State roster

Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2021 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,945 New Jersey births in 2021 across 2,502 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.

#39Miriamoutside the national top 200
#37Sara#197 nationally
#46Racheloutside the national top 200
#48Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#52Chayaoutside the national top 200
#52Mosheoutside the national top 200
#61Chanaoutside the national top 200
#19Esther#153 nationally
#81Yehudaoutside the national top 200
#85Yosefoutside the national top 200
#90Yaakovoutside the national top 200
#97Chaimoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Olivia551US #1
#2Emma471US #2
#3Mia446US #8
#4Ava413US #5
#5Sophia398US #6
#6Isabella383US #7
#7Charlotte355US #3
#8Amelia343US #4
#9Gianna296US #13
#10Leah270US #46
#11Sofia265US #18
#12Luna263US #11
#13Madison234US #29
#14Emily225US #21
#15Abigail219US #17
#16Ella219US #16
#17Chloe216US #25
#18Mila202US #26
#19Esther197US #153
#20Layla194US #24
#21Camila193US #12
#22Sarah189US #91
#23Avery186US #19
#24Valentina186US #69
#25Zoe185US #42
#26Hannah180US #44
#27Riley180US #37
#28Scarlett179US #20
#29Emilia178US #40
#30Aria176US #22
#31Harper174US #10
#32Hailey171US #77
#33Eliana170US #47
#34Grace170US #33
#35Lily169US #31
#36Penelope169US #23
#37Sara168US #197
#38Victoria167US #43
#39Miriam160
#40Nora157US #27
#41Maya152US #55
#42Stella148US #41
#43Gabriella144US #83
#44Elizabeth143US #14
#45Isla131US #34
#46Rachel130
#47Savannah130US #67
#48Rivka127
#49Zoey125US #38
#50Sienna124US #150
#51Evelyn122US #9
#52Chaya119
#53Ellie119US #30
#54Violet119US #36
#55Aurora118US #35
#56Bella118US #73
#57Aubrey116US #64
#58Skylar116US #74
#59Autumn114US #66
#60Natalie114US #56
#61Chana113
#62Eleanor112US #15
#63Nova112US #32
#64Julia109US #114
#65Mackenzie109US #123
#66Lucy104US #48
#67Eva101US #93
#68Madelyn99US #71
#69Quinn99US #81
#70Audrey97US #60
#71Elena97US #53
#72Naomi96US #54
#73Addison94US #45
#74Lillian94US #51
#75Sophie94US #76
#76Alaia93US #128
#77Brielle92US #118
#78Liliana92US #104
#79Ayla91US #108
#80Everly89US #50
#81Alice87US #65
#82Alexandra86US #169
#83Ariana86US #88
#84Arya86US #120
#85Juliette86US #179
#86Claire85US #59
#87Maria84US #105
#88Allison82US #82
#89Amy81US #189
#90Genesis81US #75
#91Hazel81US #28
#92Jade81US #92
#93Samantha81US #106
#94Leilani80US #68
#95Josephine79US #72
#96Maeve79US #124
#97Aaliyah78US #61
#98Cora78US #87
#99Rose78US #116
#100Ashley77US #172

Boys

#1Liam736US #1
#2Noah637US #2
#3Lucas467US #8
#4Joseph411US #28
#5Michael381US #17
#6Benjamin375US #7
#7James372US #5
#8Jacob364US #24
#9Anthony340US #43
#10Ethan326US #20
#11Luca321US #42
#12Daniel319US #16
#13Logan315US #21
#14Dylan314US #44
#15Matthew308US #36
#16David299US #30
#17Mason299US #18
#18Jack295US #11
#19Alexander294US #13
#20Oliver282US #3
#21Leo263US #31
#22John258US #27
#23Aiden255US #26
#24Jayden254US #41
#25Nicholas250US #92
#26Sebastian249US #19
#27Luke247US #32
#28William241US #6
#29Gabriel235US #38
#30Nathan235US #59
#31Julian233US #33
#32Owen229US #22
#33Ryan225US #66
#34Theodore216US #10
#35Christopher213US #52
#36Henry213US #9
#37Samuel213US #23
#38Cameron212US #62
#39Jackson210US #14
#40Thomas206US #46
#41Elijah204US #4
#42Isaac202US #40
#43Joshua199US #58
#44Mateo190US #15
#45Aaron181US #65
#46Caleb181US #51
#47Carter176US #39
#48Asher172US #25
#49Andrew170US #57
#50Christian165US #71
#51Ian162US #81
#52Moshe161
#53Austin158US #96
#54Robert155US #79
#55Charles154US #50
#56Chase152US #125
#57Hudson151US #34
#58Josiah149US #49
#59Levi146US #12
#60Lorenzo146US #135
#61Dominic145US #99
#62Miles145US #55
#63Grayson142US #35
#64Adrian141US #61
#65Vincent141US #117
#66Adam140US #104
#67Connor140US #98
#68Jordan140US #88
#69Cole135US #132
#70Elias135US #48
#71Leonardo135US #87
#72Nolan133US #60
#73Zachary132US #144
#74Thiago131US #141
#75Evan130US #116
#76Jaxon128US #54
#77Angel126US #67
#78Ezra124US #37
#79Jonathan124US #77
#80Kai121US #70
#81Yehuda120
#82Axel117US #76
#83Landon117US #73
#84Nathaniel117US #133
#85Yosef116
#86Hunter114US #86
#87Wyatt114US #29
#88Tyler110US #157
#89Giovanni108US #124
#90Yaakov108
#91Brayden107US #131
#92Colton106US #75
#93Eli106US #64
#94Theo105US #142
#95Kayden104US #108
#96Maverick104US #47
#97Chaim103
#98Declan103US #106
#99Enzo102US #140
#100Jeremiah101US #82

On the move since 2020

Rising

↑40Autumn#59
↑32Isla#45
↑29Bella#56
↑29Hudson#57
↑26Quinn#69
↑25Aubrey#57
↑24Levi#59
↑23Luca#11

Falling

↓37Samantha#93
↓36Ariana#83
↓30Alaia#76
↓30Colton#92
↓28Chaim#97
↓28Jeremiah#100
↓26Jaxon#76
↓25Hunter#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2020 rankings.