Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2011

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2011 were Sophia for girls (661 babies) and Michael for boys (698). Michael ranked #6 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 79,359 babies born in New Jersey in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2011

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: 42 babies, 25× the national rate
Nechama: 51 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Batsheva: 36 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Yehudis: 27 babies, 21.1× the national rate
Faiga: 21 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Bracha: 24 babies, 19.7× the national rate
Shoshana: 44 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Ahuva: 24 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Chava: 28 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Malka: 43 babies, 13.1× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 53 babies, 24.2× the national rate
Tzvi: 52 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Yitzchok: 47 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Yaakov: 54 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Shmuel: 50 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Meir: 42 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Yisroel: 68 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Yehoshua: 28 babies, 15.7× the national rate
Aharon: 24 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Aryeh: 26 babies, 14.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	661	↑1	1
2	Isabella	637	↓1	2
3	Olivia	544	–	4
4	Ava	484	–	5
5	Emily	462	–	6
6	Emma	460	–	3
7	Mia	418	–	9
8	Madison	364	↑1	8
9	Abigail	351	↓1	7
10	Samantha	318	–	17
11	Gabriella	306	↑1	34
12	Gianna	288	↓1	63
13	Sofia	280	↑3	19
14	Grace	253	↑8	16
15	Leah	241	–	29
16	Ella	235	↑7	12
17	Chloe	232	↓3	10
18	Sarah	230	↓1	39
19	Julia	224	↑1	58
20	Ashley	222	↓7	42
21	Victoria	222	↓3	23
22	Brianna	215	↓1	45
23	Lily	212	↑1	15
24	Kayla	204	↓5	59
25	Natalie	199	↑1	14
26	Charlotte	193	↑8	27
27	Elizabeth	178	↓2	11
28	Alexa	177	↑2	55
29	Hailey	175	↓1	32
30	Alexandra	173	↓1	76
31	Amelia	173	↑12	30
32	Angelina	162	↓5	>100
33	Zoe	159	new	31
34	Avery	155	↑7	18
35	Alyssa	152	–	37
36	Kaylee	150	↑14	36
37	Arianna	148	↓6	52
38	Addison	147	–	13
39	Camila	146	new	48
40	Brielle	145	new	>100
41	Maya	145	↓9	64
42	Riley	144	↓9	47
43	Sara	143	↓4	>100
44	Layla	142	↑5	35
45	Savannah	140	new	41
46	Esther	139	new	>100
47	Anna	135	↓3	38
48	Ariana	133	new	84
49	Aubrey	133	new	20
50	Hannah	132	↓13	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Michael	698	–	6
2	Anthony	592	↑2	11
3	Ryan	592	↓1	25
4	Jayden	585	↓1	4
5	Jacob	580	↑3	1
6	Matthew	577	↑1	12
7	Joseph	530	↓2	22
8	Daniel	510	↓2	10
9	Alexander	503	↑2	8
10	Christopher	485	↓1	20
11	Nicholas	478	↓1	42
12	Mason	449	↑17	2
13	John	436	↑3	27
14	Aiden	425	↑6	9
15	Andrew	419	–	16
16	David	412	↓3	18
17	Joshua	408	↓5	14
18	Ethan	399	↓4	7
19	William	392	↓2	3
20	Justin	387	↓2	59
21	Noah	377	↑4	5
22	James	376	–	17
23	Lucas	376	↑1	29
24	Dylan	361	↓5	33
25	Christian	354	↑3	30
26	Logan	353	–	21
27	Liam	346	↑4	15
28	Benjamin	339	↓1	19
29	Gabriel	313	↓6	24
30	Jonathan	301	↑2	31
31	Brandon	293	↑2	47
32	Jack	278	↓2	45
33	Nathan	276	↑3	28
34	Tyler	268	↓13	38
35	Chase	260	↑3	69
36	Samuel	245	↑6	26
37	Sebastian	244	↑11	68
38	Thomas	240	↓3	63
39	Gavin	236	↑1	37
40	Jackson	235	new	23
41	Elijah	232	↑3	13
42	Luke	231	↓8	39
43	Evan	227	↓2	40
44	Kevin	226	↓5	67
45	Zachary	218	↑5	64
46	Robert	217	↓9	62
47	Angel	203	↓4	52
48	Jason	201	↓1	71
49	Aaron	199	↓3	51
50	Adam	196	new	81

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