Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1919

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,279
2	Joseph	1,500
3	William	1,455
4	Robert	1,000
5	Edward	978
6	George	911
7	Charles	865
8	Frank	831
9	James	823
10	Walter	568
11	Anthony	505
12	Thomas	501
13	Michael	414
14	Albert	389
15	Harry	365
16	Richard	350
17	Stanley	349
18	Henry	344
19	Louis	339
20	Arthur	331
21	Harold	327
22	Peter	310
23	Raymond	289
24	Paul	251
25	Francis	226

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Vincent	212
27	Alfred	202
27	David	202
29	Fred	198
30	Andrew	196
31	Ralph	189
32	Donald	185
33	Howard	184
34	Theodore	178
35	Daniel	167
36	Frederick	155
37	Philip	151
38	Kenneth	150
38	Samuel	150
40	Nicholas	148
41	Herbert	146
42	Eugene	142
43	Jack	137
44	Martin	135
44	Stephen	135
46	Bernard	131
47	Leonard	129
48	Ernest	126
49	Lawrence	123
50	Chester	120
51	Victor	117
52	Norman	111
53	Carl	105
54	Alexander	102
55	Milton	98
56	Salvatore	94
57	Edwin	93
57	Russell	93
57	Steve	93
60	Benjamin	92
61	Angelo	91
61	Leon	91
63	Clarence	83
63	Dominick	83
63	Irving	83
66	Leo	82
67	Lester	75
68	Warren	74
69	Elmer	73
69	Herman	73
71	Matthew	71
72	Sam	70
73	Earl	69
74	Sidney	60
75	Edmund	59
75	Julius	59
77	Clifford	58
78	Morris	57
78	Rocco	57
80	Leroy	55
81	Roy	54
82	Joe	53
82	Patsy	53
84	Tony	52
85	Patrick	49
86	Jacob	48
87	Alex	46
87	Emil	46
89	Franklin	45
89	Jerry	45
89	Melvin	45
89	Wilbur	45
93	Carmen	43
93	Steven	43
95	Carmine	42
95	Lewis	42
95	Rudolph	42
98	Maurice	41
99	Douglas	39
99	Harvey	39
99	Seymour	39