Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1997

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,750
2	Matthew	1,421
3	Nicholas	1,169
4	Christopher	1,148
5	Joseph	1,045
6	Anthony	917
7	Daniel	897
8	John	878
9	Andrew	826
10	Ryan	784
11	Brandon	740
12	Kevin	705
13	Tyler	701
14	David	689
15	Justin	679
16	James	660
17	Kyle	656
17	Robert	656
19	Joshua	625
20	Thomas	613
21	William	611
22	Jonathan	608
23	Alexander	578
24	Zachary	538
25	Brian	525

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christian	490
27	Jacob	456
28	Eric	413
29	Sean	379
30	Steven	371
31	Patrick	343
32	Jason	339
33	Dylan	319
34	Samuel	317
35	Austin	311
36	Jordan	278
37	Benjamin	274
37	Timothy	274
39	Richard	263
40	Mark	255
41	Connor	249
42	Stephen	236
43	Jose	232
44	Adam	224
44	Paul	224
46	Evan	216
47	Jake	215
48	Peter	212
49	Isaiah	202
50	Jeffrey	201
51	Charles	198
51	Luis	198
53	Vincent	192
54	Bryan	188
55	Jared	187
56	Aaron	184
57	Edward	180
58	Gregory	176
59	Jack	171
60	Brendan	168
61	Jeremy	164
62	Alex	163
63	Kenneth	159
64	Elijah	155
65	Ian	151
66	Carlos	150
66	George	150
68	Frank	140
68	Scott	140
70	Luke	136
71	Antonio	135
71	Noah	135
73	Angel	131
74	Ethan	128
74	Gabriel	128
76	Devin	127
77	Shawn	126
78	Colin	122
79	Jesse	121
80	Juan	118
80	Liam	118
82	Marc	116
83	Cameron	114
84	Shane	113
85	Alec	111
86	Raymond	108
87	Trevor	104
88	Miguel	101
89	Cole	98
90	Brett	96
90	Julian	96
92	Derek	95
93	Cody	91
94	Philip	90
94	Victor	90
96	Corey	88
96	Hunter	88
98	Erik	86
98	Louis	86
98	Ronald	86