Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1994

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1994 were Jessica for girls (1,043 babies) and Michael for boys (2,060). Social Security records list 94,574 babies born in New Jersey in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1994

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: 80 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Nyasia: 28 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Ajee: 30 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Gianna: 73 babies, 6× the national rate
Kerry: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Michele: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dana: 158 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zhane: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francesca: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nicolette: 67 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jamil: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Moshe: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Amir: 47 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jaleel: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ahmed: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ahmad: 40 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gerard: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Isiah: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kareem: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jessica	1,043	–	1
2	Nicole	901	–	11
3	Samantha	856	↑1	4
4	Ashley	848	↓1	2
5	Amanda	845	–	8
6	Emily	716	↑1	3
7	Stephanie	628	↓1	15
8	Sarah	621	–	5
9	Jennifer	592	–	17
10	Danielle	547	↑2	20
11	Lauren	502	↓1	14
12	Megan	473	↑7	10
13	Rachel	469	↑5	13
14	Taylor	463	↑6	6
15	Victoria	448	↓2	19
16	Brittany	446	↓5	7
17	Melissa	442	↓2	31
18	Rebecca	439	↓4	24
19	Brianna	433	↑9	27
20	Alexandra	412	↑1	28
21	Alyssa	412	↓5	26
22	Michelle	406	↓5	33
23	Elizabeth	384	↓1	9
24	Alexis	363	↑3	18
25	Kimberly	352	↑4	32
26	Kelly	342	↓2	62
27	Katherine	337	↓4	30
28	Christina	328	↓2	39
29	Kayla	316	↑11	12
30	Shannon	307	↓5	60
31	Courtney	286	–	22
32	Allison	272	↑2	34
33	Jasmine	260	↓3	23
34	Erin	250	↑3	45
35	Kelsey	244	–	29
36	Morgan	233	new	25
37	Jacqueline	232	↑5	65
38	Amber	231	↓6	21
39	Jenna	226	↑4	80
40	Sara	226	↓2	43
41	Alexa	223	↑7	95
42	Kaitlyn	223	↓6	48
43	Gabrielle	220	↑1	67
44	Julia	218	↑2	72
45	Laura	213	↓4	46
46	Tiffany	195	↑4	35
47	Erica	193	↑2	57
48	Olivia	192	new	50
49	Kristen	188	↓10	55
50	Maria	185	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	2,060	–	1
2	Matthew	1,385	↑1	3
3	Christopher	1,359	↓1	2
4	Nicholas	1,185	↑1	9
5	Daniel	1,165	↑1	8
6	Joseph	1,115	↓2	11
7	Anthony	1,014	↑2	18
8	Ryan	962	↑2	16
9	Kevin	937	↓2	26
10	John	901	↓2	15
11	Robert	840	–	21
12	Andrew	826	–	10
13	James	793	–	14
14	David	778	–	13
15	Tyler	757	↑6	5
16	Thomas	728	–	27
17	Brandon	689	↑5	6
18	William	685	↑2	19
19	Brian	684	↓1	37
20	Jonathan	666	↓5	23
21	Joshua	647	↑2	4
22	Kyle	630	↓5	24
23	Alexander	616	↓4	22
24	Zachary	573	↑3	12
25	Justin	567	↑1	20
26	Steven	519	↓2	34
27	Eric	477	↓2	30
28	Sean	463	–	44
29	Christian	417	↑2	35
30	Patrick	416	↓1	42
31	Richard	353	↑1	41
32	Stephen	346	↑2	49
33	Timothy	345	↓3	39
34	Jason	341	↑2	46
35	Jacob	322	↑5	7
36	Mark	318	↓3	48
37	Dylan	314	↓2	32
38	Jeffrey	291	–	55
39	Adam	269	↓2	38
40	Benjamin	261	↑6	31
41	Gregory	258	–	76
42	Austin	250	new	17
43	Peter	244	↓4	87
44	Charles	241	–	43
45	Samuel	240	↓2	33
46	Vincent	236	new	100
47	Jordan	234	↓5	29
48	Paul	232	↓3	64
49	Connor	225	–	59
50	Evan	224	new	62

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