State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2010 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,021 New Jersey births in 2010 across 2,432 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.

#52Estheroutside the national top 200
#74Brielle#191 nationally
#61Julianna#176 nationally
#83Shane#198 nationally
#90Chayaoutside the national top 200
#94Miriamoutside the national top 200
#99Mosheoutside the national top 200
#48Juliana#146 nationally
#97Peter#193 nationally
#67Valentina#152 nationally
#39Sara#119 nationally
#97Adrianna#172 nationally

Girls

#1Isabella749US #1
#2Sophia637US #2
#3Olivia521US #4
#4Ava480US #5
#5Emily450US #6
#6Emma441US #3
#7Mia388US #10
#8Abigail377US #7
#9Madison361US #8
#10Samantha320US #15
#11Gianna319US #67
#12Gabriella289US #33
#13Ashley284US #29
#14Chloe266US #9
#15Leah251US #24
#16Sofia245US #28
#17Sarah241US #26
#18Victoria238US #32
#19Kayla236US #49
#20Julia233US #55
#21Brianna219US #30
#22Grace217US #18
#23Ella215US #13
#24Lily208US #17
#25Elizabeth204US #12
#26Natalie198US #14
#27Angelina190US #93
#28Hailey189US #19
#29Alexandra188US #64
#30Alexa187US #50
#31Arianna185US #54
#32Maya184US #66
#33Riley175US #40
#34Charlotte172US #46
#35Alyssa167US #21
#36Alexis165US #16
#37Hannah162US #20
#38Addison161US #11
#39Sara161US #119
#40Allison160US #38
#41Avery152US #23
#42Rachel150US #99
#43Amelia144US #41
#44Anna144US #27
#45Brooke142US #73
#46Katherine140US #70
#47Makayla136US #43
#48Juliana134US #146
#49Layla133US #36
#50Kaylee131US #35
#51Zoe124US #31
#52Esther122
#53Taylor122US #37
#54Mackenzie119US #68
#55Sydney115US #60
#56Ariana114US #84
#57Madeline113US #77
#58Jessica112US #92
#59Bella108US #48
#60Kylie108US #57
#61Julianna107US #176
#62Nicole107US #123
#63Adriana106US #129
#64Camila106US #61
#65Melanie106US #82
#66Nevaeh106US #25
#67Valentina106US #152
#68Natalia103US #98
#69Gabrielle102US #94
#70Sophie102US #59
#71Kaitlyn100US #90
#72Kimberly99US #69
#73Lauren98US #58
#74Brielle97US #191
#75Caroline97US #88
#76Genesis96US #89
#77Maria96US #86
#78Claire95US #53
#79Savannah95US #44
#80Lillian94US #22
#81Stephanie93US #126
#82Khloe92US #42
#83Morgan92US #63
#84Peyton92US #51
#85Aubrey91US #45
#86Molly91US #87
#87Madelyn90US #76
#88Evelyn89US #39
#89Rebecca89US #134
#90Chaya88
#91Michelle88US #125
#92Eva87US #91
#93Jasmine87US #62
#94Miriam85
#95Paige85US #100
#96Destiny84US #71
#97Adrianna83US #172
#98Amy81US #136
#99Jennifer80US #121
#100Jocelyn80US #65

Boys

#1Michael707US #3
#2Ryan625US #23
#3Jayden613US #4
#4Anthony608US #10
#5Joseph600US #20
#6Daniel594US #8
#7Matthew586US #16
#8Jacob553US #1
#9Christopher529US #13
#10Nicholas508US #37
#11Alexander503US #6
#12Joshua484US #11
#13David457US #15
#14Ethan440US #2
#15Andrew428US #14
#16John391US #26
#17William385US #5
#18Justin383US #50
#19Dylan379US #31
#20Aiden375US #9
#21Tyler366US #34
#22James358US #19
#23Gabriel356US #21
#24Lucas348US #35
#25Noah335US #7
#26Logan332US #17
#27Benjamin323US #22
#28Christian322US #29
#29Mason321US #12
#30Jack318US #45
#31Liam317US #30
#32Jonathan298US #28
#33Brandon290US #44
#34Luke273US #41
#35Thomas269US #62
#36Nathan265US #27
#37Robert252US #54
#38Chase251US #66
#39Kevin239US #59
#40Gavin235US #38
#41Evan231US #36
#42Samuel231US #24
#43Angel230US #42
#44Elijah229US #18
#45Julian229US #53
#46Aaron214US #55
#47Jason214US #69
#48Sebastian214US #68
#49Jake210US #115
#50Zachary203US #61
#51Jordan201US #46
#52Connor197US #49
#53Jeremiah196US #51
#54Jackson194US #25
#55Sean191US #102
#56Owen178US #47
#57Adrian173US #56
#58Aidan173US #94
#59Charles170US #63
#60Nathaniel170US #81
#61Isaiah156US #43
#62Xavier156US #71
#63Henry155US #67
#64Adam154US #80
#65Dominic154US #74
#66Colin153US #111
#67Alex152US #93
#68Brayden152US #40
#69Jeremy150US #142
#70Caleb149US #32
#71Jose147US #52
#72Cole143US #90
#73Brian136US #101
#74Max136US #98
#75Vincent135US #110
#76Josiah134US #77
#77Isaac133US #39
#78Jaden131US #91
#79Kyle129US #107
#80Giovanni128US #117
#81Steven126US #116
#82Patrick123US #129
#83Shane122US #198
#84Carter121US #48
#85Ian120US #72
#86Luis120US #79
#87Ayden115US #78
#88Cameron115US #60
#89Carlos115US #89
#90Bryan112US #97
#91Landon112US #33
#92Eric108US #95
#93Nicolas107US #163
#94Richard107US #125
#95Edward105US #136
#96Austin100US #64
#97Peter99US #193
#98Juan97US #76
#99Moshe96
#100Antonio93US #109

On the move since 2009

Rising

↑33Zoe#51
↑29Charlotte#34
↑29Mason#29
↑27Valentina#67
↑25Kylie#60
↑21Layla#49
↑21Nevaeh#66
↑21Claire#78

Falling

↓38Michelle#91
↓29Genesis#76
↓29Destiny#96
↓26Peyton#84
↓24Morgan#83
↓24Bryan#90
↓20Brian#73
↓19Kaitlyn#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2009 rankings.