Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1915

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,998
2	Joseph	1,418
3	William	1,340
4	Charles	801
5	Edward	783
6	George	780
7	James	681
8	Frank	673
9	Robert	650
10	Walter	453
11	Thomas	430
12	Anthony	425
13	Michael	400
14	Harry	345
15	Henry	310
16	Albert	305
17	Louis	303
18	Peter	271
19	Arthur	264
20	Richard	256
21	Harold	247
22	Stanley	239
23	Paul	233
24	Raymond	231
25	Francis	207

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	192
27	Vincent	191
28	Andrew	185
28	Frederick	185
30	Samuel	170
31	Howard	166
32	Alfred	164
33	Nicholas	159
34	Fred	158
34	Herbert	158
36	Ralph	154
37	David	147
38	Theodore	138
39	Daniel	136
40	Philip	122
41	Chester	111
42	Alexander	109
43	Eugene	108
44	Donald	107
45	Kenneth	104
46	Leonard	103
47	Victor	99
48	Jack	98
48	Norman	98
50	Carl	97
51	Ernest	96
52	Lawrence	95
52	Leo	95
54	Benjamin	93
55	Edwin	92
56	Bernard	90
56	Russell	90
58	Salvatore	89
59	Martin	87
60	Clarence	83
61	Irving	82
62	Dominick	79
63	Herman	78
64	Julius	74
65	Emil	71
66	Angelo	70
66	Steve	70
68	Sidney	69
69	Lester	67
70	Milton	66
70	Morris	66
72	Elmer	64
73	Earl	59
74	Leon	56
74	Lewis	56
76	Jacob	55
77	Matthew	52
78	Sam	51
79	Leroy	47
80	Alex	46
81	August	44
81	Clifford	44
81	Patrick	44
84	Adolph	41
84	Wilbur	41
86	Rudolph	40
87	Edgar	39
87	Everett	39
89	Franklin	36
89	Gerald	36
89	Melvin	36
89	Warren	36
93	Patsy	35
94	Carmine	34
94	Edmund	34
94	Gilbert	34
94	Roy	34
94	Willard	34
99	Abraham	32
99	Maurice	32
99	Tony	32