Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1968

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,581 babies) and Michael for boys (3,012). Social Security records list 100,895 babies born in New Jersey in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1968

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

Keisha: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Lissette: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Marisol: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Doreen: 93 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryann: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Madeline: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lauren: 109 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lourdes: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maribel: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Daisy: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 56 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Carmen: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Salvatore: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angelo: 55 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angel: 81 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Drew: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gerard: 50 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darnell: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Julio: 36 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 113 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,581	–	1
2	Christine	944	↑4	14
3	Jennifer	941	↑9	4
4	Kimberly	886	–	3
5	Michelle	882	–	2
6	Susan	871	↓4	10
7	Karen	826	↓4	9
8	Dawn	740	–	21
9	Michele	732	↑2	29
10	Patricia	670	↓1	15
11	Donna	664	↓4	24
12	Laura	635	↑1	11
13	Kelly	620	↑12	12
14	Mary	607	↓4	6
15	Kathleen	590	–	40
16	Elizabeth	520	↓2	17
17	Linda	471	↓1	28
18	Denise	470	–	35
19	Nancy	466	↓2	39
20	Maria	447	↑2	41
21	Melissa	447	↑15	5
22	Deborah	446	↓3	27
23	Sharon	432	↓3	32
24	Sandra	424	↓1	26
25	Barbara	407	↓4	36
26	Cynthia	399	↑1	19
27	Pamela	399	↑3	20
28	Debra	371	–	38
29	Lori	370	↑4	22
30	Jacqueline	369	↑8	50
31	Tracy	367	↑3	25
32	Theresa	355	–	47
33	Diane	349	↓7	51
34	Amy	348	↑1	13
35	Cheryl	342	↓11	37
36	Tammy	321	↑12	8
37	Jill	316	↑5	46
38	Stephanie	311	↓7	23
39	Kim	290	↓10	57
40	Catherine	286	↓1	56
41	Wendy	282	↓4	31
42	Suzanne	281	↓1	69
43	Gina	272	↑2	58
44	Tina	264	↑2	18
45	Colleen	263	↑2	>100
46	Andrea	256	↓2	48
47	Robin	255	↑3	43
48	Margaret	249	↓8	63
49	Tracey	247	new	72
50	Angela	242	new	7

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	3,012	–	1
2	John	2,546	–	3
3	Robert	2,315	–	5
4	David	2,018	–	2
5	James	1,896	–	4
6	Joseph	1,497	–	16
7	William	1,429	–	6
8	Thomas	1,256	–	12
9	Richard	1,245	–	8
10	Christopher	1,204	–	9
11	Mark	1,090	–	7
12	Anthony	980	–	21
13	Brian	893	↑3	10
14	Scott	820	↑4	14
15	Jeffrey	791	↑2	11
16	Kevin	762	↓1	17
17	Steven	743	↓4	15
18	Daniel	736	↑1	18
19	Paul	663	↓5	19
20	Edward	648	–	31
21	Charles	637	↑1	20
22	Eric	612	↑1	22
23	Kenneth	584	↓2	23
24	Stephen	572	↑1	27
25	Timothy	559	↓1	13
26	Peter	533	–	39
27	Matthew	525	↑3	24
28	Andrew	481	↑4	34
29	Frank	470	↓2	49
30	George	465	↓1	36
31	Ronald	458	↓3	25
32	Gregory	422	↓1	26
33	Keith	415	↑1	35
34	Patrick	403	↓1	30
35	Sean	374	↑4	37
36	Gary	347	↓1	32
37	Donald	346	↓1	29
38	Douglas	341	↓1	33
39	Raymond	332	↓1	50
40	Todd	319	↑1	28
41	Craig	270	↑1	41
42	Vincent	248	↓2	73
43	Jose	238	↑1	58
44	Dennis	216	↓1	45
45	Jonathan	208	↑2	53
46	Glenn	195	↓1	92
47	Shawn	193	new	43
48	Louis	190	–	>100
49	Walter	188	↓3	83
50	Lawrence	184	–	67

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