Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1912

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,020
2	Joseph	720
3	William	707
4	George	466
5	Charles	453
6	Edward	378
7	James	377
8	Frank	375
9	Robert	271
10	Thomas	265
11	Walter	252
12	Anthony	227
13	Michael	222
14	Albert	200
15	Harry	184
16	Louis	178
17	Arthur	162
18	Henry	154
19	Harold	144
20	Peter	140
21	Raymond	121
21	Stanley	121
23	Francis	119
24	Alfred	113
25	Richard	112

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	104
27	Samuel	98
28	Frederick	97
29	Stephen	95
30	Fred	93
30	Ralph	93
32	David	90
33	Andrew	89
33	Howard	89
35	Vincent	86
36	Nicholas	77
37	Philip	74
38	Alexander	71
38	Herbert	71
40	Carl	66
40	Daniel	66
42	Benjamin	65
43	Ernest	59
43	Herman	59
43	Jack	59
43	Theodore	59
47	Donald	57
47	Eugene	57
49	Irving	55
50	Lawrence	54
51	Chester	50
52	Edwin	49
52	Martin	49
54	Leonard	48
55	Milton	47
56	Kenneth	46
57	Victor	43
58	Bernard	42
58	Sidney	42
60	Jacob	41
61	Elmer	40
61	Norman	40
63	Dominick	39
63	Russell	39
65	Julius	38
66	Leon	37
67	Lester	36
67	Morris	36
69	Leo	35
69	Lewis	35
69	Salvatore	35
72	Abraham	33
73	August	32
74	Angelo	31
74	Clarence	31
76	Sam	27
77	Franklin	25
77	Nathan	25
77	Patrick	25
80	Edmund	24
80	Emil	24
80	Steve	24
80	Wilbur	24
84	Clifford	23
84	Edgar	23
84	Patsy	23
87	Adolph	22
87	Carmine	22
87	Maurice	22
87	Max	22
87	Roy	22
87	Warren	22
93	Arnold	21
93	Earl	21
95	Adam	20
95	Alex	20
95	Leroy	20
95	Rudolph	20
99	Oscar	19
100	Cornelius	18
100	Gilbert	18
100	Meyer	18