Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1922

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,300
2	William	1,696
3	Joseph	1,609
4	Robert	1,387
5	Edward	1,094
6	George	1,070
7	James	1,004
8	Charles	895
9	Frank	870
10	Thomas	582
11	Walter	524
12	Anthony	510
13	Richard	494
14	Michael	415
15	Raymond	407
16	Arthur	387
17	Harold	366
18	Harry	362
19	Henry	354
20	Louis	352
21	Albert	333
22	Peter	307
23	Donald	283
24	Paul	269
25	Alfred	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stanley	252
27	Francis	249
28	Vincent	232
29	Howard	203
30	Fred	202
31	Kenneth	201
32	Ralph	196
33	Eugene	187
34	Daniel	186
35	Frederick	183
36	Andrew	182
37	David	179
38	Nicholas	177
39	Herbert	167
39	Jack	167
41	Theodore	152
42	Samuel	150
43	Norman	147
44	Warren	145
45	Ernest	144
46	Lawrence	142
47	Bernard	138
48	Philip	132
49	Edwin	128
49	Leonard	128
51	Russell	125
52	Salvatore	123
53	Stephen	120
54	Martin	117
55	Carl	116
56	Angelo	106
57	Alexander	101
58	Benjamin	96
59	Dominick	95
60	Chester	94
61	Elmer	88
62	Leo	86
63	Milton	82
64	Clarence	81
65	Earl	76
65	Victor	76
67	Steve	72
68	Julius	70
69	Irving	67
70	Gerald	66
71	Clifford	65
71	Leroy	65
73	Leon	64
73	Lester	64
75	Emil	63
76	Herman	62
77	Sam	61
78	Sidney	58
79	Matthew	57
80	Carmen	56
80	Patrick	56
82	Jerry	55
82	Lewis	55
84	Joe	54
84	Patsy	54
84	Seymour	54
87	Alex	52
87	Roy	52
89	Edmund	51
89	Tony	51
91	Rocco	50
92	Harvey	46
93	Franklin	45
93	Gerard	45
95	Jacob	44
95	Melvin	44
97	Steven	43
98	Edgar	41
98	Morris	41
100	Alvin	38