State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2017 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,811 New Jersey births in 2017 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.

#52Miriamoutside the national top 200
#67Chayaoutside the national top 200
#68Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#34Esther#165 nationally
#71Mosheoutside the national top 200
#75Adrianaoutside the national top 200
#77Chanaoutside the national top 200
#74Julianna#196 nationally
#70Rachel#191 nationally
#38Sara#158 nationally
#84Angelina#199 nationally
#89Siennaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emma583US #1
#2Olivia562US #2
#3Isabella537US #4
#4Mia459US #6
#5Sophia444US #5
#6Ava438US #3
#7Charlotte354US #7
#8Amelia323US #8
#9Emily308US #12
#10Abigail303US #10
#11Madison278US #17
#12Sofia277US #15
#13Victoria238US #19
#14Leah234US #40
#15Ella226US #16
#16Gianna215US #91
#17Scarlett212US #18
#18Camila211US #23
#19Avery210US #14
#20Grace205US #21
#21Riley199US #25
#22Sarah199US #62
#23Valentina199US #96
#24Aria184US #20
#25Layla182US #26
#26Penelope180US #24
#27Savannah177US #38
#28Harper174US #11
#29Mila174US #30
#30Evelyn173US #9
#31Chloe172US #22
#32Elizabeth168US #13
#33Samantha168US #54
#34Esther165US #165
#35Lily163US #33
#36Zoe163US #41
#37Gabriella162US #65
#38Sara160US #158
#39Hannah156US #32
#40Stella151US #42
#41Maya147US #60
#42Skylar147US #48
#43Emilia145US #77
#44Aubrey143US #31
#45Natalie139US #35
#46Hailey138US #72
#47Julia137US #93
#48Brielle136US #101
#49Mackenzie131US #100
#50Kayla130US #138
#51Luna129US #37
#52Miriam127
#53Nora127US #29
#54Ashley126US #122
#55Bella122US #50
#56Arianna121US #87
#57Ariana119US #67
#58Madelyn119US #63
#59Eliana115US #88
#60Alexa114US #66
#61Zoey114US #28
#62Eva113US #73
#63Genesis110US #56
#64Liliana107US #109
#65Alexandra106US #120
#66Brianna106US #123
#67Chaya104
#68Rivka102
#69Quinn101US #76
#70Rachel101US #191
#71Addison100US #34
#72Anna100US #53
#73Violet99US #47
#74Julianna96US #196
#75Adriana94
#76Aurora90US #51
#77Chana89
#78Eleanor89US #36
#79Elena89US #68
#80Allison88US #61
#81Audrey88US #46
#82Ellie88US #44
#83Juliana88US #147
#84Angelina86US #199
#85Madeline85US #99
#86Claire84US #49
#87Melanie84US #90
#88Sadie84US #71
#89Sienna84
#90Sophie84US #106
#91Aaliyah83US #57
#92Kaylee83US #84
#93Lillian82US #27
#94Alice81US #70
#95Autumn81US #75
#96Lucy79US #52
#97Naomi79US #69
#98Isabelle78US #92
#99Alyssa76US #133
#100Peyton76US #89

Boys

#1Liam584US #1
#2Noah546US #2
#3Matthew523US #16
#4Michael500US #12
#5Jacob476US #9
#6Lucas470US #11
#7Logan455US #5
#8Joseph442US #18
#9Ethan433US #14
#10Dylan430US #29
#11Benjamin394US #6
#12Ryan392US #44
#13Daniel391US #15
#14James391US #4
#15Mason387US #7
#16Alexander386US #13
#17Anthony366US #33
#18Aiden345US #17
#19David339US #22
#20Jayden308US #26
#21William297US #3
#22Christopher292US #39
#23Sebastian287US #23
#24John285US #27
#25Joshua282US #38
#26Gabriel261US #31
#27Aaron259US #47
#28Nicholas258US #68
#29Jack257US #36
#30Andrew256US #40
#31Julian249US #37
#32Christian239US #52
#33Jackson233US #20
#34Samuel233US #21
#35Nathan228US #45
#36Oliver224US #10
#37Connor216US #56
#38Luke216US #30
#39Cameron213US #60
#40Carter213US #24
#41Elijah207US #8
#42Thomas203US #49
#43Caleb194US #50
#44Owen194US #28
#45Adam189US #77
#46Isaac189US #32
#47Zachary180US #103
#48Robert177US #65
#49Austin175US #75
#50Henry173US #19
#51Hunter168US #53
#52Jonathan168US #55
#53Mateo164US #42
#54Josiah163US #51
#55Dominic161US #74
#56Leo159US #62
#57Angel158US #71
#58Landon157US #57
#59Jaxon156US #43
#60Charles155US #48
#61Chase155US #94
#62Justin154US #127
#63Brayden152US #72
#64Tyler151US #105
#65Kevin150US #102
#66Adrian148US #58
#67Jordan148US #73
#68Evan144US #85
#69Ian143US #76
#70Luca141US #130
#71Moshe141
#72Vincent141US #108
#73Grayson135US #34
#74Jason134US #92
#75Jeremiah132US #63
#76Gavin131US #96
#77Elias128US #78
#78Brandon127US #114
#79Isaiah126US #46
#80Wyatt125US #25
#81Theodore124US #61
#82Jaxson117US #79
#83Kayden117US #98
#84Cole116US #116
#85Eli115US #54
#86Colton113US #70
#87Nolan113US #67
#88Declan109US #115
#89Nathaniel109US #112
#90Leonardo107US #97
#91Yosef107
#92Jace106US #87
#93Patrick106US #171
#94Bryce103US #166
#95Thiago103
#96Chaim100
#97Lorenzo100US #197
#98Xavier100US #89
#99Hudson98US #64
#100Max96US #128

On the move since 2016

Rising

↑42Luna#51
↑36Mateo#53
↑34Mila#29
↑20Bella#55
↑19Austin#49
↑18Elias#77
↑16Eva#62
↑16Liliana#64

Falling

↓24Max#100
↓23Jason#74
↓22Ariana#57
↓22Alexa#60
↓21Aaliyah#91
↓20Gavin#76
↓19Claire#86
↓18Rachel#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2016 rankings.