Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1973

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (2,110 babies) and Michael for boys (2,405). Social Security records list 81,401 babies born in New Jersey in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1973

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

Lissette: 27 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Julissa: 24 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sharonda: 35 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lisette: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Maritza: 41 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Madeline: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lakisha: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Marisol: 60 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Eileen: 84 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 104 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Wilfredo: 27 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 63 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dominick: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brendan: 61 babies, 4× the national rate
Angel: 109 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Julio: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Efrain: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerard: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 87 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,110	–	1
2	Lisa	712	–	5
3	Michelle	708	–	3
4	Kimberly	694	–	4
5	Nicole	620	↑1	11
6	Christine	605	↓1	17
7	Amy	596	–	2
8	Melissa	593	↑1	6
9	Heather	525	↑2	8
10	Dawn	436	↓2	21
11	Tara	419	↑4	37
12	Michele	396	↓2	44
13	Danielle	392	↑10	49
14	Karen	386	↓2	23
15	Stephanie	380	↑7	9
16	Elizabeth	356	↓2	13
17	Kelly	353	↓4	18
18	Susan	352	↑2	25
19	Maria	339	↑2	31
20	Laura	319	↓1	19
21	Christina	310	↑5	16
22	Patricia	309	↓6	27
23	Mary	301	↓5	14
24	Denise	297	↓7	38
25	Kathleen	288	↓1	68
26	Sandra	270	↑5	39
27	Tracy	266	↓2	20
28	Rebecca	258	↑14	10
29	Jessica	257	↑16	34
30	Lori	232	↑4	28
31	Cynthia	229	↓1	26
32	Sharon	225	↓4	57
33	Kristen	222	new	58
34	Nancy	217	↑3	77
35	Andrea	214	–	30
36	Tina	213	↑5	24
37	Donna	206	↓10	55
38	Deborah	204	↓6	56
39	Angela	203	↓10	7
40	Dana	196	↑4	59
41	Colleen	192	new	>100
42	Tammy	190	↓9	15
43	Jill	189	↑7	62
44	Barbara	181	↓4	63
45	Pamela	175	↓2	47
46	Shannon	175	new	22
47	Stacy	174	↑1	32
48	Linda	172	↓10	61
49	Jacqueline	171	↓2	88
50	Cheryl	170	↓14	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	2,405	–	1
2	John	1,462	–	6
3	Christopher	1,400	↑1	2
4	Robert	1,393	↓1	7
5	Brian	1,280	↑2	8
6	David	1,233	↓1	5
7	James	1,225	↓1	4
8	Joseph	1,040	–	12
9	William	1,038	–	9
10	Jason	885	↑3	3
11	Thomas	796	↓1	19
12	Daniel	775	–	11
13	Richard	707	↓2	16
14	Matthew	665	↑5	10
15	Anthony	657	↑1	21
16	Mark	657	↑1	15
17	Kevin	640	↓3	14
18	Scott	592	↓3	18
19	Jeffrey	585	↓1	17
20	Eric	582	–	13
21	Steven	494	–	20
22	Charles	427	↑2	23
23	Paul	419	↓1	24
24	Edward	406	↓1	39
25	Kenneth	378	–	28
26	Stephen	363	↑1	32
27	Peter	362	↓1	52
28	Keith	355	–	41
29	Andrew	346	↑4	29
30	Gregory	345	↓1	26
31	Sean	338	↓1	36
32	Timothy	317	↑2	22
33	Jose	303	↑3	49
34	Frank	302	↓3	61
35	George	298	↓3	46
36	Jonathan	280	↑3	31
37	Patrick	277	↑4	37
38	Ronald	271	↓3	40
39	Shawn	263	↓2	27
40	Craig	226	↓2	48
41	Todd	223	↓1	35
42	Douglas	208	–	47
43	Vincent	201	↑6	99
44	Donald	200	↑1	38
45	Dennis	195	new	56
46	Raymond	195	↓3	60
47	Adam	192	↓1	45
48	Nicholas	180	new	85
49	Gary	179	↑1	44
50	Ryan	178	↓3	30

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