Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1996
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,738 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,448 |
| 3 | Christopher | 1,221 |
| 4 | Nicholas | 1,169 |
| 5 | Joseph | 1,066 |
| 6 | Daniel | 989 |
| 7 | Ryan | 945 |
| 8 | John | 912 |
| 9 | Anthony | 903 |
| 10 | Andrew | 803 |
| 11 | Kevin | 798 |
| 12 | David | 751 |
| 13 | Tyler | 682 |
| 14 | Robert | 680 |
| 15 | Thomas | 678 |
| 16 | James | 674 |
| 17 | Brandon | 667 |
| 18 | Justin | 663 |
| 19 | Joshua | 658 |
| 20 | Alexander | 655 |
| 21 | Brian | 600 |
| 22 | Zachary | 587 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 571 |
| 24 | Kyle | 559 |
| 25 | William | 548 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Christian | 529 |
| 27 | Sean | 441 |
| 28 | Eric | 426 |
| 29 | Steven | 417 |
| 30 | Jacob | 403 |
| 31 | Patrick | 386 |
| 32 | Jason | 354 |
| 33 | Richard | 325 |
| 34 | Austin | 312 |
| 35 | Dylan | 304 |
| 36 | Mark | 294 |
| 37 | Samuel | 288 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 287 |
| 39 | Timothy | 286 |
| 40 | Jordan | 266 |
| 41 | Peter | 260 |
| 42 | Connor | 257 |
| 42 | Stephen | 257 |
| 44 | Adam | 252 |
| 45 | Jeffrey | 248 |
| 46 | Bryan | 242 |
| 47 | Jose | 222 |
| 48 | Jake | 219 |
| 49 | Aaron | 215 |
| 50 | Luis | 211 |
| 51 | Charles | 207 |
| 52 | Alex | 206 |
| 53 | Vincent | 194 |
| 54 | Edward | 193 |
| 55 | Jeremy | 183 |
| 56 | Ian | 181 |
| 57 | Isaiah | 180 |
| 58 | Paul | 176 |
| 59 | Evan | 173 |
| 60 | Kenneth | 169 |
| 61 | George | 163 |
| 62 | Gregory | 156 |
| 62 | Luke | 156 |
| 64 | Jesse | 152 |
| 65 | Jack | 149 |
| 66 | Elijah | 143 |
| 66 | Scott | 143 |
| 68 | Jared | 142 |
| 69 | Frank | 140 |
| 70 | Brendan | 138 |
| 70 | Noah | 138 |
| 72 | Carlos | 137 |
| 73 | Gabriel | 135 |
| 74 | Julian | 124 |
| 75 | Shawn | 122 |
| 76 | Angel | 120 |
| 77 | Cody | 119 |
| 77 | Shane | 119 |
| 79 | Antonio | 117 |
| 80 | Raymond | 116 |
| 81 | Juan | 114 |
| 82 | Devin | 113 |
| 82 | Victor | 113 |
| 84 | Colin | 112 |
| 85 | Corey | 105 |
| 86 | Erik | 102 |
| 86 | Ethan | 102 |
| 88 | Brett | 101 |
| 89 | Alec | 97 |
| 90 | Marcus | 96 |
| 91 | Keith | 94 |
| 91 | Nathaniel | 94 |
| 93 | Trevor | 92 |
| 94 | Edwin | 91 |
| 94 | Henry | 91 |
| 96 | Cameron | 89 |
| 96 | Joel | 89 |
| 98 | Andre | 88 |
| 98 | Liam | 88 |
| 100 | Louis | 86 |