State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2015 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,750 New Jersey births in 2015 across 2,420 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.

#40Estheroutside the national top 200
#66Miriamoutside the national top 200
#72Mosheoutside the national top 200
#73Adriana#185 nationally
#90Chanaoutside the national top 200
#90Jakeoutside the national top 200
#91Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#53Sara#161 nationally
#94Chaimoutside the national top 200
#85Julianna#190 nationally
#64Rachel#167 nationally
#67Angelina#163 nationally

Girls

#1Emma532US #1
#2Isabella519US #5
#3Sophia518US #3
#4Olivia504US #2
#5Mia490US #6
#6Ava466US #4
#7Emily401US #8
#8Abigail367US #7
#9Madison361US #11
#10Charlotte314US #9
#11Sofia314US #14
#12Amelia244US #12
#13Leah244US #36
#14Victoria240US #20
#15Avery229US #16
#16Gianna214US #96
#17Scarlett212US #22
#18Gabriella210US #54
#19Elizabeth206US #13
#20Grace203US #19
#21Samantha203US #40
#22Alexa200US #32
#23Zoe195US #33
#24Maya192US #68
#25Chloe191US #17
#26Ella188US #18
#27Sarah186US #57
#28Lily185US #25
#29Layla184US #30
#30Riley175US #35
#31Aubrey173US #21
#32Valentina172US #114
#33Ariana169US #46
#34Savannah169US #38
#35Julia166US #89
#36Harper165US #10
#37Skylar159US #42
#38Brianna156US #82
#39Ashley152US #86
#40Esther151
#41Evelyn150US #15
#42Hannah149US #28
#43Penelope146US #34
#44Anna143US #44
#45Mackenzie143US #73
#46Camila141US #43
#47Alexandra137US #100
#48Kayla137US #116
#49Natalie137US #27
#50Arianna131US #56
#51Aria130US #29
#52Hailey130US #64
#53Sara130US #161
#54Eva127US #76
#55Allison123US #39
#56Kylie121US #66
#57Zoey121US #23
#58Stella120US #51
#59Mila118US #53
#60Kaylee117US #61
#61Addison115US #24
#62Madelyn115US #59
#63Melanie113US #81
#64Rachel113US #167
#65Violet113US #50
#66Miriam112
#67Angelina109US #163
#68Genesis109US #65
#69Brielle107US #128
#70Madeline107US #91
#71Liliana106US #127
#72Juliana104US #168
#73Adriana103US #185
#74Alyssa103US #93
#75Audrey98US #37
#76Autumn97US #69
#77Eliana96US #102
#78Ellie95US #48
#79Naomi95US #75
#80Natalia95US #118
#81Peyton92US #72
#82Sadie92US #52
#83Aaliyah91US #47
#84Claire91US #49
#85Julianna91US #190
#86Lillian90US #26
#87Bella89US #74
#88Nora89US #41
#89Brooklyn88US #31
#90Chana88
#91Rivka88
#92Kimberly87US #108
#93Taylor87US #77
#94Amy86US #158
#95Emilia85US #145
#96Morgan85US #121
#97Maria83US #109
#98Katherine82US #84
#99Elena80US #106
#100Alice79US #87

Boys

#1Liam572US #2
#2Michael541US #9
#3Jacob534US #4
#4Noah509US #1
#5Mason502US #3
#6Joseph482US #21
#7Matthew482US #15
#8Dylan471US #27
#9Anthony462US #25
#10Daniel455US #12
#11Ethan447US #6
#12Ryan435US #39
#13Alexander433US #8
#14Benjamin417US #10
#15Lucas403US #16
#16James402US #7
#17Logan382US #14
#18Aiden367US #13
#19David346US #18
#20Christopher332US #32
#21Jayden330US #20
#22Nicholas329US #62
#23Sebastian326US #35
#24John306US #26
#25Joshua305US #33
#26William301US #5
#27Andrew300US #30
#28Gabriel276US #22
#29Nathan273US #38
#30Jackson272US #17
#31Luke271US #28
#32Samuel260US #23
#33Christian248US #43
#34Jack245US #40
#35Carter230US #24
#36Oliver220US #19
#37Elijah219US #11
#38Thomas219US #51
#39Julian217US #45
#40Adam213US #73
#41Jonathan207US #48
#42Cameron206US #56
#43Tyler205US #81
#44Caleb197US #37
#45Chase196US #74
#46Dominic190US #68
#47Aaron189US #52
#48Evan189US #67
#49Owen187US #36
#50Connor186US #55
#51Brandon182US #83
#52Henry182US #29
#53Isaac180US #31
#54Adrian178US #58
#55Jordan177US #59
#56Kevin171US #79
#57Jeremiah166US #54
#58Angel164US #64
#59Justin164US #110
#60Charles162US #50
#61Zachary162US #88
#62Austin160US #69
#63Gavin154US #70
#64Jaxon153US #44
#65Hunter152US #41
#66Landon146US #46
#67Robert145US #63
#68Brayden144US #61
#69Jason140US #86
#70Luca139US #157
#71Josiah137US #57
#72Moshe135
#73Ayden133US #87
#74Ian133US #76
#75Vincent133US #109
#76Xavier125US #90
#77Isaiah123US #49
#78Leo123US #91
#79Declan121US #112
#80Giovanni120US #130
#81Nathaniel120US #97
#82Cole118US #115
#83Colton118US #60
#84Mateo116US #85
#85Colin115US #172
#86Jaxson113US #84
#87Grayson111US #47
#88Jeremy111US #175
#89Bryce110US #131
#90Jake109
#91Kayden106US #95
#92Luis106US #108
#93Max105US #117
#94Chaim103
#95Kyle103US #174
#96Maxwell101US #113
#97Patrick100US #165
#98Alex98US #134
#99Wyatt98US #34
#100Eli97US #53

On the move since 2014

Rising

↑38Eva#54
↑37Oliver#36
↑31Mila#59
↑27Scarlett#17
↑25Liliana#71
↑24Riley#30
↑22Eliana#77
↑21Stella#58

Falling

↓25Arianna#50
↓22Robert#67
↓20Katherine#98
↓17Brielle#69
↓17Lillian#86
↓16Esther#40
↓15Zachary#61
↓14Kevin#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2014 rankings.