Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1998

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1998 were Samantha for girls (809 babies) and Michael for boys (1,724). Samantha ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 90,138 babies born in New Jersey in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1998

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: 66 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Nyasia: 33 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Gianna: 207 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Aniyah: 22 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kerry: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Chaya: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Nicolette: 46 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dina: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jailene: 47 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Amani: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Yehuda: 32 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Nasir: 37 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Najee: 29 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Chaim: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 37 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Moshe: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Amir: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ahmed: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kieran: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Davon: 39 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Samantha	809	↑1	3
2	Emily	798	↓1	1
3	Ashley	650	↑2	5
4	Nicole	631	–	24
5	Jessica	628	↓2	8
6	Sarah	608	↑1	4
7	Amanda	533	↓1	19
8	Brianna	475	↑1	17
9	Julia	466	↑2	32
10	Alexis	451	↑6	6
11	Victoria	446	↑1	16
12	Kayla	436	↑7	12
13	Alyssa	427	–	11
14	Jennifer	399	–	20
15	Lauren	397	–	14
16	Rachel	387	↓8	15
17	Olivia	383	↑6	21
18	Alexandra	378	–	27
19	Taylor	378	↓9	7
20	Danielle	368	↑2	41
21	Elizabeth	349	↓1	10
22	Megan	311	↑2	13
23	Stephanie	305	↓6	29
24	Rebecca	298	↓3	30
25	Madison	296	↑12	9
26	Gabrielle	276	↑4	47
27	Katherine	275	↓1	33
28	Hannah	270	↑7	2
29	Melissa	269	↓4	59
30	Emma	265	↑12	22
31	Alexa	254	↑19	93
32	Michelle	254	↓1	55
33	Kelly	246	↓6	90
34	Kaitlyn	240	↑2	35
35	Erin	234	↓6	57
36	Abigail	230	↑7	18
37	Morgan	230	↓5	23
38	Jenna	224	↑2	65
39	Allison	223	↑2	38
40	Christina	223	↓6	69
41	Natalie	221	↑3	40
42	Brittany	220	↓14	25
43	Shannon	211	↓5	>100
44	Gianna	207	new	>100
45	Sara	200	–	48
46	Destiny	184	new	34
47	Jasmine	181	↓1	26
48	Maria	181	new	43
49	Kimberly	174	↓16	54
50	Grace	171	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	1,724	–	1
2	Matthew	1,387	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,192	–	6
4	Christopher	1,103	–	5
5	Joseph	1,018	–	11
6	Daniel	933	↑1	12
7	Anthony	913	↓1	19
8	John	869	–	15
9	Ryan	858	↑1	17
10	Justin	721	↑5	20
11	Kevin	702	↑1	32
12	Andrew	701	↓3	9
13	Brandon	687	↓2	7
14	David	672	–	13
15	Joshua	667	↑4	4
16	Thomas	666	↑4	31
17	Kyle	637	–	24
18	James	628	↓2	18
19	Alexander	615	↑4	22
20	Tyler	615	↓7	8
21	William	607	–	14
22	Robert	588	↓4	23
23	Zachary	566	↑1	16
24	Jonathan	555	↓2	21
25	Jacob	517	↑2	2
26	Brian	509	↓1	41
27	Christian	475	↓1	26
28	Sean	440	↑1	50
29	Jason	423	↑3	40
30	Eric	359	↓2	39
31	Dylan	351	↑2	25
32	Steven	345	↓2	46
33	Patrick	299	↓2	57
34	Samuel	297	–	28
35	Timothy	292	↑3	49
36	Austin	282	↓1	10
37	Connor	279	↑4	47
38	Jordan	278	↓2	27
39	Benjamin	264	↓2	30
40	Jack	262	new	61
41	Mark	258	↓1	64
42	Richard	258	↓3	56
43	Isaiah	254	↑6	59
44	Stephen	248	↓2	78
45	Jake	227	↑2	>100
46	Adam	219	↓2	45
47	Charles	217	new	48
48	Evan	215	↓2	63
49	Alex	213	new	55
50	Bryan	211	new	74

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