Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1920

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,440
2	William	1,745
3	Joseph	1,609
4	Robert	1,179
5	Edward	1,041
6	Charles	1,034
7	George	1,029
8	James	955
9	Frank	873
10	Walter	592
11	Thomas	578
12	Anthony	504
13	Michael	434
13	Richard	434
15	Harry	395
16	Harold	381
17	Albert	368
18	Arthur	361
19	Henry	360
20	Louis	358
21	Stanley	354
22	Peter	334
23	Raymond	329
24	Paul	262
25	Francis	254

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alfred	228
27	Ralph	225
28	Andrew	224
29	Fred	219
30	Howard	205
30	Vincent	205
32	Donald	204
33	David	191
34	Samuel	183
35	Kenneth	182
36	Theodore	176
37	Eugene	175
38	Frederick	166
39	Herbert	163
40	Nicholas	159
41	Philip	153
41	Stephen	153
43	Daniel	150
43	Leonard	150
45	Lawrence	141
46	Carl	140
47	Bernard	137
48	Jack	132
49	Warren	126
50	Russell	124
51	Norman	123
52	Edwin	117
53	Alexander	114
54	Chester	112
55	Martin	107
56	Benjamin	106
57	Ernest	105
58	Angelo	101
59	Salvatore	98
60	Clarence	94
61	Victor	91
62	Herman	90
63	Irving	89
64	Leon	88
65	Leo	86
66	Earl	82
67	Matthew	79
68	Dominick	78
69	Milton	77
70	Lester	71
71	Emil	69
71	Steve	69
71	Tony	69
74	Elmer	66
74	Sam	66
76	Clifford	65
77	Joe	64
77	Leroy	64
79	Rocco	63
80	Alex	62
81	Julius	61
82	Roy	59
83	Seymour	57
84	Lewis	55
84	Wilbur	55
86	Patsy	54
87	Jerry	53
88	Carmine	52
89	Edmund	51
90	Gerald	50
91	Edgar	49
92	Steven	48
93	Franklin	46
93	Morris	46
93	Sidney	46
96	Arnold	45
96	Douglas	45
96	Jacob	45
99	Dominic	43
99	Nick	43
99	Patrick	43