Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2012
The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2012 were Sophia for girls (643 babies) and Michael for boys (649). Michael ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 77,986 babies born in New Jersey in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2012
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
- Shaindel: 19 babies, 27× the national rate
- Batsheva: 90 babies, 22.3× the national rate
- Rochel: 43 babies, 21.8× the national rate
- Yehudis: 32 babies, 21.7× the national rate
- Nechama: 35 babies, 20.3× the national rate
- Shoshana: 39 babies, 19.4× the national rate
- Ahuva: 20 babies, 17.2× the national rate
- Yocheved: 30 babies, 16.3× the national rate
- Chava: 33 babies, 16.2× the national rate
- Rivka: 73 babies, 14× the national rate
Boys
- Nosson: 32 babies, 25.2× the national rate
- Avrohom: 46 babies, 22.9× the national rate
- Dovid: 43 babies, 19.9× the national rate
- Dov: 36 babies, 17.5× the national rate
- Shmuel: 55 babies, 17.1× the national rate
- Tzvi: 34 babies, 16.2× the national rate
- Yaakov: 52 babies, 15.3× the national rate
- Shlomo: 48 babies, 15.2× the national rate
- Eliyahu: 36 babies, 15.1× the national rate
- Chaim: 106 babies, 14.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2012
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2011 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophia | 643 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Isabella | 582 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Emma | 527 | ↑3 | 2 |
| 4 | Olivia | 526 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ava | 473 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | Mia | 452 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 7 | Emily | 435 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 8 | Madison | 386 | – | 9 |
| 9 | Abigail | 343 | – | 7 |
| 10 | Gianna | 273 | ↑2 | 73 |
| 11 | Samantha | 259 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 12 | Sofia | 256 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 13 | Gabriella | 253 | ↓2 | 37 |
| 14 | Victoria | 246 | ↑7 | 28 |
| 15 | Ella | 244 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 16 | Sarah | 241 | ↑2 | 42 |
| 17 | Ashley | 232 | ↑3 | 50 |
| 18 | Chloe | 226 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 19 | Leah | 223 | ↓4 | 33 |
| 20 | Charlotte | 219 | ↑6 | 19 |
| 21 | Grace | 218 | ↓7 | 21 |
| 22 | Brianna | 206 | – | 51 |
| 23 | Lily | 203 | – | 16 |
| 24 | Elizabeth | 195 | ↑3 | 10 |
| 25 | Zoe | 193 | ↑8 | 30 |
| 26 | Julia | 188 | ↓7 | 65 |
| 27 | Avery | 183 | ↑7 | 13 |
| 28 | Hailey | 181 | ↑1 | 32 |
| 29 | Alexa | 174 | ↓1 | 57 |
| 30 | Maya | 169 | ↑11 | 63 |
| 31 | Amelia | 167 | – | 23 |
| 32 | Natalie | 167 | ↓7 | 17 |
| 33 | Arianna | 160 | ↑4 | 49 |
| 34 | Alexandra | 156 | ↓4 | 76 |
| 35 | Riley | 153 | ↑7 | 47 |
| 36 | Hannah | 150 | ↑14 | 22 |
| 37 | Sara | 148 | ↑6 | >100 |
| 38 | Kayla | 146 | ↓14 | 69 |
| 39 | Alyssa | 142 | ↓4 | 44 |
| 40 | Angelina | 135 | ↓8 | >100 |
| 41 | Valentina | 135 | new | >100 |
| 42 | Juliana | 133 | new | >100 |
| 43 | Layla | 133 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 44 | Allison | 131 | new | 38 |
| 45 | Makayla | 131 | new | 70 |
| 46 | Ariana | 127 | ↑2 | 74 |
| 47 | Addison | 124 | ↓9 | 14 |
| 48 | Aubrey | 124 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 49 | Brielle | 122 | ↓9 | >100 |
| 50 | Scarlett | 122 | new | 61 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2011 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 649 | – | 7 |
| 2 | Anthony | 585 | – | 15 |
| 3 | Joseph | 564 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 4 | Jayden | 555 | – | 8 |
| 5 | Matthew | 547 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 6 | Ryan | 533 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 7 | Jacob | 518 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 8 | Ethan | 514 | ↑10 | 3 |
| 9 | Daniel | 486 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 10 | Mason | 486 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 11 | Alexander | 463 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 12 | Nicholas | 419 | ↓1 | 49 |
| 13 | Dylan | 409 | ↑11 | 31 |
| 14 | Liam | 406 | ↑13 | 6 |
| 15 | Christopher | 404 | ↓5 | 23 |
| 16 | Aiden | 385 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 17 | Benjamin | 382 | ↑11 | 16 |
| 18 | David | 380 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 19 | Noah | 372 | ↑2 | 4 |
| 20 | Joshua | 369 | ↓3 | 17 |
| 21 | John | 368 | ↓8 | 28 |
| 22 | James | 360 | – | 14 |
| 23 | Lucas | 357 | – | 27 |
| 24 | Logan | 350 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 25 | Andrew | 347 | ↓10 | 18 |
| 26 | Christian | 314 | ↓1 | 33 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 308 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 28 | Justin | 306 | ↓8 | 74 |
| 29 | William | 305 | ↓10 | 5 |
| 30 | Nathan | 278 | ↑3 | 29 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 264 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 32 | Brandon | 259 | ↓1 | 56 |
| 33 | Tyler | 253 | ↑1 | 50 |
| 34 | Jackson | 242 | ↑6 | 21 |
| 35 | Elijah | 241 | ↑6 | 13 |
| 36 | Luke | 236 | ↑6 | 37 |
| 37 | Gavin | 234 | ↑2 | 40 |
| 38 | Jack | 234 | ↓6 | 46 |
| 39 | Julian | 229 | new | 53 |
| 40 | Kevin | 229 | ↑4 | 69 |
| 41 | Samuel | 227 | ↓5 | 25 |
| 42 | Thomas | 225 | ↓4 | 63 |
| 43 | Evan | 222 | – | 47 |
| 44 | Aaron | 217 | ↑5 | 51 |
| 45 | Robert | 214 | ↑1 | 60 |
| 46 | Chase | 212 | ↓11 | 77 |
| 47 | Jason | 208 | ↑1 | 76 |
| 48 | Jordan | 205 | new | 48 |
| 49 | Jeremiah | 200 | new | 52 |
| 50 | Adam | 189 | – | 82 |
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