Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1974

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (2,008 babies) and Michael for boys (2,462). Social Security records list 80,429 babies born in New Jersey in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1974

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

Malika: 20 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Maritza: 46 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ivette: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Sharonda: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Madeline: 33 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mayra: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Coleen: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Janine: 59 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alexa: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 128 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Vito: 22 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rocco: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angel: 116 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dominick: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Gerard: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamal: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nelson: 61 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julio: 62 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Omar: 66 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,008	–	1
2	Michelle	710	↑1	3
3	Lisa	659	↓1	8
4	Kimberly	648	–	6
5	Heather	612	↑4	4
6	Amy	608	↑1	2
7	Melissa	573	↑1	7
8	Nicole	555	↓3	11
9	Christine	508	↓3	19
10	Dawn	448	–	22
11	Danielle	432	↑2	40
12	Kelly	413	↑5	15
13	Tara	406	↓2	39
14	Jessica	395	↑15	17
15	Stephanie	390	–	9
16	Karen	382	↓2	26
17	Michele	382	↓5	50
18	Elizabeth	370	↓2	12
19	Susan	334	↓1	27
20	Maria	304	↓1	31
21	Kristen	303	↑12	45
22	Christina	288	↓1	16
23	Laura	286	↓3	21
24	Rebecca	281	↑4	10
25	Patricia	273	↓3	29
26	Mary	263	↓3	13
27	Kathleen	248	↓2	76
28	Denise	246	↓4	53
29	Sandra	238	↓3	44
30	Dana	236	↑10	55
31	Sharon	223	↑1	70
32	Tracy	223	↓5	23
33	Angela	221	↑6	5
34	Cynthia	218	↓3	33
35	Andrea	206	–	35
36	Shannon	200	↑10	18
37	Jacqueline	198	↑12	83
38	Donna	197	↓1	67
39	Lori	193	↓9	30
40	Catherine	191	new	73
41	Rachel	187	new	36
42	Nancy	184	↓8	78
43	Colleen	183	↓2	>100
44	Stacey	182	new	48
45	Jill	180	↓2	58
46	Cheryl	175	↑4	88
47	Pamela	172	↓2	54
48	Kristin	169	new	72
49	Tammy	166	↓7	24
50	Tina	165	↓14	25

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	2,462	–	1
2	John	1,421	–	6
3	Christopher	1,397	–	3
4	David	1,319	↑2	4
5	Robert	1,285	↓1	7
6	Brian	1,232	↓1	8
7	Jason	1,164	↑3	2
8	James	1,082	↓1	5
9	Joseph	1,047	↓1	12
10	William	958	↓1	10
11	Thomas	786	–	20
12	Daniel	781	–	11
13	Anthony	691	↑2	21
14	Matthew	680	–	9
15	Richard	663	↓2	17
16	Eric	570	↑4	13
17	Kevin	566	–	14
18	Jeffrey	565	↑1	15
19	Scott	555	↓1	18
20	Mark	548	↓4	16
21	Steven	509	–	19
22	Edward	394	↑2	40
23	Peter	392	↑4	50
24	Charles	385	↓2	23
25	Paul	378	↓2	27
26	Keith	373	↑2	44
27	Timothy	359	↑5	22
28	Gregory	358	↑2	31
29	Andrew	357	–	28
30	Stephen	349	↓4	35
31	Sean	322	–	37
32	Jonathan	307	↑4	33
33	Kenneth	304	↓8	34
34	Jose	277	↓1	47
35	Ryan	276	↑15	25
36	Frank	273	↓2	65
37	George	271	↓2	49
38	Ronald	265	–	42
39	Shawn	244	–	30
40	Patrick	238	↓3	38
41	Adam	236	↑6	36
42	Todd	214	↓1	39
43	Dennis	210	↑2	59
44	Douglas	207	↓2	53
45	Craig	189	↓5	57
46	Raymond	188	–	62
47	Donald	181	↓3	41
48	Marc	180	new	85
49	Bryan	176	new	45
50	Joshua	174	new	29

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