Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1984

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (1,601 babies) and Michael for boys (2,674). Social Security records list 83,470 babies born in New Jersey in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1984

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: 22 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 53 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Michele: 147 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tatiana: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaclyn: 169 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Janine: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dana: 280 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maureen: 52 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Daniela: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kaitlin: 48 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 40 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kareem: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dominick: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jamar: 46 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Wilson: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gerard: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francis: 70 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angel: 109 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lamar: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,601	–	1
2	Jessica	1,249	–	2
3	Nicole	853	–	7
4	Lauren	813	↑1	21
5	Melissa	775	↓1	8
6	Danielle	667	↑1	16
7	Stephanie	648	↓1	6
8	Ashley	571	↑12	3
9	Amanda	538	↑1	4
10	Michelle	511	↑1	17
11	Christina	508	↓3	20
12	Heather	501	↓3	9
13	Laura	495	↑5	19
14	Elizabeth	476	↓1	10
15	Kimberly	462	↓3	22
16	Kelly	445	↑1	27
17	Megan	430	↑5	11
18	Sarah	430	↓3	5
19	Christine	404	↑4	43
20	Erin	399	↓6	25
21	Lisa	399	↓5	29
22	Rachel	356	↑4	15
23	Kristen	339	↓2	38
24	Amy	338	↓5	13
25	Tiffany	312	↓1	14
26	Rebecca	310	↓1	23
27	Erica	309	↑3	34
28	Jamie	283	–	31
29	Dana	280	–	73
30	Katherine	276	↑2	30
31	Jacqueline	267	↑2	56
32	Tara	264	↑3	49
33	Lindsay	250	↑1	36
34	Kristin	247	↓3	47
35	Allison	243	↑6	51
36	Vanessa	243	↑1	45
37	Crystal	241	↓10	12
38	Shannon	239	↓2	37
39	Samantha	227	new	39
40	Meghan	226	↓1	65
41	Emily	218	↑8	24
42	Jenna	217	new	54
43	Kathryn	208	↓3	48
44	Kathleen	202	↑1	71
45	Mary	202	↓3	33
46	Sara	195	↓3	32
47	Maria	188	↓3	50
48	Andrea	180	↓2	28
49	Courtney	175	↓1	46
50	Alicia	174	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	2,674	–	1
2	Christopher	1,716	–	2
3	Matthew	1,399	–	3
4	Daniel	1,299	↑2	6
5	Joseph	1,179	↓1	10
6	John	1,160	↑1	8
7	David	1,158	↑1	5
8	Robert	1,155	↓3	9
9	Brian	976	↑2	17
10	James	955	–	7
11	Ryan	816	↑3	12
12	Anthony	812	–	21
13	Jason	789	↓4	11
14	William	737	↓1	16
15	Thomas	734	–	25
16	Kevin	665	↑1	24
17	Jonathan	660	↑2	19
18	Andrew	632	↓2	14
19	Steven	588	↓1	23
20	Richard	527	–	27
21	Nicholas	516	↑3	20
22	Eric	513	↓1	22
23	Timothy	486	↑6	26
24	Justin	479	↓1	13
25	Jeffrey	475	↓3	28
26	Adam	463	↑1	18
27	Joshua	439	↑3	4
28	Mark	435	↓3	32
29	Stephen	412	↓3	35
30	Sean	387	↑1	43
31	Gregory	374	↓3	44
32	Paul	349	↑1	40
33	Charles	335	↑3	33
34	Scott	331	–	39
35	Patrick	316	↓3	36
36	Edward	313	↑2	58
37	Kyle	307	↑2	34
38	Peter	286	↓3	60
39	Jose	261	↑1	49
40	Kenneth	249	↓3	46
41	Bryan	232	↑7	48
42	Brandon	228	↑8	15
43	Alexander	223	–	54
44	Frank	202	↓2	86
45	Keith	188	↓4	61
46	Shawn	177	new	56
47	George	174	↓3	68
48	Douglas	171	new	71
49	Luis	171	↓4	88
50	Aaron	164	new	29

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