Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 2000
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,437 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,255 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,059 |
| 4 | Christopher | 1,013 |
| 5 | Joseph | 988 |
| 6 | Anthony | 911 |
| 7 | Ryan | 901 |
| 8 | John | 863 |
| 9 | Daniel | 822 |
| 10 | Justin | 774 |
| 11 | Joshua | 709 |
| 12 | Andrew | 706 |
| 13 | David | 646 |
| 14 | Kevin | 644 |
| 15 | Brandon | 595 |
| 16 | Tyler | 580 |
| 17 | Alexander | 579 |
| 18 | Thomas | 578 |
| 19 | James | 554 |
| 20 | William | 552 |
| 21 | Jonathan | 531 |
| 22 | Jacob | 530 |
| 23 | Robert | 525 |
| 23 | Zachary | 525 |
| 25 | Kyle | 520 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Christian | 485 |
| 27 | Brian | 461 |
| 28 | Sean | 431 |
| 29 | Jason | 411 |
| 30 | Dylan | 409 |
| 31 | Jack | 332 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 328 |
| 33 | Steven | 314 |
| 34 | Eric | 311 |
| 35 | Patrick | 309 |
| 36 | Samuel | 288 |
| 37 | Jake | 259 |
| 38 | Ethan | 253 |
| 39 | Jordan | 252 |
| 40 | Timothy | 241 |
| 41 | Noah | 238 |
| 42 | Evan | 236 |
| 43 | Jared | 235 |
| 44 | Luke | 230 |
| 45 | Isaiah | 217 |
| 46 | Luis | 211 |
| 47 | Jose | 208 |
| 47 | Mark | 208 |
| 49 | Adam | 205 |
| 49 | Connor | 205 |
| 51 | Richard | 202 |
| 52 | Bryan | 200 |
| 53 | Charles | 195 |
| 54 | Gabriel | 189 |
| 55 | Alex | 188 |
| 56 | Elijah | 187 |
| 57 | Sebastian | 183 |
| 58 | Aaron | 179 |
| 59 | Vincent | 176 |
| 60 | Stephen | 175 |
| 61 | Jeffrey | 173 |
| 62 | Peter | 169 |
| 63 | Cameron | 167 |
| 64 | Edward | 166 |
| 65 | Shane | 164 |
| 66 | Austin | 162 |
| 66 | Carlos | 162 |
| 68 | Jeremy | 157 |
| 69 | Colin | 156 |
| 69 | Paul | 156 |
| 71 | Liam | 155 |
| 72 | Angel | 151 |
| 73 | Juan | 150 |
| 74 | Julian | 149 |
| 75 | Brendan | 148 |
| 76 | Aidan | 143 |
| 77 | Kenneth | 141 |
| 78 | Ian | 139 |
| 79 | George | 138 |
| 80 | Gregory | 137 |
| 81 | Hunter | 133 |
| 82 | Lucas | 126 |
| 83 | Antonio | 120 |
| 84 | Derek | 118 |
| 85 | Nathan | 115 |
| 86 | Xavier | 113 |
| 87 | Cole | 109 |
| 88 | Scott | 108 |
| 88 | Trevor | 108 |
| 90 | Devin | 106 |
| 91 | Maxwell | 105 |
| 92 | Frank | 102 |
| 93 | Adrian | 99 |
| 93 | Nicolas | 99 |
| 93 | Omar | 99 |
| 96 | Nathaniel | 95 |
| 97 | Victor | 94 |
| 98 | Miguel | 92 |
| 99 | Isaac | 91 |
| 99 | Logan | 91 |
| 99 | Raymond | 91 |
| 99 | Shawn | 91 |