Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1988

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1988 were Jessica for girls (1,486 babies) and Michael for boys (2,857). Social Security records list 96,739 babies born in New Jersey in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1988

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

Julissa: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Michele: 106 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dana: 257 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janine: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julianne: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corinne: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jaclyn: 188 babies, 3× the national rate
Arielle: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
Kerry: 45 babies, 3× the national rate
Asia: 43 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Jamil: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 56 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Francis: 97 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Conor: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gerard: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dominick: 40 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alexis: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ali: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Marquis: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Frank: 228 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	1,486	–	1
2	Ashley	1,269	–	2
3	Amanda	1,107	–	3
4	Nicole	1,032	↑1	9
5	Jennifer	980	↓1	5
6	Stephanie	867	↑1	7
7	Lauren	820	↓1	11
8	Melissa	761	–	16
9	Danielle	718	–	17
10	Samantha	707	–	8
11	Brittany	630	↑2	6
12	Sarah	615	↓1	4
13	Christina	546	↓1	22
14	Elizabeth	500	↑2	10
15	Michelle	487	–	21
16	Megan	440	↑1	12
17	Laura	434	↑3	23
18	Rachel	428	↑5	19
19	Tiffany	416	↑8	13
20	Heather	412	↓1	14
21	Kimberly	407	↓3	25
22	Kelly	405	↓8	32
23	Katherine	387	↑1	27
24	Christine	383	↓3	51
25	Emily	366	↓3	18
26	Alexandra	352	↑9	49
27	Caitlin	349	↑9	44
28	Lisa	346	↓2	43
29	Rebecca	335	–	26
30	Alyssa	325	↑10	47
31	Kristen	322	↓1	36
32	Courtney	293	↑12	24
33	Victoria	290	↑8	42
34	Erin	281	↓9	37
35	Allison	278	↓4	46
36	Erica	267	↑1	31
37	Sara	262	↓4	30
38	Jacqueline	261	↓6	62
39	Amy	260	↓11	29
40	Dana	257	↓1	90
41	Vanessa	253	↓7	41
42	Jasmine	251	new	53
43	Shannon	243	↓5	56
44	Andrea	218	↑6	35
45	Lindsay	215	↑1	57
46	Jamie	207	↓4	45
47	Tara	202	new	67
48	Crystal	199	↓5	28
49	Alicia	195	new	50
50	Angela	192	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	2,857	–	1
2	Christopher	1,749	–	2
3	Matthew	1,631	–	3
4	Daniel	1,376	–	8
5	Joseph	1,263	–	12
6	John	1,189	↑1	11
7	David	1,185	↓1	6
8	Robert	1,128	↑1	10
9	Andrew	1,032	↓1	5
10	Anthony	1,025	–	18
11	James	1,008	–	9
12	Brian	861	–	22
13	Thomas	850	↑4	23
14	Kevin	838	–	20
15	Ryan	838	↓2	13
16	Jonathan	832	↓1	15
17	William	826	↓1	16
18	Nicholas	781	–	14
19	Eric	743	↑3	19
20	Justin	740	↑1	7
21	Steven	638	↓2	24
22	Kyle	584	↑2	21
23	Richard	574	↑3	32
24	Timothy	552	↓1	25
25	Joshua	550	–	4
26	Sean	524	↑2	38
27	Jason	519	↓7	27
28	Jeffrey	504	↓1	36
29	Alexander	492	↑2	34
30	Mark	485	–	39
31	Stephen	463	↓2	40
32	Patrick	408	↑2	42
33	Adam	367	↓1	26
34	Gregory	359	↓1	50
35	Paul	341	–	46
36	Scott	319	–	47
37	Peter	315	↑1	64
38	Charles	308	↓1	37
39	Brandon	296	–	17
40	Zachary	294	↑5	29
41	Bryan	286	↓1	54
42	Kenneth	282	↑1	51
43	Edward	272	↓2	62
44	Benjamin	241	–	30
45	Keith	241	↑1	70
46	Jose	232	↓4	49
47	Vincent	230	↑3	82
48	Frank	228	↑1	99
49	Luis	202	new	75
50	Aaron	198	new	31

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