Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1982

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,619 babies) and Michael for boys (2,631). Social Security records list 82,259 babies born in New Jersey in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1982

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: 32 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Damaris: 21 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Dina: 43 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Fatima: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Janine: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Madeline: 24 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jeanine: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jasmin: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dara: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Daniela: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Raheem: 30 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Hassan: 23 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Rocco: 24 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kareem: 40 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 41 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alexis: 68 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gerard: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dominick: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamar: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angel: 122 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,619	–	1
2	Jessica	1,262	–	2
3	Melissa	878	–	5
4	Nicole	828	–	6
5	Lauren	740	–	26
6	Danielle	518	↑1	31
7	Michelle	512	↓1	11
8	Elizabeth	503	↑2	8
9	Stephanie	501	↑2	7
10	Kimberly	491	↓1	14
11	Kelly	470	↑3	25
12	Lisa	460	↓4	23
13	Erin	449	↑5	20
14	Christina	441	↑2	19
15	Amanda	430	–	3
16	Amy	428	↑4	10
17	Kristen	409	↑7	33
18	Laura	401	↑3	22
19	Heather	384	–	12
20	Sarah	383	↓8	4
21	Tiffany	373	↑2	13
22	Christine	342	↓9	46
23	Rebecca	320	↓1	15
24	Jamie	317	↑4	29
25	Kristin	300	↓8	37
26	Megan	280	↓1	34
27	Katherine	277	↑4	36
28	Tara	277	↓1	47
29	Erica	275	↑3	35
30	Crystal	274	↑7	9
31	Rachel	270	↓1	21
32	Jacqueline	258	↑7	54
33	Dana	244	↓7	67
34	Shannon	240	↓5	38
35	Maria	234	↓2	42
36	Diana	221	↑5	63
37	Mary	221	↓1	30
38	Andrea	220	↓4	27
39	Lindsay	220	new	39
40	Kathleen	210	↑9	77
41	Angela	208	↓6	16
42	Vanessa	208	new	49
43	Allison	207	↓5	58
44	Sara	198	↓4	28
45	Patricia	184	↓2	59
46	Emily	180	↑4	24
47	Kathryn	176	↓2	48
48	Courtney	172	↓1	43
49	Samantha	170	new	44
50	Michele	165	↓8	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	2,631	–	1
2	Christopher	1,681	–	2
3	Matthew	1,219	↑3	3
4	Robert	1,193	↑3	9
5	David	1,174	↓2	5
6	John	1,162	↓1	8
7	Joseph	1,138	↓3	11
8	Daniel	1,052	↑3	10
9	Jason	1,043	↓1	4
10	Brian	991	–	14
11	James	967	↓2	6
12	William	793	–	15
13	Anthony	771	–	21
14	Thomas	690	–	23
15	Ryan	671	–	13
16	Andrew	585	↑8	17
17	Justin	580	↑3	12
18	Kevin	579	↓1	25
19	Jonathan	566	↓1	16
20	Richard	558	↓4	27
21	Jeffrey	507	–	29
22	Eric	495	–	20
23	Steven	492	↓4	26
24	Nicholas	476	↓1	22
25	Mark	438	↑1	32
26	Timothy	411	↓1	24
27	Adam	405	↑3	19
28	Gregory	396	↑8	40
29	Sean	395	↓1	44
30	Scott	390	↑1	34
31	Stephen	381	↑4	38
32	Joshua	368	↓5	7
33	Paul	341	↓4	35
34	Patrick	331	↓1	37
35	Peter	319	↓1	57
36	Charles	312	↓4	31
37	Edward	294	–	53
38	Kenneth	279	↑1	45
39	Jose	257	↓1	46
40	Keith	240	–	59
41	Frank	202	↑1	81
42	George	202	↓1	62
43	Bryan	199	↑1	49
44	Shawn	188	↑2	52
45	Alexander	179	↑3	65
46	Benjamin	178	↓3	33
47	Jesse	176	–	43
48	Luis	174	↓3	90
49	Raymond	172	new	70
50	Christian	171	new	>100

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