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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2022 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,430 New Jersey births in 2022 across 2,516 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.

#34Miriamoutside the national top 200
#23Sara#178 nationally
#46Racheloutside the national top 200
#49Chayaoutside the national top 200
#52Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#54Mosheoutside the national top 200
#55Chanaoutside the national top 200
#61Yehudaoutside the national top 200
#63Chaimoutside the national top 200
#71Yosefoutside the national top 200
#17Esther#138 nationally
#85Shmueloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Emma488US #2
#2Sophia427US #5
#3Mia422US #8
#4Olivia417US #1
#5Isabella401US #6
#6Charlotte359US #3
#7Amelia352US #4
#8Ava345US #7
#9Luna263US #10
#10Gianna261US #22
#11Sofia254US #13
#12Leah249US #52
#13Emily245US #17
#14Madison233US #34
#15Zoe228US #38
#16Chloe223US #19
#17Esther215US #138
#18Mila215US #18
#19Valentina215US #57
#20Abigail212US #24
#21Emilia209US #44
#22Scarlett201US #14
#23Sara197US #178
#24Camila194US #12
#25Hannah193US #47
#26Harper188US #11
#27Sarah187US #95
#28Lily185US #30
#29Penelope184US #21
#30Ella182US #25
#31Maya181US #51
#32Hailey175US #79
#33Layla175US #29
#34Miriam172
#35Eliana171US #41
#36Grace171US #35
#37Nora167US #28
#38Aria166US #23
#39Evelyn165US #9
#40Avery164US #26
#41Victoria164US #43
#42Violet156US #20
#43Riley154US #39
#44Stella153US #40
#45Aurora152US #31
#46Rachel147
#47Gabriella146US #89
#48Savannah143US #76
#49Chaya141
#50Madelyn138US #60
#51Sienna132US #136
#52Rivka126
#53Zoey121US #45
#54Isla120US #36
#55Chana119
#56Julia119US #111
#57Elena118US #49
#58Ellie115US #33
#59Liliana114US #97
#60Elizabeth112US #15
#61Nova112US #32
#62Eleanor108US #16
#63Quinn108US #73
#64Sophie108US #63
#65Arya105US #122
#66Hazel103US #27
#67Genesis100US #65
#68Naomi100US #46
#69Brielle99US #117
#70Bella97US #85
#71Lucy97US #48
#72Alaia96US #139
#73Ariana95US #90
#74Claire93US #66
#75Rose93US #119
#76Mackenzie90US #142
#77Maria90US #91
#78Cecilia89US #145
#79Alice88US #64
#80Samantha88US #106
#81Everly86US #56
#82Ayla84US #98
#83Josephine83US #70
#84Juliette83US #164
#85Addison82US #54
#86Audrey82US #67
#87Juliana82
#88Natalia82US #80
#89Natalie82US #55
#90Brianna81US #171
#91Jade81US #88
#92Maeve81US #103
#93Sadie80US #68
#94Skylar79US #87
#95Aubrey78US #81
#96Autumn77US #71
#97Aaliyah76US #69
#98Alexandra76US #190
#99Francesca76
#100Leilani75US #59

Boys

#1Liam758US #1
#2Noah675US #2
#3Lucas421US #8
#4Joseph408US #30
#5Michael375US #16
#6Jacob365US #32
#7Ethan354US #21
#8James348US #4
#9Luca348US #28
#10Jack323US #15
#11Daniel316US #14
#12Anthony314US #44
#13Oliver311US #3
#14Benjamin309US #9
#15Matthew307US #39
#16Dylan305US #42
#17Alexander303US #17
#18Logan288US #33
#19David270US #31
#20John270US #26
#21Leo270US #22
#22Aiden265US #29
#23Mason261US #24
#24Jayden256US #46
#25Nathan252US #57
#26Theodore251US #10
#27Sebastian249US #13
#28William244US #6
#29Ryan242US #74
#30Nicholas231US #97
#31Christopher226US #55
#32Owen224US #18
#33Henry219US #7
#34Luke216US #34
#35Cameron215US #64
#36Thomas214US #45
#37Samuel212US #19
#38Gabriel206US #36
#39Jackson206US #23
#40Elijah203US #5
#41Isaac203US #41
#42Caleb198US #52
#43Aaron195US #71
#44Joshua194US #60
#45Mateo193US #11
#46Elias191US #43
#47Julian187US #35
#48Thiago185US #107
#49Ian179US #72
#50Carter165US #47
#51Asher164US #20
#52Austin164US #111
#53Andrew162US #61
#54Moshe160
#55Levi159US #12
#56Christian157US #73
#57Hudson157US #27
#58Adam156US #99
#59Charles155US #50
#60Ezra151US #25
#61Yehuda149
#62Kai148US #59
#63Chaim147
#64Dominic146US #102
#65Adrian145US #63
#66Angel144US #62
#67Vincent141US #123
#68Grayson137US #37
#69Miles136US #56
#70Nolan136US #65
#71Yosef135
#72Jordan130US #92
#73Josiah130US #51
#74Eli128US #69
#75Jonathan128US #79
#76Chase127US #137
#77Landon125US #86
#78Robert122US #84
#79Connor119US #118
#80Wyatt119US #38
#81Cole118US #144
#82Lorenzo117US #134
#83Theo115US #98
#84Leonardo112US #75
#85Shmuel112
#86Axel110US #76
#87Greyson109US #95
#88Isaiah109US #58
#89Kayden109US #106
#90Declan108US #114
#91Cooper107US #53
#92Roman106US #68
#93Evan105US #133
#94Giovanni104US #122
#95Maverick104US #40
#96Yaakov103
#97Zachary102US #165
#98Jaxon101US #67
#99Hunter99US #101
#100Jeremiah98US #93

On the move since 2021

Rising

↑34Chaim#63
↑26Thiago#48
↑25Hazel#66
↑24Rose#75
↑24Elias#46
↑23Genesis#67
↑20Yehuda#61
↑19Liliana#59

Falling

↓38Aubrey#95
↓37Autumn#96
↓36Skylar#94
↓29Natalie#89
↓24Robert#78
↓24Zachary#97
↓22Lorenzo#82
↓22Jaxon#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2021 rankings.