Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2007

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2007 were Isabella for girls (666 babies) and Michael for boys (985). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,040 babies born in New Jersey in 2007 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2007

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: 39 babies, 20× the national rate
Shoshana: 36 babies, 18.5× the national rate
Nechama: 30 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Devorah: 28 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Malka: 40 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Suhani: 24 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Rivka: 50 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Chava: 22 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Chaya: 78 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Chana: 48 babies, 8.7× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 37 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Yehuda: 68 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Shmuel: 52 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Dovid: 29 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Yaakov: 43 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Yisroel: 53 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Jasir: 24 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Shlomo: 37 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Avraham: 31 babies, 11× the national rate
Mordechai: 35 babies, 10.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2007

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Isabella	666	–	2
2	Emily	608	↑1	1
3	Sophia	601	↑1	6
4	Ava	597	↓2	4
5	Olivia	546	–	7
6	Samantha	492	–	12
7	Ashley	466	–	13
8	Madison	438	–	5
9	Emma	411	↑3	3
10	Gianna	404	↑5	91
11	Abigail	403	↑2	8
12	Mia	380	↓3	15
13	Sarah	380	↓3	18
14	Julia	346	↓3	34
15	Gabriella	320	↑8	38
16	Kayla	318	↓2	26
17	Brianna	302	–	22
18	Angelina	299	↑1	58
19	Grace	297	↓3	20
20	Victoria	269	–	29
21	Alyssa	254	↓3	14
22	Hannah	241	↑2	9
23	Sofia	236	↑5	36
24	Natalie	232	↑5	17
25	Ella	230	↑8	21
26	Alexa	228	–	40
27	Elizabeth	226	–	10
28	Nicole	220	↓3	86
29	Jessica	217	↓8	42
30	Alexandra	208	↓8	49
31	Katherine	193	↓1	39
32	Chloe	190	↑8	16
33	Leah	190	↑4	67
34	Sara	190	–	80
35	Hailey	189	↑3	23
36	Kaitlyn	185	↓1	44
37	Lauren	184	↓5	28
38	Anna	183	↓2	25
39	Rachel	183	–	59
40	Alexis	179	↓9	19
41	Maya	179	–	62
42	Lily	177	new	27
43	Brooke	161	↓1	45
44	Amanda	152	↑2	>100
45	Addison	151	new	11
46	Arianna	150	new	70
47	Gabrielle	148	new	68
48	Maria	144	↓1	53
49	Allison	143	↓4	46
50	Adriana	142	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Michael	985	–	2
2	Matthew	858	–	9
3	Anthony	816	↑2	7
4	Daniel	749	↓1	5
5	Joseph	738	↓1	13
6	Christopher	703	↑2	6
7	Nicholas	682	–	20
8	Ryan	682	↓2	16
9	Joshua	601	–	4
10	Alexander	565	–	11
11	Andrew	526	↑1	10
12	Justin	526	↑4	45
13	David	525	–	12
14	John	523	↓3	19
15	Jacob	503	↓1	1
16	Jayden	499	↑13	18
17	William	464	↑5	8
18	James	462	↓1	15
19	Christian	449	↑2	22
20	Jack	435	↓2	38
21	Dylan	433	↑3	29
22	Tyler	433	↓7	21
23	Brandon	428	↓4	31
24	Ethan	412	↑4	3
25	Jonathan	389	↓2	23
26	Kevin	385	↓6	39
27	Thomas	344	↓1	52
28	Benjamin	332	↑2	26
29	Logan	316	↑12	17
30	Gabriel	310	↑3	28
31	Aidan	305	↓6	54
32	Samuel	298	↑6	25
33	Sean	297	↓6	76
34	Jason	295	↓2	59
35	Aiden	292	↑8	27
36	Luke	292	↓1	46
37	Noah	283	↑2	14
38	Robert	278	↓7	47
39	Lucas	274	↑7	53
40	Brian	263	↓3	81
41	Gavin	263	↑6	32
42	Zachary	261	↓8	42
43	Angel	258	↓3	34
44	Evan	256	↓2	40
45	Elijah	248	–	30
46	Sebastian	245	new	73
47	Jake	240	↓11	>100
48	Nathan	230	↑2	24
49	Jose	215	new	35
50	Jordan	212	new	44

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