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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2012 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,982 New Jersey births in 2012 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.

#51Estheroutside the national top 200
#69Miriamoutside the national top 200
#41Valentina#167 nationally
#80Batshevaoutside the national top 200
#72Julianna#188 nationally
#88Giulianaoutside the national top 200
#93Mosheoutside the national top 200
#94Chayaoutside the national top 200
#95Chaimoutside the national top 200
#37Sara#142 nationally
#42Juliana#147 nationally
#52Jake#153 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia643US #1
#2Isabella582US #3
#3Emma527US #2
#4Olivia526US #4
#5Ava472US #5
#6Mia452US #8
#7Emily435US #6
#8Madison386US #9
#9Abigail343US #7
#10Gianna273US #73
#11Samantha259US #26
#12Sofia256US #18
#13Gabriella253US #37
#14Victoria246US #28
#15Ella244US #12
#16Sarah241US #42
#17Ashley232US #50
#18Chloe226US #11
#19Leah223US #33
#20Charlotte219US #19
#21Grace218US #21
#22Brianna206US #51
#23Lily203US #16
#24Elizabeth195US #10
#25Zoe193US #30
#26Julia188US #65
#27Avery183US #13
#28Hailey181US #32
#29Alexa174US #57
#30Maya169US #63
#31Amelia167US #23
#32Natalie167US #17
#33Arianna160US #49
#34Alexandra156US #76
#35Riley153US #47
#36Hannah150US #22
#37Sara148US #142
#38Kayla146US #69
#39Alyssa142US #44
#40Angelina135US #133
#41Valentina135US #167
#42Juliana133US #147
#43Layla133US #31
#44Allison131US #38
#45Makayla131US #70
#46Ariana127US #74
#47Addison124US #14
#48Aubrey124US #15
#49Brielle122US #111
#50Scarlett122US #61
#51Esther121
#52Camila120US #48
#53Savannah120US #43
#54Harper119US #24
#55Mackenzie119US #71
#56Adriana117US #148
#57Kaylee116US #35
#58Nicole116US #114
#59Taylor116US #46
#60Genesis115US #56
#61Katherine115US #64
#62Rachel114US #130
#63Anna113US #34
#64Kylie113US #59
#65Zoey113US #20
#66Brooke112US #102
#67Aaliyah110US #36
#68Melanie110US #77
#69Miriam106
#70Bella103US #54
#71Kaitlyn103US #118
#72Julianna102US #188
#73Skylar98US #87
#74Audrey97US #41
#75Madelyn97US #67
#76Sophie96US #52
#77Maria94US #101
#78Kimberly92US #88
#79Lillian91US #25
#80Batsheva90
#81Evelyn90US #27
#82Stella90US #62
#83Alexis88US #40
#84Autumn87US #68
#85Jasmine87US #83
#86Paige87US #106
#87Eva85US #86
#88Giuliana84
#89Peyton84US #53
#90Claire83US #45
#91Jordyn83US #122
#92Madeline83US #96
#93Naomi83US #79
#94Chaya82
#95Molly81US #90
#96Morgan80US #82
#97Natalia79US #119
#98Sydney79US #78
#99Vanessa78US #123
#100Stephanie76US #168

Boys

#1Michael649US #7
#2Anthony585US #15
#3Joseph564US #19
#4Jayden555US #8
#5Matthew547US #12
#6Ryan533US #26
#7Jacob518US #1
#8Ethan514US #3
#9Daniel486US #11
#10Mason486US #2
#11Alexander463US #9
#12Nicholas419US #49
#13Dylan409US #31
#14Liam406US #6
#15Christopher404US #23
#16Aiden385US #10
#17Benjamin382US #16
#18David380US #20
#19Noah372US #4
#20Joshua369US #17
#21John368US #28
#22James360US #14
#23Lucas357US #27
#24Logan350US #22
#25Andrew347US #18
#26Christian314US #33
#27Gabriel308US #24
#28Justin306US #74
#29William305US #5
#30Nathan278US #29
#31Jonathan264US #34
#32Brandon259US #56
#33Tyler253US #50
#34Jackson242US #21
#35Elijah241US #13
#36Luke236US #37
#37Gavin234US #40
#38Jack234US #46
#39Kevin229US #69
#40Julian228US #53
#41Samuel227US #25
#42Thomas225US #63
#43Evan222US #47
#44Aaron217US #51
#45Robert214US #60
#46Chase212US #77
#47Jason208US #76
#48Jordan205US #48
#49Jeremiah200US #52
#50Adam189US #82
#51Dominic188US #70
#52Jake182US #153
#53Sebastian182US #64
#54Zachary180US #67
#55Connor176US #59
#56Angel174US #57
#57Owen172US #38
#58Caleb171US #32
#59Brayden167US #39
#60Isaac166US #30
#61Charles162US #62
#62Adrian159US #61
#63Henry158US #44
#64Xavier152US #80
#65Isaiah149US #42
#66Cameron145US #54
#67Ian145US #78
#68Nathaniel143US #84
#69Austin141US #58
#70Ayden140US #68
#71Jeremy137US #138
#72Vincent137US #104
#73Carter135US #36
#74Landon127US #35
#75Steven127US #112
#76Patrick126US #140
#77Sean126US #145
#78Cole121US #102
#79Colin120US #124
#80Alex119US #98
#81Bryan118US #121
#82Luis117US #90
#83Declan115US #143
#84Hunter115US #45
#85Josiah115US #79
#86Max114US #105
#87Aidan112US #116
#88Kyle112US #127
#89Joel111US #144
#90Tristan111US #88
#91Jose110US #72
#92Eli109US #43
#93Moshe109
#94Derek108US #182
#95Chaim106
#96Blake100US #71
#97Giovanni100US #120
#98Antonio95US #119
#99Brian95US #141
#100Luca95

On the move since 2011

Rising

↑41Scarlett#50
↑30Miriam#69
↑23Juliana#42
↑22Genesis#60
↑21Valentina#41
↑21Maria#77
↑19Cameron#66
↑15Dominic#51

Falling

↓43Sydney#98
↓31Alexis#83
↓28Madeline#92
↓28Brian#99
↓27Eva#87
↓26Jose#91
↓25Molly#95
↓25Morgan#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2011 rankings.