Top 100 New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1980

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New Jersey, in 1980.

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1980


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Michael. In total there were 42,698 boys born sharing 650 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1980 . 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
1Michael1 in 17 (5.9%)2,499
2Christopher1 in 32 (3.2%)1,346
3David1 in 36 (2.8%)1,193
4Robert1 in 36 (2.8%)1,192
5John1 in 36 (2.8%)1,178
6Jason1 in 38 (2.7%)1,134
7Joseph1 in 38 (2.6%)1,121
8Brian1 in 43 (2.3%)988
9James1 in 44 (2.3%)979
10Daniel1 in 44 (2.3%)976
11Matthew1 in 47 (2.1%)916
12William1 in 56 (1.8%)769
13Anthony1 in 60 (1.7%)717
14Thomas1 in 62 (1.6%)684
15Kevin1 in 66 (1.5%)650
16Ryan1 in 72 (1.4%)589
17Richard1 in 77 (1.3%)555
18Nicholas1 in 79 (1.3%)539
19Eric1 in 80 (1.3%)537
20Jeffrey1 in 82 (1.2%)523
21Justin1 in 88 (1.1%)483
22Andrew1 in 93 (1.1%)459
23Steven1 in 93 (1.1%)459
24Timothy1 in 93 (1.1%)458
25Jonathan1 in 94 (1.1%)453
26Mark1 in 100 (1%)427
27Scott1 in 108 (0.9%)395
28Paul1 in 110 (0.9%)387
29Charles1 in 111 (0.9%)385
30Adam1 in 113 (0.9%)378
31Edward1 in 115 (0.9%)371
32Stephen1 in 119 (0.8%)360
33Joshua1 in 120 (0.8%)355
34Peter1 in 123 (0.8%)347
35Sean1 in 128 (0.8%)333
36Gregory1 in 140 (0.7%)304
37Patrick1 in 142 (0.7%)300
38Kenneth1 in 146 (0.7%)292
39Jose1 in 151 (0.7%)283
40Keith1 in 170 (0.6%)251
41George1 in 188 (0.5%)227
42Frank1 in 200 (0.5%)213
43Ronald1 in 210 (0.5%)203
44Douglas1 in 217 (0.5%)197
45Raymond1 in 228 (0.4%)187
46Luis1 in 232 (0.4%)184
47Shawn1 in 239 (0.4%)179
48Bryan1 in 240 (0.4%)178
49Benjamin1 in 250 (0.4%)171
50Vincent1 in 267 (0.4%)160
51Erik1 in 281 (0.4%)152
52Dennis1 in 283 (0.4%)151
53Jesse1 in 285 (0.4%)150
54Jeremy1 in 290 (0.3%)147
55Juan1 in 290 (0.3%)147
56Donald1 in 294 (0.3%)145
57Gary1 in 301 (0.3%)142
58Christian1 in 305 (0.3%)140
59Samuel1 in 312 (0.3%)137
60Alexander1 in 314 (0.3%)136
61Craig1 in 316 (0.3%)135
62Carlos1 in 316 (0.3%)135
63Philip1 in 326 (0.3%)131
64Aaron1 in 328 (0.3%)130
65Derek1 in 331 (0.3%)129
66Kyle1 in 347 (0.3%)123
67Marc1 in 356 (0.3%)120
68Todd1 in 362 (0.3%)118
69Angel1 in 375 (0.3%)114
70Ian1 in 378 (0.3%)113
71Louis1 in 388 (0.3%)110
72Shaun1 in 399 (0.3%)107
73Victor1 in 407 (0.2%)105
74Omar1 in 427 (0.2%)100
75Andre1 in 436 (0.2%)98
76Edwin1 in 459 (0.2%)93
77Joel1 in 459 (0.2%)93
78Antonio1 in 464 (0.2%)92
79Jared1 in 474 (0.2%)90
80Miguel1 in 474 (0.2%)90
81Lawrence1 in 480 (0.2%)89
82Corey1 in 491 (0.2%)87
83Carl1 in 521 (0.2%)82
84Francis1 in 527 (0.2%)81
85Brett1 in 534 (0.2%)80
86Albert1 in 555 (0.2%)77
87Chad1 in 585 (0.2%)73
88Larry1 in 593 (0.2%)72
89Evan1 in 601 (0.2%)71
90Phillip1 in 601 (0.2%)71
91Randy1 in 601 (0.2%)71
92Russell1 in 610 (0.2%)70
93Hector1 in 610 (0.2%)70
94Walter1 in 637 (0.2%)67
95Brandon1 in 657 (0.2%)65
96Bruce1 in 657 (0.2%)65
97Marcus1 in 657 (0.2%)65
98Alan1 in 667 (0.1%)64
99Wayne1 in 678 (0.1%)63
100Gerald1 in 700 (0.1%)61


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