Popular baby names in New Jersey, 1999

The most popular baby names in New Jersey in 1999 were Emily for girls (904 babies) and Michael for boys (1,621). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,968 babies born in New Jersey in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New Jersey in 1999

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, 7.6× the national rate
Anjali: 36 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Priya: 28 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Gianna: 223 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Nyasia: 39 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Aniyah: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Chana: 33 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Neha: 23 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Giana: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kerry: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Nazir: 25 babies, 12× the national rate
Parth: 25 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Nasir: 73 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Zaire: 36 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Rahul: 30 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 43 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Giancarlo: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rohan: 40 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Nikhil: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Moshe: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New Jersey, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	904	↑1	1
2	Samantha	755	↓1	5
3	Sarah	616	↑3	4
4	Jessica	573	↑1	9
5	Nicole	564	↓1	25
6	Ashley	553	↓3	6
7	Amanda	533	–	22
8	Kayla	512	↑4	13
9	Julia	503	–	30
10	Alyssa	481	↑3	11
11	Lauren	480	↑4	12
12	Victoria	434	↓1	16
13	Brianna	418	↓5	14
14	Rachel	397	↑2	19
15	Olivia	389	↑2	20
16	Alexis	373	↓6	3
17	Alexandra	341	↑1	32
18	Jennifer	340	↓4	21
19	Elizabeth	339	↑2	10
20	Taylor	334	↓1	8
21	Madison	324	↑4	7
22	Stephanie	324	↑1	37
23	Danielle	314	↓3	43
24	Megan	308	↓2	15
25	Rebecca	300	↓1	38
26	Hannah	294	↑2	2
27	Katherine	288	–	36
28	Emma	281	↑2	17
29	Kelly	248	↑4	95
30	Kaitlyn	247	↑4	33
31	Gabrielle	245	↓5	46
32	Natalie	244	↑9	34
33	Abigail	239	↑3	18
34	Erin	237	↑1	58
35	Sydney	236	new	23
36	Grace	230	↑14	27
37	Alexa	226	↓6	89
38	Allison	225	↑1	40
39	Gianna	223	↑5	>100
40	Michelle	222	↓8	56
41	Melissa	221	↓12	64
42	Sara	219	↑3	50
43	Jenna	216	↓5	61
44	Morgan	212	↓7	24
45	Christina	205	↓5	75
46	Isabella	199	new	60
47	Destiny	195	↓1	28
48	Sophia	187	new	53
49	Anna	184	new	29
50	Brittany	183	↓8	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Michael	1,621	–	2
2	Matthew	1,415	–	3
3	Nicholas	1,114	–	5
4	Christopher	1,011	–	6
5	Joseph	977	–	8
6	Ryan	946	↑3	12
7	Daniel	912	↓1	9
8	John	876	–	15
9	Anthony	807	↓2	18
10	Andrew	738	↑2	7
11	Justin	709	↓1	20
12	Joshua	666	↑3	4
13	David	657	↑1	16
14	Alexander	619	↑5	21
15	Brandon	618	↓2	11
16	Kevin	618	↓5	34
17	Tyler	585	↑3	10
18	William	577	↑3	14
19	Thomas	573	↓3	31
20	James	561	↓2	19
21	Kyle	559	↓4	28
22	Zachary	559	↑1	17
23	Jonathan	538	↑1	22
24	Robert	526	↓2	26
25	Jacob	515	–	1
26	Brian	449	–	43
27	Christian	448	–	25
28	Jason	397	↑1	40
29	Sean	383	↓1	56
30	Dylan	376	↑1	23
31	Eric	353	↓1	39
32	Steven	329	–	47
33	Patrick	310	–	63
34	Jack	308	↑6	52
35	Benjamin	297	↑4	29
36	Samuel	290	↓2	27
37	Jake	266	↑8	97
38	Jordan	258	–	30
39	Connor	256	↓2	48
40	Jared	250	new	54
41	Timothy	242	↓6	49
42	Noah	234	new	24
43	Richard	234	↓1	61
44	Isaiah	228	↓1	51
45	Evan	222	↑3	57
46	Adam	220	–	44
47	Jose	218	new	35
48	Stephen	214	↓4	85
49	Charles	210	↓2	50
50	Luis	208	new	55

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