Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1974

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	2,008
2	Michelle	710
3	Lisa	659
4	Kimberly	648
5	Heather	612
6	Amy	608
7	Melissa	573
8	Nicole	555
9	Christine	508
10	Dawn	448
11	Danielle	432
12	Kelly	413
13	Tara	406
14	Jessica	395
15	Stephanie	390
16	Karen	382
16	Michele	382
18	Elizabeth	370
19	Susan	334
20	Maria	304
21	Kristen	303
22	Christina	288
23	Laura	286
24	Rebecca	281
25	Patricia	273

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mary	263
27	Kathleen	248
28	Denise	246
29	Sandra	238
30	Dana	236
31	Sharon	223
31	Tracy	223
33	Angela	221
34	Cynthia	218
35	Andrea	206
36	Shannon	200
37	Jacqueline	198
38	Donna	197
39	Lori	193
40	Catherine	191
41	Rachel	187
42	Nancy	184
43	Colleen	183
44	Stacey	182
45	Jill	180
46	Cheryl	175
47	Pamela	172
48	Kristin	169
49	Tammy	166
50	Tina	165
51	Barbara	163
52	Stacy	162
53	Erin	157
54	Julie	156
54	Renee	156
56	Sarah	152
57	Diana	150
58	Gina	149
58	Linda	149
60	Theresa	146
60	Wendy	146
62	Suzanne	145
63	Deborah	142
64	Tiffany	140
65	Diane	136
65	Tanya	136
67	April	135
67	Erica	135
69	Tracey	134
70	Monica	133
71	Allison	132
71	Katherine	132
71	Melanie	132
74	Carrie	131
75	Lauren	128
76	Tamara	127
77	Amanda	120
78	Holly	119
78	Robin	119
80	Megan	118
81	Brenda	117
82	Victoria	112
83	Debra	105
83	Margaret	105
85	Kim	101
86	Valerie	99
87	Anna	97
87	Janet	97
89	Carmen	95
89	Jodi	95
89	Laurie	95
92	Leslie	93
93	Alicia	91
94	Beth	89
94	Carolyn	89
94	Teresa	89
97	Tamika	88
98	Alison	87
99	Yolanda	86
100	Kathryn	83