Baby names in New Jersey in the 1980s
In New Jersey in the 1980s the most given names were Michael (26,880 boys) and Jennifer (13,712 girls), of 876,765 births recorded.
Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.
New Jersey, 1980-1989: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.
The top names in New Jersey, 1980s
Births summed over 1980-1989, per sex.
The names most over-represented in New Jersey in the 1980s
Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).
Girls
Boys
Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1980-1989.
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