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Baby names in New Jersey in the 1990s

In New Jersey in the 1990s the most given names were Michael (21,219 boys) and Jessica (9,445 girls), of 942,771 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in New Jersey each year, the 1990s shaded
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251990-1999BoysGirls
New Jersey births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251990-1999BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

New Jersey, 1990-1999: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in New Jersey, 1990s

Girls, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Jessica9,445
2Samantha8,540
3Ashley8,331
4Nicole7,908
5Amanda7,810
6Emily7,028
7Stephanie6,136
8Sarah6,073
9Jennifer5,683
10Lauren5,312
11Danielle4,930
12Rachel4,554
13Brittany4,512
14Victoria4,328
15Melissa4,267
16Alyssa4,264
17Elizabeth4,070
18Rebecca4,046
19Megan4,036
20Alexandra3,968
Boys, 1990-1999
#NameBirths
1Michael21,219
2Matthew14,611
3Christopher13,523
4Joseph11,443
5Nicholas11,258
6Daniel10,933
7John9,800
8Anthony9,720
9Ryan9,414
10Kevin8,669
11Andrew8,507
12David8,128
13Robert7,936
14James7,730
15Thomas6,917
16Jonathan6,720
17Justin6,575
18Joshua6,536
19William6,503
20Kyle6,405

Births summed over 1990-1999, per sex.

The names most over-represented in New Jersey in the 1990s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1990-1999.

More about names in New Jersey

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  2. New Jersey: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. New Jersey in the 2000sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1990The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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