Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1972

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (2,400 babies) and Michael for boys (2,564). Social Security records list 86,625 babies born in New Jersey in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1972

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, 7.2× the national rate
Ivette: 35 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lissette: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marisol: 83 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lauren: 124 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lakisha: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maritza: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 31 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Coleen: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maryann: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 27 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Dominick: 46 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Gerard: 47 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angel: 105 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kareem: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Drew: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angelo: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamal: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Luis: 195 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,400	–	1
2	Lisa	857	–	3
3	Michelle	772	↑1	2
4	Kimberly	740	↓1	4
5	Christine	681	–	16
6	Nicole	634	↑6	10
7	Amy	550	↑4	5
8	Dawn	525	↓2	20
9	Melissa	500	↑1	7
10	Michele	464	↓2	36
11	Heather	443	↑3	9
12	Karen	442	↓5	21
13	Kelly	427	↑3	23
14	Elizabeth	394	↑4	15
15	Tara	383	↑7	38
16	Patricia	381	↓3	27
17	Denise	370	↑8	35
18	Mary	367	↓3	13
19	Laura	366	↓2	17
20	Susan	363	↓11	24
21	Maria	338	–	32
22	Stephanie	331	↑7	8
23	Danielle	318	↑15	73
24	Kathleen	315	↓4	57
25	Tracy	304	↓6	19
26	Christina	282	↑11	26
27	Donna	274	↑1	45
28	Sharon	268	↑3	50
29	Angela	264	↓2	6
30	Cynthia	263	↓4	25
31	Sandra	259	↓8	31
32	Deborah	252	↑1	43
33	Tammy	250	↓3	11
34	Lori	246	↓10	28
35	Andrea	234	↑5	30
36	Cheryl	234	↑7	56
37	Nancy	226	↓5	63
38	Linda	225	↓2	51
39	Stacey	224	↑2	41
40	Barbara	216	↓1	58
41	Tina	215	↓7	18
42	Rebecca	214	new	14
43	Pamela	210	↓8	34
44	Dana	199	↓2	52
45	Jessica	197	new	46
46	Wendy	197	↓2	29
47	Jacqueline	193	↓1	79
48	Stacy	190	new	33
49	Rachel	186	new	40
50	Jill	184	–	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	2,564	–	1
2	John	1,690	–	5
3	Robert	1,603	–	6
4	Christopher	1,585	↑2	2
5	David	1,440	↓1	4
6	James	1,393	↓1	3
7	Brian	1,163	↑2	8
8	Joseph	1,139	↓1	12
9	William	1,048	↓1	9
10	Thomas	899	–	20
11	Richard	846	–	14
12	Daniel	725	↑3	15
13	Jason	723	↑3	7
14	Kevin	712	↑4	13
15	Scott	708	↓3	11
16	Anthony	700	↓3	22
17	Mark	643	–	18
18	Jeffrey	635	↓4	17
19	Matthew	623	↑2	10
20	Eric	622	–	16
21	Steven	585	↓2	19
22	Paul	518	↑1	24
23	Edward	488	↓1	34
24	Charles	462	–	23
25	Kenneth	422	–	27
26	Peter	422	↑5	48
27	Stephen	418	↓1	29
28	Keith	388	↑4	38
29	Gregory	384	↑1	26
30	Sean	368	↓1	33
31	Frank	361	↑2	56
32	George	360	↓4	44
33	Andrew	351	↑1	30
34	Timothy	349	↓7	21
35	Ronald	319	–	32
36	Jose	294	↑2	50
37	Shawn	283	↓1	28
38	Craig	271	↑1	46
39	Jonathan	264	↑5	37
40	Todd	254	↑3	31
41	Patrick	249	↓4	35
42	Douglas	246	↓1	43
43	Raymond	226	↓1	54
44	Marc	212	↑2	83
45	Donald	199	↓5	36
46	Adam	197	↑4	51
47	Ryan	196	new	39
48	Luis	195	–	>100
49	Vincent	195	–	>100
50	Gary	186	↓5	41

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