Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,168
2	Joseph	1,483
3	William	1,391
4	George	842
5	Edward	837
6	Charles	827
7	Frank	774
8	Robert	738
9	James	736
10	Thomas	496
11	Walter	488
12	Michael	456
13	Anthony	413
14	Henry	359
15	Louis	345
16	Albert	334
17	Harry	332
18	Harold	300
19	Stanley	288
20	Peter	279
21	Paul	256
22	Arthur	255
22	Raymond	255
24	Alfred	229
25	Francis	221

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Richard	221
27	Frederick	191
28	Andrew	188
29	Stephen	186
29	Vincent	186
31	Howard	165
32	Ralph	163
33	Samuel	160
34	Fred	148
34	Nicholas	148
36	Theodore	146
37	David	140
38	Daniel	132
39	Alexander	126
39	Carl	126
41	Herbert	124
42	Kenneth	119
43	Norman	118
44	Bernard	116
45	Ernest	111
46	Eugene	110
46	Philip	110
48	Donald	108
49	Lawrence	106
50	Leonard	104
50	Russell	104
52	Edwin	97
53	Angelo	96
53	Chester	96
53	Jack	96
56	Benjamin	93
57	Martin	90
58	Milton	89
59	Victor	88
60	Irving	86
60	Leo	86
62	Dominick	80
62	Elmer	80
64	Herman	77
65	Clarence	76
65	Leon	76
67	Morris	74
68	Salvatore	72
69	Julius	69
70	Steve	67
71	Alex	62
71	Sidney	62
73	Emil	55
73	Leroy	55
73	Sam	55
76	Lewis	54
77	Earl	52
78	Warren	51
79	Clifford	47
79	Tony	47
81	Edmund	46
81	Lester	46
81	Rocco	46
84	Patsy	44
85	Carmen	43
85	Matthew	43
85	Rudolph	43
88	August	40
88	Patrick	40
90	Arnold	39
90	Roy	39
92	Adam	38
92	Everett	38
92	Jacob	38
95	Jerry	37
95	Max	37
95	Melvin	37
95	Wilbur	37
99	Carmine	36
100	Alvin	35
100	Dominic	35
100	Gerard	35
100	Nathan	35
100	Steven	35