New Jersey ★ 1981

Top names in New Jersey, 1981

Jennifer led for girls with 1,605 babies ; Michael for boys with 2,572. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,605
2	Jessica	1,195
3	Melissa	872
4	Nicole	817
5	Lauren	617
6	Michelle	539
7	Danielle	522
8	Lisa	514
9	Kimberly	484
10	Elizabeth	465
11	Stephanie	457
12	Sarah	442
13	Christine	425
14	Kelly	417
15	Amanda	408
16	Christina	402
17	Kristin	399
18	Erin	383
19	Heather	382
20	Amy	378
21	Laura	342
22	Rebecca	339
23	Tiffany	336
24	Kristen	301
25	Megan	280
26	Dana	278
27	Tara	272
28	Jamie	265
29	Shannon	254
30	Rachel	251
31	Katherine	238
32	Erica	232
33	Maria	227
34	Andrea	213
34	Angela	213
36	Mary	211
37	Crystal	210
38	Allison	209
38	Jacqueline	209
40	Sara	186
41	Diana	184
42	Michele	179
43	Patricia	178
44	April	175
45	Kathryn	173
46	Karen	172
47	Courtney	165
48	Catherine	161
49	Kathleen	157
50	Emily	155
51	Julie	148
52	Vanessa	144
53	Alison	140
53	Denise	140
55	Jill	139
56	Susan	136
57	Colleen	135
57	Sandra	135
59	Dawn	134
60	Alicia	127
61	Katie	125
61	Pamela	125
63	Latoya	124
63	Lindsay	124
63	Victoria	124
66	Meghan	122
67	Jaclyn	121
67	Samantha	121
69	Gina	120
69	Theresa	120
71	Cynthia	118
72	Melanie	111
72	Tina	111
74	Cheryl	108
74	Jaime	108
74	Jillian	108
77	Stacey	106
78	Erika	104
79	Candice	102
79	Kristina	102
81	Renee	101
81	Tracy	101
83	Stacy	100
84	Julia	99
85	Sharon	96
86	Brooke	95
86	Monica	95
88	Lori	91
88	Meredith	91
90	Natasha	90
90	Suzanne	90
92	Ashley	89
93	Monique	88
93	Natalie	88
95	Nancy	87
96	Alexis	85
97	Margaret	83
97	Tanya	83
97	Valerie	83
100	Veronica	82

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,572
2	Christopher	1,462
3	David	1,154
3	Joseph	1,154
5	John	1,138
6	Matthew	1,088
7	Robert	1,066
8	Jason	997
9	James	982
10	Brian	955
11	Daniel	954
12	William	753
13	Anthony	712
14	Thomas	704
15	Ryan	654
16	Richard	617
17	Kevin	598
18	Jonathan	579
19	Steven	530
20	Justin	525
21	Jeffrey	521
22	Eric	496
23	Nicholas	479
24	Andrew	452
25	Timothy	432
26	Mark	402
27	Joshua	398
28	Sean	391
29	Paul	384
30	Adam	375
31	Scott	369
32	Charles	353
33	Patrick	317
34	Peter	315
35	Stephen	314
36	Gregory	300
37	Edward	291
38	Jose	283
39	Kenneth	260
40	Keith	229
41	George	225
42	Frank	216
43	Benjamin	194
44	Bryan	189
44	Luis	189
46	Shawn	183
47	Jesse	182
48	Alexander	177
49	Ronald	169
50	Vincent	165
51	Aaron	164
51	Douglas	164
53	Raymond	163
54	Jeremy	162
55	Gary	159
56	Craig	150
57	Kyle	139
58	Carlos	137
59	Christian	132
60	Philip	126
61	Juan	123
62	Brandon	122
63	Jared	120
64	Shaun	119
65	Dennis	118
65	Donald	118
67	Erik	115
68	Louis	113
69	Marc	112
70	Derek	110
70	Victor	110
72	Samuel	107
73	Ian	101
74	Angel	100
75	Brett	97
76	Todd	91
77	Omar	90
78	Edwin	89
79	Phillip	88
80	Antonio	86
81	Corey	83
82	Lawrence	82
83	Francis	80
84	Joel	77
85	Andre	75
86	Carl	72
86	Evan	72
86	Russell	72
89	Henry	71
89	Wayne	71
91	Alan	70
91	Chad	70
93	Miguel	69
94	Albert	68
94	Jacob	68
96	Marcus	67
96	Walter	67
98	Jordan	64
99	Alex	62
99	Frederick	62