Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1982

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	1,619
2	Jessica	1,262
3	Melissa	878
4	Nicole	828
5	Lauren	740
6	Danielle	518
7	Michelle	512
8	Elizabeth	503
9	Stephanie	501
10	Kimberly	491
11	Kelly	470
12	Lisa	460
13	Erin	449
14	Christina	441
15	Amanda	430
16	Amy	428
17	Kristen	409
18	Laura	401
19	Heather	384
20	Sarah	383
21	Tiffany	373
22	Christine	342
23	Rebecca	320
24	Jamie	317
25	Kristin	300

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Megan	280
27	Katherine	277
27	Tara	277
29	Erica	275
30	Crystal	274
31	Rachel	270
32	Jacqueline	258
33	Dana	244
34	Shannon	240
35	Maria	234
36	Diana	221
36	Mary	221
38	Andrea	220
38	Lindsay	220
40	Kathleen	210
41	Angela	208
41	Vanessa	208
43	Allison	207
44	Sara	198
45	Patricia	184
46	Emily	180
47	Kathryn	176
48	Courtney	172
49	Samantha	170
50	Michele	165
51	Jillian	164
52	Jaclyn	160
53	Catherine	145
54	Karen	143
55	Meghan	139
55	Victoria	139
57	Lindsey	136
58	Alicia	135
58	Julie	135
60	Ashley	132
61	Alexis	131
61	April	131
61	Cynthia	131
64	Katie	130
65	Gina	128
66	Colleen	127
67	Jaime	123
67	Sandra	123
69	Pamela	120
69	Susan	120
71	Dawn	115
72	Monica	114
73	Latoya	112
73	Theresa	112
75	Melanie	111
76	Alison	109
77	Natalie	107
78	Erika	105
79	Linda	101
80	Jill	100
81	Denise	98
81	Natasha	98
83	Julia	95
83	Stacey	95
85	Anna	94
86	Meredith	92
87	Kristina	91
87	Valerie	91
89	Renee	89
90	Stacy	88
91	Amber	87
92	Margaret	85
92	Sharon	85
94	Ebony	84
95	Nancy	83
95	Veronica	83
97	Cheryl	81
97	Lori	81
99	Barbara	79
99	Stefanie	79