Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1996

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1996 were Samantha for girls (844 babies) and Michael for boys (1,738). Samantha ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 90,982 babies born in New Jersey in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1996

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: 78 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Gianna: 109 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Nyasia: 22 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Nicolette: 55 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alessandra: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kerry: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nathalie: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Yamilex: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gina: 95 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Michele: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Parth: 26 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Nasir: 36 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Yisroel: 28 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Najee: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Gerard: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Amir: 46 babies, 5× the national rate
Salvatore: 35 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Moshe: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Ahmed: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Mohamed: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Samantha	844	↑1	5
2	Jessica	834	↓1	2
3	Nicole	750	↑2	22
4	Emily	736	↓1	1
5	Amanda	679	↑1	13
6	Ashley	646	↓2	3
7	Sarah	606	–	4
8	Rachel	504	–	9
9	Stephanie	491	–	20
10	Lauren	453	↑3	16
11	Brianna	442	↑1	17
12	Jennifer	437	↓2	19
13	Alexandra	423	↑2	26
14	Victoria	417	↑2	18
15	Danielle	413	↓4	29
16	Taylor	410	↓2	6
17	Rebecca	400	↑8	24
18	Alexis	384	↑3	8
19	Kayla	384	↑1	11
20	Alyssa	383	↑3	23
21	Elizabeth	380	↓2	10
22	Megan	336	–	12
23	Julia	335	↑9	48
24	Melissa	332	↓6	42
25	Brittany	322	↓8	14
26	Katherine	318	↑4	31
27	Michelle	302	–	47
28	Erin	300	↑5	51
29	Kelly	296	↓5	73
30	Olivia	270	↑8	34
31	Christina	265	↓5	57
32	Kimberly	264	↓4	41
33	Kaitlyn	247	↑3	40
34	Hannah	244	↑8	7
35	Shannon	241	↑2	80
36	Gabrielle	238	↓2	54
37	Amber	235	↑12	27
38	Morgan	232	↑3	25
39	Courtney	226	↓10	21
40	Sabrina	214	new	58
41	Allison	207	↓10	38
42	Madison	207	new	15
43	Sara	207	↓3	50
44	Tiffany	207	–	52
45	Natalie	206	↑2	46
46	Kelsey	202	↓1	36
47	Jenna	196	↑3	83
48	Jacqueline	194	↓9	69
49	Abigail	191	new	32
50	Jasmine	190	↓15	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	1,738	–	1
2	Matthew	1,448	–	2
3	Christopher	1,221	–	4
4	Nicholas	1,169	–	6
5	Joseph	1,066	↑1	12
6	Daniel	989	↓1	11
7	Ryan	945	↑1	16
8	John	912	↓1	15
9	Anthony	903	–	19
10	Andrew	803	↑1	10
11	Kevin	798	↓1	26
12	David	751	–	13
13	Tyler	682	↑1	7
14	Robert	680	↑1	23
15	Thomas	678	↑1	28
16	James	674	↓3	17
17	Brandon	667	↑2	8
18	Justin	663	↓1	20
19	Joshua	658	↑2	5
20	Alexander	655	↓2	22
21	Brian	600	↑2	36
22	Zachary	587	↓2	14
23	Jonathan	571	↓1	21
24	Kyle	559	↑1	25
25	William	548	↓1	18
26	Christian	529	↑1	24
27	Sean	441	↑2	46
28	Eric	426	↓2	35
29	Steven	417	↓1	38
30	Jacob	403	↑1	3
31	Patrick	386	↓1	44
32	Jason	354	–	41
33	Richard	325	↑2	45
34	Austin	312	–	9
35	Dylan	304	↑3	33
36	Mark	294	↑1	55
37	Samuel	288	↑4	30
38	Benjamin	287	↑4	29
39	Timothy	286	↓6	40
40	Jordan	266	↑4	27
41	Peter	260	↑4	95
42	Connor	257	↑1	54
43	Stephen	257	↓4	59
44	Adam	252	↓8	39
45	Jeffrey	248	↓5	72
46	Bryan	242	↑3	66
47	Jose	222	–	32
48	Jake	219	new	>100
49	Aaron	215	↓3	34
50	Luis	211	new	57

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