Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2018
The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2018 were Emma for girls (502 babies) and Liam for boys (663). Social Security records list 76,091 babies born in New Jersey in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2018
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
- Tzipora: 22 babies, 26× the national rate
- Rochel: 51 babies, 23.7× the national rate
- Batsheva: 41 babies, 22.1× the national rate
- Yehudis: 38 babies, 21.7× the national rate
- Nechama: 51 babies, 20.3× the national rate
- Bracha: 28 babies, 20.1× the national rate
- Chava: 38 babies, 18.4× the national rate
- Malka: 71 babies, 18.1× the national rate
- Ahuva: 31 babies, 17.5× the national rate
- Shoshana: 38 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Boys
- Binyomin: 26 babies, 25× the national rate
- Avrohom: 45 babies, 23.1× the national rate
- Nosson: 21 babies, 22.6× the national rate
- Shmuel: 94 babies, 21.5× the national rate
- Dovid: 59 babies, 21.5× the national rate
- Ahron: 28 babies, 20.8× the national rate
- Yehoshua: 31 babies, 20× the national rate
- Yaakov: 77 babies, 18.7× the national rate
- Aharon: 35 babies, 17.8× the national rate
- Aryeh: 44 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2018
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2017 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 502 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Isabella | 485 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 3 | Olivia | 485 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 4 | Mia | 418 | – | 7 |
| 5 | Ava | 417 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sophia | 383 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 7 | Charlotte | 358 | – | 6 |
| 8 | Emily | 320 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 9 | Amelia | 307 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 10 | Leah | 274 | ↑4 | 41 |
| 11 | Abigail | 265 | ↓1 | 11 |
| 12 | Sofia | 251 | – | 17 |
| 13 | Madison | 248 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 14 | Victoria | 239 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 15 | Ella | 220 | – | 15 |
| 16 | Mila | 220 | ↑13 | 14 |
| 17 | Riley | 217 | ↑4 | 28 |
| 18 | Valentina | 213 | ↑5 | 81 |
| 19 | Sarah | 196 | ↑3 | 66 |
| 20 | Camila | 194 | ↓2 | 18 |
| 21 | Layla | 193 | ↑4 | 27 |
| 22 | Luna | 193 | new | 23 |
| 23 | Aria | 192 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 24 | Chloe | 190 | ↑7 | 25 |
| 25 | Gabriella | 187 | ↑12 | 69 |
| 26 | Avery | 185 | ↓7 | 16 |
| 27 | Hannah | 184 | ↑12 | 33 |
| 28 | Zoe | 184 | ↑8 | 40 |
| 29 | Harper | 179 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 30 | Gianna | 178 | ↓14 | 80 |
| 31 | Esther | 177 | ↑3 | >100 |
| 32 | Grace | 177 | ↓12 | 24 |
| 33 | Lily | 175 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 34 | Elizabeth | 170 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 35 | Savannah | 169 | ↓8 | 45 |
| 36 | Evelyn | 167 | ↓6 | 10 |
| 37 | Stella | 163 | ↑3 | 38 |
| 38 | Scarlett | 162 | ↓21 | 20 |
| 39 | Penelope | 158 | ↓13 | 26 |
| 40 | Hailey | 154 | ↑6 | 79 |
| 41 | Maya | 154 | – | 62 |
| 42 | Sara | 147 | ↓4 | >100 |
| 43 | Emilia | 143 | – | 58 |
| 44 | Skylar | 139 | ↓2 | 49 |
| 45 | Miriam | 138 | new | >100 |
| 46 | Samantha | 137 | ↓13 | 61 |
| 47 | Aubrey | 133 | ↓3 | 37 |
| 48 | Mackenzie | 132 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 49 | Chaya | 131 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Genesis | 129 | new | 57 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2017 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 663 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Noah | 527 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Jacob | 470 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 4 | Michael | 453 | – | 14 |
| 5 | Matthew | 448 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 6 | Lucas | 441 | – | 8 |
| 7 | Joseph | 435 | ↑1 | 23 |
| 8 | Dylan | 434 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 9 | Logan | 433 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 10 | Benjamin | 409 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 11 | Ryan | 379 | ↑1 | 46 |
| 12 | Ethan | 377 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 13 | James | 374 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 14 | Daniel | 372 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 15 | Alexander | 368 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 16 | Anthony | 332 | ↑1 | 38 |
| 17 | Mason | 323 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 18 | David | 316 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 19 | Aiden | 298 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 20 | Sebastian | 293 | ↑3 | 18 |
| 21 | William | 283 | – | 3 |
| 22 | Jayden | 282 | ↓2 | 29 |
| 23 | Jack | 279 | ↑6 | 28 |
| 24 | John | 278 | – | 26 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 269 | ↑3 | 74 |
| 26 | Samuel | 256 | ↑8 | 21 |
| 27 | Nathan | 255 | ↑8 | 48 |
| 28 | Gabriel | 254 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 29 | Julian | 248 | ↑2 | 36 |
| 30 | Jackson | 243 | ↑3 | 17 |
| 31 | Christopher | 238 | ↓9 | 42 |
| 32 | Luke | 230 | ↑6 | 30 |
| 33 | Carter | 217 | ↑7 | 24 |
| 34 | Isaac | 212 | ↑12 | 34 |
| 35 | Adam | 206 | ↑10 | 78 |
| 36 | Joshua | 205 | ↓11 | 40 |
| 37 | Elijah | 201 | ↑4 | 7 |
| 38 | Thomas | 201 | ↑4 | 49 |
| 39 | Christian | 200 | ↓7 | 54 |
| 40 | Oliver | 199 | ↓4 | 5 |
| 41 | Owen | 198 | ↑3 | 25 |
| 42 | Aaron | 192 | ↓15 | 60 |
| 43 | Leo | 192 | new | 50 |
| 44 | Andrew | 189 | ↓14 | 43 |
| 45 | Cameron | 188 | ↓6 | 69 |
| 46 | Connor | 185 | ↓9 | 58 |
| 47 | Mateo | 183 | new | 37 |
| 48 | Adrian | 176 | new | 62 |
| 49 | Henry | 175 | ↑1 | 16 |
| 50 | Luca | 175 | new | >100 |
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