Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2001

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2001 were Emily for girls (768 babies) and Michael for boys (1,417). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 89,544 babies born in New Jersey in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2001

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

Rochel: 23 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Nechama: 25 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Shoshana: 26 babies, 11× the national rate
Rivka: 30 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Riya: 29 babies, 8× the national rate
Chana: 41 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Gianna: 291 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Brielle: 62 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Chaya: 38 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Priya: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 30 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Yehuda: 36 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Moshe: 58 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Yosef: 34 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Nasir: 64 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Zaire: 26 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Menachem: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rahul: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Chaim: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Rocco: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	768	–	1
2	Samantha	609	–	7
3	Ashley	527	↑4	4
4	Nicole	526	↓1	36
5	Sarah	520	–	6
6	Julia	514	–	27
7	Jessica	510	↓3	11
8	Olivia	490	↑4	10
9	Madison	479	↑5	2
10	Kayla	477	↓1	17
11	Brianna	427	↓3	18
12	Amanda	398	↓1	39
13	Victoria	394	–	21
14	Hannah	389	↑2	3
15	Lauren	385	↓5	15
16	Alyssa	380	↓1	14
17	Isabella	353	↑12	28
18	Emma	340	↑5	13
19	Elizabeth	333	↓2	9
20	Alexis	332	↓1	5
21	Abigail	323	↑9	8
22	Rachel	323	↓4	24
23	Grace	320	↑2	16
24	Jennifer	297	↓3	26
25	Alexandra	293	↓5	38
26	Gianna	291	↑9	>100
27	Sophia	267	↑14	37
28	Katherine	258	↓6	35
29	Megan	256	↓3	20
30	Jenna	253	↑14	45
31	Taylor	252	↓7	12
32	Rebecca	237	↓1	46
33	Kaitlyn	234	↓6	31
34	Danielle	229	↓2	63
35	Gabriella	228	↑3	83
36	Stephanie	226	↓8	43
37	Natalie	218	↓4	32
38	Erin	214	↑1	60
39	Anna	210	↑3	19
40	Sydney	204	↑8	23
41	Alexa	202	↓5	78
42	Sara	195	↑3	58
43	Destiny	193	↑4	22
44	Allison	189	new	44
45	Caroline	189	↑4	62
46	Gabrielle	189	↓9	50
47	Michelle	189	↓13	59
48	Morgan	182	↓8	29
49	Kelly	181	new	>100
50	Melissa	181	↓7	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	1,417	–	2
2	Matthew	1,289	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,081	–	6
4	Joseph	1,066	↑1	8
5	Christopher	964	↓1	5
6	Anthony	903	–	11
7	Ryan	892	–	15
8	John	815	–	14
9	Daniel	799	–	9
10	Andrew	740	↑2	7
11	Justin	727	↓1	22
12	Joshua	690	↓1	4
13	Kevin	637	↑1	32
14	David	583	↓1	12
15	James	580	↑4	19
16	Alexander	568	↑1	20
17	Brandon	559	↓2	18
18	Jacob	546	↑4	1
19	William	527	↑1	10
20	Thomas	523	↓2	33
21	Christian	500	↑5	24
22	Zachary	495	↑2	16
23	Jonathan	490	↓2	23
24	Tyler	483	↓8	13
25	Kyle	461	–	40
26	Dylan	460	↑4	21
27	Robert	449	↓4	30
28	Jason	421	↑1	41
29	Brian	416	↓2	46
30	Sean	406	↓2	57
31	Benjamin	337	↑1	27
32	Samuel	331	↑4	26
33	Patrick	313	↑2	72
34	Ethan	310	↑4	17
35	Steven	308	↓2	63
36	Jack	307	↓5	48
37	Eric	306	↓3	44
38	Jake	264	↓1	100
39	Connor	247	↑11	49
40	Gabriel	240	new	38
41	Isaiah	240	↑4	43
42	Luke	240	↑2	50
43	Evan	238	↓1	56
44	Jordan	229	↓5	39
45	Adam	221	↑4	51
46	Richard	218	new	73
47	Jose	217	–	34
48	Aidan	216	new	86
49	Jared	208	↓6	65
50	Noah	199	↓9	28

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