Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2009

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2009 were Isabella for girls (745 babies) and Michael for boys (804). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 82,938 babies born in New Jersey in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2009

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: 46 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Rochel: 39 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Yehudis: 24 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Faiga: 20 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Bracha: 21 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Elisheva: 20 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Chava: 27 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Shoshana: 31 babies, 14× the national rate
Malka: 48 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Rivka: 60 babies, 12.2× the national rate

Boys

Binyomin: 26 babies, 24.1× the national rate
Avrohom: 54 babies, 22× the national rate
Eliyahu: 48 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Dovid: 36 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Yaakov: 48 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Dov: 28 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Yehuda: 70 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Shmuel: 43 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Tzvi: 38 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Yitzchok: 34 babies, 13× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	745	–	1
2	Olivia	562	↑2	3
3	Sophia	544	–	4
4	Ava	515	↓2	5
5	Emily	488	–	6
6	Mia	435	↑6	10
7	Emma	419	↓1	2
8	Madison	419	–	7
9	Abigail	360	↑4	8
10	Samantha	358	↓3	14
11	Gianna	338	↓1	76
12	Gabriella	317	↑3	33
13	Ashley	315	↓2	20
14	Sarah	289	↓5	21
15	Grace	288	↑4	17
16	Kayla	285	↓2	35
17	Brianna	278	↑1	24
18	Leah	276	↑9	29
19	Julia	273	↓2	50
20	Sofia	256	–	36
21	Chloe	246	↑5	9
22	Victoria	239	↓6	31
23	Elizabeth	213	↓1	11
24	Alyssa	204	↓3	19
25	Ella	204	↑3	15
26	Alexa	200	↑3	43
27	Lily	193	↑6	18
28	Alexis	192	↑11	13
29	Allison	187	↑6	30
30	Angelina	185	↓7	86
31	Natalie	180	↓6	16
32	Alexandra	179	↓2	69
33	Riley	179	new	38
34	Maya	178	↑13	61
35	Hailey	167	↑2	25
36	Addison	163	new	12
37	Sara	161	↑4	>100
38	Rachel	159	↓2	89
39	Katherine	150	↓8	60
40	Anna	148	↓2	28
41	Hannah	146	↓17	23
42	Taylor	146	↑4	22
43	Arianna	144	↓1	52
44	Brooke	144	↓1	54
45	Nicole	141	↓11	>100
46	Ariana	140	new	82
47	Genesis	140	new	83
48	Avery	137	new	32
49	Juliana	131	new	>100
50	Kaylee	131	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Michael	804	–	3
2	Matthew	715	–	13
3	Anthony	669	–	11
4	Jayden	653	↑6	8
5	Ryan	647	↑1	20
6	Daniel	611	↓1	7
7	Joseph	610	–	15
8	Christopher	606	↓4	10
9	Alexander	551	↓1	4
10	Nicholas	525	↓1	32
11	Jacob	519	↑1	1
12	Joshua	514	↓1	6
13	Justin	447	↑2	46
14	Ethan	446	↑4	2
15	Christian	426	↑2	23
16	David	426	↓3	14
17	William	412	↑5	5
18	Dylan	411	↑6	30
19	Andrew	410	↓3	16
20	John	410	↓6	26
21	Tyler	398	–	28
22	Aiden	390	↑3	12
23	Brandon	378	↓3	38
24	James	367	↓5	18
25	Kevin	359	↑3	44
26	Jack	354	–	42
27	Gabriel	348	–	22
28	Noah	346	↑6	9
29	Jonathan	342	↓6	29
30	Thomas	324	–	57
31	Logan	316	↑7	17
32	Lucas	315	–	39
33	Benjamin	299	↓2	19
34	Evan	280	↑11	35
35	Gavin	274	↑1	33
36	Chase	270	↑7	61
37	Robert	269	↓4	55
38	Luke	268	↓3	47
39	Samuel	267	↑2	24
40	Liam	244	↑7	49
41	Aidan	237	↓12	72
42	Jason	236	↓5	66
43	Nathan	236	↓3	25
44	Elijah	235	–	21
45	Zachary	235	↓3	53
46	Angel	229	–	37
47	Connor	225	↑2	52
48	Sean	216	↓9	97
49	Jake	213	↓1	>100
50	Julian	210	new	62

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