State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2018 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,084 New Jersey births in 2018 across 2,424 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.

#45Miriamoutside the national top 200
#49Chayaoutside the national top 200
#57Mosheoutside the national top 200
#62Chanaoutside the national top 200
#60Rachel#198 nationally
#42Sara#170 nationally
#31Esther#151 nationally
#82Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#88Thiago#200 nationally
#88Sienna#186 nationally
#68Kayla#149 nationally
#73Juliana#152 nationally

Girls

#1Emma502US #1
#2Isabella485US #4
#3Olivia485US #2
#4Mia418US #7
#5Ava417US #3
#6Sophia383US #5
#7Charlotte358US #6
#8Emily320US #12
#9Amelia307US #8
#10Leah274US #41
#11Abigail265US #11
#12Sofia251US #17
#13Madison248US #22
#14Victoria239US #21
#15Ella220US #15
#16Mila220US #14
#17Riley217US #28
#18Valentina213US #81
#19Sarah196US #66
#20Camila194US #18
#21Layla193US #27
#22Luna193US #23
#23Aria192US #19
#24Chloe190US #25
#25Gabriella187US #69
#26Avery185US #16
#27Hannah184US #33
#28Zoe184US #40
#29Harper179US #9
#30Gianna178US #80
#31Esther177US #151
#32Grace177US #24
#33Lily174US #31
#34Elizabeth170US #13
#35Savannah169US #45
#36Evelyn167US #10
#37Stella163US #38
#38Scarlett162US #20
#39Penelope158US #26
#40Hailey154US #79
#41Maya154US #62
#42Sara147US #170
#43Emilia143US #58
#44Skylar139US #49
#45Miriam138
#46Samantha137US #61
#47Aubrey133US #37
#48Mackenzie132US #106
#49Chaya131
#50Genesis129US #57
#51Ariana128US #68
#52Brielle125US #99
#53Bella121US #48
#54Julia121US #93
#55Zoey120US #29
#56Brianna119US #132
#57Natalie112US #39
#58Madelyn111US #72
#59Nora110US #30
#60Rachel110US #198
#61Arianna109US #95
#62Chana107
#63Aurora106US #44
#64Lillian106US #34
#65Eliana104US #84
#66Addison103US #35
#67Audrey103US #46
#68Kayla103US #149
#69Alexandra102US #125
#70Liliana102US #109
#71Naomi102US #64
#72Anna101US #54
#73Juliana101US #152
#74Arya100US #119
#75Alexa99US #90
#76Claire97US #50
#77Eva96US #76
#78Ashley95US #130
#79Eleanor95US #32
#80Ellie94US #36
#81Kaylee92US #97
#82Rivka91
#83Violet90US #43
#84Alice88US #71
#85Allison88US #70
#86Autumn86US #77
#87Madeline85US #100
#88Sienna84US #186
#89Quinn80US #85
#90Isla79US #82
#91Lucy78US #51
#92Aaliyah77US #65
#93Cora77US #73
#94Peyton77US #102
#95Elena76US #67
#96Kennedy75US #59
#97Caroline74US #56
#98Josephine74US #91
#99Nova74US #55
#100Sadie74US #87

Boys

#1Liam663US #1
#2Noah527US #2
#3Jacob469US #13
#4Michael453US #14
#5Matthew448US #20
#6Lucas441US #8
#7Joseph435US #23
#8Dylan434US #31
#9Logan433US #10
#10Benjamin409US #6
#11Ryan379US #46
#12Ethan377US #12
#13James374US #4
#14Daniel372US #15
#15Alexander368US #11
#16Anthony332US #38
#17Mason323US #9
#18David316US #22
#19Aiden298US #19
#20Sebastian293US #18
#21William283US #3
#22Jayden282US #29
#23Jack279US #28
#24John278US #26
#25Nicholas269US #74
#26Samuel256US #21
#27Nathan255US #48
#28Gabriel254US #35
#29Julian248US #36
#30Jackson243US #17
#31Christopher238US #42
#32Luke230US #30
#33Carter217US #24
#34Isaac212US #34
#35Adam206US #78
#36Joshua205US #40
#37Elijah201US #7
#38Thomas201US #49
#39Christian200US #54
#40Oliver199US #5
#41Owen198US #25
#42Aaron192US #60
#43Leo192US #50
#44Andrew189US #43
#45Cameron188US #69
#46Connor185US #58
#47Mateo183US #37
#48Adrian176US #62
#49Henry175US #16
#50Luca175US #106
#51Jaxon171US #39
#52Caleb170US #45
#53Jonathan170US #63
#54Angel160US #72
#55Josiah160US #52
#56Charles159US #53
#57Moshe155
#58Robert154US #71
#59Hunter153US #56
#60Ian153US #79
#61Theodore153US #44
#62Brayden149US #84
#63Dominic149US #75
#64Landon148US #61
#65Jordan147US #80
#66Evan146US #85
#67Zachary144US #107
#68Tyler143US #119
#69Cole142US #118
#70Levi139US #33
#71Grayson134US #32
#72Austin133US #81
#73Jeremiah130US #64
#74Elias127US #67
#75Chase126US #113
#76Vincent126US #108
#77Carson124US #70
#78Jason124US #99
#79Nolan121US #65
#80Declan119US #101
#81Jaxson115US #76
#82Nathaniel115US #116
#83Asher114US #47
#84Wyatt114US #27
#85Kevin113US #125
#86Hudson112US #55
#87Gavin111US #111
#88Thiago111US #200
#89Justin110US #141
#90Isaiah109US #51
#91Xavier109US #88
#92Colton108US #68
#93Miles108US #98
#94Greyson105US #77
#95Leonardo104US #93
#96Eli103US #57
#97Giovanni103US #143
#98Kayden102US #97
#99Ezra101US #59
#100Max101US #136

On the move since 2017

Rising

↑29Luna#22
↑29Lillian#64
↑26Naomi#71
↑20Luca#50
↑20Theodore#61
↑18Chaya#49
↑18Adrian#48
↑15Chana#62

Falling

↓27Justin#89
↓24Ashley#78
↓23Austin#72
↓21Scarlett#38
↓20Quinn#89
↓20Zachary#67
↓20Kevin#85
↓18Kayla#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2017 rankings.