Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2013

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2013 were Isabella for girls (624 babies) and Michael for boys (606). Isabella ranked #4 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,022 babies born in New Jersey in 2013 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2013

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: 49 babies, 23.1× the national rate
Batsheva: 73 babies, 22.5× the national rate
Yehudis: 31 babies, 19.6× the national rate
Bracha: 23 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Chava: 37 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Shoshana: 33 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Rochel: 36 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Yocheved: 19 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Ahuva: 22 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Malka: 52 babies, 14.6× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 61 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Eliyahu: 59 babies, 21.9× the national rate
Dovid: 41 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Shmuel: 72 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Tzvi: 42 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Aryeh: 43 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Yehoshua: 28 babies, 15.9× the national rate
Yaakov: 61 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Mordechai: 66 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Dov: 28 babies, 14.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2013

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Isabella	624	↑1	4
2	Sophia	610	↓1	1
3	Olivia	540	↑1	3
4	Emma	535	↓1	2
5	Ava	483	–	5
6	Mia	446	–	6
7	Emily	419	–	7
8	Sofia	351	↑4	13
9	Madison	330	↓1	9
10	Abigail	326	↓1	8
11	Victoria	289	↑3	25
12	Gianna	253	↓2	87
13	Charlotte	246	↑7	11
14	Gabriella	238	↓1	38
15	Samantha	237	↓4	29
16	Leah	229	↑3	32
17	Amelia	222	↑14	17
18	Sarah	217	↓2	48
19	Chloe	213	↓1	14
20	Ella	212	↓5	15
21	Avery	202	↑6	12
22	Grace	202	↓1	22
23	Julia	188	↑3	75
24	Elizabeth	187	–	10
25	Hannah	185	↑11	23
26	Alexandra	178	↑8	82
27	Ashley	172	↓10	67
28	Aubrey	170	↑20	18
29	Riley	170	↑6	45
30	Lily	167	↓7	27
31	Alexa	161	↓2	60
32	Arianna	160	↑1	44
33	Layla	160	↑10	30
34	Sara	156	↑3	>100
35	Valentina	152	↑6	>100
36	Zoe	152	↓11	31
37	Esther	151	new	>100
38	Mackenzie	149	new	62
39	Hailey	148	↓11	43
40	Brianna	146	↓18	71
41	Allison	140	↑3	34
42	Ariana	140	↑4	54
43	Natalie	139	↓11	21
44	Kayla	135	↓6	96
45	Maya	135	↓15	72
46	Juliana	134	↓4	>100
47	Kaylee	133	new	40
48	Zoey	132	new	24
49	Camila	131	new	39
50	Nicole	130	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2012	US rank
1	Michael	606	–	7
2	Matthew	558	↑3	15
3	Jacob	548	↑4	2
4	Joseph	524	↓1	20
5	Liam	516	↑9	3
6	Anthony	499	↓4	19
7	Ryan	492	↓1	30
8	Daniel	491	↑1	10
9	Alexander	474	↑2	8
10	Ethan	470	↓2	6
11	Mason	468	↓1	4
12	Jayden	451	↓8	9
13	Dylan	431	–	29
14	Noah	425	↑5	1
15	Nicholas	415	↓3	54
16	Lucas	394	↑7	23
17	Joshua	392	↑3	21
18	Aiden	361	↓2	12
19	Benjamin	360	↓2	14
20	James	358	↑2	13
21	David	356	↓3	17
22	Logan	356	↑2	18
23	Christian	350	↑3	35
24	Christopher	334	↓9	26
25	John	316	↓4	27
26	William	316	↑3	5
27	Andrew	310	↓2	22
28	Gabriel	304	↓1	24
29	Jack	288	↑9	40
30	Justin	279	↓2	85
31	Sebastian	271	new	46
32	Luke	269	↑4	34
33	Jonathan	253	↓2	41
34	Jackson	250	–	16
35	Thomas	246	↑7	61
36	Tyler	237	↓3	63
37	Nathan	233	↓7	31
38	Brandon	232	↓6	70
39	Elijah	221	↓4	11
40	Evan	221	↑3	55
41	Samuel	216	–	25
42	Gavin	214	↓5	50
43	Kevin	213	↓3	72
44	Julian	211	↓5	47
45	Owen	209	new	38
46	Robert	209	↓1	62
47	Chase	201	↓1	78
48	Connor	191	new	56
49	Dominic	190	new	68
50	Adam	187	–	82

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