Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1976

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,764 babies) and Michael for boys (2,543). Social Security records list 75,706 babies born in New Jersey in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1976

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

Milagros: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lissette: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Sharonda: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Fatima: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Janine: 55 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lauren: 241 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Daniela: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rashida: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dara: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Madeline: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Hakim: 27 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Rocco: 30 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Wilfredo: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dominick: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gerard: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kareem: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jamal: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angel: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darnell: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,764	–	1
2	Melissa	761	–	3
3	Amy	652	–	2
4	Nicole	630	–	13
5	Jessica	618	↑6	8
6	Kimberly	565	↑1	7
7	Heather	554	↓2	4
8	Michelle	521	↓2	6
9	Lisa	519	↓1	9
10	Christine	491	↓1	26
11	Danielle	482	↓1	33
12	Elizabeth	422	↑4	16
13	Kelly	412	↓1	19
14	Christina	357	↓1	14
15	Laura	353	↑5	20
16	Stephanie	327	↑2	11
17	Rebecca	326	↑4	12
18	Jaime	320	new	29
19	Karen	309	↓4	31
20	Shannon	309	↑19	17
21	Tara	309	↓7	42
22	Dawn	294	↓5	35
23	Michele	279	↓4	63
24	Amanda	247	↑17	10
25	Maria	246	↓3	34
26	Susan	245	↓2	40
27	Angela	241	↑8	5
28	Lauren	241	↑4	>100
29	Erin	236	↑7	24
30	Jamie	235	new	18
31	Mary	228	↓8	22
32	Kathleen	211	↑2	82
33	Dana	210	↓5	64
34	Patricia	201	↓8	43
35	Jill	191	↓6	52
36	Andrea	188	↓5	25
37	Megan	187	↑6	62
38	Sandra	185	↓8	59
39	Allison	184	new	67
40	Lori	182	↓3	47
41	Tracy	181	↓16	37
42	Rachel	180	↓4	23
43	Carrie	177	new	28
44	Kristen	177	↓17	73
45	Sarah	174	↓5	15
46	Denise	173	↓2	69
47	Stacey	173	↓14	51
48	Colleen	172	new	>100
49	Sharon	165	new	81
50	Julie	162	↓3	21

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	2,543	–	1
2	Christopher	1,317	↑2	3
3	David	1,211	–	4
4	Robert	1,194	↑1	7
5	John	1,190	↓3	6
6	Jason	1,082	↑3	2
7	James	1,076	–	5
8	Brian	1,067	↓2	8
9	Joseph	1,021	↓1	12
10	Daniel	861	↑1	10
11	William	790	↓1	11
12	Matthew	733	–	9
13	Thomas	664	–	23
14	Anthony	643	–	22
15	Kevin	588	↑1	15
16	Richard	577	↓1	19
17	Eric	561	↑3	13
18	Jeffrey	517	↓1	17
19	Steven	492	↑2	20
20	Mark	439	↓1	25
21	Timothy	429	↑6	21
22	Scott	428	↓4	24
23	Paul	391	↑2	28
24	Ryan	369	↑7	16
25	Stephen	361	↑3	37
26	Edward	349	↓3	45
27	Gregory	344	↓1	35
28	Andrew	343	↓4	27
29	Sean	341	↑4	42
30	Peter	340	–	54
31	Charles	338	↓9	26
32	Kenneth	314	↑2	38
33	Jonathan	298	↑5	31
34	Keith	296	↓2	48
35	Jose	266	↓6	44
36	Frank	256	↑1	68
37	Patrick	252	↓1	41
38	Shawn	245	↑4	34
39	George	243	↓4	53
40	Adam	238	–	36
41	Ronald	204	↑2	49
42	Joshua	202	↓3	18
43	Todd	190	↑6	50
44	Donald	184	new	47
45	Justin	182	↓4	33
46	Bryan	178	↓1	43
47	Marc	174	new	99
48	Raymond	166	↓1	65
49	Nicholas	164	new	77
50	Gary	163	new	52

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