Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,791
2	Melissa	834
3	Jessica	754
4	Nicole	666
5	Kelly	637
6	Amy	551
7	Michelle	546
8	Heather	535
9	Lisa	531
10	Kimberly	511
11	Elizabeth	477
12	Danielle	454
13	Christine	439
14	Christina	407
15	Laura	358
16	Stephanie	346
16	Tara	346
18	Rebecca	332
19	Karen	305
20	Erin	278
21	Shannon	277
22	Mary	272
23	Sarah	271
24	Maria	266
25	Michele	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jamie	258
26	Lauren	258
28	Amanda	246
29	Jaime	245
30	Dana	244
30	Susan	244
32	Kathleen	231
33	Dawn	227
34	Angela	225
35	Jill	216
36	Megan	215
37	Andrea	207
38	Kristen	205
39	Patricia	194
40	Erica	170
41	Stacey	169
42	Rachel	167
43	Allison	166
44	Cynthia	165
45	Sandra	164
46	Kristin	159
47	Jacqueline	158
48	Denise	152
48	Melanie	152
48	Sharon	152
51	Colleen	148
51	Gina	148
53	Catherine	147
54	Katherine	146
54	Sara	146
54	Stacy	146
54	Tracy	146
58	Nancy	145
59	Julie	140
60	Diana	139
61	Renee	133
62	Tiffany	131
63	Lori	129
64	Monica	125
65	Barbara	121
65	Tammy	121
67	Alison	120
67	Emily	120
69	Carrie	119
70	Theresa	116
71	April	115
72	Vanessa	114
73	Suzanne	113
73	Tina	113
75	Wendy	112
76	Alicia	111
76	Kathryn	111
76	Kristy	111
79	Victoria	106
80	Deborah	105
80	Linda	105
82	Beth	104
83	Crystal	101
84	Donna	100
85	Holly	99
86	Brenda	97
87	Cheryl	95
88	Jaclyn	94
89	Robyn	93
90	Meredith	92
90	Natalie	92
90	Tanya	92
93	Samantha	89
94	Courtney	87
94	Diane	87
96	Sabrina	86
96	Valerie	86
98	Erika	83
99	Debra	82
100	Anna	81