Most Popular Baby Names in New Jersey (2025)

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 2025 were Emma for girls and Liam for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in New Jersey than in the country as a whole include Esther, Leah, Sara, Cameron, Moshe, and Nicholas.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in New Jersey

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emma	428	↑ 2
2	Mia	427	↓ 1
3	Olivia	396	↑ 1
4	Sophia	396	↓ 2
5	Isabella	368	↑ 2
6	Charlotte	340	↓ 1
7	Amelia	317	↓ 1
8	Ailany	299	↑ 53
9	Sofia	292	↓ 1
10	Ava	286	–
11	Esther	248	↑ 1
12	Chloe	246	↑ 2
13	Leah	244	↓ 4
14	Zoe	241	↓ 3
15	Eliana	240	↑ 12
16	Madison	232	↑ 1
17	Lily	215	↑ 6
18	Emily	206	↑ 1
19	Valentina	206	↓ 4
20	Nora	192	↑ 14
21	Gianna	190	↓ 5
22	Sara	190	↑ 8
23	Layla	186	↑ 14
24	Aria	183	↑ 1
25	Hannah	182	↑ 11
26	Mila	179	↓ 8
27	Grace	175	↑ 1
28	Luna	174	↓ 15
29	Miriam	173	↓ 8
30	Penelope	173	↑ 3
31	Sarah	173	↑ 13
32	Ella	169	↓ 6
33	Evelyn	169	↑ 17
34	Harper	167	↓ 14
35	Emilia	166	↑ 10
36	Avery	161	↑ 7
37	Aurora	160	↑ 11
38	Lucy	156	↑ 16
39	Scarlett	154	↓ 10
40	Rivka	152	↓ 5
41	Ellie	149	↑ 10
42	Violet	149	↓ 11
43	Camila	147	↓ 21
44	Isla	147	↓ 3
45	Chaya	145	↑ 1
46	Sienna	145	↑ 11
47	Stella	145	↓ 8
48	Riley	144	↓ 10
49	Gabriella	137	↑ 4
50	Victoria	136	↓ 10
51	Maya	135	↓ 9
52	Rachel	135	↓ 28
53	Abigail	128	↓ 21
54	Hailey	125	↓ 7
55	Chana	123	↓ 3
56	Malka	122	↑ 11
57	Ayla	119	↑ 6
58	Elizabeth	114	↓ 9
59	Naomi	113	↑ 12
60	Claire	112	↑ 6
61	Maeve	110	↑ 19
62	Elena	109	↓ 3
63	Cecilia	107	↑ 29
64	Zoey	107	↑ 5
65	Lucia	106	↑ 19
66	Liliana	104	↓ 4
67	Madelyn	103	↓ 11
68	Ivy	102	new
69	Nova	101	↑ 7
70	Sadie	101	↑ 20
71	Hazel	99	↓ 7
72	Juliette	99	↑ 2
73	Alaia	98	↓ 13
74	Eleanor	97	↓ 4
75	Madeline	97	↑ 7
76	Eloise	96	new
77	Lillian	92	new
78	Lainey	91	new
79	Alice	90	↑ 12
80	Rose	90	new
81	Sophie	90	↓ 26
82	Savannah	89	↓ 17
83	Genesis	88	↓ 25
84	Melody	86	new
85	Bella	82	↓ 10
86	Josephine	82	↑ 12
87	Jade	81	↑ 9
88	Ariana	80	↓ 3
89	Natalie	80	↓ 21
90	Ariella	78	new
91	Lyla	78	new
92	Sloane	75	new
93	Julia	74	↓ 10
94	Rochel	74	new
95	Samantha	74	new
96	Addison	73	↓ 3
97	Alessia	73	↓ 24
98	Audrey	73	↓ 3
99	Summer	73	new
100	Francesca	72	↓ 28

