Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1997

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1997 were Emily for girls (849 babies) and Michael for boys (1,750). Social Security records list 89,847 babies born in New Jersey in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1997

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

Aniyah: 21 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Brielle: 73 babies, 9× the national rate
Amirah: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Pooja: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Shoshana: 23 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Gianna: 121 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Nyasia: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Chaya: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Chana: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Nicolette: 62 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Zaire: 37 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Nasir: 44 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 42 babies, 6× the national rate
Chaim: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Amir: 54 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Moshe: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ahmad: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Ahmed: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Francis: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marc: 116 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	849	↑3	1
2	Samantha	819	↓1	6
3	Jessica	725	↓1	2
4	Nicole	663	↓1	21
5	Ashley	637	↑1	3
6	Amanda	586	↓1	16
7	Sarah	576	–	4
8	Rachel	493	–	13
9	Brianna	473	↑2	17
10	Taylor	447	↑6	7
11	Julia	439	↑12	37
12	Victoria	439	↑2	19
13	Alyssa	429	↑7	15
14	Jennifer	429	↓2	18
15	Lauren	419	↓5	14
16	Alexis	413	↑2	8
17	Stephanie	384	↓8	23
18	Alexandra	380	↓5	30
19	Kayla	378	–	12
20	Elizabeth	375	↑1	9
21	Rebecca	358	↓4	25
22	Danielle	346	↓7	34
23	Olivia	343	↑7	27
24	Megan	340	↓2	11
25	Melissa	325	↓1	44
26	Katherine	296	–	32
27	Kelly	289	↑2	83
28	Brittany	280	↓3	20
29	Erin	275	↓1	52
30	Gabrielle	260	↑6	51
31	Michelle	253	↓4	55
32	Morgan	243	↑6	22
33	Kimberly	237	↓1	49
34	Christina	236	↓3	62
35	Hannah	234	↓1	5
36	Kaitlyn	234	↓3	41
37	Madison	228	↑5	10
38	Shannon	228	↓3	85
39	Sabrina	225	↑1	53
40	Jenna	224	↑7	76
41	Allison	216	–	39
42	Emma	213	new	36
43	Abigail	212	↑6	26
44	Natalie	201	↑1	48
45	Sara	201	↓2	50
46	Jasmine	199	↑4	24
47	Kristen	186	new	82
48	Amber	185	↓11	29
49	Courtney	183	↓10	28
50	Alexa	182	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	1,750	–	1
2	Matthew	1,421	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,169	↑1	6
4	Christopher	1,148	↓1	4
5	Joseph	1,045	–	12
6	Anthony	917	↑3	18
7	Daniel	897	↓1	11
8	John	878	–	15
9	Andrew	826	↑1	7
10	Ryan	784	↓3	16
11	Brandon	740	↑6	8
12	Kevin	705	↓1	28
13	Tyler	701	–	10
14	David	689	↓2	14
15	Justin	679	↑3	20
16	James	660	–	17
17	Kyle	656	↑7	24
18	Robert	656	↓4	23
19	Joshua	625	–	5
20	Thomas	613	↓5	31
21	William	611	↑4	19
22	Jonathan	608	↑1	21
23	Alexander	578	↓3	22
24	Zachary	538	↓2	13
25	Brian	525	↓4	37
26	Christian	490	–	25
27	Jacob	456	↑3	2
28	Eric	413	–	35
29	Sean	379	↓2	48
30	Steven	371	↓1	40
31	Patrick	343	–	50
32	Jason	339	–	41
33	Dylan	319	↑2	30
34	Samuel	317	↑3	27
35	Austin	311	↓1	9
36	Jordan	278	↑4	26
37	Benjamin	274	↑1	29
38	Timothy	274	↑1	43
39	Richard	263	↓6	51
40	Mark	255	↓4	58
41	Connor	249	↑1	52
42	Stephen	236	↑1	68
43	Jose	232	↑4	32
44	Adam	224	–	39
45	Paul	224	new	79
46	Evan	216	new	61
47	Jake	215	↑1	>100
48	Peter	212	↓7	>100
49	Isaiah	202	new	60
50	Jeffrey	201	↓5	84

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