Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1995

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1995 were Jessica for girls (933 babies) and Michael for boys (1,990). Social Security records list 92,354 babies born in New Jersey in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1995

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: 54 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Shivani: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Gianna: 94 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Emely: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Alessandra: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nicolette: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Michele: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Daniella: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gina: 105 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francesca: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Najee: 30 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Moshe: 35 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Amir: 48 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Ahmad: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Francis: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Raekwon: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dashawn: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ariel: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dominick: 62 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Jessica	933	–	1
2	Samantha	840	↑1	4
3	Emily	782	↑3	3
4	Ashley	770	–	2
5	Nicole	770	↓3	19
6	Amanda	732	↓1	9
7	Sarah	578	↑1	5
8	Rachel	539	↑5	12
9	Stephanie	535	↓2	16
10	Jennifer	524	↓1	18
11	Danielle	494	↓1	24
12	Brianna	492	↑7	21
13	Lauren	468	↓2	15
14	Taylor	454	–	6
15	Alexandra	440	↑5	26
16	Victoria	439	↓1	20
17	Brittany	433	↓1	8
18	Melissa	396	↓1	35
19	Elizabeth	385	↑4	10
20	Kayla	384	↑9	11
21	Alexis	380	↑3	14
22	Megan	374	↓10	13
23	Alyssa	373	↓2	27
24	Kelly	351	↑2	64
25	Rebecca	347	↓7	28
26	Christina	340	↑2	45
27	Michelle	340	↓5	41
28	Kimberly	312	↓3	37
29	Courtney	296	↑2	17
30	Katherine	296	↓3	30
31	Allison	275	↑1	34
32	Julia	268	↑12	62
33	Erin	254	↑1	49
34	Gabrielle	247	↑9	61
35	Jasmine	246	↓2	25
36	Kaitlyn	238	↑6	42
37	Shannon	235	↓7	73
38	Olivia	231	↑10	39
39	Jacqueline	222	↓2	70
40	Sara	220	–	48
41	Morgan	215	↓5	23
42	Hannah	210	new	7
43	Kristen	208	↑6	65
44	Tiffany	208	↑2	46
45	Kelsey	202	↓10	33
46	Alexa	200	↓5	100
47	Natalie	199	new	51
48	Erica	183	↓1	69
49	Amber	180	↓11	22
50	Jenna	179	↓11	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	1,990	–	1
2	Matthew	1,416	–	2
3	Christopher	1,257	–	3
4	Nicholas	1,219	–	7
5	Daniel	1,118	–	9
6	Joseph	1,083	–	12
7	John	1,051	↑3	13
8	Ryan	990	–	15
9	Anthony	911	↓2	19
10	Kevin	850	↓1	25
11	Andrew	834	↑1	11
12	David	792	↑2	16
13	James	758	–	17
14	Tyler	753	↑1	6
15	Robert	750	↓4	22
16	Thomas	715	–	27
17	Justin	700	↑8	18
18	Alexander	647	↑5	21
19	Brandon	643	↓2	8
20	Zachary	643	↑4	14
21	Joshua	632	–	5
22	Jonathan	599	↓2	23
23	Brian	582	↓4	36
24	William	572	↓6	20
25	Kyle	554	↓3	24
26	Eric	532	↑1	32
27	Christian	478	↑2	28
28	Steven	465	↓2	37
29	Sean	433	↓1	45
30	Patrick	396	–	43
31	Jacob	367	↑4	4
32	Jason	343	↑2	41
33	Timothy	322	–	40
34	Austin	309	↑8	10
35	Richard	303	↓4	42
36	Adam	287	↑3	38
37	Mark	283	↓1	52
38	Dylan	271	↓1	34
39	Stephen	268	↓7	57
40	Jeffrey	257	↓2	64
41	Samuel	255	↑4	33
42	Benjamin	254	↓2	31
43	Connor	253	↑6	55
44	Jordan	246	↑3	29
45	Peter	240	↓2	89
46	Aaron	231	new	30
47	Jose	231	new	35
48	Paul	224	–	71
49	Bryan	222	new	70
50	Vincent	222	↓4	>100

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