Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1999

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,621
2	Matthew	1,415
3	Nicholas	1,114
4	Christopher	1,011
5	Joseph	977
6	Ryan	946
7	Daniel	912
8	John	876
9	Anthony	807
10	Andrew	738
11	Justin	709
12	Joshua	666
13	David	657
14	Alexander	619
15	Brandon	618
15	Kevin	618
17	Tyler	585
18	William	577
19	Thomas	573
20	James	561
21	Kyle	559
21	Zachary	559
23	Jonathan	538
24	Robert	526
25	Jacob	515

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brian	449
27	Christian	448
28	Jason	397
29	Sean	383
30	Dylan	376
31	Eric	353
32	Steven	329
33	Patrick	310
34	Jack	308
35	Benjamin	297
36	Samuel	290
37	Jake	266
38	Jordan	258
39	Connor	256
40	Jared	250
41	Timothy	242
42	Noah	234
42	Richard	234
44	Isaiah	228
45	Evan	222
46	Adam	220
47	Jose	218
48	Stephen	214
49	Charles	210
50	Luis	208
50	Mark	208
52	Vincent	203
53	Peter	202
54	Aaron	184
54	Bryan	184
54	Elijah	184
57	Austin	183
57	Ethan	183
59	Alex	180
60	Paul	172
61	Liam	171
62	Brendan	167
62	Jeffrey	167
64	Carlos	160
65	Angel	158
66	Edward	153
66	Ian	153
66	Kenneth	153
69	Luke	152
70	Gabriel	146
70	Jeremy	146
72	Juan	140
73	George	139
74	Hunter	137
75	Shane	136
76	Colin	131
77	Antonio	126
78	Frank	118
78	Trevor	118
80	Cameron	116
81	Gregory	115
82	Scott	110
82	Victor	110
84	Shawn	109
85	Sebastian	106
86	Julian	104
87	Nathan	95
88	Derek	94
88	Dominic	94
88	Xavier	94
91	Cole	92
91	Omar	92
93	Nathaniel	90
94	Henry	89
95	Brett	88
95	Devin	88
95	Joel	88
95	Marc	88
95	Miguel	88
100	Raymond	87