Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1977

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,791 babies) and Michael for boys (2,548). Social Security records list 78,385 babies born in New Jersey in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1977

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

Naimah: 19 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Lissette: 30 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Shakira: 25 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Rasheeda: 19 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Damaris: 22 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Daniela: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dara: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jasmin: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Madeline: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lauren: 258 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Raheem: 54 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Rashawn: 28 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Edgardo: 22 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Hassan: 34 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Wilfredo: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Abdul: 22 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Nelson: 63 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamal: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gerard: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,791	–	1
2	Melissa	834	–	2
3	Jessica	754	↑2	4
4	Nicole	666	–	15
5	Kelly	637	↑8	10
6	Amy	551	↓3	3
7	Michelle	546	↑1	7
8	Heather	535	↓1	5
9	Lisa	531	–	12
10	Kimberly	511	↓4	8
11	Elizabeth	477	↑1	13
12	Danielle	454	↓1	31
13	Christine	439	↓3	30
14	Christina	407	–	16
15	Laura	358	–	20
16	Stephanie	346	–	14
17	Tara	346	↑4	35
18	Rebecca	332	↓1	17
19	Karen	305	–	32
20	Erin	278	↑9	23
21	Shannon	277	↓1	19
22	Mary	272	↑9	21
23	Sarah	271	↑22	11
24	Maria	266	↑1	36
25	Michele	261	↓2	77
26	Jamie	258	↑4	18
27	Lauren	258	↑1	>100
28	Amanda	246	↓4	9
29	Jaime	245	↓11	46
30	Dana	244	↑3	62
31	Susan	244	↓5	45
32	Kathleen	231	–	80
33	Dawn	227	↓11	43
34	Angela	225	↓7	6
35	Jill	216	–	41
36	Megan	215	↑1	54
37	Andrea	207	↓1	24
38	Kristen	205	↑6	72
39	Patricia	194	↓5	47
40	Erica	170	new	38
41	Stacey	169	↑6	56
42	Rachel	167	–	26
43	Allison	166	↓4	66
44	Cynthia	165	new	48
45	Sandra	164	↓7	61
46	Kristin	159	new	82
47	Jacqueline	158	new	92
48	Denise	152	↓2	78
49	Melanie	152	new	53
50	Sharon	152	↓1	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	2,548	–	1
2	Christopher	1,329	–	3
3	David	1,276	–	4
4	Jason	1,249	↑2	2
5	John	1,228	–	7
6	Robert	1,170	↓2	6
7	Brian	1,138	↑1	8
8	Joseph	1,093	↑1	10
9	James	1,014	↓2	5
10	Daniel	840	–	11
11	William	803	–	12
12	Matthew	786	–	9
13	Thomas	761	–	22
14	Kevin	752	↑1	13
15	Anthony	715	↓1	21
16	Richard	614	–	20
17	Jeffrey	520	↑1	19
18	Eric	500	↓1	17
19	Mark	469	↑1	25
20	Steven	457	↓1	23
21	Scott	451	↑1	27
22	Timothy	448	↓1	18
23	Ryan	442	↑1	16
24	Andrew	402	↑4	24
25	Paul	383	↓2	31
26	Edward	379	–	47
27	Charles	360	↑4	26
28	Stephen	354	↓3	38
29	Gregory	336	↓2	35
30	Peter	334	–	55
31	Keith	330	↑3	48
32	Jonathan	321	↑1	28
33	Sean	311	↓4	43
34	Kenneth	302	↓2	39
35	George	261	↑4	57
36	Adam	260	↑4	33
37	Jose	255	↓2	45
38	Frank	245	↓2	71
39	Patrick	242	↓2	40
40	Joshua	236	↑2	14
41	Justin	225	↑4	30
42	Shawn	214	↓4	37
43	Nicholas	208	↑6	51
44	Bryan	192	↑2	42
45	Raymond	186	↑3	65
46	Ronald	180	↓5	53
47	Douglas	173	new	59
48	Jeremy	173	new	15
49	Dennis	171	new	68
50	Marc	168	↓3	>100

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