Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1969

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,511 babies) and Michael for boys (3,004). Social Security records list 103,591 babies born in New Jersey in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1969

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

Sharonda: 32 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Lissette: 33 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lisette: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Keisha: 48 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marisol: 52 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Luz: 55 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maritza: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marybeth: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryann: 57 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lauren: 133 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 34 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Carmen: 28 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dominick: 51 babies, 5× the national rate
Salvatore: 62 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angel: 98 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angelo: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Drew: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Julio: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gerard: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darnell: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,511	–	1
2	Jennifer	1,268	↑1	3
3	Christine	989	↓1	14
4	Kimberly	981	–	4
5	Michelle	884	–	2
6	Dawn	786	↑2	21
7	Karen	757	–	13
8	Susan	750	↓2	11
9	Michele	698	–	30
10	Laura	630	↑2	10
11	Kelly	621	↑2	15
12	Patricia	612	↓2	18
13	Mary	567	↑1	8
14	Donna	555	↓3	26
15	Elizabeth	550	↑1	16
16	Denise	523	↑2	35
17	Kathleen	494	↓2	42
18	Melissa	472	↑3	5
19	Tracy	469	↑12	17
20	Amy	456	↑14	6
21	Deborah	445	↑1	27
22	Sharon	445	↑1	36
23	Sandra	431	↑1	25
24	Maria	418	↓4	40
25	Linda	417	↓8	33
26	Nancy	415	↓7	45
27	Lori	397	↑2	20
28	Cynthia	373	↓2	23
29	Stephanie	373	↑9	19
30	Barbara	370	↓5	39
31	Cheryl	366	↑4	41
32	Pamela	354	↓5	24
33	Heather	345	new	34
34	Diane	330	↓1	61
35	Christina	319	new	37
36	Jacqueline	313	↓6	62
37	Tammy	304	↓1	9
38	Nicole	301	new	47
39	Debra	291	↓11	43
40	Kim	290	↓1	66
41	Tina	290	↑3	22
42	Theresa	287	↓10	49
43	Suzanne	286	↓1	75
44	Wendy	272	↓3	29
45	Catherine	269	↓5	58
46	Stacey	269	new	52
47	Jill	257	↓10	51
48	Robin	254	↓1	46
49	Tracey	251	–	65
50	Danielle	248	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	3,004	–	1
2	John	2,367	–	4
3	Robert	2,253	–	5
4	David	1,976	–	2
5	James	1,800	–	3
6	Joseph	1,498	–	15
7	William	1,422	–	6
8	Christopher	1,336	↑2	7
9	Thomas	1,251	↓1	13
10	Richard	1,193	↓1	10
11	Brian	1,033	↑2	9
12	Mark	991	↓1	8
13	Anthony	972	↓1	20
14	Scott	940	–	12
15	Jeffrey	903	–	11
16	Steven	829	↑1	14
17	Daniel	779	↑1	18
18	Kevin	777	↓2	16
19	Paul	736	–	22
20	Edward	692	–	32
21	Eric	637	↑1	21
22	Kenneth	605	↑1	23
23	Charles	568	↓2	19
24	Stephen	548	–	27
25	Matthew	541	↑2	24
26	Timothy	511	↓1	17
27	Peter	486	↓1	43
28	Andrew	473	–	33
29	Frank	461	–	47
30	George	458	–	38
31	Ronald	442	–	29
32	Gregory	431	–	26
33	Keith	423	–	36
34	Patrick	387	–	31
35	Sean	376	–	37
36	Jason	348	new	25
37	Donald	344	–	30
38	Douglas	335	–	34
39	Gary	310	↓3	35
40	Todd	300	–	28
41	Craig	294	–	39
42	Raymond	277	↓3	50
43	Dennis	259	↑1	44
44	Vincent	259	↓2	70
45	Jonathan	251	–	46
46	Jose	245	↓3	56
47	Marc	239	new	63
48	Glenn	233	↓2	88
49	Shawn	219	↓2	41
50	Lawrence	211	–	71

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