Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 2001

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

RankNameBabies
1Michael1,417
2Matthew1,289
3Nicholas1,081
4Joseph1,066
5Christopher964
6Anthony903
7Ryan892
8John815
9Daniel799
10Andrew740
11Justin727
12Joshua690
13Kevin637
14David583
15James580
16Alexander568
17Brandon559
18Jacob546
19William527
20Thomas523
21Christian500
22Zachary495
23Jonathan490
24Tyler483
25Kyle461
RankNameBabies
26Dylan460
27Robert449
28Jason421
29Brian416
30Sean406
31Benjamin337
32Samuel331
33Patrick313
34Ethan310
35Steven308
36Jack307
37Eric306
38Jake264
39Connor247
40Gabriel240
40Isaiah240
40Luke240
43Evan238
44Jordan229
45Adam221
46Richard218
47Jose217
48Aidan216
49Jared208
50Noah199
51Vincent197
52Luis196
53Alex195
54Timothy194
55Bryan192
56Sebastian191
57Charles190
58Elijah188
59Aaron184
60Mark176
61Angel172
62Austin168
63Liam163
64Peter160
65Logan156
66Carlos155
67Colin154
68Jeffrey150
68Jeremy150
70Ian149
70Shane149
72George147
73Lucas145
74Brendan142
75Stephen140
76Edward139
76Kenneth139
78Hunter136
79Julian134
80Paul131
81Devin129
81Juan129
83Cameron127
84Trevor120
85Xavier119
86Nathan117
87Antonio112
88Dominic110
89Derek109
90Cole108
91Frank104
92Nicolas103
93Jeremiah102
94Nathaniel100
95Gavin99
96Joel97
96Scott97
98Isaac96
99Gregory94
99Raymond94