Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 2002
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 1,360 |
| 2 | Matthew | 1,203 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 1,044 |
| 4 | Joseph | 1,019 |
| 5 | Christopher | 964 |
| 6 | Anthony | 888 |
| 7 | Daniel | 855 |
| 8 | Ryan | 842 |
| 9 | John | 714 |
| 10 | Joshua | 701 |
| 11 | Justin | 697 |
| 12 | Andrew | 688 |
| 13 | David | 583 |
| 14 | Kevin | 574 |
| 15 | Alexander | 568 |
| 16 | Thomas | 555 |
| 17 | Jacob | 549 |
| 18 | William | 535 |
| 19 | James | 532 |
| 20 | Brandon | 529 |
| 21 | Tyler | 504 |
| 22 | Robert | 467 |
| 23 | Christian | 448 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 444 |
| 25 | Zachary | 443 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jason | 431 |
| 27 | Jack | 424 |
| 28 | Sean | 398 |
| 29 | Ethan | 390 |
| 30 | Kyle | 387 |
| 31 | Dylan | 379 |
| 32 | Brian | 374 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 339 |
| 34 | Aidan | 328 |
| 35 | Gabriel | 300 |
| 36 | Samuel | 298 |
| 37 | Luke | 291 |
| 38 | Steven | 278 |
| 39 | Eric | 271 |
| 40 | Connor | 269 |
| 41 | Jake | 257 |
| 42 | Patrick | 255 |
| 43 | Isaiah | 252 |
| 44 | Bryan | 248 |
| 45 | Jordan | 235 |
| 46 | Evan | 222 |
| 47 | Jose | 218 |
| 48 | Sebastian | 216 |
| 49 | Elijah | 214 |
| 50 | Aaron | 209 |
| 51 | Noah | 202 |
| 52 | Charles | 199 |
| 53 | Luis | 196 |
| 54 | Adam | 194 |
| 55 | Liam | 185 |
| 56 | Alex | 184 |
| 57 | Timothy | 180 |
| 58 | Richard | 175 |
| 58 | Vincent | 175 |
| 60 | Angel | 172 |
| 61 | Jared | 170 |
| 62 | Mark | 167 |
| 63 | Xavier | 165 |
| 64 | Logan | 161 |
| 65 | Carlos | 160 |
| 66 | Ian | 158 |
| 67 | Jeremy | 157 |
| 68 | Julian | 154 |
| 68 | Lucas | 154 |
| 70 | Peter | 153 |
| 71 | Colin | 152 |
| 72 | Stephen | 151 |
| 73 | Nathaniel | 148 |
| 73 | Shane | 148 |
| 75 | Edward | 146 |
| 75 | Juan | 146 |
| 77 | Austin | 145 |
| 78 | Brendan | 144 |
| 79 | Nathan | 143 |
| 80 | Cole | 142 |
| 81 | Jeffrey | 141 |
| 82 | Owen | 139 |
| 83 | Devin | 138 |
| 84 | Gavin | 136 |
| 84 | Paul | 136 |
| 86 | Hunter | 126 |
| 87 | Antonio | 124 |
| 87 | Cameron | 124 |
| 89 | Dominic | 123 |
| 90 | George | 118 |
| 91 | Kenneth | 111 |
| 91 | Nicolas | 111 |
| 93 | Frank | 109 |
| 94 | Adrian | 107 |
| 95 | Victor | 105 |
| 96 | Jeremiah | 103 |
| 97 | Jaden | 102 |
| 98 | Derek | 101 |
| 99 | Miguel | 99 |
| 100 | Joel | 96 |