Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names From 1978

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1978

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1978.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Michael. In total there were 41,353 boys born sharing 648 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1978 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.

Rank	Name	How Unique?	Total births this year
1	Michael	1 in 16 (6.1%)	2,520
2	Christopher	1 in 31 (3.2%)	1,326
3	David	1 in 31 (3.2%)	1,322
4	Jason	1 in 35 (2.9%)	1,191
5	John	1 in 35 (2.8%)	1,173
6	Robert	1 in 36 (2.8%)	1,163
7	Joseph	1 in 38 (2.6%)	1,080
8	James	1 in 39 (2.5%)	1,054
9	Brian	1 in 41 (2.4%)	1,006
10	Daniel	1 in 51 (2%)	817
11	Matthew	1 in 54 (1.9%)	772
12	William	1 in 54 (1.8%)	759
13	Thomas	1 in 60 (1.7%)	691
14	Kevin	1 in 61 (1.7%)	683
15	Richard	1 in 67 (1.5%)	620
16	Anthony	1 in 70 (1.4%)	592
17	Jeffrey	1 in 81 (1.2%)	510
18	Eric	1 in 86 (1.2%)	479
19	Timothy	1 in 86 (1.2%)	479
20	Steven	1 in 87 (1.2%)	476
21	Ryan	1 in 87 (1.1%)	474
22	Mark	1 in 95 (1%)	434
23	Scott	1 in 99 (1%)	416
24	Nicholas	1 in 101 (1%)	408
25	Andrew	1 in 108 (0.9%)	384
26	Paul	1 in 109 (0.9%)	379
27	Stephen	1 in 117 (0.9%)	354
28	Charles	1 in 117 (0.9%)	352
29	Peter	1 in 119 (0.8%)	347
30	Gregory	1 in 122 (0.8%)	338
31	Adam	1 in 129 (0.8%)	321
32	Edward	1 in 130 (0.8%)	319
33	Jonathan	1 in 131 (0.8%)	315
34	Joshua	1 in 136 (0.7%)	305
35	Sean	1 in 141 (0.7%)	294
36	Kenneth	1 in 143 (0.7%)	289
37	Keith	1 in 145 (0.7%)	285
38	Patrick	1 in 149 (0.7%)	278
39	Jose	1 in 150 (0.7%)	276
40	Justin	1 in 158 (0.6%)	261
41	Frank	1 in 174 (0.6%)	237
42	George	1 in 177 (0.6%)	233
43	Douglas	1 in 209 (0.5%)	198
44	Shaun	1 in 211 (0.5%)	196
45	Ronald	1 in 220 (0.5%)	188
46	Shawn	1 in 224 (0.4%)	185
47	Bryan	1 in 226 (0.4%)	183
48	Todd	1 in 231 (0.4%)	179
49	Luis	1 in 236 (0.4%)	175
50	Craig	1 in 240 (0.4%)	172
51	Raymond	1 in 248 (0.4%)	167
52	Aaron	1 in 249 (0.4%)	166
53	Carlos	1 in 270 (0.4%)	153
54	Vincent	1 in 272 (0.4%)	152
55	Jeremy	1 in 278 (0.4%)	149
56	Christian	1 in 298 (0.3%)	139
57	Juan	1 in 300 (0.3%)	138
58	Marc	1 in 302 (0.3%)	137
59	Gary	1 in 304 (0.3%)	136
60	Benjamin	1 in 311 (0.3%)	133
61	Donald	1 in 311 (0.3%)	133
62	Dennis	1 in 313 (0.3%)	132
63	Alexander	1 in 348 (0.3%)	119
64	Angel	1 in 348 (0.3%)	119
65	Philip	1 in 353 (0.3%)	117
66	Louis	1 in 363 (0.3%)	114
67	Victor	1 in 373 (0.3%)	111
68	Jesse	1 in 409 (0.2%)	101
69	Kyle	1 in 422 (0.2%)	98
70	Erik	1 in 431 (0.2%)	96
71	Omar	1 in 449 (0.2%)	92
72	Samuel	1 in 459 (0.2%)	90
73	Lawrence	1 in 459 (0.2%)	90
74	Corey	1 in 459 (0.2%)	90
75	Joel	1 in 465 (0.2%)	89
76	Edwin	1 in 504 (0.2%)	82
77	Carl	1 in 511 (0.2%)	81
78	Wayne	1 in 517 (0.2%)	80
79	Ian	1 in 523 (0.2%)	79
80	Albert	1 in 537 (0.2%)	77
81	Walter	1 in 551 (0.2%)	75
82	Derek	1 in 551 (0.2%)	75
83	Derrick	1 in 559 (0.2%)	74
84	Andre	1 in 574 (0.2%)	72
85	Arthur	1 in 582 (0.2%)	71
86	Frederick	1 in 582 (0.2%)	71
87	Hector	1 in 582 (0.2%)	71
88	Randy	1 in 599 (0.2%)	69
89	Miguel	1 in 599 (0.2%)	69
90	Brett	1 in 599 (0.2%)	69
91	Antonio	1 in 599 (0.2%)	69
92	Martin	1 in 608 (0.2%)	68
93	Jorge	1 in 627 (0.2%)	66
94	Russell	1 in 646 (0.2%)	64
95	Manuel	1 in 646 (0.2%)	64
96	Henry	1 in 667 (0.1%)	62
97	Jacob	1 in 667 (0.1%)	62
98	Phillip	1 in 667 (0.1%)	62
99	Francis	1 in 678 (0.1%)	61
100	Rafael	1 in 678 (0.1%)	61