Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2002

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2002 were Emily for girls (786 babies) and Michael for boys (1,360). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,985 babies born in New Jersey in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2002

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: 25 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Malka: 25 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Shoshana: 25 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Rivka: 40 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Devorah: 21 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Riya: 42 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ria: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Chana: 40 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Brielle: 54 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Esha: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Dovid: 25 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Shlomo: 30 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Shmuel: 24 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Yaakov: 24 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Mordechai: 26 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Yehuda: 26 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Yosef: 36 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Chaim: 33 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Moshe: 55 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 59 babies, 7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	786	–	1
2	Samantha	576	–	9
3	Ashley	563	–	6
4	Sarah	518	↑1	8
5	Kayla	509	↑5	19
6	Julia	502	–	33
7	Jessica	495	–	16
8	Olivia	481	–	10
9	Nicole	477	↓5	37
10	Isabella	460	↑7	14
11	Madison	459	↓2	2
12	Brianna	428	↓1	17
13	Alyssa	406	↑3	12
14	Emma	400	↑4	4
15	Lauren	389	–	13
16	Rachel	363	↑6	24
17	Victoria	356	↓4	21
18	Amanda	346	↓6	46
19	Grace	339	↑4	15
20	Alexandra	337	↑5	38
21	Abigail	323	–	7
22	Elizabeth	319	↓3	11
23	Sophia	318	↑4	27
24	Hannah	290	↓10	3
25	Alexis	288	↓5	5
26	Gianna	287	–	>100
27	Jennifer	264	↓3	28
28	Katherine	263	–	36
29	Taylor	255	↑2	18
30	Gabriella	249	↑5	76
31	Natalie	249	↑6	30
32	Kaitlyn	242	↑1	32
33	Stephanie	233	↑3	41
34	Alexa	232	↑7	69
35	Sara	227	↑7	59
36	Rebecca	220	↓4	54
37	Jenna	211	↓7	47
38	Morgan	207	↑10	29
39	Anna	205	–	20
40	Megan	205	↓11	22
41	Sydney	204	↓1	23
42	Erin	200	↓4	72
43	Michelle	196	↑4	58
44	Mia	194	new	43
45	Hailey	187	new	31
46	Angelina	184	new	74
47	Caroline	181	↓2	67
48	Ava	177	new	82
49	Kelly	176	–	>100
50	Jasmine	175	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	1,360	–	2
2	Matthew	1,203	–	4
3	Nicholas	1,044	–	9
4	Joseph	1,019	–	7
5	Christopher	964	–	8
6	Anthony	888	–	12
7	Daniel	855	↑2	10
8	Ryan	842	↓1	16
9	John	714	↓1	17
10	Joshua	701	↑2	3
11	Justin	697	–	22
12	Andrew	688	↓2	6
13	David	583	↑1	13
14	Kevin	574	↓1	33
15	Alexander	568	↑1	15
16	Thomas	555	↑4	36
17	Jacob	549	↑1	1
18	William	535	↑1	11
19	James	532	↓4	18
20	Brandon	529	↓3	20
21	Tyler	504	↑3	14
22	Robert	467	↑5	34
23	Christian	448	↓2	24
24	Jonathan	444	↓1	21
25	Zachary	443	↓3	19
26	Jason	431	↑2	42
27	Jack	424	↑9	44
28	Sean	398	↑2	59
29	Ethan	390	↑5	5
30	Kyle	387	↓5	40
31	Dylan	379	↓5	23
32	Brian	374	↓3	51
33	Benjamin	339	↓2	27
34	Aidan	328	↑14	60
35	Gabriel	300	↑5	32
36	Samuel	298	↓4	25
37	Luke	291	↑5	46
38	Steven	278	↓3	68
39	Eric	271	↓2	52
40	Connor	269	↓1	47
41	Jake	257	↓3	>100
42	Patrick	255	↓9	79
43	Isaiah	252	↓2	45
44	Bryan	248	new	64
45	Jordan	235	↓1	37
46	Evan	222	↓3	56
47	Jose	218	–	30
48	Sebastian	216	new	80
49	Elijah	214	new	41
50	Aaron	209	new	43

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