Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2016
The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2016 were Mia for girls (532 babies) and Liam for boys (574). Mia ranked #6 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,101 babies born in New Jersey in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2016
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
- Batsheva: 48 babies, 28.7× the national rate
- Rochel: 61 babies, 26.2× the national rate
- Nechama: 52 babies, 22.5× the national rate
- Yehudis: 30 babies, 22.4× the national rate
- Bracha: 30 babies, 20.8× the national rate
- Chava: 41 babies, 17.7× the national rate
- Ahuva: 28 babies, 17.4× the national rate
- Tova: 24 babies, 17.4× the national rate
- Faiga: 21 babies, 17× the national rate
- Yocheved: 22 babies, 15× the national rate
Boys
- Binyomin: 22 babies, 28.7× the national rate
- Avrohom: 62 babies, 27.5× the national rate
- Ahron: 23 babies, 23.4× the national rate
- Yaakov: 76 babies, 21.8× the national rate
- Shmuel: 80 babies, 17.9× the national rate
- Eliyahu: 49 babies, 17.2× the national rate
- Dovid: 40 babies, 17.2× the national rate
- Shlomo: 59 babies, 16× the national rate
- Yehuda: 86 babies, 15.8× the national rate
- Tzvi: 43 babies, 15× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2016
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | 532 | ↑4 | 6 |
| 2 | Olivia | 532 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 3 | Emma | 507 | ↓2 | 1 |
| 4 | Sophia | 471 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Isabella | 470 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 6 | Ava | 463 | – | 3 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 390 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 8 | Emily | 347 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 9 | Abigail | 312 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 10 | Madison | 307 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 11 | Sofia | 295 | – | 14 |
| 12 | Leah | 264 | ↑1 | 37 |
| 13 | Amelia | 250 | ↓1 | 10 |
| 14 | Grace | 229 | ↑6 | 19 |
| 15 | Riley | 226 | ↑15 | 22 |
| 16 | Victoria | 223 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 17 | Samantha | 219 | ↑4 | 44 |
| 18 | Sarah | 210 | ↑9 | 57 |
| 19 | Scarlett | 210 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 20 | Avery | 206 | ↓5 | 16 |
| 21 | Gabriella | 198 | ↓3 | 61 |
| 22 | Savannah | 197 | ↑12 | 38 |
| 23 | Harper | 194 | ↑13 | 11 |
| 24 | Chloe | 193 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 25 | Elizabeth | 192 | ↓6 | 13 |
| 26 | Camila | 188 | ↑20 | 32 |
| 27 | Lily | 187 | ↑1 | 24 |
| 28 | Gianna | 180 | ↓12 | 92 |
| 29 | Zoe | 178 | ↓6 | 35 |
| 30 | Ella | 177 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 31 | Valentina | 176 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 32 | Aria | 175 | new | 23 |
| 33 | Layla | 173 | ↓4 | 30 |
| 34 | Esther | 171 | ↑6 | >100 |
| 35 | Ariana | 168 | ↓2 | 54 |
| 36 | Hannah | 167 | ↑6 | 33 |
| 37 | Penelope | 163 | ↑6 | 27 |
| 38 | Alexa | 160 | ↓16 | 51 |
| 39 | Natalie | 159 | ↑10 | 31 |
| 40 | Julia | 154 | ↓5 | 88 |
| 41 | Skylar | 154 | ↓4 | 42 |
| 42 | Hailey | 152 | new | 68 |
| 43 | Maya | 150 | ↓19 | 64 |
| 44 | Evelyn | 146 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 45 | Sara | 143 | new | >100 |
| 46 | Mackenzie | 142 | ↓1 | 85 |
| 47 | Aubrey | 141 | ↓16 | 25 |
| 48 | Ashley | 139 | ↓9 | >100 |
| 49 | Miriam | 137 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Arianna | 135 | – | 69 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 574 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Noah | 551 | ↑2 | 1 |
| 3 | Matthew | 544 | ↑4 | 15 |
| 4 | Michael | 510 | ↓2 | 8 |
| 5 | Jacob | 494 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 6 | Joseph | 472 | – | 20 |
| 7 | Lucas | 436 | ↑8 | 14 |
| 8 | Mason | 432 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 9 | Dylan | 431 | ↓1 | 32 |
| 10 | Alexander | 427 | ↑3 | 11 |
| 11 | Anthony | 416 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 12 | Benjamin | 406 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 13 | Daniel | 406 | ↓3 | 13 |
| 14 | Ethan | 404 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 15 | Ryan | 401 | ↓3 | 40 |
| 16 | James | 389 | – | 5 |
| 17 | Logan | 377 | – | 18 |
| 18 | David | 348 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 19 | Christopher | 326 | ↑1 | 36 |
| 20 | Jayden | 325 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 21 | Sebastian | 319 | ↑2 | 23 |
| 22 | Aiden | 315 | ↓4 | 16 |
| 23 | Nicholas | 313 | ↓1 | 63 |
| 24 | John | 306 | – | 28 |
| 25 | William | 305 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 26 | Joshua | 297 | ↓1 | 35 |
| 27 | Gabriel | 271 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 28 | Luke | 258 | ↑3 | 29 |
| 29 | Jack | 257 | ↑5 | 38 |
| 30 | Christian | 252 | ↑3 | 46 |
| 31 | Jackson | 252 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 32 | Andrew | 247 | ↓5 | 34 |
| 33 | Thomas | 241 | ↑5 | 48 |
| 34 | Nathan | 239 | ↓5 | 43 |
| 35 | Samuel | 229 | ↓3 | 21 |
| 36 | Julian | 227 | ↑3 | 39 |
| 37 | Jonathan | 225 | ↑4 | 56 |
| 38 | Cameron | 216 | ↑4 | 57 |
| 39 | Isaac | 215 | new | 31 |
| 40 | Aaron | 208 | ↑7 | 49 |
| 41 | Henry | 203 | new | 22 |
| 42 | Connor | 201 | ↑8 | 54 |
| 43 | Oliver | 201 | ↓7 | 12 |
| 44 | Elijah | 199 | ↓7 | 9 |
| 45 | Owen | 194 | ↑4 | 24 |
| 46 | Carter | 188 | ↓11 | 26 |
| 47 | Chase | 188 | ↓2 | 86 |
| 48 | Adam | 185 | ↓8 | 75 |
| 49 | Caleb | 182 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 50 | Tyler | 181 | ↓7 | 91 |
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