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Liam	749	–
2	Noah	742	–
3	Lucas	399	–
4	Luca	378	↑ 3
5	Joseph	374	↓ 1
6	James	350	↑ 3
7	Michael	343	↓ 2
8	Theodore	338	↑ 7
9	Oliver	335	↑ 1
10	Jack	333	↑ 1
11	Anthony	327	↓ 3
12	Benjamin	299	–
13	Leo	298	↑ 8
14	Ethan	295	↓ 8
15	Jacob	274	↑ 3
16	Mateo	274	↑ 4
17	Daniel	256	–
18	Alexander	255	↑ 15
19	Dylan	255	↓ 6
20	Matthew	253	↓ 1
21	Thiago	253	↑ 4
22	Logan	235	↓ 8
23	David	232	↓ 7
24	Thomas	231	↑ 12
25	Cameron	226	↓ 2
26	John	223	–
27	Henry	221	↓ 3
28	Sebastian	217	↓ 6
29	Moshe	207	↑ 18
30	Cooper	204	↑ 55
31	Jayden	204	↓ 3
32	Elias	200	↑ 18
33	Owen	200	↓ 1
34	William	200	↓ 3
35	Nathan	199	↑ 6
36	Samuel	199	↑ 7
37	Luke	197	↑ 9
38	Mason	194	↓ 1
39	Aiden	192	↓ 12
40	Nicholas	192	↑ 2
41	Julian	190	↓ 6
42	Miles	189	↑ 7
43	Levi	185	↓ 5
44	Ryan	185	↑ 4
45	Christopher	183	↓ 1
46	Asher	181	↓ 12
47	Isaac	181	↓ 17
48	Aaron	178	↑ 3
49	Elijah	177	↓ 20
50	Ian	176	↑ 4
51	Gabriel	175	↓ 11
52	Caleb	171	↓ 7
53	Joshua	168	↓ 14
54	Eithan	162	new
55	Enzo	159	↑ 11
56	Charles	157	↓ 1
57	Dominic	156	–
58	Hudson	155	↓ 2
59	Yehuda	154	↑ 3
60	Adam	151	↑ 12
61	Austin	151	↓ 3
62	Vincent	146	↑ 3
63	Roman	143	↓ 2
64	Andrew	142	↓ 11
65	Carter	133	↑ 2
66	Theo	132	↑ 7
67	Gael	130	↑ 21
68	Jackson	126	↓ 16
69	Ezra	125	↓ 10
70	Santiago	125	↑ 10
71	Christian	124	↑ 11
72	Nico	124	↑ 4
73	Nolan	123	↓ 13
74	Robert	121	↑ 16
75	Giovanni	119	↑ 6
76	Chaim	117	↓ 13
77	Yosef	117	↓ 8
78	Eli	115	↑ 17
79	Bennett	114	new
80	Leonardo	114	↓ 5
81	Shmuel	114	↑ 6
82	Wyatt	114	↓ 8
83	Wesley	113	↑ 8
84	Yaakov	113	↑ 10
85	Lorenzo	112	↓ 14
86	Matteo	112	↓ 2
87	Yisroel	109	new
88	Adrian	108	↓ 18
89	Angel	108	↓ 11
90	Connor	108	↓ 1
91	Jeremiah	108	↓ 8
92	Chase	107	↑ 5
93	Maverick	107	↓ 1
94	Grayson	104	↓ 17
95	Dean	103	new
96	Jonathan	103	↓ 17
97	Shlomo	102	new
98	Kai	101	↓ 34
99	Dovid	99	new
100	Isaiah	98	new

Names more popular in New Jersey

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in New Jersey than across the US.

Girls

Name	New Jersey	US
Esther	#11	#119
Leah	#13	#58
Sara	#22	#198
Miriam	#29	#246
Sarah	#31	#90
Rivka	#40	#629
Chaya	#45	#588
Sienna	#46	#94

Boys

Name	New Jersey	US
Cameron	#25	#76
Moshe	#29	#436
Nicholas	#40	#112
Ryan	#44	#99

Number-one names in New Jersey by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Emma (428)	Liam (749)
2024	Mia (469)	Liam (774)
2023	Olivia (480)	Liam (717)
2022	Emma (488)	Liam (758)
2021	Olivia (551)	Liam (736)
2020	Olivia (491)	Liam (665)
2019	Emma (517)	Liam (635)
2018	Emma (502)	Liam (663)
2017	Emma (583)	Liam (584)
2016	Mia (532)	Liam (574)
2015	Emma (532)	Liam (572)
2014	Sophia (542)	Michael (584)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in New Jersey

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in New Jersey

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in New Jersey by year

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