Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1924

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,383
2	William	1,781
3	Robert	1,644
4	Joseph	1,523
5	Edward	1,200
6	George	1,012
7	James	1,011
8	Charles	951
9	Frank	872
10	Thomas	601
11	Richard	573
12	Walter	538
13	Anthony	535
14	Albert	444
15	Harry	419
16	Raymond	415
17	Henry	392
18	Michael	382
19	Arthur	362
20	Harold	352
21	Louis	330
22	Donald	311
23	Paul	283
24	Peter	281
25	Stanley	267

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	258
27	Howard	250
28	Alfred	240
28	David	240
30	Fred	234
31	Ralph	232
32	Eugene	218
33	Daniel	215
34	Vincent	210
35	Kenneth	206
36	Jack	197
37	Andrew	195
38	Herbert	184
39	Samuel	178
40	Theodore	170
41	Nicholas	163
42	Bernard	161
42	Philip	161
44	Leonard	154
45	Ernest	150
46	Frederick	144
47	Lawrence	141
48	Norman	139
49	Russell	137
49	Stephen	137
51	Carl	128
52	Edwin	125
52	Warren	125
54	Martin	120
55	Angelo	108
56	Salvatore	102
57	Chester	100
58	Leon	98
59	Leo	95
60	Clarence	94
61	Alexander	93
62	Calvin	91
62	Earl	91
64	Dominick	90
65	Jerry	85
65	Victor	85
67	Milton	79
68	Leroy	78
69	Elmer	74
70	Emil	72
70	Irving	72
72	Melvin	71
73	Edmund	66
73	Sam	66
75	Carmen	65
75	Roy	65
77	Patrick	64
78	Matthew	63
79	Herman	62
80	Benjamin	61
80	Lester	61
82	Clifford	60
83	Julius	58
83	Morris	58
83	Rocco	58
86	Jerome	57
87	Joe	55
87	Patsy	55
89	Gerald	53
89	Steve	53
89	Tony	53
92	Alex	52
92	Seymour	52
92	Wilbur	52
95	Franklin	50
96	Lewis	47
97	Rudolph	46
98	Allen	44
99	Arnold	40
99	Jacob	40