Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1990

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1990 were Jessica for girls (1,331 babies) and Michael for boys (2,877). Social Security records list 102,735 babies born in New Jersey in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1990

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: 40 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jesenia: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Gianna: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Giselle: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Janine: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Latifah: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Michele: 96 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dana: 233 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maureen: 39 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Yasmin: 24 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Ahmed: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Gerard: 46 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Amir: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Malik: 37 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 34 babies, 4× the national rate
Ali: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ahmad: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyree: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Davon: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ariel: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	1,331	–	1
2	Ashley	1,164	–	2
3	Amanda	1,137	–	4
4	Stephanie	1,005	–	7
5	Samantha	925	↑1	5
6	Nicole	917	↓1	13
7	Brittany	855	↑2	3
8	Jennifer	850	↓1	8
9	Lauren	794	↓1	10
10	Danielle	697	↑1	18
11	Melissa	632	↓1	20
12	Sarah	617	–	6
13	Michelle	561	–	22
14	Christina	511	↑1	25
15	Megan	496	↑1	11
16	Elizabeth	490	↓2	9
17	Rebecca	476	↑3	21
18	Alyssa	467	↑3	27
19	Rachel	459	–	16
20	Emily	458	↓2	12
21	Kelly	430	↓4	41
22	Katherine	418	↑1	26
23	Kimberly	396	↑2	31
24	Alexandra	377	–	37
25	Laura	344	↓3	29
26	Victoria	331	↑7	33
27	Courtney	326	↑7	17
28	Christine	322	↓2	62
29	Erin	320	↑7	43
30	Kristen	320	–	42
31	Jasmine	319	↓2	28
32	Chelsea	290	↑6	24
33	Heather	278	↓6	19
34	Caitlin	275	↓2	50
35	Erica	266	↑4	36
36	Tiffany	265	↓8	23
37	Sara	264	↑3	34
38	Allison	261	↓7	48
39	Amy	239	↑2	38
40	Jacqueline	234	↓3	67
41	Dana	233	↑3	>100
42	Catherine	227	↑4	71
43	Jamie	225	↓1	55
44	Maria	225	new	47
45	Amber	223	new	15
46	Lisa	221	↓11	64
47	Kaitlyn	218	new	78
48	Kayla	206	new	14
49	Mary	203	–	35
50	Andrea	202	↓5	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	2,877	–	1
2	Christopher	1,806	–	2
3	Matthew	1,656	–	3
4	Daniel	1,391	–	5
5	Joseph	1,333	–	10
6	John	1,200	–	12
7	Anthony	1,113	↑1	15
8	David	1,096	↑1	6
9	Robert	1,087	↓2	13
10	Andrew	1,012	–	7
11	Ryan	1,000	↑2	11
12	Kevin	990	↓1	23
13	Nicholas	975	↑2	14
14	James	971	↓2	8
15	Brian	882	↓1	27
16	Jonathan	869	–	17
17	William	811	↑1	16
18	Thomas	776	↓1	26
19	Steven	735	↑2	25
20	Kyle	710	↑2	18
21	Justin	706	↓1	9
22	Eric	671	↑1	24
23	Joshua	650	↓4	4
24	Alexander	539	↑2	28
25	Sean	534	–	37
26	Timothy	505	↑1	30
27	Richard	492	↓3	35
28	Patrick	466	↑4	36
29	Stephen	458	↑2	39
30	Mark	457	↓1	47
31	Jeffrey	433	↓1	43
32	Zachary	383	↑5	22
33	Adam	369	↑1	32
34	Jason	361	↓6	46
35	Gregory	355	↓2	51
36	Charles	347	–	38
37	Brandon	327	↓2	19
38	Peter	327	↑5	74
39	Paul	322	↓1	49
40	Christian	315	↑8	60
41	Tyler	294	new	21
42	Jose	289	↓1	41
43	Scott	283	↓4	53
44	Vincent	275	↑2	78
45	Benjamin	271	–	33
46	Bryan	269	↓4	57
47	Edward	262	↓3	68
48	Kenneth	262	↓8	52
49	Luis	233	new	66
50	Jordan	218	new	29

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