What baby names are unique to New Jersey?

The most distinctive baby names in New Jersey. In 2025: Shulamis and Avrohom. Across 1910-2025: Alnisa and Ibn.

Names unique to New Jersey

The most distinctive New Jersey baby names.

In 2025 the most distinctive New Jersey names were Shulamis and Avrohom. Across the whole record it is Alnisa and Ibn.

Unique New Jersey names in 2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Shulamis	14	17×	Avrohom	60	28×
2	Rochel	74	16×	Binyomin	42	26×
3	Devora	44	16×	Boruch	20	21×
4	Yehudis	62	16×	Nosson	18	20×
5	Malka	122	16×	Dovid	99	18×
6	Batsheva	40	16×	Yechezkel	15	18×
7	Sheva	11	15×	Yaakov	113	17×
8	Rus	11	15×	Yehoshua	45	16×
9	Michal	17	15×	Shmuel	114	16×
10	Ahuva	49	14×	Shlomo	102	15×
11	Tzivia	10	14×	Tzvi	91	15×
12	Nechama	52	14×	Eliyahu	72	15×
13	Chava	49	13×	Yehuda	154	14×
14	Tzipora	25	12×	Ahron	34	14×
15	Tova	19	12×	Elchonon	10	14×
16	Leeba	21	12×	Mivaan	10	14×
17	Basya	21	11×	Pinchos	9	13×
18	Bracha	32	11×	Yisroel	109	12×
19	Shoshana	38	11×	Aryeh	58	12×
20	Rivka	152	11×	Avraham	77	12×
21	Zahava	12	10×	Meir	91	11×
22	Yocheved	22	10×	Elazar	8	11×
23	Tziporah	16	9×	Reuven	23	11×
24	Chaya	145	9×	Yitzchak	22	10×
25	Chana	123	9×	Simcha	35	10×

Decade by decade

The most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1910s	Trina	12	15×	Garret	24	20×
1920s	Columbia	32	17×	Carmin	6	7×
1930s	Carmella	337	6×	Garret	6	8×
1940s	Carollee	9	13×	Garret	11	8×
1950s	Larissa	6	7×	Carmine	220	6×
1960s	Sharanda	10	12×	Laszlo	12	7×
1970s	Alnisa	95	28×	Fuquan	37	24×
1980s	Alnisa	80	29×	Fuquan	68	28×
1990s	Alnisa	23	21×	Ibn	134	29×
2000s	Vidhi	64	19×	Ibn	109	29×
2010s	Bassheva	34	23×	Refoel	51	29×
2020s	Shulamis	70	24×	Nochum	38	25×

All years, 1910–2025

#	Girl	Births	vs national	Boy	Births	vs national
1	Alnisa	205	31×	Ibn	425	31×
2	Shakeerah	52	26×	Fuquan	125	30×
3	Taheerah	39	25×	Altariq	117	29×
4	Shulamis	80	23×	Jahad	89	27×
5	Shaniquah	27	22×	Alquan	55	26×
6	Hassana	27	22×	Refoel	95	26×
7	Rus	27	22×	Nochum	106	24×
8	Leeba	215	22×	Samad	197	24×
9	Haneefah	40	22×	Jahaad	30	23×
10	Sameerah	69	22×	Harsh	122	22×
11	Bassheva	34	21×	Vraj	41	21×
12	Samnatha	21	20×	Quamere	23	21×
13	Vidhi	76	20×	Deep	49	21×
14	Aliyyah	18	19×	Philopater	22	21×
15	Sakeenah	29	19×	Asmar	34	21×
16	Shakirah	164	19×	Shadee	21	21×
17	Juhi	15	18×	Rajohn	19	20×
18	Zehava	14	17×	Param	39	20×
19	Janki	30	17×	Rashon	386	18×
20	Kareemah	47	17×	Nichoals	16	18×
21	Stpehanie	13	16×	Pratik	34	18×
22	Lateefah	103	16×	Michoel	52	18×
23	Batsheva	809	15×	Nosson	335	17×
24	Saleemah	19	15×	Hasson	22	17×
25	Ruchama	67	15×	Samaad	30	17×

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Multipliers compare each name’s share of New Jersey births with its national share, and report the conservative low end, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.
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