Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2015

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2015 were Emma for girls (532 babies) and Liam for boys (572). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,752 babies born in New Jersey in 2015 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2015

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

Tziporah: 19 babies, 24× the national rate
Batsheva: 40 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Nechama: 56 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Yehudis: 32 babies, 22× the national rate
Ahuva: 27 babies, 20.9× the national rate
Rochel: 44 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Bracha: 36 babies, 19× the national rate
Chava: 33 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Shoshana: 35 babies, 15× the national rate
Elisheva: 24 babies, 14.8× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 45 babies, 22.8× the national rate
Yehoshua: 32 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Yaakov: 80 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Shmuel: 75 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Tzvi: 50 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Dovid: 44 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Yehuda: 78 babies, 16× the national rate
Simcha: 22 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Shlomo: 56 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Aryeh: 35 babies, 14.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Emma	532	↑1	1
2	Isabella	519	↑2	5
3	Sophia	518	↓2	3
4	Olivia	504	↓1	2
5	Mia	490	–	6
6	Ava	466	–	4
7	Emily	401	–	8
8	Abigail	367	↑1	7
9	Madison	361	↑1	11
10	Charlotte	314	↑1	9
11	Sofia	314	↓3	14
12	Amelia	244	↑7	12
13	Leah	244	↑2	36
14	Victoria	240	↓2	20
15	Avery	229	↑2	16
16	Gianna	214	↑7	96
17	Scarlett	212	↑27	22
18	Gabriella	210	↑2	54
19	Elizabeth	206	↑7	13
20	Grace	203	↓7	19
21	Samantha	203	↓3	40
22	Alexa	200	↑13	32
23	Zoe	195	↑11	33
24	Maya	192	↑13	68
25	Chloe	191	↓3	17
26	Ella	188	↓12	18
27	Sarah	186	↓11	57
28	Lily	185	↑2	25
29	Layla	184	↑10	30
30	Riley	175	new	35
31	Aubrey	173	↓2	21
32	Valentina	172	↓1	>100
33	Ariana	169	↓12	46
34	Savannah	169	↓1	38
35	Julia	166	↓7	89
36	Harper	165	↑10	10
37	Skylar	159	↑10	42
38	Brianna	156	↓6	82
39	Ashley	152	↓12	86
40	Esther	151	↓16	>100
41	Evelyn	150	↓3	15
42	Hannah	149	↓6	28
43	Penelope	146	new	34
44	Anna	143	new	44
45	Mackenzie	143	↓5	73
46	Camila	141	↑2	43
47	Alexandra	137	↓5	100
48	Kayla	137	↓7	>100
49	Natalie	137	↓6	27
50	Arianna	131	↓25	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Liam	572	↑3	2
2	Michael	541	↓1	9
3	Jacob	534	↑5	4
4	Noah	509	↑3	1
5	Mason	502	↑6	3
6	Joseph	482	↓3	21
7	Matthew	482	↓5	15
8	Dylan	471	↑6	27
9	Anthony	462	↑1	25
10	Daniel	455	↓5	12
11	Ethan	447	↓2	6
12	Ryan	435	–	39
13	Alexander	433	↓7	8
14	Benjamin	417	↑4	10
15	Lucas	403	↓2	16
16	James	402	↑1	7
17	Logan	382	↓2	14
18	Aiden	367	↑6	13
19	David	346	↑2	18
20	Christopher	332	–	32
21	Jayden	330	↓5	20
22	Nicholas	329	↓3	62
23	Sebastian	326	↑5	35
24	John	306	↓1	26
25	Joshua	305	↑1	33
26	William	301	↓4	5
27	Andrew	300	↓2	30
28	Gabriel	277	↑3	22
29	Nathan	273	↑4	38
30	Jackson	272	↑2	17
31	Luke	271	↓1	28
32	Samuel	260	↑4	23
33	Christian	248	↓4	43
34	Jack	245	↓7	40
35	Carter	230	↑2	24
36	Oliver	220	new	19
37	Elijah	219	↑3	11
38	Thomas	219	↓3	51
39	Julian	217	↑4	45
40	Adam	213	↑1	73
41	Jonathan	207	↓7	48
42	Cameron	206	new	56
43	Tyler	205	↑5	81
44	Caleb	197	new	37
45	Chase	196	↓7	74
46	Dominic	190	↓2	68
47	Aaron	189	↑2	52
48	Evan	189	new	67
49	Owen	187	↓2	36
50	Connor	186	new	55

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