Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1967

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1967 were Lisa for girls (1,784 babies) and Michael for boys (3,151). Social Security records list 103,588 babies born in New Jersey in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1967

Names given at least 15 times in New Jersey that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marisol: 51 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Madeline: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryann: 74 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rosemarie: 62 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marybeth: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maritza: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Eileen: 176 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lauren: 112 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Annmarie: 46 babies, 3× the national rate
Doreen: 93 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 49 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 76 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gerard: 73 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Julio: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angel: 73 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Drew: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angelo: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Orlando: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lamont: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alexander: 114 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	1,784	–	1
2	Susan	971	↑1	5
3	Karen	935	↓1	6
4	Kimberly	918	↑5	2
5	Michelle	861	↑6	3
6	Christine	805	↑2	14
7	Donna	791	↓2	19
8	Dawn	782	↓1	27
9	Patricia	782	↓5	11
10	Mary	775	↓4	4
11	Michele	700	↓1	36
12	Jennifer	663	↑4	10
13	Laura	610	↑6	15
14	Elizabeth	594	–	13
15	Kathleen	589	↓3	40
16	Linda	560	↓1	26
17	Nancy	544	–	37
18	Denise	530	↓5	34
19	Deborah	529	↑1	22
20	Sharon	520	↑1	30
21	Barbara	502	↓3	33
22	Maria	495	↑5	42
23	Sandra	481	↓1	20
24	Cheryl	437	↑1	35
25	Kelly	437	↑5	23
26	Diane	428	↑2	44
27	Cynthia	417	↓4	18
28	Debra	398	↑5	38
29	Kim	394	↓5	49
30	Pamela	393	↓4	17
31	Stephanie	389	↑16	25
32	Theresa	388	↑2	43
33	Lori	381	↓4	24
34	Tracy	380	↓3	29
35	Amy	368	↑1	12
36	Melissa	351	↑9	9
37	Wendy	332	↑6	32
38	Jacqueline	323	↓6	52
39	Catherine	298	↓1	55
40	Margaret	293	↑1	58
41	Suzanne	283	↓2	63
42	Jill	281	↓7	50
43	Carol	277	↓6	47
44	Andrea	273	↑5	48
45	Gina	272	new	54
46	Tina	262	new	21
47	Colleen	258	new	96
48	Tammy	252	↓2	8
49	Renee	245	new	62
50	Robin	241	↓10	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Michael	3,151	–	1
2	John	2,489	–	4
3	Robert	2,315	–	5
4	David	2,051	↑1	2
5	James	1,966	↓1	3
6	Joseph	1,604	–	15
7	William	1,523	–	6
8	Thomas	1,406	–	12
9	Richard	1,331	–	8
10	Christopher	1,112	–	9
11	Mark	1,042	↑1	7
12	Anthony	958	↓1	21
13	Steven	862	↑1	14
14	Paul	850	↑3	18
15	Kevin	847	↑3	17
16	Brian	846	–	10
17	Jeffrey	839	↓4	13
18	Scott	834	↓3	16
19	Daniel	771	↑1	19
20	Edward	758	↑1	31
21	Kenneth	655	↓2	22
22	Charles	644	–	20
23	Eric	606	↑2	23
24	Timothy	590	↓1	11
25	Stephen	548	↓1	26
26	Peter	530	–	39
27	Frank	527	–	45
28	Ronald	518	–	24
29	George	503	↑1	36
30	Matthew	461	↑5	28
31	Gregory	439	↓2	25
32	Andrew	438	–	35
33	Patrick	426	–	30
34	Keith	425	↓3	34
35	Gary	374	↓1	32
36	Donald	365	–	27
37	Douglas	339	–	33
38	Raymond	328	–	48
39	Sean	305	↑1	44
40	Vincent	293	↓1	65
41	Todd	291	↑2	29
42	Craig	270	↓1	46
43	Dennis	261	↑2	43
44	Jose	220	↑6	64
45	Glenn	209	↓3	91
46	Walter	201	–	81
47	Jonathan	199	new	56
48	Louis	199	↓4	>100
49	Bruce	185	new	55
50	Lawrence	184	↓3	67

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