Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1993

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1993 were Jessica for girls (1,079 babies) and Michael for boys (2,259). Social Security records list 95,489 babies born in New Jersey in 1993 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1993

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: 51 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Gianna: 68 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Dina: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nicolette: 75 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Michele: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Francesca: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kerry: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Imani: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Julianne: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dana: 155 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 51 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Najee: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Moshe: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Amir: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Khalil: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Dashawn: 31 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyree: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kareem: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 109 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 57 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Jessica	1,079	–	1
2	Nicole	938	↑2	13
3	Ashley	905	↓1	2
4	Samantha	879	↑1	4
5	Amanda	840	↓2	8
6	Stephanie	699	–	10
7	Emily	687	↑5	5
8	Sarah	629	↑1	3
9	Jennifer	624	↓2	15
10	Lauren	542	↓2	12
11	Brittany	527	–	6
12	Danielle	522	↓2	18
13	Victoria	487	↑5	19
14	Rebecca	482	↑3	22
15	Melissa	479	↓2	30
16	Alyssa	477	↑6	26
17	Michelle	459	↓2	31
18	Rachel	450	↑3	14
19	Megan	433	↓3	11
20	Taylor	420	↑7	7
21	Alexandra	411	↓1	28
22	Elizabeth	392	↓3	9
23	Katherine	385	↑2	29
24	Kelly	385	–	51
25	Shannon	342	↑8	53
26	Christina	340	↓3	35
27	Alexis	326	↑1	27
28	Brianna	319	↑4	32
29	Kimberly	301	↓3	39
30	Jasmine	291	↑4	23
31	Courtney	285	↑4	20
32	Amber	274	↑15	17
33	Chelsea	273	↓19	25
34	Allison	266	↑6	41
35	Kelsey	265	↓6	24
36	Kaitlyn	260	↓5	46
37	Erin	255	↑1	48
38	Sara	252	↑1	40
39	Kristen	239	↓9	61
40	Kayla	238	↑1	16
41	Laura	234	↓5	43
42	Jacqueline	231	↑7	74
43	Jenna	225	new	70
44	Gabrielle	223	↓2	84
45	Heather	211	↓2	38
46	Julia	209	↑4	72
47	Christine	204	↓2	90
48	Alexa	201	new	>100
49	Erica	199	↓12	49
50	Tiffany	193	↓4	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	2,259	–	1
2	Christopher	1,429	–	2
3	Matthew	1,371	–	3
4	Joseph	1,239	–	12
5	Nicholas	1,175	↑2	8
6	Daniel	1,153	↓1	7
7	Kevin	1,038	↑2	25
8	John	1,021	–	16
9	Anthony	1,005	↓3	19
10	Ryan	997	–	13
11	Robert	906	↑1	17
12	Andrew	899	↓1	10
13	James	866	↑1	14
14	David	843	↓1	11
15	Jonathan	701	–	22
16	Thomas	698	–	27
17	Kyle	693	–	23
18	Brian	666	–	34
19	Alexander	655	↑3	21
20	William	647	–	18
21	Tyler	645	↑5	5
22	Brandon	626	↓1	6
23	Joshua	606	↓4	4
24	Steven	583	↑1	31
25	Eric	571	↓2	29
26	Justin	555	↓2	20
27	Zachary	535	–	15
28	Sean	529	–	42
29	Patrick	411	–	43
30	Timothy	396	↑1	38
31	Christian	380	↑1	35
32	Richard	357	↓2	40
33	Mark	351	–	49
34	Stephen	347	–	47
35	Dylan	320	↑1	33
36	Jason	310	↑2	45
37	Adam	308	–	39
38	Jeffrey	305	↓3	53
39	Peter	281	↑5	82
40	Jacob	272	↑7	9
41	Gregory	265	↓1	65
42	Jordan	262	new	28
43	Samuel	254	↑7	37
44	Charles	252	↓5	44
45	Paul	251	↓4	56
46	Benjamin	245	↑3	32
47	Jose	240	↓4	36
48	Aaron	239	↓2	30
49	Connor	239	new	57
50	Edward	225	↓8	78

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