Name Legacy

Baby names in New Jersey, 2020s

2020–2025 · 455,978 recorded births

Liam was the most common name given in New Jersey across the 2020s, with 4,399 births in the decade. The state recorded 455,978 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to New Jersey in the 2020s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Avrohom37925×
Dovid48021×
Leeba11821×
Rochel36321×
Shulamis7021×
Yehudis33820×
Ahron18520×
Nechama37819×

Top 25 in the 2020s

RankNameBirths
#1Liam4,399
#2Noah4,092
#3Olivia2,754
#4Emma2,749
#5Mia2,616
#6Lucas2,567
#7Sophia2,550
#8Joseph2,365
#9Isabella2,281
#10Michael2,190
#11Charlotte2,182
#12James2,121
#13Amelia2,046
#14Ava2,021
#15Jacob2,011
#16Benjamin1,978
#17Ethan1,975
#18Luca1,922
#19Anthony1,910
#20Dylan1,905
#21Jack1,892
#22Logan1,873
#23Matthew1,838
#24Oliver1,802
#25Daniel1,776

Other decades in New Jersey

All New Jersey names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org