Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1985

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1985 were Jessica for girls (1,390 babies) and Michael for boys (2,587). Social Security records list 86,971 babies born in New Jersey in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1985

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

Giselle: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Annmarie: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Shante: 33 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Asia: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 75 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tania: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jasmin: 48 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaclyn: 183 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dina: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Michele: 112 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Hassan: 25 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tyree: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alexis: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dominick: 44 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lamar: 51 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jamar: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ariel: 26 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lamont: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kareem: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	1,390	↑1	1
2	Jennifer	1,352	↓1	3
3	Nicole	1,008	–	7
4	Lauren	831	–	15
5	Amanda	794	↑4	4
6	Ashley	788	↑2	2
7	Melissa	689	↓2	11
8	Stephanie	666	↓1	6
9	Danielle	661	↓3	18
10	Christina	583	↑1	12
11	Laura	526	↑2	14
12	Megan	499	↑5	10
13	Elizabeth	498	↑1	9
14	Heather	478	↓2	8
15	Kimberly	471	–	19
16	Michelle	457	↓6	22
17	Sarah	426	↑1	5
18	Christine	423	↑1	44
19	Kelly	419	↓3	28
20	Rachel	413	↑2	13
21	Kristen	346	↑2	38
22	Erin	326	↓2	26
23	Amy	318	↑1	20
24	Lisa	313	↓3	36
25	Katherine	306	↑5	32
26	Rebecca	294	–	25
27	Tiffany	290	↓2	23
28	Jamie	288	–	27
29	Samantha	287	↑10	29
30	Emily	265	↑11	24
31	Erica	260	↓4	34
32	Kristin	257	↑2	49
33	Tara	255	↓1	51
34	Allison	243	↑1	46
35	Jenna	241	↑7	50
36	Shannon	240	↑2	41
37	Jacqueline	237	↓6	60
38	Dana	231	↓9	82
39	Lindsay	228	↓6	40
40	Crystal	224	↓3	21
41	Sara	216	↑5	30
42	Caitlin	210	new	77
43	Meghan	207	↓3	63
44	Andrea	206	↑4	33
45	Vanessa	206	↓9	42
46	Angela	205	new	31
47	Brittany	202	new	17
48	Mary	199	↓3	35
49	Courtney	192	–	43
50	Kathryn	188	↓7	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	2,587	–	1
2	Christopher	1,740	–	2
3	Matthew	1,390	–	3
4	Daniel	1,322	–	5
5	Joseph	1,264	–	10
6	Robert	1,160	↑2	8
7	David	1,139	–	6
8	John	1,095	↓2	9
9	James	1,044	↑1	7
10	Anthony	908	↑2	20
11	Brian	890	↓2	18
12	Ryan	809	↓1	12
13	Andrew	804	↑5	11
14	William	767	–	16
15	Thomas	749	–	25
16	Jonathan	728	↑1	17
17	Jason	727	↓4	14
18	Kevin	721	↓2	23
19	Steven	638	–	24
20	Nicholas	589	↑1	19
21	Eric	563	↑1	21
22	Richard	551	↓2	28
23	Joshua	499	↑4	4
24	Timothy	483	↓1	26
25	Jeffrey	481	–	29
26	Justin	478	↓2	15
27	Sean	468	↑3	38
28	Mark	462	–	32
29	Stephen	431	–	36
30	Kyle	414	↑7	27
31	Adam	406	↓5	22
32	Gregory	405	↓1	45
33	Patrick	367	↑2	37
34	Paul	353	↓2	42
35	Scott	334	↓1	44
36	Charles	325	↓3	34
37	Alexander	314	↑6	50
38	Brandon	300	↑4	13
39	Edward	284	↓3	59
40	Bryan	270	↑1	48
41	Peter	269	↓3	60
42	Kenneth	259	↓2	47
43	Jose	227	↓4	49
44	Keith	216	↑1	64
45	George	214	↑2	72
46	Frank	205	↓2	90
47	Shawn	205	↓1	55
48	Benjamin	197	new	31
49	Luis	188	–	85
50	Raymond	186	new	75

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