Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1992

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1992 were Jessica for girls (1,067 babies) and Michael for boys (2,532). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 98,209 babies born in New Jersey in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1992

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, 10.6× the national rate
Gianna: 58 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dina: 31 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Michele: 83 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kerry: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Julissa: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shakira: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Julianne: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Imani: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Janine: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Najee: 30 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Amir: 41 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jamil: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Khalil: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dashawn: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gerard: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Liam: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaquan: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kareem: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Jessica	1,067	–	2
2	Ashley	1,042	–	1
3	Amanda	966	–	3
4	Nicole	914	↑2	14
5	Samantha	883	↓1	6
6	Stephanie	851	↓1	8
7	Jennifer	641	–	11
8	Lauren	641	↑2	12
9	Sarah	626	↑3	5
10	Danielle	621	↑1	18
11	Brittany	596	↓3	4
12	Emily	573	↑1	7
13	Melissa	551	↓4	24
14	Chelsea	494	↑12	15
15	Michelle	494	↓1	25
16	Megan	490	–	10
17	Rebecca	488	↑1	20
18	Victoria	468	↑3	22
19	Elizabeth	460	↓4	9
20	Alexandra	427	↑5	29
21	Rachel	421	↓2	16
22	Alyssa	407	–	30
23	Christina	394	↓6	33
24	Kelly	366	↓4	47
25	Katherine	359	↓1	27
26	Kimberly	354	↓3	35
27	Taylor	346	↑20	17
28	Alexis	305	↑3	40
29	Kelsey	302	↑5	23
30	Kristen	271	↑2	53
31	Kaitlyn	270	↑15	42
32	Brianna	268	↑13	43
33	Shannon	267	new	66
34	Jasmine	263	↓7	28
35	Courtney	261	↓5	21
36	Laura	257	↓8	38
37	Erica	251	↑1	44
38	Erin	248	↓5	46
39	Sara	248	↓3	37
40	Allison	235	↓3	48
41	Kayla	231	↑3	13
42	Gabrielle	226	new	84
43	Heather	221	↓8	31
44	Mary	214	↓3	36
45	Christine	210	↓16	82
46	Tiffany	210	↓7	32
47	Amber	209	↑3	19
48	Caitlin	205	↓6	62
49	Jacqueline	202	↓9	76
50	Julia	200	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Michael	2,532	–	1
2	Christopher	1,527	–	2
3	Matthew	1,494	–	3
4	Joseph	1,239	–	11
5	Daniel	1,157	–	7
6	Anthony	1,072	–	19
7	Nicholas	1,055	↑2	12
8	John	1,034	↓1	14
9	Kevin	994	↓1	25
10	Ryan	989	↑2	13
11	Andrew	976	↑3	5
12	Robert	903	↓2	17
13	David	893	↓2	10
14	James	889	↓1	9
15	Jonathan	782	–	21
16	Thomas	730	↑2	27
17	Kyle	707	↑3	22
18	Brian	705	↓2	31
19	Joshua	685	–	4
20	William	678	↓3	20
21	Brandon	677	↑4	6
22	Alexander	669	↑2	23
23	Eric	622	–	26
24	Justin	617	↓2	18
25	Steven	604	↓4	29
26	Tyler	598	↑1	8
27	Zachary	562	↑4	16
28	Sean	503	↓2	42
29	Patrick	490	↑1	39
30	Richard	443	↓2	41
31	Timothy	438	↓2	34
32	Christian	417	↑3	35
33	Mark	380	↑1	49
34	Stephen	378	↓2	45
35	Jeffrey	348	↓2	51
36	Dylan	331	↑8	28
37	Adam	314	↑6	36
38	Jason	313	↓1	46
39	Charles	288	↑6	43
40	Gregory	269	↓4	60
41	Paul	267	↓2	55
42	Edward	256	↑8	70
43	Jose	256	new	37
44	Peter	253	↓6	81
45	Scott	244	↓3	61
46	Aaron	241	↑3	30
47	Jacob	241	new	15
48	Vincent	240	↓7	92
49	Benjamin	234	↓2	33
50	Samuel	227	↓2	40

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