Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2000

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2000 were Emily for girls (812 babies) and Michael for boys (1,437). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 89,687 babies born in New Jersey in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2000

Names given at least 15 times in New Jersey that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Rivka: 30 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Brielle: 58 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Riya: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Gianna: 230 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Giana: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Shreya: 24 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Priya: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Chana: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kerry: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anjali: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Nazir: 27 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Nasir: 88 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Moshe: 41 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Zaire: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Nikhil: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rohan: 39 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jamil: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gerard: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Amir: 69 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	812	–	1
2	Samantha	693	–	7
3	Nicole	611	↑2	31
4	Jessica	606	–	8
5	Sarah	588	↓2	5
6	Julia	569	↑3	29
7	Ashley	562	↓1	4
8	Brianna	495	↑5	15
9	Kayla	483	↓1	13
10	Lauren	481	↑1	11
11	Amanda	457	↓4	32
12	Olivia	430	↑3	16
13	Victoria	419	↓1	20
14	Madison	404	↑7	3
15	Alyssa	398	↓5	12
16	Hannah	390	↑10	2
17	Elizabeth	383	↑2	9
18	Rachel	377	↓4	21
19	Alexis	334	↓3	6
20	Alexandra	321	↓3	36
21	Jennifer	308	↓3	26
22	Katherine	305	↑5	33
23	Emma	297	↑5	17
24	Taylor	281	↓4	10
25	Grace	280	↑11	19
26	Megan	279	↓2	18
27	Kaitlyn	271	↑3	30
28	Stephanie	269	↓6	40
29	Isabella	268	↑17	45
30	Abigail	264	↑3	14
31	Rebecca	262	↓6	39
32	Danielle	248	↓9	48
33	Natalie	248	↓1	34
34	Michelle	238	↑6	52
35	Gianna	230	↑4	>100
36	Alexa	225	↑1	87
37	Gabrielle	219	↓6	49
38	Gabriella	217	new	98
39	Erin	215	↓5	61
40	Morgan	214	↑4	25
41	Sophia	210	↑7	42
42	Anna	209	↑7	22
43	Melissa	206	↓2	71
44	Jenna	199	↓1	63
45	Sara	198	↓3	57
46	Christina	196	↓1	73
47	Destiny	196	–	24
48	Sydney	193	↓13	23
49	Caroline	190	new	65
50	Catherine	178	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	1,437	–	2
2	Matthew	1,255	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,059	–	6
4	Christopher	1,013	–	5
5	Joseph	988	–	8
6	Anthony	911	↑3	17
7	Ryan	901	↓1	13
8	John	863	–	14
9	Daniel	822	↓2	9
10	Justin	774	↑1	19
11	Joshua	709	↑1	4
12	Andrew	706	↓2	7
13	David	646	–	16
14	Kevin	644	↑2	32
15	Brandon	595	–	12
16	Tyler	580	↑1	10
17	Alexander	579	↓3	20
18	Thomas	578	↑1	33
19	James	554	↑1	18
20	William	552	↓2	11
21	Jonathan	531	↑2	21
22	Jacob	530	↑3	1
23	Robert	525	↑1	29
24	Zachary	525	↓2	15
25	Kyle	520	↓4	37
26	Christian	485	↑1	22
27	Brian	461	↓1	43
28	Sean	431	↑1	57
29	Jason	411	↓1	39
30	Dylan	409	–	24
31	Jack	332	↑3	46
32	Benjamin	328	↑3	26
33	Steven	314	↓1	54
34	Eric	311	↓3	42
35	Patrick	309	↓2	68
36	Samuel	288	–	28
37	Jake	259	–	96
38	Ethan	253	new	25
39	Jordan	252	↓1	36
40	Timothy	241	↑1	58
41	Noah	238	↑1	27
42	Evan	236	↑3	55
43	Jared	235	↓3	56
44	Luke	230	new	59
45	Isaiah	217	↓1	47
46	Luis	211	↑4	49
47	Jose	208	–	34
48	Mark	208	new	79
49	Adam	205	↓3	45
50	Connor	205	↓11	50

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