Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1991

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1991 were Jessica for girls (1,232 babies) and Michael for boys (2,668). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 100,107 babies born in New Jersey in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1991

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: 65 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Gianna: 51 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jessenia: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Imani: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Julissa: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dana: 214 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Michele: 90 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Janine: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gina: 152 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jaclyn: 150 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Najee: 36 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Ahmed: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Moshe: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 48 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Amir: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Francis: 97 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gerard: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Daquan: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
Dashawn: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tyree: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Jessica	1,232	–	2
2	Ashley	1,116	–	1
3	Amanda	959	–	4
4	Samantha	930	↑1	5
5	Stephanie	914	↓1	7
6	Nicole	860	–	15
7	Jennifer	847	↑1	8
8	Brittany	650	↓1	3
9	Melissa	620	↑2	20
10	Lauren	616	↓1	13
11	Danielle	608	↓1	17
12	Sarah	596	–	6
13	Emily	525	↑7	10
14	Michelle	517	↓1	22
15	Elizabeth	516	↑1	9
16	Megan	475	↓1	11
17	Christina	459	↓3	31
18	Rebecca	458	↓1	21
19	Rachel	435	–	14
20	Kelly	424	↑1	42
21	Victoria	419	↑5	28
22	Alyssa	408	↓4	30
23	Kimberly	388	–	34
24	Katherine	381	↓2	25
25	Alexandra	379	↓1	36
26	Chelsea	355	↑6	18
27	Jasmine	298	↑4	24
28	Laura	294	↓3	35
29	Christine	292	↓1	73
30	Courtney	282	↓3	19
31	Alexis	271	new	47
32	Kristen	266	↓2	48
33	Erin	263	↓4	44
34	Kelsey	262	new	26
35	Heather	260	↓2	23
36	Sara	244	↑1	37
37	Allison	241	↑1	50
38	Erica	241	↓3	40
39	Tiffany	241	↓3	27
40	Jacqueline	239	–	70
41	Mary	233	↑8	38
42	Caitlin	232	↓8	55
43	Catherine	230	↓1	72
44	Kayla	229	↑4	12
45	Brianna	223	new	51
46	Kaitlyn	218	↑1	82
47	Taylor	217	new	32
48	Dana	214	↓7	>100
49	Maria	207	↓5	45
50	Amber	204	↓5	16

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	2,668	–	1
2	Christopher	1,662	–	2
3	Matthew	1,618	–	3
4	Joseph	1,328	↑1	9
5	Daniel	1,218	↓1	6
6	Anthony	1,065	↑1	18
7	John	1,058	↓1	10
8	Kevin	1,037	↑4	23
9	Nicholas	1,005	↑4	12
10	Robert	1,000	↓1	13
11	David	957	↓3	8
12	Ryan	943	↓1	11
13	James	930	↑1	7
14	Andrew	892	↓4	5
15	Jonathan	831	↑1	20
16	Brian	784	↓1	30
17	William	767	–	19
18	Thomas	740	–	28
19	Joshua	700	↑4	4
20	Kyle	700	–	21
21	Steven	676	↓2	27
22	Justin	658	↓1	14
23	Eric	643	↓1	25
24	Alexander	602	–	26
25	Brandon	539	↑12	15
26	Sean	530	↓1	40
27	Tyler	460	↑14	16
28	Richard	459	↓1	34
29	Timothy	439	↓3	32
30	Patrick	416	↓2	35
31	Zachary	410	↑1	22
32	Stephen	403	↓3	41
33	Jeffrey	395	↓2	45
34	Mark	390	↓4	47
35	Christian	354	↑5	48
36	Gregory	345	↓1	55
37	Jason	335	↓3	49
38	Peter	323	–	77
39	Paul	286	–	53
40	Kenneth	279	↑8	54
41	Vincent	278	↑3	81
42	Scott	276	↑1	57
43	Adam	274	↓10	36
44	Dylan	267	new	46
45	Charles	263	↓9	38
46	Bryan	257	–	61
47	Benjamin	252	↓2	33
48	Samuel	245	new	39
49	Aaron	242	new	31
50	Edward	236	↓3	68

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