Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,764
2	Melissa	761
3	Amy	652
4	Nicole	630
5	Jessica	618
6	Kimberly	565
7	Heather	554
8	Michelle	521
9	Lisa	519
10	Christine	491
11	Danielle	482
12	Elizabeth	422
13	Kelly	412
14	Christina	357
15	Laura	353
16	Stephanie	327
17	Rebecca	326
18	Jaime	320
19	Karen	309
19	Shannon	309
19	Tara	309
22	Dawn	294
23	Michele	279
24	Amanda	247
25	Maria	246

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Susan	245
27	Angela	241
27	Lauren	241
29	Erin	236
30	Jamie	235
31	Mary	228
32	Kathleen	211
33	Dana	210
34	Patricia	201
35	Jill	191
36	Andrea	188
37	Megan	187
38	Sandra	185
39	Allison	184
40	Lori	182
41	Tracy	181
42	Rachel	180
43	Carrie	177
43	Kristen	177
45	Sarah	174
46	Denise	173
46	Stacey	173
48	Colleen	172
49	Sharon	165
50	Julie	162
51	Jacqueline	160
52	Renee	158
53	Kristin	156
54	Wendy	153
55	Catherine	149
56	Nancy	148
57	Donna	147
58	Erica	144
59	Melanie	141
60	Stacy	140
61	Theresa	136
62	Katherine	135
63	Tiffany	128
64	Cynthia	126
65	Barbara	123
66	Monica	120
67	Tina	119
68	Alison	118
69	Deborah	117
70	Cheryl	116
71	April	112
72	Sara	111
72	Suzanne	111
74	Victoria	110
75	Gina	109
76	Diana	102
77	Tanya	99
78	Tammy	98
79	Alicia	96
80	Beth	95
81	Holly	94
81	Kathryn	94
83	Pamela	93
84	Crystal	91
85	Linda	88
86	Leslie	87
86	Robin	87
86	Tamika	87
86	Tracey	87
90	Courtney	86
90	Diane	86
90	Meredith	86
90	Veronica	86
94	Debra	82
94	Emily	82
94	Valerie	82
94	Yolanda	82
98	Samantha	81
99	Laurie	80
99	Margaret	80