Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2005

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2005 were Emily for girls (702 babies) and Michael for boys (1,085). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 87,526 babies born in New Jersey in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2005

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: 29 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Rochel: 26 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Devorah: 21 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Shoshana: 30 babies, 11× the national rate
Rivka: 44 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Malka: 31 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Chana: 50 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Riya: 53 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Giuliana: 28 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Shira: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 30 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Yisroel: 50 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Yaakov: 35 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Shmuel: 30 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Yehuda: 53 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Zahir: 24 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Yosef: 54 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Shimon: 24 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Shlomo: 28 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Moshe: 66 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	702	–	1
2	Isabella	559	↑1	6
3	Ava	548	↑13	9
4	Olivia	503	↓2	5
5	Samantha	493	↓1	8
6	Madison	491	↑2	3
7	Ashley	476	↓2	10
8	Sophia	471	↑3	12
9	Emma	463	↓3	2
10	Julia	429	–	31
11	Sarah	410	↓2	15
12	Abigail	374	–	4
13	Kayla	362	↓6	25
14	Mia	344	↑14	17
15	Jessica	343	–	27
16	Gianna	342	↓3	>100
17	Grace	340	–	14
18	Nicole	300	↓4	56
19	Brianna	298	↓1	20
20	Elizabeth	283	↑1	11
21	Alyssa	280	↓1	16
22	Victoria	278	↓3	28
23	Alexandra	277	↓1	37
24	Natalie	277	↑2	18
25	Angelina	272	↑7	43
26	Rachel	272	↓1	38
27	Gabriella	267	↑4	61
28	Hannah	251	↑2	7
29	Amanda	248	↓6	79
30	Lauren	235	↓6	21
31	Katherine	230	↓2	36
32	Sofia	227	↑6	52
33	Kaitlyn	224	↑4	34
34	Alexis	218	↓7	13
35	Alexa	206	↓1	66
36	Anna	206	↓1	22
37	Jennifer	193	↓4	42
38	Ella	183	new	23
39	Sara	179	↑2	75
40	Hailey	176	↑2	26
41	Morgan	170	new	33
42	Brooke	168	new	47
43	Sydney	168	↓7	30
44	Allison	166	↑2	45
45	Jenna	164	↓2	62
46	Taylor	164	↓2	24
47	Leah	160	–	68
48	Gabrielle	158	new	55
49	Stephanie	158	↓10	64
50	Maya	153	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Michael	1,085	–	2
2	Matthew	972	–	4
3	Ryan	920	↑1	14
4	Anthony	866	↑2	8
5	Joseph	852	–	9
6	Nicholas	817	↓3	15
7	Christopher	782	↑1	10
8	Daniel	760	↓1	7
9	John	690	↑2	18
10	Andrew	638	–	6
11	Joshua	630	↓2	3
12	Alexander	609	–	13
13	David	557	–	12
14	Justin	521	↑1	36
15	Tyler	519	↑3	16
16	Jack	489	↑11	34
17	William	484	↑2	11
18	Brandon	477	↑3	27
19	Jacob	473	↓2	1
20	Kevin	458	↓6	33
21	Christian	445	↓1	22
22	Jonathan	440	↑2	19
23	James	432	↓7	17
24	Thomas	427	↓2	40
25	Dylan	424	↓2	24
26	Ethan	408	↓1	5
27	Aidan	374	↓1	43
28	Robert	361	↑2	37
29	Jason	342	–	51
30	Zachary	328	↑1	29
31	Benjamin	325	↑5	25
32	Brian	324	↓4	63
33	Gabriel	321	↑4	28
34	Sean	319	↓2	75
35	Evan	305	↑5	39
36	Connor	283	↓1	48
37	Jake	279	↑2	>100
38	Samuel	275	–	21
39	Luke	267	↓5	41
40	Jayden	258	new	54
41	Kyle	255	↓8	69
42	Nathan	248	new	20
43	Jordan	238	new	46
44	Elijah	236	↓3	31
45	Lucas	232	↑3	58
46	Angel	222	↓2	32
47	Noah	218	↑3	23
48	Charles	211	↓2	56
49	Gavin	211	↓2	47
50	Eric	209	↓1	66

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