Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1927

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,254
2	William	1,773
3	Robert	1,754
4	Joseph	1,467
5	James	1,082
6	George	1,056
7	Edward	1,020
8	Charles	981
9	Richard	816
10	Frank	797
11	Thomas	653
12	Walter	510
13	Donald	471
14	Anthony	445
15	Raymond	436
16	Arthur	375
17	Henry	373
18	Albert	369
19	Louis	364
20	Michael	346
21	Harry	345
22	Paul	330
23	Harold	314
24	Peter	283
25	Eugene	264

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Francis	255
27	David	254
28	Vincent	240
29	Alfred	228
30	Fred	224
30	Ralph	224
32	Kenneth	215
33	Daniel	207
34	Jack	203
35	Howard	198
36	Stanley	191
37	Norman	177
38	Herbert	171
38	Theodore	171
40	Andrew	163
40	Frederick	163
40	Leonard	163
43	Lawrence	158
44	Samuel	154
45	Philip	142
46	Bernard	139
47	Salvatore	138
48	Nicholas	130
49	Carl	126
50	Ernest	125
51	Russell	117
52	Warren	111
53	Edwin	109
53	Stephen	109
55	Martin	107
56	Gerald	104
57	Clarence	97
58	Angelo	90
59	Rudolph	87
59	Victor	87
61	Earl	84
62	Benjamin	83
62	Dominick	83
64	Alexander	76
65	Jerry	74
66	Leon	73
66	Roy	73
68	Ronald	70
69	Clifford	69
69	Elmer	69
71	Chester	68
72	Leo	66
73	Patrick	64
74	Herman	63
75	Joe	61
75	Leroy	61
77	Rocco	60
78	Lester	59
78	Lewis	59
80	Roger	58
81	Edmund	57
81	Irving	57
81	Matthew	57
84	Gerard	55
85	Douglas	54
85	Marvin	54
85	Sam	54
88	Alvin	53
89	Jerome	52
89	Patsy	52
91	Melvin	49
92	Carmen	48
92	Harvey	48
94	Alex	47
94	Milton	47
94	Morris	47
97	Seymour	46
98	Gilbert	45
99	Emil	44
99	Julius	44