Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2004

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2004 were Emily for girls (780 babies) and Michael for boys (1,217). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 89,087 babies born in New Jersey in 2004 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2004

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: 27 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Chava: 23 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Nechama: 26 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Rivka: 50 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Shoshana: 28 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Diya: 56 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Malka: 24 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Chana: 48 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Isha: 27 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Khushi: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 29 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Yaakov: 36 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Yisroel: 40 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Yehuda: 38 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Shmuel: 27 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Mordechai: 38 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Yosef: 52 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Chaim: 51 babies, 10× the national rate
Yitzchok: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Menachem: 34 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2004

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Emily	780	–	1
2	Olivia	569	↑1	4
3	Isabella	564	↓1	7
4	Samantha	555	↑1	9
5	Ashley	539	↑2	8
6	Emma	508	↓2	2
7	Kayla	482	↑2	18
8	Madison	480	↑2	3
9	Sarah	461	↓3	12
10	Julia	427	↓2	32
11	Sophia	420	↑6	15
12	Abigail	376	↑1	6
13	Gianna	371	↑6	>100
14	Nicole	366	↓2	43
15	Jessica	363	↓4	21
16	Ava	357	↑9	25
17	Grace	351	↓2	13
18	Brianna	346	↓2	17
19	Victoria	331	↓5	28
20	Alyssa	314	↓2	14
21	Elizabeth	296	↑1	10
22	Alexandra	285	↓2	37
23	Amanda	285	↑4	67
24	Lauren	278	↓3	16
25	Rachel	270	↓1	34
26	Natalie	256	↑3	19
27	Alexis	248	↓1	11
28	Mia	246	↑6	30
29	Katherine	243	↑2	35
30	Hannah	240	↓7	5
31	Gabriella	238	↑2	76
32	Angelina	236	↑5	60
33	Jennifer	222	↓1	39
34	Alexa	217	↑1	72
35	Anna	215	↓5	20
36	Sydney	212	↑7	27
37	Kaitlyn	201	↓9	33
38	Sofia	198	new	69
39	Stephanie	198	↓1	55
40	Megan	185	↓4	36
41	Sara	185	↓2	68
42	Hailey	184	↑6	24
43	Jenna	184	↑3	56
44	Taylor	180	↓3	22
45	Rebecca	178	↓5	70
46	Allison	177	new	40
47	Leah	176	new	64
48	Melanie	175	new	89
49	Michelle	174	↓7	66
50	Erin	171	↓1	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2003	US rank
1	Michael	1,217	–	2
2	Matthew	1,092	–	4
3	Nicholas	987	–	13
4	Ryan	939	↑2	12
5	Joseph	931	↓1	9
6	Anthony	810	↓1	11
7	Daniel	805	↑1	7
8	Christopher	799	↓1	10
9	Joshua	678	↑2	3
10	Andrew	658	↓1	6
11	John	642	↓1	17
12	Alexander	607	↑1	15
13	David	579	↑1	14
14	Kevin	539	↑3	34
15	Justin	536	↓3	30
16	James	528	↓1	18
17	Jacob	501	↓1	1
18	Tyler	501	–	16
19	William	498	↑1	8
20	Christian	496	↑3	24
21	Brandon	474	↓2	22
22	Thomas	467	↓1	37
23	Dylan	424	↑4	19
24	Jonathan	420	↓2	21
25	Ethan	409	↑7	5
26	Aidan	403	↑5	40
27	Jack	388	↑2	42
28	Brian	382	–	59
29	Jason	380	↓4	47
30	Robert	370	↓6	36
31	Zachary	366	↓5	26
32	Sean	356	↓2	64
33	Kyle	318	–	55
34	Luke	313	↑4	41
35	Connor	311	↑6	38
36	Benjamin	305	↓2	25
37	Gabriel	283	↓2	32
38	Samuel	283	↓1	23
39	Jake	265	↓3	98
40	Evan	255	↑3	39
41	Elijah	242	↑1	31
42	Colin	236	↑8	85
43	Patrick	236	↓3	100
44	Angel	233	new	44
45	Bryan	228	↑3	65
46	Charles	219	new	56
47	Gavin	216	new	52
48	Lucas	216	new	66
49	Eric	214	↓3	61
50	Noah	211	new	29

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