Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1980

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (1,683 babies) and Michael for boys (2,499). Social Security records list 79,935 babies born in New Jersey in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1980

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

Fatimah: 20 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Zakiyyah: 20 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Damaris: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lisette: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Annmarie: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Daniela: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jasmin: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janine: 46 babies, 4× the national rate
Dina: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Caryn: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Raheem: 58 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Rasheed: 24 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Jameel: 25 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Malik: 34 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Hassan: 23 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Kareem: 58 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dominick: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jamar: 44 babies, 4× the national rate
Salvatore: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Alexis: 34 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,683	–	1
2	Melissa	995	–	4
3	Jessica	972	↑1	3
4	Nicole	801	↓1	7
5	Michelle	579	↑2	10
6	Lauren	572	↑3	38
7	Kimberly	525	↑1	11
8	Lisa	525	↓3	16
9	Danielle	512	↑3	33
10	Christina	480	↑3	15
11	Kelly	473	↓5	19
12	Heather	461	↓1	6
13	Amy	440	↑3	8
14	Elizabeth	438	–	9
15	Stephanie	432	↑3	13
16	Amanda	407	↓1	2
17	Erin	383	↑4	20
18	Laura	381	↓1	21
19	Sarah	379	–	5
20	Christine	378	↓10	41
21	Rebecca	326	↑1	17
22	Megan	285	↑1	30
23	Jamie	284	↑2	24
24	Kristen	282	↑6	39
25	Dana	266	↓1	68
26	Tara	260	↓6	43
27	Kristin	255	↑13	37
28	Tiffany	242	↑11	14
29	Rachel	233	↑3	23
30	Shannon	233	↓4	29
31	Angela	230	↑6	12
32	Mary	225	↓5	25
33	Erica	218	–	34
34	Maria	211	↓5	36
35	Katherine	207	↑1	35
36	Andrea	205	↓5	28
37	Michele	192	↓2	>100
38	Jacqueline	191	↑3	81
39	Karen	189	↓11	54
40	Sara	182	new	27
41	Kathleen	180	↑1	82
42	Allison	172	↑2	59
43	Patricia	171	↑2	51
44	Meghan	166	↑4	>100
45	Dawn	163	↓7	67
46	Courtney	160	new	48
47	Sandra	156	↑3	80
48	Jill	153	↓2	66
49	April	151	new	26
50	Susan	150	↓16	62

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	2,499	–	1
2	Christopher	1,345	–	2
3	David	1,192	–	4
4	Robert	1,192	↑2	9
5	John	1,179	↓1	8
6	Jason	1,133	↑1	3
7	Joseph	1,122	↓2	10
8	Brian	990	–	12
9	James	979	–	5
10	Daniel	977	–	11
11	Matthew	918	–	6
12	William	768	–	14
13	Anthony	719	↑1	24
14	Thomas	684	↓1	25
15	Kevin	651	–	23
16	Ryan	590	↑4	15
17	Richard	555	↓1	26
18	Nicholas	539	↑1	17
19	Eric	537	↑3	16
20	Jeffrey	522	↓3	27
21	Justin	483	↑14	13
22	Steven	461	↓4	28
23	Andrew	460	↑1	19
24	Timothy	458	↓1	20
25	Jonathan	453	↑2	21
26	Mark	426	↓5	30
27	Scott	395	↓2	33
28	Paul	388	↓2	35
29	Charles	384	↑4	29
30	Adam	378	↓1	22
31	Edward	371	–	52
32	Stephen	361	↓4	40
33	Joshua	355	↓3	7
34	Peter	348	↓2	55
35	Sean	333	↑2	48
36	Gregory	304	↓2	42
37	Patrick	300	↑1	38
38	Kenneth	292	↓2	41
39	Jose	283	–	46
40	Keith	252	–	56
41	George	227	–	60
42	Frank	213	–	81
43	Ronald	203	↑2	58
44	Douglas	197	↑4	62
45	Raymond	187	↑2	66
46	Luis	185	↑3	88
47	Bryan	178	↓4	49
48	Shawn	178	↓4	47
49	Benjamin	171	new	32
50	Vincent	161	new	>100

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