Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1975

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,931 babies) and Michael for boys (2,438). Social Security records list 77,272 babies born in New Jersey in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1975

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

Alnisa: 20 babies, 36.8× the national rate
Ivette: 35 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lissette: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Madeline: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sharonda: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maritza: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lisette: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lauren: 206 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Syreeta: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eileen: 67 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Hassan: 21 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Dominick: 49 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Wilfredo: 30 babies, 6× the national rate
Alexis: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Efrain: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gerard: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leonardo: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angel: 94 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angelo: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,931	–	1
2	Melissa	686	↑5	4
3	Amy	622	↑3	2
4	Nicole	616	↑4	10
5	Heather	577	–	3
6	Michelle	571	↓4	6
7	Kimberly	568	↓3	7
8	Lisa	546	↓5	8
9	Christine	480	–	22
10	Danielle	460	↑1	42
11	Jessica	434	↑3	13
12	Kelly	422	–	16
13	Christina	396	↑9	12
14	Tara	370	↓1	41
15	Karen	364	↑1	27
16	Elizabeth	352	↑2	15
17	Dawn	345	↓7	23
18	Stephanie	328	↓3	9
19	Michele	322	↓2	56
20	Laura	303	↑3	20
21	Rebecca	282	↑3	11
22	Maria	275	↓2	30
23	Mary	262	↑3	19
24	Susan	246	↓5	32
25	Tracy	240	↑7	24
26	Patricia	236	↓1	36
27	Kristen	233	↓6	60
28	Dana	230	↑2	62
29	Jill	212	↑16	46
30	Sandra	211	↓1	51
31	Andrea	207	↑4	28
32	Lauren	206	new	>100
33	Stacey	204	↑11	44
34	Kathleen	203	↓7	80
35	Angela	201	↓2	5
36	Erin	201	new	38
37	Lori	197	↑2	39
38	Rachel	197	↑3	26
39	Shannon	190	↓3	21
40	Sarah	182	new	17
41	Amanda	181	new	14
42	Kristin	178	↑6	74
43	Megan	177	new	69
44	Denise	175	↓16	64
45	Catherine	174	↓5	73
46	Cynthia	173	↓12	40
47	Julie	169	new	18
48	Stacy	168	new	34
49	Wendy	167	new	33
50	Nancy	164	↓8	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	2,438	–	1
2	John	1,361	–	7
3	David	1,289	↑1	5
4	Christopher	1,267	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,237	–	6
6	Brian	1,078	–	8
7	James	1,062	↑1	4
8	Joseph	1,037	↑1	12
9	Jason	1,031	↓2	2
10	William	883	–	10
11	Daniel	843	↑1	11
12	Matthew	699	↑2	9
13	Thomas	699	↓2	20
14	Anthony	690	↓1	21
15	Richard	683	–	16
16	Kevin	584	↑1	15
17	Jeffrey	539	↑1	14
18	Scott	535	↑1	17
19	Mark	515	↑1	19
20	Eric	514	↓4	13
21	Steven	485	–	18
22	Charles	396	↑2	25
23	Edward	385	↓1	41
24	Andrew	383	↑5	28
25	Paul	383	–	29
26	Gregory	355	↑2	33
27	Timothy	351	–	22
28	Stephen	348	↑2	34
29	Jose	333	↑5	48
30	Peter	318	↓7	54
31	Ryan	312	↑4	23
32	Keith	309	↓6	49
33	Sean	295	↓2	40
34	Kenneth	292	↓1	35
35	George	280	↑2	53
36	Patrick	267	↑4	39
37	Frank	260	↓1	66
38	Jonathan	260	↓6	30
39	Joshua	247	↑11	26
40	Adam	229	↑1	38
41	Justin	216	new	37
42	Shawn	216	↓3	31
43	Ronald	215	↓5	46
44	Douglas	196	–	55
45	Bryan	195	↑4	47
46	Dennis	193	↓3	59
47	Raymond	175	↓1	63
48	Craig	172	↓3	58
49	Todd	172	↓7	43
50	Vincent	172	new	>100

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