Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2017

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2017 were Emma for girls (583 babies) and Liam for boys (584). Social Security records list 76,818 babies born in New Jersey in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2017

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

Yehudis: 32 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Rochel: 43 babies, 21.5× the national rate
Ahuva: 38 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Nechama: 31 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Batsheva: 29 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Bracha: 27 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Shoshana: 49 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Devorah: 38 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Malka: 69 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Yocheved: 23 babies, 15.3× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 55 babies, 26× the national rate
Binyomin: 24 babies, 23.6× the national rate
Yaakov: 92 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Dovid: 52 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Tzvi: 65 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Yehoshua: 33 babies, 18× the national rate
Shmuel: 87 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Meir: 68 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Aryeh: 45 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Yitzchok: 68 babies, 16.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	583	↑2	1
2	Olivia	562	–	2
3	Isabella	537	↑2	4
4	Mia	459	↓3	6
5	Sophia	445	↓1	5
6	Ava	438	–	3
7	Charlotte	354	–	7
8	Amelia	323	↑5	8
9	Emily	308	↓1	12
10	Abigail	303	↓1	10
11	Madison	278	↓1	17
12	Sofia	277	↓1	15
13	Victoria	238	↑3	19
14	Leah	234	↓2	40
15	Ella	226	↑15	16
16	Gianna	215	↑12	91
17	Scarlett	212	↑2	18
18	Camila	211	↑8	23
19	Avery	210	↑1	14
20	Grace	205	↓6	21
21	Riley	199	↓6	25
22	Sarah	199	↓4	62
23	Valentina	199	↑8	96
24	Aria	184	↑8	20
25	Layla	182	↑8	26
26	Penelope	180	↑11	24
27	Savannah	177	↓5	38
28	Harper	174	↓5	11
29	Mila	174	new	30
30	Evelyn	173	↑14	9
31	Chloe	172	↓7	22
32	Elizabeth	169	↓7	13
33	Samantha	168	↓16	54
34	Esther	165	–	>100
35	Lily	163	↓8	33
36	Zoe	163	↓7	41
37	Gabriella	162	↓16	65
38	Sara	160	↑7	>100
39	Hannah	156	↓3	32
40	Stella	151	new	42
41	Maya	147	↑2	60
42	Skylar	147	↓1	48
43	Emilia	145	new	77
44	Aubrey	143	↑3	31
45	Natalie	139	↓6	35
46	Hailey	138	↓4	72
47	Julia	137	↓7	93
48	Brielle	136	new	>100
49	Mackenzie	131	↓3	100
50	Kayla	130	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	584	–	1
2	Noah	546	–	2
3	Matthew	523	–	16
4	Michael	500	–	12
5	Jacob	476	–	9
6	Lucas	470	↑1	11
7	Logan	455	↑10	5
8	Joseph	442	↓2	18
9	Ethan	433	↑5	14
10	Dylan	430	↓1	29
11	Benjamin	394	↑1	6
12	Ryan	392	↑3	44
13	Daniel	391	–	15
14	James	391	↑2	4
15	Mason	387	↓7	7
16	Alexander	386	↓6	13
17	Anthony	366	↓6	33
18	Aiden	345	↑4	17
19	David	339	↓1	22
20	Jayden	308	–	26
21	William	297	↑4	3
22	Christopher	292	↓3	39
23	Sebastian	287	↓2	23
24	John	285	–	27
25	Joshua	282	↑1	38
26	Gabriel	261	↑1	31
27	Aaron	259	↑13	47
28	Nicholas	258	↓5	68
29	Jack	257	–	36
30	Andrew	256	↑2	40
31	Julian	249	↑5	37
32	Christian	239	↓2	52
33	Jackson	233	↓2	20
34	Samuel	233	↑1	21
35	Nathan	228	↓1	45
36	Oliver	224	↑7	10
37	Connor	216	↑5	56
38	Luke	216	↓10	30
39	Cameron	213	↓1	60
40	Carter	213	↑6	24
41	Elijah	207	↑3	8
42	Thomas	203	↓9	49
43	Caleb	194	↑6	50
44	Owen	194	↑1	28
45	Adam	189	↑3	77
46	Isaac	189	↓7	32
47	Zachary	180	new	>100
48	Robert	177	new	65
49	Austin	175	new	75
50	Henry	173	↓9	19

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