Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,576
2	Melissa	1,073
3	Nicole	805
4	Jessica	803
5	Lisa	590
6	Kelly	569
7	Michelle	552
8	Kimberly	544
9	Lauren	474
10	Christine	463
11	Heather	461
12	Danielle	457
13	Christina	443
14	Elizabeth	424
15	Amanda	420
16	Amy	397
17	Laura	350
18	Stephanie	334
19	Sarah	317
20	Tara	313
21	Erin	307
22	Rebecca	285
23	Megan	277
24	Dana	275
25	Jamie	270

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Shannon	266
27	Mary	226
28	Karen	224
28	Maria	224
30	Kristen	219
31	Andrea	212
31	Rachel	212
33	Erica	209
34	Susan	200
35	Michele	199
36	Katherine	198
37	Angela	194
38	Dawn	185
39	Tiffany	184
40	Kristin	180
41	Jacqueline	178
42	Kathleen	176
43	Colleen	175
44	Allison	174
45	Patricia	172
46	Jill	171
47	Gina	157
48	Meghan	152
49	Crystal	151
50	Sandra	147
51	Catherine	146
51	Cynthia	146
53	Cheryl	145
54	April	141
54	Kathryn	141
56	Lori	139
57	Theresa	138
58	Julie	137
58	Tracy	137
60	Denise	135
61	Tina	132
62	Jaclyn	131
63	Kristy	128
63	Vanessa	128
65	Stacey	127
66	Monica	126
66	Stacy	126
68	Sharon	125
69	Diana	123
69	Sara	123
71	Alison	120
72	Suzanne	119
73	Nancy	118
74	Alicia	117
74	Emily	117
76	Melanie	114
77	Courtney	113
78	Jaime	111
79	Linda	110
80	Renee	107
81	Samantha	105
82	Carrie	98
83	Margaret	96
84	Meredith	95
84	Victoria	95
86	Anna	93
86	Erika	93
88	Kristina	90
89	Donna	88
89	Valerie	88
91	Brooke	87
91	Wendy	87
93	Natalie	85
94	Pamela	83
95	Deborah	82
95	Monique	82
97	Beth	81
97	Leslie	81
99	Lindsay	78
100	Barbara	77