Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1970

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (1,766 babies) and Michael for boys (3,051). Social Security records list 105,602 babies born in New Jersey in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1970

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: 39 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Kisha: 44 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mayra: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ivette: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Keisha: 73 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marisol: 130 babies, 5× the national rate
Maritza: 43 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rosemarie: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauren: 147 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lourdes: 30 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 62 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 63 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angel: 118 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Angelo: 62 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 55 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Drew: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 114 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rafael: 79 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Louis: 207 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Orlando: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,766	↑1	1
2	Lisa	1,315	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	1,018	↑1	3
4	Dawn	865	↑2	16
5	Christine	856	↓2	14
6	Michelle	822	↓1	4
7	Karen	705	–	12
8	Michele	681	↑1	31
9	Susan	627	↓1	15
10	Kelly	567	↑1	20
11	Laura	566	↓1	13
12	Tracy	553	↑7	10
13	Elizabeth	540	↑2	18
14	Patricia	526	↓2	24
15	Amy	521	↑5	5
16	Denise	509	–	36
17	Melissa	506	↑1	7
18	Mary	491	↓5	9
19	Nicole	479	↑19	30
20	Donna	461	↓6	32
21	Sandra	432	↑2	27
22	Sharon	431	–	37
23	Kathleen	422	↓6	45
24	Maria	415	–	39
25	Deborah	404	↓4	33
26	Heather	402	↑7	19
27	Lori	397	–	23
28	Stephanie	384	↑1	17
29	Cynthia	356	↓1	25
30	Linda	352	↓5	38
31	Nancy	351	↓5	50
32	Cheryl	347	↓1	44
33	Pamela	347	↓1	26
34	Barbara	320	↓4	41
35	Tracey	320	↑14	55
36	Tara	315	new	69
37	Christina	304	↓2	35
38	Tammy	302	↓1	8
39	Angela	296	new	6
40	Debra	291	↓1	47
41	Jacqueline	291	↓5	66
42	Wendy	290	↑2	28
43	Gina	279	new	61
44	Danielle	278	↑6	>100
45	Diane	276	↓11	70
46	Tina	272	↓5	21
47	Theresa	268	↓5	53
48	Stacey	266	↓2	48
49	Catherine	262	↓4	59
50	Shannon	260	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	3,051	–	1
2	John	2,258	–	4
3	Robert	2,232	–	5
4	David	2,010	–	3
5	James	1,817	–	2
6	Joseph	1,480	–	16
7	Christopher	1,452	↑1	6
8	William	1,403	↓1	7
9	Thomas	1,189	–	17
10	Richard	1,149	–	10
11	Brian	1,085	–	8
12	Jeffrey	949	↑3	11
13	Anthony	905	–	22
14	Scott	904	–	12
15	Mark	884	↓3	9
16	Kevin	872	↑2	14
17	Daniel	821	–	19
18	Steven	791	↓2	15
19	Eric	705	↑2	18
20	Paul	686	↓1	23
21	Matthew	648	↑4	24
22	Edward	611	↓2	31
23	Charles	606	–	21
24	Kenneth	593	↓2	25
25	Jason	585	↑11	13
26	Peter	533	↑1	44
27	Stephen	517	↓3	27
28	Gregory	495	↑4	26
29	Timothy	474	↓3	20
30	Andrew	451	↓2	32
31	George	447	↓1	40
32	Frank	432	↓3	48
33	Ronald	432	↓2	29
34	Sean	428	↑1	37
35	Patrick	389	↓1	33
36	Keith	381	↓3	38
37	Craig	351	↑4	39
38	Jose	312	↑8	56
39	Douglas	311	↓1	36
40	Shawn	310	↑9	34
41	Raymond	309	↑1	49
42	Todd	302	↓2	28
43	Donald	287	↓6	30
44	Marc	284	↑3	60
45	Gary	258	↓6	35
46	Vincent	257	↓2	79
47	Jonathan	249	↓2	42
48	Dennis	232	↓5	46
49	Louis	207	new	>100
50	Glenn	197	↓2	>100

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