Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,390
2	Jennifer	1,352
3	Nicole	1,008
4	Lauren	831
5	Amanda	794
6	Ashley	788
7	Melissa	689
8	Stephanie	666
9	Danielle	661
10	Christina	583
11	Laura	526
12	Megan	499
13	Elizabeth	498
14	Heather	478
15	Kimberly	471
16	Michelle	457
17	Sarah	426
18	Christine	423
19	Kelly	419
20	Rachel	413
21	Kristen	346
22	Erin	326
23	Amy	318
24	Lisa	313
25	Katherine	306

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rebecca	294
27	Tiffany	290
28	Jamie	288
29	Samantha	287
30	Emily	265
31	Erica	260
32	Kristin	257
33	Tara	255
34	Allison	243
35	Jenna	241
36	Shannon	240
37	Jacqueline	237
38	Dana	231
39	Lindsay	228
40	Crystal	224
41	Sara	216
42	Caitlin	210
43	Meghan	207
44	Andrea	206
44	Vanessa	206
46	Angela	205
47	Brittany	202
48	Mary	199
49	Courtney	192
50	Kathryn	188
51	Jaclyn	183
52	Maria	178
53	Victoria	176
54	Alicia	171
55	Diana	168
55	Kathleen	168
57	Kristina	160
58	Catherine	159
59	Lindsey	157
60	Katie	154
61	Gina	140
62	Jillian	139
63	Alexandra	138
64	Patricia	137
65	Latoya	128
66	Krystal	122
66	Natalie	122
68	Karen	118
69	Jasmine	116
70	Colleen	115
71	Alexis	112
71	Alison	112
71	Alyssa	112
71	Michele	112
75	Monica	109
75	Theresa	109
77	Anna	107
78	Julie	103
79	Valerie	100
80	April	99
80	Natasha	99
82	Cynthia	98
82	Pamela	98
84	Dominique	96
84	Margaret	96
84	Melanie	96
87	Amber	95
88	Casey	94
89	Carolyn	91
89	Susan	91
91	Joanna	89
91	Marissa	89
93	Erika	87
93	Julia	87
93	Stacy	87
93	Tracy	87
97	Cassandra	86
97	Kaitlin	86
99	Holly	85
100	Denise	84