Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1981

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,605 babies) and Michael for boys (2,572). Social Security records list 79,723 babies born in New Jersey in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1981

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

Shakira: 26 babies, 10× the national rate
Damaris: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Janine: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Quiana: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jasmin: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Michele: 179 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Madeline: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eileen: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joanne: 49 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dina: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Raheem: 40 babies, 11× the national rate
Salvatore: 47 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominick: 40 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ahmad: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alexis: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Francis: 80 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kareem: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angel: 100 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lamar: 42 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,605	–	1
2	Jessica	1,195	↑1	2
3	Melissa	872	↓1	5
4	Nicole	817	–	7
5	Lauren	617	↑1	35
6	Michelle	539	↓1	11
7	Danielle	522	↑2	30
8	Lisa	514	–	18
9	Kimberly	484	↓2	13
10	Elizabeth	465	↑4	9
11	Stephanie	457	↑4	8
12	Sarah	442	↑7	4
13	Christine	425	↑7	42
14	Kelly	417	↓3	23
15	Amanda	408	↑1	3
16	Christina	402	↓6	17
17	Kristin	399	↑10	31
18	Erin	383	↓1	19
19	Heather	382	↓7	10
20	Amy	378	↓7	6
21	Laura	342	↓3	21
22	Rebecca	339	↓1	12
23	Tiffany	336	↑5	14
24	Kristen	301	–	38
25	Megan	280	↓3	33
26	Dana	278	↓1	70
27	Tara	272	↓1	45
28	Jamie	265	↓5	28
29	Shannon	254	↑1	32
30	Rachel	251	↓1	22
31	Katherine	238	↑4	39
32	Erica	232	↑1	36
33	Maria	227	↑1	40
34	Andrea	213	↑2	24
35	Angela	213	↓4	15
36	Mary	211	↓4	27
37	Crystal	210	new	16
38	Allison	209	↑4	57
39	Jacqueline	209	↓1	67
40	Sara	186	–	26
41	Diana	184	new	75
42	Michele	179	↓5	>100
43	Patricia	178	–	53
44	April	175	↑5	25
45	Kathryn	173	new	48
46	Karen	172	↓7	64
47	Courtney	165	↓1	43
48	Catherine	161	new	73
49	Kathleen	157	↓8	82
50	Emily	155	new	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	2,572	–	1
2	Christopher	1,462	–	2
3	David	1,154	–	5
4	Joseph	1,154	↑3	11
5	John	1,138	–	8
6	Matthew	1,088	↑5	3
7	Robert	1,066	↓3	9
8	Jason	997	↓2	4
9	James	982	–	7
10	Brian	955	↓2	14
11	Daniel	954	↓1	10
12	William	753	–	15
13	Anthony	712	–	23
14	Thomas	704	–	26
15	Ryan	654	↑1	13
16	Richard	617	↑1	27
17	Kevin	598	↓2	25
18	Jonathan	579	↑7	16
19	Steven	530	↑3	28
20	Justin	525	↑1	12
21	Jeffrey	521	↓1	29
22	Eric	496	↓3	17
23	Nicholas	479	↓5	21
24	Andrew	452	↓1	18
25	Timothy	432	↓1	24
26	Mark	402	–	33
27	Joshua	398	↑6	6
28	Sean	391	↑7	44
29	Paul	384	↓1	35
30	Adam	375	–	20
31	Scott	369	↓4	34
32	Charles	353	↓3	31
33	Patrick	317	↑4	38
34	Peter	315	–	55
35	Stephen	314	↓3	39
36	Gregory	300	–	46
37	Edward	291	↓6	51
38	Jose	283	↑1	45
39	Kenneth	260	↓1	41
40	Keith	229	–	58
41	George	225	–	61
42	Frank	216	–	82
43	Benjamin	194	↑6	32
44	Bryan	189	↑3	48
45	Luis	189	↑1	92
46	Shawn	183	↑2	49
47	Jesse	182	new	37
48	Alexander	177	new	70
49	Ronald	169	↓6	59
50	Vincent	165	–	>100

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