Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1918

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,377
2	Joseph	1,546
3	William	1,487
4	George	967
5	Edward	960
6	Robert	954
7	Charles	930
8	Frank	889
9	James	798
10	Walter	578
11	Thomas	522
12	Anthony	515
13	Michael	462
14	Louis	379
15	Harry	365
16	Henry	364
17	Albert	343
18	Harold	332
19	Arthur	324
20	Stanley	323
21	Raymond	309
22	Richard	291
23	Peter	288
24	Paul	271
25	Andrew	240

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alfred	212
26	Theodore	212
28	Vincent	210
29	Francis	205
29	Howard	205
31	Samuel	190
32	Frederick	183
33	Ralph	182
34	Nicholas	178
35	David	169
36	Fred	165
36	Herbert	165
38	Victor	156
39	Donald	151
40	Kenneth	150
41	Daniel	147
42	Philip	145
42	Stephen	145
44	Eugene	140
45	Carl	134
45	Ernest	134
47	Chester	133
48	Alexander	129
49	Jack	127
50	Bernard	125
50	Lawrence	125
52	Salvatore	120
53	Leonard	118
54	Angelo	115
55	Clarence	113
55	Martin	113
57	Norman	112
57	Russell	112
59	Edwin	108
60	Benjamin	104
61	Dominick	92
62	Leo	89
63	Milton	88
64	Alex	87
65	Irving	83
66	Earl	82
67	Steve	79
68	Elmer	75
69	Leon	74
70	Lester	72
71	Julius	70
72	Herman	69
73	Clifford	66
73	Emil	66
75	Leroy	65
76	Sidney	59
77	Warren	58
78	Morris	57
79	Wilbur	53
80	Matthew	52
81	Jacob	51
81	Roy	51
83	Edgar	50
84	Edmund	48
84	Patsy	48
86	Jerry	47
87	Douglas	46
87	Gilbert	46
89	Lewis	45
89	Rudolph	45
89	Sam	45
92	Tony	44
93	Arnold	43
93	Carmine	43
95	Adam	41
95	August	41
95	Maurice	41
98	Harvey	40
98	Steven	40
100	Franklin	39
100	Gerald	39
100	Joe	39