Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1926

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,362
2	William	1,800
3	Robert	1,710
4	Joseph	1,515
5	Edward	1,066
6	James	1,046
7	George	983
8	Charles	939
9	Frank	862
10	Richard	754
11	Thomas	644
12	Anthony	527
13	Walter	513
14	Donald	432
14	Raymond	432
16	Arthur	383
17	Albert	382
18	Harry	363
19	Henry	360
20	Paul	342
21	Louis	341
22	Michael	336
23	Harold	335
24	Peter	301
25	David	268

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eugene	266
27	Alfred	264
28	Fred	254
29	Francis	249
30	Stanley	241
31	Ralph	235
32	Vincent	232
33	Howard	209
34	Kenneth	196
35	Jack	191
36	Leonard	185
37	Andrew	178
38	Daniel	174
39	Herbert	171
40	Theodore	167
41	Frederick	163
41	Lawrence	163
43	Nicholas	145
43	Norman	145
45	Ernest	144
46	Bernard	134
46	Samuel	134
48	Philip	130
49	Salvatore	124
50	Carl	123
51	Russell	118
52	Edwin	113
53	Martin	108
54	Clarence	92
55	Stephen	87
56	Angelo	86
57	Earl	84
57	Victor	84
57	Warren	84
60	Dominick	83
61	Gerald	82
61	Leroy	82
63	Chester	77
63	Elmer	77
63	Leon	77
66	Milton	75
67	Alexander	67
67	Patrick	67
69	Benjamin	66
69	Irving	66
71	Joe	64
71	Leo	64
73	Carmen	63
74	Jerry	61
75	Alvin	60
75	Seymour	60
77	Alan	59
77	Emil	59
77	Rudolph	59
80	Edmund	57
80	Roy	57
82	Clifford	55
83	Jerome	53
83	Sidney	53
85	Herman	51
86	Lester	50
86	Lewis	50
88	Sam	48
89	Melvin	47
89	Ronald	47
89	Steve	47
92	Julius	46
92	Marvin	46
94	Calvin	45
94	Franklin	45
94	Gilbert	45
94	Mario	45
98	Arnold	43
99	Matthew	42
100	Rocco	40