Popular baby names in New Jersey, 2023

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2023 were Olivia for girls (480 babies) and Liam for boys (717). Social Security records list 75,930 babies born in New Jersey in 2023 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 2023

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

Leeba: 18 babies, 28× the national rate
Rochel: 69 babies, 26.6× the national rate
Yehudis: 50 babies, 23× the national rate
Batsheva: 43 babies, 22.3× the national rate
Tziporah: 23 babies, 22.1× the national rate
Nechama: 58 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Gittel: 18 babies, 19.3× the national rate
Ahuva: 33 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Devora: 37 babies, 18× the national rate
Bracha: 36 babies, 17.8× the national rate

Boys

Avrohom: 75 babies, 28.9× the national rate
Ahron: 42 babies, 25.4× the national rate
Nosson: 21 babies, 24.7× the national rate
Binyomin: 25 babies, 24.6× the national rate
Dovid: 81 babies, 23× the national rate
Yehoshua: 39 babies, 22.6× the national rate
Eliyahu: 69 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Shmuel: 113 babies, 19.5× the national rate
Yaakov: 103 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Shlomo: 94 babies, 18.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Olivia	480	↑3	1
2	Emma	468	↓1	2
3	Mia	448	–	6
4	Sophia	413	↓2	5
5	Isabella	398	–	7
6	Charlotte	370	–	3
7	Ava	311	↑1	8
8	Amelia	294	↓1	4
9	Madison	273	↑5	37
10	Leah	259	↑2	53
11	Sofia	250	–	12
12	Gianna	236	↓2	21
13	Valentina	219	↑6	50
14	Chloe	218	↑2	26
15	Zoe	214	–	36
16	Luna	210	↓7	10
17	Emily	206	↓4	19
18	Lily	205	↑10	20
19	Layla	198	↑14	30
20	Mila	197	↓2	28
21	Camila	189	↑3	13
22	Ella	188	↑8	32
23	Esther	183	↓6	>100
24	Harper	183	↑2	11
25	Abigail	180	↓5	31
26	Miriam	176	↑8	>100
27	Scarlett	176	↓5	17
28	Avery	174	↑12	29
29	Emilia	173	↓8	42
30	Sarah	172	↓3	91
31	Grace	169	↑5	39
32	Penelope	169	↓3	23
33	Nora	168	↑4	24
34	Aria	167	↑4	25
35	Hannah	162	↓10	48
36	Aurora	161	↑9	22
37	Sara	159	↓14	>100
38	Eliana	158	↓3	34
39	Riley	158	↑4	43
40	Violet	157	↑2	16
41	Victoria	150	–	45
42	Gabriella	146	↑5	89
43	Maya	146	↓12	49
44	Rachel	144	↑2	>100
45	Evelyn	141	↓6	9
46	Hailey	140	↓14	90
47	Alaia	137	new	>100
48	Stella	129	↓4	46
49	Sienna	128	new	>100
50	Chaya	125	↓1	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	717	–	1
2	Noah	709	–	2
3	Lucas	431	–	9
4	Joseph	410	–	29
5	Michael	358	–	16
6	James	343	↑2	4
7	Jack	334	↑3	14
8	Jacob	326	↓2	35
9	Luca	324	–	25
10	Ethan	323	↓3	24
11	Matthew	312	↑4	32
12	Benjamin	311	↑2	11
13	Dylan	309	↑3	34
14	Anthony	299	↓2	46
15	Daniel	292	↓4	17
16	Oliver	285	↓3	3
17	Leo	270	↑4	18
18	Logan	269	–	39
19	Alexander	264	↓2	22
20	Theodore	252	↑6	7
21	Mason	249	↑2	30
22	David	247	↓3	27
23	Sebastian	242	↑4	13
24	Cameron	239	↑11	58
25	John	237	↓5	26
26	Owen	235	↑6	20
27	Thomas	232	↑9	41
28	Mateo	229	↑17	6
29	Aiden	228	↓7	40
30	Jayden	227	↓6	49
31	Thiago	225	↑17	72
32	Henry	221	↑1	8
33	Isaac	219	↑8	42
34	Gabriel	217	↑4	38
35	Ryan	217	↓6	83
36	Nathan	212	↓11	59
37	Christopher	204	↓6	55
38	William	202	↓10	10
39	Luke	200	↓5	31
40	Samuel	198	↓3	19
41	Julian	196	↑6	33
42	Aaron	194	↑1	68
43	Elijah	194	↓3	5
44	Nicholas	192	↓14	>100
45	Miles	190	new	43
46	Moshe	185	new	>100
47	Joshua	176	↓3	60
48	Asher	175	new	23
49	Levi	173	new	12
50	Ian	169	↓1	69

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