New Jersey ★ 1986

Top names in New Jersey, 1986

Jessica led for girls with 1,607 babies ; Michael for boys with 2,650. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,607
2	Jennifer	1,253
3	Ashley	1,020
4	Amanda	1,014
5	Nicole	973
6	Lauren	846
7	Stephanie	741
8	Melissa	698
9	Danielle	672
10	Christina	561
11	Sarah	508
12	Elizabeth	499
13	Laura	459
14	Megan	453
15	Kimberly	443
16	Kelly	442
17	Michelle	440
18	Samantha	434
19	Heather	420
20	Christine	398
21	Rachel	386
22	Brittany	374
23	Lisa	343
24	Katherine	341
25	Erin	320
26	Tiffany	315
27	Kristen	307
28	Rebecca	305
29	Allison	303
29	Amy	303
31	Erica	281
32	Emily	266
33	Jacqueline	264
34	Sara	254
35	Caitlin	242
36	Dana	237
37	Vanessa	236
38	Courtney	234
39	Shannon	231
40	Jamie	228
41	Victoria	220
42	Kristin	216
43	Lindsay	212
44	Alexandra	208
45	Jenna	205
46	Tara	201
47	Crystal	194
48	Kathryn	191
49	Angela	188
50	Mary	187
51	Andrea	186
52	Kathleen	184
52	Meghan	184
54	Catherine	177
55	Maria	176
56	Alicia	168
57	Katie	166
58	Kristina	165
59	Jaclyn	155
60	Diana	151
61	Patricia	147
62	Lindsey	144
63	Gina	140
64	Alison	139
65	Alyssa	135
66	Jillian	128
66	Natalie	128
68	Colleen	126
69	Julia	123
70	Michele	122
71	Jasmine	119
72	Julie	118
73	Natasha	116
74	Kaitlyn	112
75	Dominique	111
75	Karen	111
75	Latoya	111
78	Amber	110
79	Krystal	105
80	Valerie	104
81	Monica	103
82	Theresa	102
83	Anna	101
83	April	101
85	Whitney	100
86	Alexis	97
87	Margaret	96
87	Veronica	96
89	Erika	95
89	Marissa	95
91	Cynthia	91
91	Denise	91
91	Melanie	91
94	Kaitlin	88
95	Casey	86
96	Cassandra	85
96	Holly	85
98	Leah	84
99	Stacy	80
100	Desiree	77

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,650
2	Christopher	1,757
3	Matthew	1,475
4	Daniel	1,411
5	Joseph	1,185
6	David	1,163
7	Robert	1,149
8	John	1,105
9	James	1,019
10	Andrew	951
11	Anthony	931
12	Ryan	866
13	Brian	848
14	Thomas	797
15	Kevin	779
16	William	766
17	Jonathan	730
18	Jason	706
19	Steven	648
20	Nicholas	624
21	Eric	551
22	Richard	531
23	Kyle	526
24	Justin	521
25	Timothy	519
26	Jeffrey	493
27	Sean	481
28	Joshua	473
29	Mark	452
30	Stephen	450
31	Adam	392
32	Alexander	382
33	Gregory	376
34	Patrick	365
35	Scott	362
36	Paul	325
37	Peter	308
38	Charles	301
39	Brandon	293
40	Edward	283
41	Kenneth	276
42	Bryan	271
43	Jose	244
44	Jeremy	240
45	Frank	225
46	Luis	223
47	Keith	220
48	Shawn	218
49	Benjamin	213
50	Vincent	198
51	Jesse	190
52	George	187
53	Zachary	169
54	Christian	168
55	Samuel	166
56	Raymond	164
57	Aaron	152
58	Carlos	148
59	Alex	147
60	Ronald	137
61	Douglas	136
62	Gary	130
63	Evan	129
64	Craig	126
65	Jordan	123
66	Philip	122
67	Donald	119
68	Jared	118
68	Juan	118
70	Brett	116
70	Ian	116
72	Dennis	113
73	Louis	111
74	Corey	110
74	Marc	110
76	Angel	109
77	Derek	106
78	Tyler	105
79	Phillip	104
80	Marcus	102
81	Victor	100
82	Antonio	97
83	Jacob	95
84	Miguel	94
85	Edwin	85
86	Andre	84
87	Erik	83
88	Lawrence	81
89	Carl	79
89	Joel	79
89	Todd	79
92	Omar	78
92	Shane	78
94	Francis	77
95	Gabriel	75
96	Shaun	74
97	Brendan	72
97	Hector	72
97	Travis	72
100	Wayne	68