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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2014 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,042 New Jersey births in 2014 across 2,452 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.

#24Esther#199 nationally
#70Miriamoutside the national top 200
#72Chayaoutside the national top 200
#45Sara#166 nationally
#84Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#84Mosheoutside the national top 200
#71Luca#185 nationally
#78Jake#190 nationally
#89Chanaoutside the national top 200
#51Rachel#155 nationally
#77Adriana#177 nationally
#57Angelina#152 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia542US #3
#2Emma531US #1
#3Olivia531US #2
#4Isabella529US #4
#5Mia488US #6
#6Ava471US #5
#7Emily429US #7
#8Sofia343US #12
#9Abigail328US #8
#10Madison309US #9
#11Charlotte300US #10
#12Victoria280US #19
#13Grace250US #20
#14Ella245US #17
#15Leah238US #35
#16Sarah227US #50
#17Avery219US #14
#18Samantha216US #33
#19Amelia214US #15
#20Gabriella213US #42
#21Ariana210US #37
#22Chloe198US #18
#23Gianna197US #95
#24Esther194US #199
#25Arianna190US #40
#26Elizabeth185US #13
#27Ashley181US #87
#28Julia179US #86
#29Lily171US #27
#30Aubrey170US #21
#31Valentina167US #112
#32Brianna161US #85
#33Savannah160US #38
#34Zoe156US #32
#35Alexa155US #64
#36Hannah155US #28
#37Maya154US #74
#38Evelyn153US #16
#39Layla153US #29
#40Mackenzie152US #69
#41Kayla151US #101
#42Alexandra149US #92
#43Natalie145US #23
#44Scarlett145US #30
#45Sara144US #166
#46Harper143US #11
#47Skylar141US #48
#48Camila140US #41
#49Hailey140US #51
#50Allison139US #39
#51Rachel133US #155
#52Brielle132US #118
#53Zoey129US #22
#54Riley128US #47
#55Addison126US #24
#56Aria126US #31
#57Angelina123US #152
#58Penelope123US #43
#59Kylie121US #73
#60Kaylee119US #52
#61Madelyn117US #60
#62Audrey116US #36
#63Genesis112US #68
#64Anna111US #34
#65Juliana110US #159
#66Madeline109US #89
#67Alyssa108US #76
#68Peyton105US #56
#69Lillian102US #25
#70Miriam102
#71Violet102US #67
#72Chaya101
#73Melanie101US #81
#74Claire99US #44
#75Nicole98US #128
#76Sadie98US #46
#77Adriana97US #177
#78Katherine97US #82
#79Stella97US #66
#80Autumn95US #71
#81Makayla92US #123
#82Nora92US #49
#83Naomi90US #80
#84Rivka90
#85Brooke89US #139
#86Annabelle88US #57
#87Faith88US #79
#88Amy87US #148
#89Chana87
#90Mila87US #72
#91Alexis86US #65
#92Eva86US #83
#93Maria84US #114
#94Bella83US #70
#95Julianna81US #185
#96Liliana81US #119
#97Taylor81US #77
#98Aaliyah80US #45
#99Eliana80US #117
#100Lucy80US #61

Boys

#1Michael584US #7
#2Matthew573US #16
#3Joseph536US #20
#4Liam521US #2
#5Daniel499US #10
#6Alexander492US #8
#7Noah492US #1
#8Jacob481US #4
#9Ethan472US #6
#10Anthony471US #21
#11Mason468US #3
#12Ryan439US #37
#13Lucas435US #19
#14Dylan430US #29
#15Logan422US #13
#16Jayden414US #15
#17James395US #9
#18Benjamin376US #12
#19Nicholas371US #57
#20Christopher354US #30
#21David348US #17
#22William347US #5
#23John346US #26
#24Aiden342US #14
#25Andrew334US #22
#26Joshua307US #25
#27Jack291US #41
#28Sebastian288US #34
#29Christian278US #42
#30Luke275US #28
#31Gabriel271US #24
#32Jackson253US #18
#33Nathan239US #38
#34Jonathan232US #44
#35Thomas229US #54
#36Samuel226US #23
#37Carter222US #27
#38Chase222US #78
#39Brandon219US #71
#40Elijah211US #11
#41Adam207US #79
#42Kevin205US #70
#43Julian204US #47
#44Dominic201US #69
#45Robert201US #60
#46Zachary197US #82
#47Owen191US #36
#48Tyler190US #72
#49Aaron189US #50
#50Isaac189US #31
#51Jeremiah189US #56
#52Justin186US #96
#53Adrian184US #59
#54Evan180US #58
#55Cameron174US #53
#56Gavin174US #61
#57Jason174US #75
#58Connor172US #52
#59Brayden169US #62
#60Caleb169US #35
#61Henry162US #33
#62Jordan161US #55
#63Angel160US #67
#64Josiah158US #64
#65Austin155US #66
#66Charles154US #51
#67Ian150US #77
#68Hunter149US #40
#69Landon145US #43
#70Vincent144US #104
#71Luca138US #185
#72Xavier135US #88
#73Oliver133US #32
#74Isaiah132US #48
#75Jeremy127US #169
#76Jaxon126US #46
#77Ayden124US #74
#78Jake123US #190
#79Nathaniel122US #94
#80Giovanni121US #125
#81Kayden116US #90
#82Declan114US #123
#83Cole111US #116
#84Moshe111
#85Jace109US #68
#86Eli106US #49
#87Brody103US #93
#88Colin103US #142
#89Patrick102US #152
#90Kyle101US #179
#91Eric100US #122
#92Leo100US #97
#93Colton99US #65
#94Steven99US #144
#95Max98US #112
#96Brian96US #168
#97Joel96US #154
#98Bryan95US #149
#99Wyatt94US #39
#100Aidan93US #187

On the move since 2013

Rising

↑36Audrey#62
↑28Madeline#66
↑26Kylie#59
↑25Savannah#33
↑25Oliver#73
↑23Evelyn#38
↑22Rachel#51
↑21Ariana#21

Falling

↓33Julianna#95
↓27Brian#96
↓26Adriana#77
↓25Riley#54
↓25Nicole#75
↓23Eva#92
↓22Makayla#81
↓22Justin#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2013 rankings.