Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,351
2	Joseph	1,565
3	William	1,518
4	George	928
5	Frank	882
6	Edward	850
7	Charles	849
8	Robert	784
9	James	772
10	Walter	521
11	Anthony	518
12	Thomas	497
13	Michael	463
14	Louis	380
15	Albert	371
16	Harry	363
17	Henry	348
18	Stanley	323
19	Harold	314
20	Arthur	310
21	Richard	304
22	Paul	288
22	Peter	288
24	Raymond	254
25	Francis	253

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	220
27	David	193
27	Fred	193
29	Vincent	190
30	Alfred	185
30	Frederick	185
32	Howard	178
32	Stephen	178
34	Theodore	168
35	Ralph	162
36	Samuel	161
37	Herbert	157
38	Donald	156
39	Daniel	148
40	Bernard	140
40	Nicholas	140
42	Chester	134
43	Philip	133
44	Eugene	125
45	Carl	123
46	Benjamin	119
46	Kenneth	119
48	Alexander	118
49	Lawrence	116
50	Ernest	114
51	Norman	113
52	Edwin	109
53	Jack	101
54	Martin	98
55	Leonard	97
55	Salvatore	97
57	Dominick	96
58	Russell	92
59	Leo	90
60	Milton	89
61	Victor	88
62	Irving	87
63	Angelo	84
64	Clarence	81
65	Morris	78
66	Clifford	75
66	Earl	75
66	Elmer	75
69	Warren	73
70	Emil	69
70	Herman	69
70	Steve	69
73	Sidney	66
74	Julius	65
75	Leon	62
75	Matthew	62
75	Patrick	62
78	Lester	58
79	Leroy	57
80	Alex	53
80	Lewis	53
80	Sam	53
83	Tony	52
84	Edmund	50
85	Jerome	45
85	Patsy	45
85	Rocco	45
85	Roy	45
85	Wilbur	45
90	Steven	44
91	Adam	42
91	Adolph	42
91	Gilbert	42
91	Nathan	42
95	Carmen	41
96	Rudolph	40
97	Melvin	39
98	Franklin	38
98	Jacob	38
98	Jerry	38