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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2009 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,936 New Jersey births in 2009 across 2,472 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.

#64Estheroutside the national top 200
#65Julianna#191 nationally
#92Miriamoutside the national top 200
#93Brielleoutside the national top 200
#94Valentinaoutside the national top 200
#49Juliana#152 nationally
#62Amanda#165 nationally
#89Mikayla#179 nationally
#90Shane#178 nationally
#49Jake#125 nationally
#96Adrianna#171 nationally
#45Nicole#119 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella745US #1
#2Olivia562US #3
#3Sophia544US #4
#4Ava515US #5
#5Emily488US #6
#6Mia435US #10
#7Emma419US #2
#8Madison419US #7
#9Abigail360US #8
#10Samantha358US #14
#11Gianna338US #76
#12Gabriella317US #33
#13Ashley315US #20
#14Sarah289US #21
#15Grace288US #17
#16Kayla285US #35
#17Brianna278US #24
#18Leah276US #29
#19Julia273US #50
#20Sofia256US #36
#21Chloe246US #9
#22Victoria239US #31
#23Elizabeth213US #11
#24Alyssa204US #19
#25Ella204US #15
#26Alexa200US #43
#27Lily193US #18
#28Alexis192US #13
#29Allison187US #30
#30Angelina185US #86
#31Natalie180US #16
#32Alexandra179US #69
#33Riley179US #38
#34Maya178US #61
#35Hailey167US #25
#36Addison163US #12
#37Sara161US #106
#38Rachel159US #89
#39Katherine150US #60
#40Anna148US #28
#41Hannah146US #23
#42Taylor146US #22
#43Arianna144US #52
#44Brooke144US #54
#45Nicole141US #119
#46Ariana140US #82
#47Genesis140US #83
#48Avery137US #32
#49Juliana131US #152
#50Kaylee131US #26
#51Jessica129US #78
#52Kaitlyn127US #67
#53Michelle126US #104
#54Madeline125US #64
#55Amelia122US #55
#56Makayla121US #44
#57Sydney119US #48
#58Peyton118US #42
#59Morgan116US #57
#60Lauren115US #46
#61Adriana114US #125
#62Amanda114US #165
#63Charlotte113US #68
#64Esther113
#65Julianna113US #191
#66Maria113US #70
#67Destiny112US #56
#68Gabrielle111US #96
#69Natalia111US #103
#70Layla110US #45
#71Melanie110US #94
#72Madelyn109US #59
#73Kimberly107US #66
#74Sophie107US #65
#75Stephanie106US #112
#76Molly105US #92
#77Savannah103US #39
#78Vanessa103US #91
#79Camila102US #80
#80Caroline101US #87
#81Jasmine99US #51
#82Rebecca99US #132
#83Amy94US #130
#84Zoe94US #47
#85Kylie93US #62
#86Megan93US #105
#87Nevaeh93US #34
#88Jayla91US #128
#89Mikayla91US #179
#90Faith90US #79
#91Gabriela90US #139
#92Miriam90
#93Brielle89
#94Valentina88
#95Lillian87US #27
#96Adrianna85US #171
#97Aubrey85US #41
#98Eva85US #99
#99Claire84US #53
#100Jocelyn84US #71

Boys

#1Michael804US #3
#2Matthew715US #13
#3Anthony669US #11
#4Jayden653US #8
#5Ryan647US #20
#6Daniel611US #7
#7Joseph609US #15
#8Christopher606US #10
#9Alexander551US #4
#10Nicholas525US #32
#11Jacob519US #1
#12Joshua514US #6
#13Justin447US #46
#14Ethan446US #2
#15Christian426US #23
#16David426US #14
#17William412US #5
#18Dylan411US #30
#19Andrew410US #16
#20John410US #26
#21Tyler398US #28
#22Aiden390US #12
#23Brandon378US #38
#24James367US #18
#25Kevin359US #44
#26Jack354US #42
#27Gabriel348US #22
#28Noah346US #9
#29Jonathan342US #29
#30Thomas324US #57
#31Logan316US #17
#32Lucas315US #39
#33Benjamin299US #19
#34Evan280US #35
#35Gavin274US #33
#36Chase270US #61
#37Luke268US #47
#38Robert268US #55
#39Samuel267US #24
#40Liam244US #49
#41Aidan237US #72
#42Jason236US #66
#43Nathan236US #25
#44Elijah235US #21
#45Zachary235US #53
#46Angel229US #37
#47Connor225US #52
#48Sean216US #97
#49Jake213US #125
#50Julian210US #62
#51Sebastian210US #70
#52Xavier203US #68
#53Brian200US #94
#54Jackson196US #27
#55Jordan195US #45
#56Charles189US #64
#57Nathaniel187US #75
#58Mason185US #34
#59Aaron184US #54
#60Cole183US #82
#61Kyle182US #99
#62Jeremiah176US #65
#63Isaiah175US #41
#64Adam173US #74
#65Adrian172US #59
#66Bryan170US #92
#67Alex167US #83
#68Colin153US #113
#69Vincent152US #119
#70Jose148US #43
#71Luis144US #69
#72Steven144US #106
#73Owen143US #51
#74Patrick140US #129
#75Eric134US #95
#76Giovanni134US #133
#77Jaden131US #101
#78Brayden130US #48
#79Dominic130US #81
#80Henry128US #71
#81Max128US #104
#82Joel126US #116
#83Caleb125US #31
#84Isaac125US #40
#85Jeremy125US #140
#86Ian121US #73
#87Cameron120US #58
#88Antonio115US #105
#89Richard110US #114
#90Shane109US #178
#91Cristian108US #162
#92Edward108US #137
#93Hunter107US #56
#94Tristan107US #80
#95Ayden106US #87
#96Josiah105US #86
#97Austin103US #63
#98Derek100US #168
#99Victor100US #117
#100Nicolas99US #157

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑32Avery#48
↑29Genesis#47
↑27Jackson#54
↑24Morgan#59
↑22Destiny#67
↑20Riley#33
↑18Addison#36
↑15Jasmine#81

Falling

↓19Jessica#51
↓19Layla#70
↓19Melanie#71
↓19Gabriela#91
↓18Gabrielle#68
↓17Hannah#41
↓17Kylie#85
↓16Lauren#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.