Most popular girls’ names in New Jersey, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jessica	1,607
2	Jennifer	1,253
3	Ashley	1,020
4	Amanda	1,014
5	Nicole	973
6	Lauren	846
7	Stephanie	741
8	Melissa	698
9	Danielle	672
10	Christina	561
11	Sarah	508
12	Elizabeth	499
13	Laura	459
14	Megan	453
15	Kimberly	443
16	Kelly	442
17	Michelle	440
18	Samantha	434
19	Heather	420
20	Christine	398
21	Rachel	386
22	Brittany	374
23	Lisa	343
24	Katherine	341
25	Erin	320

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Tiffany	315
27	Kristen	307
28	Rebecca	305
29	Allison	303
29	Amy	303
31	Erica	281
32	Emily	266
33	Jacqueline	264
34	Sara	254
35	Caitlin	242
36	Dana	237
37	Vanessa	236
38	Courtney	234
39	Shannon	231
40	Jamie	228
41	Victoria	220
42	Kristin	216
43	Lindsay	212
44	Alexandra	208
45	Jenna	205
46	Tara	201
47	Crystal	194
48	Kathryn	191
49	Angela	188
50	Mary	187
51	Andrea	186
52	Kathleen	184
52	Meghan	184
54	Catherine	177
55	Maria	176
56	Alicia	168
57	Katie	166
58	Kristina	165
59	Jaclyn	155
60	Diana	151
61	Patricia	147
62	Lindsey	144
63	Gina	140
64	Alison	139
65	Alyssa	135
66	Jillian	128
66	Natalie	128
68	Colleen	126
69	Julia	123
70	Michele	122
71	Jasmine	119
72	Julie	118
73	Natasha	116
74	Kaitlyn	112
75	Dominique	111
75	Karen	111
75	Latoya	111
78	Amber	110
79	Krystal	105
80	Valerie	104
81	Monica	103
82	Theresa	102
83	Anna	101
83	April	101
85	Whitney	100
86	Alexis	97
87	Margaret	96
87	Veronica	96
89	Erika	95
89	Marissa	95
91	Cynthia	91
91	Denise	91
91	Melanie	91
94	Kaitlin	88
95	Casey	86
96	Cassandra	85
96	Holly	85
98	Leah	84
99	Stacy	80
100	Desiree	77
100	Sandra	77
100	Susan	77