The most common names of people born in New Jersey

Social Security has recorded about 9.2 million births in New Jersey since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 6.8 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 42. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in New Jersey, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to New Jersey from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in New Jersey

Most common names of living women born in New Jersey
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	45,000	46
2	Patricia	40,000	69
3	Mary	40,000	66
4	Susan	33,000	66
5	Elizabeth	32,000	50
6	Barbara	31,000	72
7	Jessica	31,000	37
8	Linda	31,000	69
9	Lisa	30,000	56
10	Karen	28,000	62
11	Nicole	28,000	38
12	Kathleen	27,000	64
13	Michelle	24,000	46
14	Nancy	24,000	68
15	Donna	24,000	65
16	Emily	23,000	27
17	Melissa	23,000	43
18	Christine	22,000	55
19	Ashley	22,000	30
20	Kimberly	22,000	46
21	Sarah	22,000	33
22	Stephanie	21,000	41
23	Samantha	21,000	29
24	Amanda	20,000	35
25	Lauren	20,000	38
26	Carol	20,000	72
27	Laura	19,000	52
28	Deborah	19,000	65
29	Diane	19,000	68
30	Danielle	17,000	40

Men and boys born in New Jersey

Most common names of living men born in New Jersey
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	140,000	47
2	John	110,000	56
3	Robert	97,000	58
4	Joseph	82,000	48
5	James	81,000	53
6	David	75,000	50
7	William	70,000	55
8	Christopher	65,000	40
9	Thomas	61,000	53
10	Daniel	55,000	40
11	Matthew	55,000	34
12	Anthony	54,000	42
13	Richard	51,000	60
14	Kevin	41,000	44
15	Brian	40,000	46
16	Andrew	36,000	38
17	Nicholas	35,000	33
18	Mark	33,000	54
19	Ryan	33,000	29
20	Steven	33,000	50
21	Charles	31,000	55
22	Edward	29,000	58
23	Paul	27,000	56
24	Jeffrey	27,000	52
25	Jason	26,000	39
26	Jonathan	25,000	35
27	Kenneth	24,000	57
28	Eric	24,000	44
29	Alexander	23,000	28
30	Stephen	23,000	53

Average ages here are for people with the name born in New Jersey, not the national average.

Names more common in New Jersey than nationally

Among living people born in New Jersey, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Moshe is 7.8× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in New Jersey than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Moshe	7.8×	3,400	14
2	Salvatore	5.0×	3,500	47
3	Maryann	4.0×	4,000	70
4	Gerard	3.5×	3,000	56
5	Eileen	3.2×	8,300	65
6	Gianna	3.0×	8,200	17
7	Dominick	2.9×	3,700	39
8	Maureen	2.9×	7,600	66
9	Michele	2.8×	14,000	58
10	Lorraine	2.6×	5,900	70
11	Jaclyn	2.6×	3,200	38
12	Brielle	2.6×	3,200	18
13	Joanne	2.5×	8,300	67
14	Miriam	2.5×	4,500	28
15	Marianne	2.5×	2,800	67

The newest New Jersey babies

The most popular names for babies born in New Jersey in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in New Jersey
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Emma	428	20
2	Mia	427	15
3	Olivia	396	18
4	Sophia	396	16
5	Isabella	368	15
6	Charlotte	340	30
7	Amelia	317	16
8	Ailany	299	2
9	Sofia	292	14
10	Ava	286	14

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in New Jersey
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Liam	749	11
2	Noah	742	16
3	Lucas	399	18
4	Luca	378	8
5	Joseph	374	45
6	James	350	54
7	Michael	343	49
8	Theodore	338	29
9	Oliver	335	13
10	Jack	333	34

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in New Jersey with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this