Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1928

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,150
2	Robert	1,809
3	William	1,795
4	Joseph	1,426
5	James	1,030
6	Edward	977
7	Charles	963
8	George	951
9	Richard	885
10	Frank	734
11	Thomas	656
12	Donald	499
13	Anthony	446
14	Walter	443
15	Raymond	404
16	Albert	378
17	Arthur	353
18	Alfred	349
19	Harry	343
20	Michael	333
21	Henry	328
22	Paul	318
23	Harold	309
24	Louis	291
25	Eugene	269

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herbert	257
27	Peter	255
28	Francis	242
29	Kenneth	233
29	Ralph	233
31	David	230
32	Jack	220
33	Fred	214
34	Vincent	200
35	Stanley	196
36	Howard	190
37	Daniel	166
37	Lawrence	166
39	Leonard	161
40	Theodore	160
41	Andrew	155
42	Norman	153
43	Frederick	152
44	Philip	145
45	Carl	141
46	Nicholas	140
47	Ernest	134
48	Samuel	131
49	Bernard	125
50	Martin	122
51	Gerald	108
52	Edwin	104
53	Salvatore	99
54	Angelo	96
54	Stephen	96
56	Russell	94
57	Victor	88
58	Alexander	84
58	Warren	84
60	Clarence	82
61	Ronald	81
62	Earl	78
62	Roy	78
64	Leon	77
65	Milton	73
66	Dominick	72
66	Melvin	72
68	Herman	68
69	Arnold	65
70	Chester	64
71	Benjamin	62
71	Clifford	62
71	Leroy	62
74	Carmen	61
74	Gilbert	61
74	Jerome	61
77	Elmer	59
77	Rudolph	59
79	Lester	57
79	Matthew	57
81	Rocco	55
82	Marvin	54
83	Leo	53
84	Patrick	51
85	Carmine	50
86	Jerry	48
87	Joe	47
87	Lewis	47
87	Patsy	47
90	Edmund	46
90	Irving	46
92	Alan	45
92	Julius	45
92	Steve	45
95	Roger	44
96	Alvin	43
96	Emil	43
98	Edgar	42
99	Allen	41
99	Mario	41