State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2016 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 78,093 New Jersey births in 2016 across 2,428 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.

#49Miriamoutside the national top 200
#34Esther#182 nationally
#73Chanaoutside the national top 200
#73Mosheoutside the national top 200
#74Chayaoutside the national top 200
#52Rachel#171 nationally
#82Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#83Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#87Jakeoutside the national top 200
#86Juliette#199 nationally
#45Sara#152 nationally
#96Siennaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mia532US #6
#2Olivia532US #2
#3Emma507US #1
#4Sophia471US #4
#5Isabella470US #5
#6Ava463US #3
#7Charlotte390US #7
#8Emily347US #9
#9Abigail312US #8
#10Madison307US #15
#11Sofia295US #14
#12Leah264US #37
#13Amelia250US #10
#14Grace229US #19
#15Riley226US #22
#16Victoria223US #21
#17Samantha219US #44
#18Sarah210US #57
#19Scarlett210US #18
#20Avery206US #16
#21Gabriella198US #61
#22Savannah197US #38
#23Harper194US #11
#24Chloe193US #20
#25Elizabeth192US #13
#26Camila188US #32
#27Lily187US #24
#28Gianna180US #92
#29Zoe178US #35
#30Ella177US #17
#31Valentina176US #106
#32Aria175US #23
#33Layla173US #30
#34Esther171US #182
#35Ariana168US #54
#36Hannah167US #33
#37Penelope163US #27
#38Alexa160US #51
#39Natalie159US #31
#40Julia154US #88
#41Skylar154US #42
#42Hailey152US #68
#43Maya150US #64
#44Evelyn146US #12
#45Sara143US #152
#46Mackenzie142US #85
#47Aubrey141US #25
#48Ashley139US #101
#49Miriam137
#50Arianna135US #69
#51Stella131US #45
#52Rachel128US #171
#53Zoey128US #26
#54Genesis127US #58
#55Addison126US #29
#56Emilia126US #103
#57Alexandra123US #110
#58Brianna122US #97
#59Kayla120US #129
#60Violet119US #47
#61Madelyn117US #62
#62Brielle116US #121
#63Mila116US #48
#64Allison112US #50
#65Kylie112US #83
#66Nora110US #36
#67Claire109US #40
#68Eliana108US #93
#69Audrey104US #39
#70Aaliyah103US #53
#71Juliana102US #163
#72Anna101US #49
#73Chana100
#74Chaya99
#75Bella98US #78
#76Quinn97US #79
#77Angelina96US #175
#78Eva95US #74
#79Kaylee94US #72
#80Liliana92US #123
#81Melanie92US #82
#82Rivka90
#83Adriana88
#84Lillian88US #28
#85Autumn87US #65
#86Juliette84US #199
#87Lucy84US #55
#88Elena83US #94
#89Alice82US #76
#90Makayla82US #165
#91Sadie82US #60
#92Naomi81US #75
#93Luna80US #77
#94Taylor80US #89
#95Nicole79US #162
#96Sienna79
#97Sophie79US #109
#98Adeline78US #63
#99Brooke78US #173
#100Caroline78US #56

Boys

#1Liam574US #2
#2Noah551US #1
#3Matthew544US #15
#4Michael510US #8
#5Jacob494US #7
#6Joseph472US #20
#7Lucas436US #14
#8Mason432US #4
#9Dylan431US #32
#10Alexander427US #11
#11Anthony416US #30
#12Benjamin406US #6
#13Daniel406US #13
#14Ethan404US #10
#15Ryan401US #40
#16James389US #5
#17Logan377US #18
#18David347US #19
#19Christopher326US #36
#20Jayden325US #27
#21Sebastian319US #23
#22Aiden315US #16
#23Nicholas313US #63
#24John306US #28
#25William305US #3
#26Joshua297US #35
#27Gabriel271US #25
#28Luke258US #29
#29Jack257US #38
#30Christian252US #46
#31Jackson252US #17
#32Andrew247US #34
#33Thomas241US #48
#34Nathan239US #43
#35Samuel229US #21
#36Julian227US #39
#37Jonathan225US #56
#38Cameron216US #57
#39Isaac215US #31
#40Aaron208US #49
#41Henry203US #22
#42Connor201US #54
#43Oliver201US #12
#44Elijah199US #9
#45Owen194US #24
#46Carter188US #26
#47Chase188US #86
#48Adam185US #75
#49Caleb182US #44
#50Tyler181US #91
#51Jason179US #84
#52Angel177US #70
#53Zachary177US #89
#54Robert174US #62
#55Evan172US #69
#56Gavin172US #80
#57Justin168US #112
#58Adrian166US #60
#59Brayden166US #64
#60Josiah165US #55
#61Hunter163US #45
#62Landon163US #53
#63Jaxon158US #41
#64Dominic156US #72
#65Luca156US #151
#66Kevin153US #90
#67Jordan150US #65
#68Austin149US #73
#69Leo147US #74
#70Jeremiah145US #58
#71Nathaniel145US #103
#72Charles138US #52
#73Moshe137
#74Grayson136US #37
#75Declan134US #109
#76Max126US #118
#77Brandon122US #99
#78Bryce121US #147
#79Giovanni121US #141
#80Vincent121US #104
#81Isaiah116US #47
#82Jace115US #76
#83Ian113US #78
#84Cole110US #110
#85Colton108US #68
#86Hudson106US #61
#87Jake106
#88Jaxson106US #82
#89Mateo104US #59
#90Patrick104US #170
#91Jose103US #77
#92Kayden103US #101
#93Leonardo101US #96
#94Theodore99US #83
#95Elias97US #93
#96George97US #126
#97Nicolas97US #194
#98Nolan97US #67
#99Steven97US #167
#100Jeremy96US #185

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑39Emilia#56
↑22Nora#66
↑20Camila#26
↑19Aria#32
↑18Jason#51
↑17Miriam#49
↑17Claire#67
↑17Chana#73

Falling

↓28Anna#72
↓26Brandon#77
↓24Eva#78
↓20Brianna#58
↓19Maya#43
↓19Kaylee#79
↓18Melanie#81
↓18Dominic#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.