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Most Popular Baby Names in New Jersey, 2025

Emma was the most popular girl name in New Jersey in 2025, given to 428 girls. Liam led the boys with 749 births. The name to watch is Ivy: it climbed 76 places, from #144 in 2024 to #68 in 2025. Liam has been the number one boy name in New Jersey for 10 years in a row. 7 girl names and 18 boy names appear only in New Jersey in 2025, and nowhere else in the country.

New Jersey in 2025, at a glance

The headline numbers from the official SSA counts.

EmmaTop girl name — 428 girls, about 1 in every 82 girls born in New Jersey
LiamTop boy name — 749 boys, about 1 in every 53 boys born in New Jersey
75,265Total babies recorded — 35,500 girls and 39,765 boys
25Names only in New Jersey — 7 girls and 18 boys
Ivy · +76Biggest climber: #144 in 2024 to #68 in 2025 (102 girls)

Top 5 names in New Jersey, 2025

The five most popular names for girls and for boys.

Type any name to see its New Jersey rank and birth count for 2025.

Results come from the New Jersey top 100 for girls and boys, 2025.

    Complete Top 100 in New Jersey, 2025

    Every name in the top 100, with birth counts and the change since 2024. Tap a column heading to sort. “New” means the name was not published in New Jersey in 2024.

    No match in the New Jersey top 100 for 2025.

    Top 100 girl names in New Jersey, 2025

    Top 100 girl names in New Jersey, 2025
    1Emma428↑ 2
    2Mia427↓ 1
    3Olivia396↑ 1
    3Sophia396↓ 1
    5Isabella368↑ 2
    6Charlotte340↓ 1
    7Amelia317↓ 1
    8Ailany299↑ 53
    9Sofia292↓ 1
    10Ava2860
    11Esther248↑ 1
    12Chloe246↑ 2
    13Leah244↓ 4
    14Zoe241↓ 3
    15Eliana240↑ 12
    16Madison232↑ 1
    17Lily215↑ 6
    18Emily206↑ 1
    18Valentina206↓ 3
    20Nora192↑ 14
    21Gianna190↓ 5
    21Sara190↑ 9
    23Layla186↑ 14
    24Aria183↑ 1
    25Hannah182↑ 11
    26Mila179↓ 8
    27Grace1750
    28Luna174↓ 15
    29Miriam173↓ 8
    29Penelope173↑ 3
    29Sarah173↑ 14
    32Ella169↓ 6
    32Evelyn169↑ 18
    34Harper167↓ 14
    35Emilia166↑ 10
    36Avery161↑ 7
    37Aurora160↑ 11
    38Lucy156↑ 16
    39Scarlett154↓ 10
    40Rivka152↓ 5
    41Ellie149↑ 10
    41Violet149↓ 10
    43Camila147↓ 21
    43Isla147↓ 2
    45Chaya145↑ 1
    45Sienna145↑ 11
    45Stella145↓ 6
    48Riley144↓ 11
    49Gabriella137↑ 4
    50Victoria136↓ 11
    51Maya135↓ 10
    51Rachel135↓ 27
    53Abigail128↓ 21
    54Hailey125↓ 8
    55Chana123↓ 3
    56Malka122↑ 10
    57Ayla119↑ 6
    58Elizabeth114↓ 9
    59Naomi113↑ 11
    60Claire112↑ 6
    61Maeve110↑ 18
    62Elena109↓ 3
    63Cecilia107↑ 28
    63Zoey107↑ 5
    65Lucia106↑ 18
    66Liliana104↓ 5
    67Madelyn103↓ 11
    68Ivy102↑ 76
    69Nova101↑ 6
    69Sadie101↑ 19
    71Hazel99↓ 8
    71Juliette99↑ 2
    73Alaia98↓ 13
    74Eleanor97↓ 4
    74Madeline97↑ 8
    76Eloise96↑ 32
    77Lillian92↑ 37
    78Lainey91↑ 34
    79Alice90↑ 12
    79Rose90↑ 26
    79Sophie90↓ 24
    82Savannah89↓ 19
    83Genesis88↓ 25
    84Melody86↑ 17
    85Bella82↓ 10
    85Josephine82↑ 12
    87Jade81↑ 8
    88Ariana80↓ 3
    88Natalie80↓ 20
    90Ariella78↑ 11
    90Lyla78↑ 24
    92Sloane75↑ 54
    93Julia74↓ 10
    93Rochel74↑ 28
    93Samantha74↑ 32
    96Addison73↓ 3
    96Alessia73↓ 23
    96Audrey73↓ 1
    96Summer73↑ 23
    100Francesca72↓ 28

    Based on 35,500 girls born in New Jersey in 2025.

    Only in New Jersey

    The most common names that appear only in New Jersey in 2025.

    What “only in New Jersey” means: a name counts if it was given at least 5 times in New Jersey in 2025 and fewer than 5 times in any other state (the 50 states and DC). SSA does not publish names given fewer than 5 times, so a name could exist elsewhere in smaller numbers. A full unique-names page for New Jersey comes in a later batch.

    NameSexBirths
    AvrohomBoy60
    BinyominBoy42
    BoruchBoy20
    NossonBoy18
    YechezkelBoy15
    ShulamisGirl14
    RusGirl11
    ShevaGirl11
    TziviaGirl10
    ZehavaGirl6

    7 girl names and 18 boy names appear only in New Jersey in 2025.

    Rising and falling in New Jersey

    Only names in the New Jersey top 100 qualify, so these are real moves, not names jumping from a handful of births.

    Fastest rising

    NameRankChangeBirths
    Ivy Girl#144 → #68+76102
    Eithan Boy#114 → #54+60162
    Cooper Boy#85 → #30+55204
    Sloane Girl#146 → #92+5475
    Ailany Girl#61 → #8+53299

    Falling fastest

    NameRankChangeBirths
    Ashley Girl#88 → #148-6053
    Antonella Girl#99 → #149-5052
    Autumn Girl#79 → #123-4463
    Josiah Boy#68 → #103-3595
    Kai Boy#64 → #98-34101

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    Method in brief: counts are the SSA-published counts for New Jersey in 2025, by exact spelling. Rank change is the 2024 rank minus the 2025 rank, recomputed from the file. “Only in New Jersey” means at least 5 times in New Jersey and fewer than 5 times in any other state (50 states + DC). Full detail: methodology.

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    Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, baby names data, births in 2025, released May 2026. Data checked 8 November 2026. ssa.gov baby names.