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Most Popular Names in New Jersey

The most common baby names registered in New Jersey across all years of SSA records, ranked by total birth count. The sparkline for each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to present, giving context for when that name was at its peak.

The top 100 names in New Jersey account for 4,184,004 total birth registrations. Click any name for a full national profile with gender data, decade breakdowns, and distribution across all 50 states.

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# Name Births Trend
1 John 199,027
2 Robert 172,751
3 Michael 170,771
4 Joseph 138,619
5 William 133,977
6 James 129,298
7 David 99,562
8 Thomas 94,974
9 Mary 90,715
10 Richard 89,668
11 Anthony 74,342
12 Christopher 71,232
13 Daniel 66,868
14 Charles 63,692
15 Edward 62,090
16 Patricia 60,283
17 Matthew 59,758
18 George 54,796
19 Barbara 53,704
20 Elizabeth 52,057
21 Jennifer 47,641
22 Frank 47,209
23 Kevin 46,676
24 Brian 45,792
25 Andrew 43,821
26 Paul 43,371
27 Susan 43,094
28 Margaret 42,376
29 Nicholas 41,741
30 Mark 41,160
31 Linda 40,878
32 Steven 39,855
33 Kenneth 38,000
34 Peter 37,443
35 Kathleen 35,956
36 Nancy 35,012
37 Ryan 35,006
38 Karen 34,455
39 Helen 34,146
40 Lisa 33,688
41 Dorothy 33,469
42 Donald 33,428
43 Jeffrey 33,012
44 Stephen 32,990
45 Jessica 32,380
46 Carol 31,026
47 Ronald 30,131
48 Donna 29,031
49 Nicole 28,608
50 Raymond 28,376
51 Anna 28,327
52 Jason 28,085
53 Joan 27,805
54 Eric 27,484
55 Catherine 27,436
56 Alexander 26,898
57 Jonathan 26,787
58 Christine 26,318
59 Timothy 25,582
60 Emily 25,420
61 Michelle 25,263
62 Diane 24,550
63 Sarah 24,353
64 Scott 24,256
65 Patrick 24,181
66 Joshua 24,118
67 Marie 24,104
68 Walter 24,090
69 Melissa 23,830
70 Ruth 23,676
71 Deborah 23,567
72 Laura 23,532
73 Stephanie 23,186
74 Kimberly 23,176
75 Vincent 22,996
76 Justin 22,659
77 Gregory 22,633
78 Ashley 22,339
79 Samantha 21,302
80 Gary 21,201
81 Louis 21,100
82 Amanda 20,646
83 Lauren 20,516
84 Rose 20,438
85 Jean 20,425
86 Sharon 20,216
87 Sandra 19,902
88 Henry 19,849
89 Sean 19,584
90 Katherine 19,280
91 Samuel 19,161
92 Theresa 18,910
93 Victoria 18,873
94 Kelly 18,608
95 Benjamin 18,595
96 Arthur 18,336
97 Janet 18,254
98 Cynthia 18,222
99 Jacob 18,090
100 Maria 17,890