State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2008 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 84,870 New Jersey births in 2008 across 2,476 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.

#62Estheroutside the national top 200
#70Julianna#194 nationally
#90Miriamoutside the national top 200
#63Juliana#157 nationally
#91Sabrina#185 nationally
#94Peter#181 nationally
#88Shane#174 nationally
#99Sienna#179 nationally
#10Gianna#88 nationally
#59Amanda#137 nationally
#34Nicole#106 nationally
#48Jake#111 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella637US #2
#2Ava565US #5
#3Sophia558US #7
#4Olivia541US #4
#5Emily534US #3
#6Emma456US #1
#7Samantha429US #11
#8Madison427US #6
#9Sarah383US #20
#10Gianna361US #88
#11Ashley359US #18
#12Mia350US #14
#13Abigail347US #8
#14Kayla327US #28
#15Gabriella313US #35
#16Victoria295US #27
#17Julia290US #41
#18Brianna287US #23
#19Grace278US #21
#20Sofia258US #36
#21Alyssa243US #16
#22Elizabeth228US #9
#23Angelina226US #69
#24Hannah215US #17
#25Natalie212US #13
#26Chloe211US #10
#27Leah203US #40
#28Ella200US #19
#29Alexa194US #50
#30Alexandra194US #61
#31Katherine194US #45
#32Jessica186US #59
#33Lily183US #24
#34Nicole173US #106
#35Allison171US #32
#36Rachel170US #74
#37Hailey168US #25
#38Anna167US #26
#39Alexis164US #15
#40Kaitlyn163US #53
#41Sara160US #92
#42Arianna159US #66
#43Brooke155US #52
#44Lauren154US #30
#45Madeline147US #56
#46Taylor147US #22
#47Maya146US #71
#48Sydney144US #49
#49Amelia130US #68
#50Gabrielle129US #79
#51Layla129US #55
#52Melanie128US #85
#53Riley128US #39
#54Addison127US #12
#55Maria127US #63
#56Ariana123US #81
#57Charlotte123US #86
#58Madelyn121US #64
#59Amanda120US #137
#60Kaylee120US #31
#61Makayla120US #37
#62Esther119
#63Juliana117US #157
#64Mackenzie114US #65
#65Adriana113US #124
#66Michelle113US #101
#67Natalia113US #107
#68Kylie112US #51
#69Kimberly111US #57
#70Julianna109US #194
#71Vanessa108US #78
#72Gabriela107US #131
#73Keira107US #123
#74Jenna105US #108
#75Jennifer105US #84
#76Genesis104US #95
#77Molly103US #104
#78Rebecca103US #118
#79Stephanie103US #105
#80Avery101US #38
#81Zoe101US #58
#82Katelyn99US #80
#83Morgan99US #46
#84Paige99US #89
#85Savannah99US #33
#86Sophie99US #75
#87Nevaeh98US #34
#88Daniela97US #121
#89Destiny97US #47
#90Miriam97
#91Sabrina97US #185
#92Briana95US #146
#93Megan95US #100
#94Jada94US #110
#95Claire91US #62
#96Jasmine91US #43
#97Lillian91US #29
#98Jayla90US #117
#99Sienna90US #179
#100Audrey88US #44

Boys

#1Michael839US #2
#2Matthew792US #10
#3Anthony716US #7
#4Christopher682US #9
#5Daniel678US #5
#6Ryan677US #18
#7Joseph672US #13
#8Alexander637US #6
#9Nicholas606US #29
#10Jayden596US #11
#11Joshua532US #4
#12Jacob499US #1
#13David494US #14
#14John482US #20
#15Justin481US #44
#16Andrew449US #12
#17Christian440US #23
#18Ethan431US #3
#19James429US #17
#20Brandon404US #33
#21Tyler399US #28
#22William394US #8
#23Jonathan374US #26
#24Dylan367US #31
#25Aiden359US #16
#26Jack356US #39
#27Gabriel339US #24
#28Kevin332US #41
#29Aidan319US #59
#30Thomas313US #52
#31Benjamin304US #25
#32Lucas304US #46
#33Robert303US #49
#34Noah291US #15
#35Luke286US #43
#36Gavin283US #30
#37Jason283US #60
#38Logan271US #19
#39Sean267US #83
#40Nathan266US #21
#41Samuel266US #27
#42Zachary258US #47
#43Chase251US #67
#44Elijah246US #22
#45Evan246US #38
#46Angel240US #36
#47Liam233US #75
#48Jake228US #111
#49Connor224US #57
#50Brian221US #87
#51Sebastian220US #74
#52Julian218US #61
#53Aaron208US #50
#54Jordan204US #48
#55Adam202US #72
#56Xavier195US #71
#57Luis190US #64
#58Kyle180US #97
#59Isaiah179US #42
#60Bryan177US #82
#61Jose176US #40
#62Colin175US #114
#63Mason168US #35
#64Nathaniel164US #77
#65Alex160US #84
#66Jeremiah159US #68
#67Charles158US #63
#68Jaden158US #88
#69Eric153US #86
#70Vincent152US #119
#71Steven149US #104
#72Cole148US #85
#73Owen148US #58
#74Adrian146US #56
#75Patrick146US #127
#76Jeremy141US #129
#77Carlos140US #73
#78Dominic136US #93
#79Ian135US #80
#80Henry134US #78
#81Jackson132US #32
#82Richard132US #108
#83Antonio124US #102
#84Brayden122US #51
#85Juan121US #66
#86Caleb120US #34
#87Isaac118US #37
#88Shane118US #174
#89Joel116US #113
#90Ayden115US #91
#91Giovanni113US #140
#92Cameron111US #53
#93Max110US #126
#94Peter109US #181
#95Brody105US #70
#96Edward105US #148
#97Mark105US #139
#98Nicolas105US #151
#99Diego101US #69
#100Brady100US #94

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑36Kaylee#60
↑34Charlotte#57
↑27Amelia#49
↑24Keira#73
↑21Kylie#68
↑20Taylor#46
↑18Melanie#52
↑16Nathaniel#64

Falling

↓38Jasmine#96
↓32Megan#93
↓25Destiny#89
↓23Stephanie#79
↓21Rebecca#78
↓18Morgan#83
↓15Amanda#59
↓15Adriana#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.