Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2008
The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2008 were Isabella for girls (637 babies) and Michael for boys (839). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 84,871 babies born in New Jersey in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2008
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: 47 babies, 20.9× the national rate
- Nechama: 42 babies, 20.2× the national rate
- Yehudis: 23 babies, 18.5× the national rate
- Shoshana: 33 babies, 15.9× the national rate
- Mahi: 23 babies, 13× the national rate
- Chava: 22 babies, 12.6× the national rate
- Rivka: 55 babies, 12.3× the national rate
- Malka: 32 babies, 12.3× the national rate
- Chana: 61 babies, 10.2× the national rate
- Devorah: 21 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Boys
- Avrohom: 51 babies, 23.8× the national rate
- Dovid: 30 babies, 16.8× the national rate
- Yisroel: 57 babies, 15.4× the national rate
- Shmuel: 46 babies, 14.6× the national rate
- Yaakov: 40 babies, 14.6× the national rate
- Tzvi: 36 babies, 14.3× the national rate
- Yitzchok: 30 babies, 12.4× the national rate
- Eliyahu: 24 babies, 11.4× the national rate
- Jahmir: 28 babies, 11.2× the national rate
- Meir: 27 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2008
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabella | 637 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Ava | 565 | ↑2 | 5 |
| 3 | Sophia | 558 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Olivia | 541 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 5 | Emily | 534 | ↓3 | 3 |
| 6 | Emma | 456 | ↑3 | 1 |
| 7 | Samantha | 429 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 8 | Madison | 427 | – | 6 |
| 9 | Sarah | 383 | ↑4 | 20 |
| 10 | Gianna | 361 | – | 88 |
| 11 | Ashley | 359 | ↓4 | 18 |
| 12 | Mia | 350 | – | 14 |
| 13 | Abigail | 347 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 14 | Kayla | 327 | ↑2 | 28 |
| 15 | Gabriella | 313 | – | 35 |
| 16 | Victoria | 295 | ↑4 | 27 |
| 17 | Julia | 290 | ↓3 | 41 |
| 18 | Brianna | 287 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 19 | Grace | 278 | – | 21 |
| 20 | Sofia | 258 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 21 | Alyssa | 243 | – | 16 |
| 22 | Elizabeth | 228 | ↑5 | 9 |
| 23 | Angelina | 226 | ↓5 | 69 |
| 24 | Hannah | 215 | ↓2 | 17 |
| 25 | Natalie | 212 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 26 | Chloe | 211 | ↑6 | 10 |
| 27 | Leah | 203 | ↑6 | 40 |
| 28 | Ella | 200 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 29 | Alexa | 194 | ↓3 | 50 |
| 30 | Alexandra | 194 | – | 61 |
| 31 | Katherine | 194 | – | 45 |
| 32 | Jessica | 186 | ↓3 | 59 |
| 33 | Lily | 183 | ↑9 | 24 |
| 34 | Nicole | 173 | ↓6 | >100 |
| 35 | Allison | 171 | ↑14 | 32 |
| 36 | Rachel | 170 | ↑3 | 74 |
| 37 | Hailey | 168 | ↓2 | 25 |
| 38 | Anna | 167 | – | 26 |
| 39 | Alexis | 164 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 40 | Kaitlyn | 163 | ↓4 | 53 |
| 41 | Sara | 160 | ↓7 | 92 |
| 42 | Arianna | 159 | ↑4 | 66 |
| 43 | Brooke | 155 | – | 52 |
| 44 | Lauren | 154 | ↓7 | 30 |
| 45 | Madeline | 147 | new | 56 |
| 46 | Taylor | 147 | new | 22 |
| 47 | Maya | 146 | ↓6 | 71 |
| 48 | Sydney | 144 | new | 49 |
| 49 | Amelia | 130 | new | 68 |
| 50 | Gabrielle | 129 | ↓3 | 79 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2007 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 839 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Matthew | 792 | – | 10 |
| 3 | Anthony | 716 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Christopher | 682 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 5 | Daniel | 678 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | Ryan | 677 | ↑2 | 18 |
| 7 | Joseph | 672 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 8 | Alexander | 637 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 9 | Nicholas | 606 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 10 | Jayden | 596 | ↑6 | 11 |
| 11 | Joshua | 532 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 12 | Jacob | 499 | ↑3 | 1 |
| 13 | David | 494 | – | 14 |
| 14 | John | 482 | – | 20 |
| 15 | Justin | 481 | ↓3 | 44 |
| 16 | Andrew | 449 | ↓5 | 12 |
| 17 | Christian | 440 | ↑2 | 23 |
| 18 | Ethan | 431 | ↑6 | 3 |
| 19 | James | 429 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 20 | Brandon | 404 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 21 | Tyler | 399 | ↑1 | 28 |
| 22 | William | 394 | ↓5 | 8 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 374 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 24 | Dylan | 367 | ↓3 | 31 |
| 25 | Aiden | 359 | ↑10 | 16 |
| 26 | Jack | 356 | ↓6 | 39 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 339 | ↑3 | 24 |
| 28 | Kevin | 332 | ↓2 | 41 |
| 29 | Aidan | 319 | ↑2 | 59 |
| 30 | Thomas | 313 | ↓3 | 52 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 304 | ↓3 | 25 |
| 32 | Lucas | 304 | ↑7 | 46 |
| 33 | Robert | 303 | ↑5 | 49 |
| 34 | Noah | 291 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 35 | Luke | 286 | ↑1 | 43 |
| 36 | Gavin | 283 | ↑5 | 30 |
| 37 | Jason | 283 | ↓3 | 60 |
| 38 | Logan | 271 | ↓9 | 19 |
| 39 | Sean | 267 | ↓6 | 83 |
| 40 | Nathan | 266 | ↑8 | 21 |
| 41 | Samuel | 266 | ↓9 | 27 |
| 42 | Zachary | 258 | – | 47 |
| 43 | Chase | 251 | new | 67 |
| 44 | Elijah | 246 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 45 | Evan | 246 | ↓1 | 38 |
| 46 | Angel | 240 | ↓3 | 36 |
| 47 | Liam | 233 | new | 75 |
| 48 | Jake | 228 | ↓1 | >100 |
| 49 | Connor | 224 | new | 57 |
| 50 | Brian | 221 | ↓10 | 87 |
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