100 Most Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey (Updated for 2022)

In this section of the site we have data on the most popular baby names since records began in 1910 to the most recent data in 2022. These names are taken directly from the Social Security card applications for births that occurred in the United States.

The table below shows the top 100 most popular baby boy names for the latest year, 2022, with a total count for the number of births registered with that given name.

You might be wondering why we don't have data for the current year, 2024. This is because the Social Security Administration who collect the data have to first verify it and safeguard privacy. Data from the previous year is released around May each year.

Rank	Name	Count
1	Liam	757
2	Noah	674
3	Lucas	421
4	Joseph	407
5	Michael	375
6	Jacob	365
7	Ethan	354
8	James	348
9	Luca	348
10	Jack	323
11	Daniel	315
12	Anthony	314
13	Oliver	311
14	Benjamin	309
15	Matthew	307
16	Dylan	305
17	Alexander	302
18	Logan	288
19	John	270
20	Leo	270
21	David	268
22	Aiden	265
23	Mason	261
24	Jayden	256
25	Nathan	252
26	Theodore	250
27	Sebastian	249
28	William	243
29	Ryan	242
30	Nicholas	231
31	Christopher	226
32	Owen	224
33	Henry	219
34	Luke	216
35	Cameron	214
36	Thomas	214
37	Samuel	212
38	Gabriel	206
39	Jackson	206
40	Elijah	202
41	Isaac	201
42	Caleb	197
43	Aaron	195
44	Joshua	194
45	Mateo	193
46	Elias	191
47	Julian	187
48	Thiago	185
49	Ian	179
50	Carter	165
51	Asher	164
52	Austin	164
53	Andrew	162
54	Levi	159
55	Moshe	158
56	Christian	157
57	Hudson	157
58	Adam	156
59	Charles	155
60	Ezra	150
61	Yehuda	149
62	Kai	147
63	Adrian	145
64	Chaim	145
65	Angel	144
66	Dominic	144
67	Vincent	141
68	Grayson	137
69	Nolan	136
70	Miles	135
71	Yosef	134
72	Jordan	130
73	Josiah	130
74	Jonathan	127
75	Eli	127
76	Chase	126
77	Landon	125
78	Robert	121
79	Connor	119
80	Wyatt	118
81	Cole	117
82	Lorenzo	117
83	Theo	115
84	Leonardo	112
85	Shmuel	112
86	Axel	110
87	Greyson	109
88	Kayden	109
89	Declan	108
90	Cooper	107
91	Isaiah	107
92	Evan	105
93	Roman	105
94	Giovanni	104
95	Maverick	104
96	Yaakov	102
97	Zachary	102
98	Jaxon	101
99	Hunter	99
100	Jeremiah	98

Most Popular New Jersey Baby Boy Names by Year

We have data on the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for each year since records began in 1910 to the most recent data in 2022.

However, 112 years is a lot of data to display, so in the sections below we'll show you the top 5 most popular baby boy names for each of the last 10 years.

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2021

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2021 is Liam.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Liam	730
2	Noah	634
3	Lucas	466
4	Joseph	409
5	Michael	379

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2020

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2020 is Liam.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Liam	662
2	Noah	560
3	Lucas	420
4	Joseph	411
5	Jacob	401

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2019

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2019 is Liam.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Liam	635
2	Noah	559
3	Lucas	499
4	Joseph	436
5	Matthew	421

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2018

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2018 is Liam.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Liam	662
2	Noah	526
3	Jacob	469
4	Michael	452
5	Matthew	448

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2017

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2017 is Liam.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Liam	584
2	Noah	546
3	Matthew	523
4	Michael	500
5	Jacob	475

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2016

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2016 is Liam.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Liam	574
2	Noah	551
3	Matthew	544
4	Michael	510
5	Jacob	494

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2015

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2015 is Liam.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Liam	572
2	Michael	541
3	Jacob	533
4	Noah	509
5	Mason	501

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2014

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2014 is Michael.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Michael	584
2	Matthew	573
3	Joseph	534
4	Liam	521
5	Daniel	499

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2013

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2013 is Michael.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Michael	606
2	Matthew	557
3	Jacob	548
4	Joseph	524
5	Liam	516

Popular Baby Boy Names in New Jersey for 2012

As you can see the most popular baby boy names in New Jersey for births recorded in 2012 is Michael.

The table below shows the top 5 most popular baby boy names for the year.

	Name	Count
1	Michael	649
2	Anthony	585
3	Joseph	564
4	Jayden	555
5	Matthew	547

Data Source(s)

All of the data on this page is sourced from the Social Security Administration (SSA) and excludes any names with fewer than 5 occurrences in any geographic area.

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