39Rachel183US #59
#40Alexis179US #19
#41Maya179US #62
#42Lily177US #27
#43Brooke161US #45
#44Amanda152US #111
#45Addison151US #11
#46Arianna150US #70
#47Gabrielle148US #68
#48Maria144US #53
#49Allison143US #46
#50Adriana142US #115
#51Sydney142US #37
#52Madeline141US #61
#53Riley138US #52
#54Ariana135US #73
#55Michelle134US #94
#56Stephanie134US #88
#57Rebecca131US #105
#58Jasmine129US #32
#59Esther128
#60Kimberly127US #54
#61Megan127US #78
#62Juliana126US #162
#63Vanessa126US #71
#64Destiny125US #41
#65Morgan124US #43
#66Taylor121US #24
#67Jennifer118US #64
#68Erin117US #141
#69Mackenzie117US #65
#70Melanie117US #81
#71Avery115US #48
#72Nevaeh112US #31
#73Natalia111US #109
#74Makayla109US #47
#75Zoe109US #56
#76Amelia108US #77
#77Paige107US #89
#78Savannah106US #30
#79Jada105US #95
#80Jocelyn104US #50
#81Julianna104US #186
#82Melissa103US #137
#83Gabriela101US #118
#84Molly101US #97
#85Danielle100US #122
#86Jenna100US #103
#87Angela96US #125
#88Kelly96
#89Kylie95US #63
#90Adrianna94US #169
#91Charlotte94US #101
#92Briana93US #120
#93Sophie93US #82
#94Aaliyah92US #83
#95Faith92US #74
#96Kaylee91US #35
#97Keira91US #128
#98Catherine89US #142
#99Andrea88US #60
#100Diana87US #106

Boys

#1Michael985US #2
#2Matthew857US #9
#3Anthony816US #7
#4Daniel749US #5
#5Joseph738US #13
#6Christopher703US #6
#7Nicholas682US #20
#8Ryan682US #16
#9Joshua601US #4
#10Alexander565US #11
#11Andrew526US #10
#12Justin526US #45
#13David524US #12
#14John523US #19
#15Jacob503US #1
#16Jayden499US #18
#17William464US #8
#18James462US #15
#19Christian449US #22
#20Jack435US #38
#21Dylan433US #29
#22Tyler433US #21
#23Brandon428US #31
#24Ethan412US #3
#25Jonathan389US #23
#26Kevin385US #39
#27Thomas344US #52
#28Benjamin332US #26
#29Logan316US #17
#30Gabriel310US #28
#31Aidan305US #54
#32Samuel298US #25
#33Sean297US #76
#34Jason295US #59
#35Aiden292US #27
#36Luke292US #46
#37Noah283US #14
#38Robert278US #47
#39Lucas274US #53
#40Brian263US #81
#41Gavin263US #32
#42Zachary261US #42
#43Angel258US #34
#44Evan256US #40
#45Elijah248US #30
#46Sebastian245US #73
#47Jake240US #112
#48Nathan230US #24
#49Jose215US #35
#50Jordan212US #44
#51Connor209US #55
#52Xavier208US #68
#53Adam205US #65
#54Julian203US #66
#55Kyle203US #86
#56Steven192US #97
#57Chase190US #79
#58Aaron184US #51
#59Alex183US #72
#60Bryan182US #78
#61Luis182US #60
#62Liam180US #89
#63Eric175US #83
#64Jaden175US #74
#65Isaiah172US #43
#66Vincent171US #110
#67Patrick167US #116
#68Owen164US #56
#69Cole160US #84
#70Adrian157US #61
#71Dominic154US #85
#72Colin153US #119
#73Mason153US #37
#74Jeremiah152US #67
#75Richard152US #101
#76Charles151US #62
#77Jackson150US #33
#78Carlos149US #70
#79Jeremy148US #122
#80Nathaniel147US #82
#81Juan134US #63
#82Ian129US #75
#83Edward126US #145
#84Antonio124US #95
#85Giovanni123US #134
#86Isaac123US #41
#87Shane123US #184
#88Joel121US #123
#89Henry120US #90
#90Peter120US #177
#91Austin119US #48
#92Cameron118US #50
#93Diego116US #58
#94Victor116US #104
#95Timothy113US #99
#96Mark112US #138
#97Derek110US #142
#98Caleb107US #36
#99Nicolas107US #144
#100Miguel105US #94

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑26Adriana#50
↑20Zoe#75
↑16Makayla#74
↑15Arianna#46
↑15Jaden#64
↑14Xavier#52
↑14Chase#57
↑14Jackson#77

Falling

↓27Faith#95
↓24Keira#97
↓19Gabriela#83
↓19Kylie#89
↓18Jennifer#67
↓18Catherine#98
↓17Charles#76
↓17Peter#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.