Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1989

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1989 were Jessica for girls (1,420 babies) and Michael for boys (2,983). Social Security records list 103,072 babies born in New Jersey in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1989

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

Brielle: 52 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Shaquana: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Gianna: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Julissa: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Michele: 129 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lissette: 25 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francesca: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kerry: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dana: 230 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Corinne: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dashawn: 33 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Jamil: 30 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Ahmed: 32 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dominick: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gerard: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 82 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lamar: 63 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Darnell: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Louis: 138 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	1,420	–	1
2	Ashley	1,275	–	2
3	Amanda	1,144	–	4
4	Stephanie	963	↑2	8
5	Nicole	962	↓1	12
6	Samantha	931	↑4	6
7	Jennifer	910	↓2	7
8	Lauren	870	↓1	9
9	Brittany	830	↑2	3
10	Melissa	708	↓2	19
11	Danielle	656	↓2	17
12	Sarah	644	–	5
13	Michelle	583	↑2	22
14	Elizabeth	569	–	10
15	Christina	562	↓2	23
16	Megan	514	–	11
17	Kelly	443	↑5	37
18	Emily	442	↑7	13
19	Rachel	431	↓1	18
20	Rebecca	416	↑9	24
21	Alyssa	400	↑9	33
22	Laura	390	↓5	25
23	Katherine	382	–	26
24	Alexandra	381	↑2	43
25	Kimberly	379	↓4	28
26	Christine	378	↓2	59
27	Heather	373	↓7	15
28	Tiffany	346	↓9	16
29	Jasmine	335	↑13	30
30	Kristen	335	↑1	36
31	Allison	311	↑4	46
32	Caitlin	306	↓5	49
33	Victoria	300	–	44
34	Courtney	292	↓2	21
35	Lisa	276	↓7	55
36	Erin	273	↓2	40
37	Jacqueline	271	↑1	64
38	Chelsea	268	new	27
39	Erica	265	↓3	34
40	Sara	254	↓3	29
41	Amy	242	↓2	35
42	Jamie	241	↑4	52
43	Vanessa	240	↓2	50
44	Dana	230	↓4	>100
45	Andrea	225	↓1	39
46	Catherine	215	new	67
47	Shannon	211	↓4	61
48	Kristin	204	new	60
49	Mary	203	new	38
50	Tara	200	↓3	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	2,983	–	1
2	Christopher	1,856	–	2
3	Matthew	1,706	–	3
4	Daniel	1,477	–	6
5	Joseph	1,374	–	11
6	John	1,305	–	12
7	Robert	1,154	↑1	10
8	Anthony	1,135	↑2	16
9	David	1,118	↓2	5
10	Andrew	1,070	↓1	7
11	Kevin	972	↑3	19
12	James	968	↓1	9
13	Ryan	943	↑2	13
14	Brian	934	↓2	24
15	Nicholas	908	↑3	14
16	Jonathan	889	–	17
17	Thomas	823	↓4	23
18	William	763	↓1	15
19	Joshua	714	↑6	4
20	Justin	711	–	8
21	Steven	703	–	22
22	Kyle	630	–	20
23	Eric	629	↓4	21
24	Richard	570	↓1	33
25	Sean	566	↑1	39
26	Alexander	545	↑3	32
27	Timothy	511	↓3	28
28	Jason	486	↓1	35
29	Mark	471	↑1	42
30	Jeffrey	462	↓2	37
31	Stephen	458	–	40
32	Patrick	418	–	38
33	Gregory	391	↑1	52
34	Adam	377	↓1	27
35	Brandon	354	↑4	18
36	Charles	332	↑2	36
37	Zachary	329	↑3	25
38	Paul	328	↓3	49
39	Scott	328	↓3	51
40	Kenneth	313	↑2	53
41	Jose	300	↑5	46
42	Bryan	294	↓1	56
43	Peter	292	↓6	66
44	Edward	283	↓1	62
45	Benjamin	279	↓1	29
46	Vincent	257	↑1	80
47	Corey	226	new	55
48	Christian	223	new	78
49	Keith	218	↓4	70
50	Jesse	215	new	50

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