Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1983

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,606 babies) and Michael for boys (2,644). Social Security records list 82,115 babies born in New Jersey in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1983

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: 22 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Shakira: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Fatima: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Daniela: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eileen: 55 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Janine: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francesca: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dana: 287 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaclyn: 174 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 42 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Wilfredo: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Giovanni: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kareem: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Alexis: 60 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jamar: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Francis: 83 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lamar: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angel: 100 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,606	–	1
2	Jessica	1,226	–	2
3	Nicole	891	↑1	7
4	Melissa	801	↓1	6
5	Lauren	772	–	24
6	Stephanie	586	↑3	8
7	Danielle	525	↓1	29
8	Christina	518	↑6	16
9	Heather	506	↑10	9
10	Amanda	504	↑5	3
11	Michelle	499	↓4	13
12	Kimberly	475	↓2	15
13	Elizabeth	466	↓5	10
14	Erin	466	↓1	18
15	Sarah	457	↑5	5
16	Lisa	443	↓4	27
17	Kelly	422	↓6	26
18	Laura	417	–	23
19	Amy	399	↓3	12
20	Ashley	388	new	4
21	Kristen	384	↓4	37
22	Megan	368	↑4	21
23	Christine	353	↓1	47
24	Tiffany	350	↓3	14
25	Rebecca	343	↓2	19
26	Rachel	325	↑5	20
27	Crystal	308	↑3	11
28	Jamie	308	↓4	28
29	Dana	287	↑4	72
30	Erica	269	↓1	33
31	Kristin	263	↓6	42
32	Katherine	262	↓5	34
33	Jacqueline	249	↓1	53
34	Lindsay	244	↑5	36
35	Tara	233	↓7	51
36	Shannon	227	↓2	38
37	Vanessa	226	↑5	49
38	Angela	208	↑3	22
39	Meghan	207	new	75
40	Kathryn	202	↑7	50
41	Allison	200	↑2	59
42	Mary	200	↓5	32
43	Sara	199	↑1	31
44	Maria	190	↓9	43
45	Kathleen	188	↓5	73
46	Andrea	180	↓8	30
47	Victoria	178	new	58
48	Courtney	177	–	44
49	Emily	177	↓3	25
50	Jaclyn	174	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	2,644	–	1
2	Christopher	1,605	–	2
3	Matthew	1,328	–	3
4	Joseph	1,179	↑3	11
5	Robert	1,170	↓1	10
6	Daniel	1,165	↑2	8
7	John	1,164	↓1	9
8	David	1,128	↓3	4
9	Jason	992	–	7
10	James	957	↑1	6
11	Brian	909	↓1	14
12	Anthony	764	↑1	22
13	William	758	↓1	16
14	Ryan	721	↑1	13
15	Thomas	704	↓1	24
16	Andrew	639	–	15
17	Kevin	610	↑1	25
18	Steven	599	↑5	23
19	Jonathan	591	–	19
20	Richard	526	–	27
21	Eric	519	↑1	20
22	Jeffrey	514	↓1	28
23	Justin	500	↓6	12
24	Nicholas	469	–	21
25	Mark	461	–	31
26	Stephen	454	↑5	35
27	Adam	412	–	18
28	Gregory	406	–	42
29	Timothy	405	↓3	26
30	Joshua	394	↑2	5
31	Sean	387	↓2	44
32	Patrick	367	↑2	37
33	Paul	342	–	39
34	Scott	336	↓4	38
35	Peter	317	–	59
36	Charles	316	–	33
37	Kenneth	292	↑1	45
38	Edward	276	↓1	55
39	Kyle	275	new	34
40	Jose	242	↓1	48
41	Keith	208	↓1	61
42	Frank	205	↓1	86
43	Alexander	192	↑2	63
44	George	192	↓2	65
45	Luis	191	↑3	88
46	Jesse	180	↑1	46
47	Vincent	180	new	97
48	Bryan	175	↓5	47
49	Carlos	164	new	75
50	Brandon	163	new	17

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