Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1971

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (2,119 babies) and Michael for boys (2,860). Social Security records list 98,064 babies born in New Jersey in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1971

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

Yesenia: 85 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Sharonda: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lisette: 27 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lissette: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Keisha: 93 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marisol: 113 babies, 5× the national rate
Ivette: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Maritza: 38 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tameka: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Madeline: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 62 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Dominick: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angel: 109 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerard: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Drew: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 110 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luis: 198 babies, 3× the national rate
Darnell: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julio: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angelo: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,119	–	1
2	Lisa	1,173	–	3
3	Kimberly	888	–	4
4	Michelle	822	↑2	2
5	Christine	781	–	18
6	Dawn	726	↓2	14
7	Karen	589	–	15
8	Michele	564	–	39
9	Susan	557	–	17
10	Melissa	544	↑7	7
11	Amy	543	↑4	5
12	Nicole	495	↑7	27
13	Patricia	476	↑1	26
14	Heather	474	↑12	12
15	Mary	474	↑3	9
16	Kelly	471	↓6	22
17	Laura	453	↓6	16
18	Elizabeth	451	↓5	19
19	Tracy	411	↓7	13
20	Kathleen	408	↑3	53
21	Maria	398	↑3	37
22	Tara	390	↑14	49
23	Sandra	384	↓2	31
24	Lori	374	↑3	25
25	Denise	363	↓9	36
26	Cynthia	346	↑3	24
27	Angela	339	↑12	6
28	Donna	337	↓8	38
29	Stephanie	336	↓1	11
30	Tammy	305	↑8	8
31	Sharon	304	↓9	40
32	Nancy	302	↓1	52
33	Deborah	300	↓8	33
34	Tina	299	↑12	20
35	Pamela	298	↓2	28
36	Linda	295	↓6	42
37	Christina	292	–	30
38	Danielle	286	↑6	99
39	Barbara	280	↓5	47
40	Andrea	266	new	35
41	Stacey	264	↑7	41
42	Dana	263	new	44
43	Cheryl	254	↓11	50
44	Wendy	253	↓2	29
45	Suzanne	246	new	88
46	Jacqueline	241	↓5	75
47	Theresa	231	–	61
48	Diane	225	↓3	83
49	Renee	222	new	73
50	Jill	219	new	59

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	2,860	–	1
2	John	1,958	–	4
3	Robert	1,913	–	5
4	David	1,719	–	3
5	James	1,682	–	2
6	Christopher	1,620	↑1	6
7	Joseph	1,341	↓1	15
8	William	1,236	–	7
9	Brian	1,099	↑2	9
10	Thomas	993	↓1	17
11	Richard	983	↓1	11
12	Scott	954	↑2	10
13	Anthony	831	–	23
14	Jeffrey	821	↓2	12
15	Daniel	773	↑2	20
16	Jason	773	↑9	8
17	Mark	767	↓2	13
18	Kevin	717	↓2	14
19	Steven	705	↓1	16
20	Eric	641	↓1	18
21	Matthew	608	–	19
22	Edward	603	–	32
23	Paul	585	↓3	24
24	Charles	504	↓1	22
25	Kenneth	489	↓1	25
26	Stephen	482	↑1	27
27	Timothy	457	↑2	21
28	George	425	↑3	42
29	Sean	425	↑5	36
30	Gregory	416	↓2	26
31	Peter	415	↓5	47
32	Keith	405	↑4	37
33	Frank	388	↓1	54
34	Andrew	373	↓4	33
35	Ronald	357	↓2	31
36	Shawn	331	↑4	28
37	Patrick	327	↓2	35
38	Jose	308	–	55
39	Craig	293	↓2	43
40	Donald	290	↑3	34
41	Douglas	282	↓2	39
42	Raymond	272	↓1	52
43	Todd	270	↓1	30
44	Jonathan	230	↑3	40
45	Gary	224	–	38
46	Marc	224	↓2	70
47	Dennis	213	↑1	49
48	Luis	198	new	>100
49	Vincent	195	↓3	87
50	Adam	189	new	57

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