Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2003

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2003 were Emily for girls (818 babies) and Michael for boys (1,340). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 90,539 babies born in New Jersey in 2003 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2003

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

Nechama: 27 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Rochel: 23 babies, 15.1× the national rate
Rivka: 41 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Malka: 26 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Zaniyah: 22 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Khushi: 37 babies, 9× the national rate
Chaya: 55 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Chana: 34 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Gianna: 352 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Riya: 31 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 37 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Yehuda: 50 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Yaakov: 32 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Yitzchok: 28 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Yisroel: 36 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Mordechai: 41 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Shlomo: 28 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Chaim: 45 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Krish: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Moshe: 73 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Emily	818	–	1
2	Isabella	564	↑8	12
3	Olivia	563	↑5	5
4	Emma	540	↑10	2
5	Samantha	508	↓3	10
6	Sarah	502	↓2	11
7	Ashley	498	↓4	8
8	Julia	471	↓2	33
9	Kayla	470	↓4	16
10	Madison	439	↑1	3
11	Jessica	434	↓4	18
12	Nicole	403	↓3	40
13	Abigail	394	↑8	6
14	Victoria	392	↑3	22
15	Grace	379	↑4	13
16	Brianna	375	↓4	17
17	Sophia	361	↑6	20
18	Alyssa	359	↓5	14
19	Gianna	352	↑7	>100
20	Alexandra	324	–	38
21	Lauren	324	↓6	15
22	Elizabeth	322	–	9
23	Hannah	314	↑1	4
24	Rachel	312	↓8	28
25	Ava	277	↑23	39
26	Alexis	275	↓1	7
27	Amanda	275	↓9	54
28	Kaitlyn	270	↑4	32
29	Natalie	253	↑2	23
30	Anna	251	↑9	21
31	Katherine	250	↓3	35
32	Jennifer	249	↓5	31
33	Gabriella	248	↓3	77
34	Mia	238	↑10	36
35	Alexa	237	↓1	67
36	Megan	236	↑4	30
37	Angelina	235	↑9	71
38	Stephanie	231	↓5	49
39	Sara	206	↓4	65
40	Rebecca	203	↓4	63
41	Taylor	201	↓12	19
42	Michelle	196	↑1	62
43	Sydney	186	↓2	25
44	Morgan	183	↓6	29
45	Danielle	181	new	82
46	Jenna	181	↓9	55
47	Paige	180	new	47
48	Hailey	171	↓3	26
49	Erin	170	↓7	80
50	Jordan	169	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Michael	1,340	–	2
2	Matthew	1,226	–	4
3	Nicholas	1,030	–	12
4	Joseph	925	–	6
5	Anthony	887	↑1	10
6	Ryan	878	↑2	13
7	Christopher	858	↓2	9
8	Daniel	852	↓1	8
9	Andrew	758	↑3	5
10	John	696	↓1	17
11	Joshua	664	↓1	3
12	Justin	656	↓1	27
13	Alexander	588	↑2	16
14	David	583	↓1	14
15	James	556	↑4	18
16	Jacob	514	↑1	1
17	Kevin	512	↓3	32
18	Tyler	507	↑3	15
19	Brandon	499	↑1	21
20	William	497	↓2	11
21	Thomas	496	↓5	36
22	Jonathan	461	↑2	22
23	Christian	452	–	25
24	Robert	443	↓2	35
25	Jason	433	↑1	42
26	Zachary	431	↓1	20
27	Dylan	428	↑4	19
28	Brian	423	↑4	59
29	Jack	415	↓2	45
30	Sean	415	↓2	61
31	Aidan	399	↑3	39
32	Ethan	349	↓3	7
33	Kyle	336	↓3	53
34	Benjamin	332	↓1	24
35	Gabriel	297	–	29
36	Jake	280	↑5	98
37	Samuel	280	↓1	23
38	Luke	264	↓1	46
39	Steven	256	↓1	70
40	Patrick	254	↑2	91
41	Connor	246	↓1	43
42	Elijah	240	↑7	37
43	Evan	240	↑3	44
44	Jordan	237	↑1	38
45	Adam	235	new	58
46	Eric	234	↓7	56
47	Isaiah	214	↓4	49
48	Bryan	210	↓4	64
49	Jose	208	↓2	30
50	Colin	204	new	88

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