Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1923

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,357
2	William	1,773
3	Joseph	1,581
4	Robert	1,475
5	Edward	1,159
6	James	1,008
7	George	988
8	Charles	915
9	Frank	891
10	Thomas	644
11	Richard	566
12	Walter	525
13	Anthony	495
14	Michael	412
15	Harry	404
16	Harold	389
17	Raymond	385
18	Albert	382
19	Arthur	371
20	Henry	356
20	Louis	356
22	Donald	318
23	Paul	301
24	David	254
25	Vincent	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	246
27	Alfred	245
27	Stanley	245
29	Peter	244
30	Fred	221
31	Kenneth	220
32	Ralph	209
33	Howard	202
34	Andrew	185
35	Eugene	175
36	Herbert	172
36	Nicholas	172
38	Jack	170
39	Theodore	169
40	Daniel	168
41	Samuel	161
42	Warren	158
43	Leonard	156
44	Frederick	151
45	Lawrence	144
46	Philip	130
47	Russell	125
48	Ernest	122
49	Salvatore	120
50	Bernard	118
51	Carl	115
52	Angelo	113
52	Norman	113
54	Edwin	110
54	Stephen	110
56	Martin	109
57	Dominick	104
58	Chester	101
59	Alexander	95
60	Clarence	87
61	Benjamin	86
61	Victor	86
63	Leon	81
64	Elmer	76
64	Milton	76
66	Leroy	73
67	Patrick	71
68	Irving	70
69	Clifford	68
70	Earl	67
70	Leo	67
72	Roy	66
73	Joe	65
74	Edmund	64
74	Sam	64
76	Sidney	63
77	Matthew	62
78	Emil	59
79	Carmen	58
79	Herman	58
79	Lester	58
82	Gerald	57
83	Julius	55
83	Steve	55
85	Jerry	54
86	Tony	53
87	Rocco	51
88	Lewis	50
88	Morris	50
88	Patsy	50
88	Seymour	50
92	Alvin	49
92	Mario	49
94	Arnold	48
94	Marvin	48
94	Wallace	48
97	Carmine	47
97	Harvey	47
99	Alex	45
99	Jerome	45