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Top names in New Jersey

The names most likely to appear on 2023 New Jersey birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,907 New Jersey births in 2023 across 2,468 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.

#26Miriamoutside the national top 200
#44Racheloutside the national top 200
#46Mosheoutside the national top 200
#37Sara#188 nationally
#50Chayaoutside the national top 200
#52Rivkaoutside the national top 200
#53Chanaoutside the national top 200
#53Chaimoutside the national top 200
#64Yosefoutside the national top 200
#70Yehudaoutside the national top 200
#85Shmueloutside the national top 200
#23Esther#138 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia480US #1
#2Emma468US #2
#3Mia448US #6
#4Sophia413US #5
#5Isabella398US #7
#6Charlotte370US #3
#7Ava311US #8
#8Amelia294US #4
#9Madison273US #37
#10Leah259US #53
#11Sofia250US #12
#12Gianna236US #21
#13Valentina219US #50
#14Chloe218US #26
#15Zoe214US #36
#16Luna210US #10
#17Emily206US #19
#18Lily205US #20
#19Layla198US #30
#20Mila197US #28
#21Camila189US #13
#22Ella188US #32
#23Esther183US #138
#24Harper183US #11
#25Abigail180US #31
#26Miriam176
#27Scarlett176US #17
#28Avery174US #29
#29Emilia173US #42
#30Sarah172US #91
#31Penelope169US #23
#32Grace168US #39
#33Aria167US #25
#34Nora167US #24
#35Hannah162US #48
#36Aurora161US #22
#37Sara159US #188
#38Eliana158US #34
#39Riley158US #43
#40Violet157US #16
#41Victoria150US #45
#42Gabriella146US #89
#43Maya146US #49
#44Rachel144
#45Evelyn141US #9
#46Hailey140US #90
#47Alaia137US #120
#48Stella129US #46
#49Sienna128US #140
#50Chaya125
#51Liliana123US #88
#52Rivka122
#53Chana121
#54Elizabeth121US #15
#55Savannah120US #92
#56Naomi118US #44
#57Isla117US #33
#58Sophie117US #60
#59Samantha111US #114
#60Ellie108US #27
#61Eleanor106US #14
#62Lucy106US #40
#63Zoey104US #51
#64Madelyn103US #58
#65Natalie103US #63
#66Genesis102US #57
#67Ariana100US #97
#68Juliette98US #160
#69Ayla94US #106
#70Elena94US #47
#71Julia92US #121
#72Brianna91US #152
#73Maeve89US #73
#74Nova88US #35
#75Sadie88US #59
#76Bella86US #104
#77Claire85US #68
#78Quinn85US #86
#79Skylar85US #107
#80Lucia84US #109
#81Summer84US #141
#82Cecilia83US #137
#83Addison82US #62
#84Josephine82US #64
#85Eva81US #111
#86Hazel81US #18
#87Antonella78
#88Autumn78US #75
#89Madeline78US #95
#90Malka78
#91Maria77US #82
#92Anna76US #79
#93Rose76US #124
#94Alice74US #66
#95Arya74US #139
#96Ashley74US #126
#97Mackenzie74US #167
#98Adriana73
#99Aubrey73US #101
#100Leilani73US #61

Boys

#1Liam717US #1
#2Noah709US #2
#3Lucas431US #9
#4Joseph410US #29
#5Michael358US #16
#6James342US #4
#7Jack334US #14
#8Jacob326US #35
#9Luca324US #25
#10Ethan323US #24
#11Matthew312US #32
#12Benjamin311US #11
#13Dylan309US #34
#14Anthony299US #46
#15Daniel292US #17
#16Oliver285US #3
#17Leo270US #18
#18Logan269US #39
#19Alexander264US #22
#20Theodore252US #7
#21Mason249US #30
#22David247US #27
#23Sebastian242US #13
#24Cameron239US #58
#25John237US #26
#26Owen235US #20
#27Thomas232US #41
#28Mateo229US #6
#29Aiden228US #40
#30Jayden227US #49
#31Thiago225US #72
#32Henry221US #8
#33Isaac219US #42
#34Gabriel217US #38
#35Ryan217US #83
#36Nathan212US #59
#37Christopher204US #55
#38William202US #10
#39Luke200US #31
#40Samuel198US #19
#41Julian196US #33
#42Aaron194US #68
#43Elijah194US #5
#44Nicholas192US #109
#45Miles190US #43
#46Moshe185
#47Joshua176US #60
#48Asher175US #23
#49Levi173US #12
#50Ian169US #69
#51Caleb168US #51
#52Elias168US #36
#53Chaim167
#54Nolan163US #57
#55Austin159US #101
#56Christian159US #77
#57Enzo156US #90
#58Dominic155US #106
#59Andrew152US #65
#60Hudson152US #21
#61Adam147US #103
#62Adrian146US #67
#63Jackson146US #28
#64Yosef143
#65Ezra142US #15
#66Charles140US #54
#67Carter138US #48
#68Kai137US #61
#69Theo135US #78
#70Yehuda135
#71Chase133US #154
#72Angel132US #62
#73Connor132US #126
#74Vincent127US #120
#75Leonardo121US #84
#76Jordan120US #96
#77Josiah115US #53
#78Maverick115US #37
#79Landon114US #97
#80Robert114US #88
#81Tyler114US #177
#82Axel113US #71
#83Grayson113US #44
#84Roman113US #66
#85Shmuel113
#86Jaxon112US #86
#87Cole111US #155
#88Lorenzo109US #131
#89Matteo109US #144
#90Colton107US #94
#91Jonathan107US #82
#92Zachary107US #171
#93Jeremiah105US #92
#94Wesley105US #70
#95Yaakov103
#96Gael101US #100
#97Brayden100US #160
#98Giovanni100US #123
#99Yisroel98
#100Eli97US #79

On the move since 2022

Rising

↑25Alaia#47
↑24Natalie#65
↑24Miles#45
↑21Samantha#59
↑19Maeve#73
↑18Brianna#72
↑18Sadie#75
↑17Mateo#28

Falling

↓30Arya#95
↓26Eli#100
↓24Jackson#63
↓21Mackenzie#97
↓20Hazel#86
↓18Rose#93
↓17Carter#67
↓16Jonathan#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2022 rankings.