Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1921

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,417
2	William	1,716
3	Joseph	1,580
4	Robert	1,321
5	Edward	1,088
6	George	1,011
7	Charles	996
8	James	959
9	Frank	862
10	Walter	605
11	Thomas	578
12	Anthony	538
13	Michael	461
14	Richard	436
15	Albert	384
16	Harry	379
17	Arthur	376
18	Raymond	374
19	Harold	365
20	Henry	356
21	Louis	355
22	Peter	342
23	Stanley	299
24	Paul	286
25	Donald	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alfred	255
27	Warren	232
28	Vincent	231
29	Francis	219
30	Ralph	207
31	Fred	199
32	Frederick	194
33	Theodore	193
34	Howard	190
35	Jack	189
36	Daniel	188
37	Kenneth	186
38	David	181
38	Samuel	181
40	Andrew	174
40	Herbert	174
42	Bernard	161
43	Eugene	159
44	Leonard	152
45	Nicholas	151
46	Stephen	148
47	Norman	147
48	Ernest	144
49	Philip	143
50	Lawrence	137
51	Carl	135
52	Russell	115
53	Chester	114
54	Alexander	112
54	Angelo	112
56	Salvatore	110
57	Edwin	109
58	Benjamin	103
59	Martin	101
60	Victor	98
61	Leo	96
62	Elmer	93
63	Earl	90
64	Dominick	85
64	Irving	85
66	Milton	84
67	Clifford	83
68	Leon	82
69	Herman	79
70	Clarence	76
71	Roy	75
72	Tony	70
73	Gerald	69
74	Emil	65
74	Sam	65
76	Steve	64
77	Leroy	62
77	Lester	62
77	Matthew	62
77	Morris	62
77	Patrick	62
82	Jerry	61
83	Edmund	57
84	Julius	55
84	Steven	55
86	Jacob	54
86	Rocco	54
88	Franklin	53
88	Seymour	53
88	Wilbur	53
91	Patsy	52
91	Sidney	52
93	Alex	51
93	Melvin	51
95	Carmine	50
95	Lewis	50
97	Jerome	48
98	Arnold	47
98	Carmen	47
100	Alvin	46
100	Joe	46