Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1929

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,268
2	Robert	1,831
3	William	1,678
4	Joseph	1,366
5	James	1,054
6	Richard	963
7	Charles	940
8	George	914
9	Edward	911
10	Frank	727
11	Thomas	630
12	Donald	598
13	Anthony	486
14	Raymond	435
15	Walter	424
16	Albert	368
17	Louis	331
18	Arthur	328
19	Michael	323
20	Paul	321
21	Harry	315
22	Henry	310
23	Harold	283
24	David	280
25	Eugene	261

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Herbert	252
27	Peter	248
28	Alfred	243
29	Vincent	233
30	Fred	230
30	Ralph	230
32	Kenneth	216
33	Francis	213
34	Howard	202
35	Stanley	191
36	Daniel	167
37	Samuel	163
38	Jack	155
38	Norman	155
40	Ernest	154
41	Bernard	151
42	Theodore	145
43	Frederick	144
44	Andrew	142
45	Leonard	140
46	Carl	135
47	Nicholas	131
48	Martin	130
49	Philip	129
50	Lawrence	126
51	Gerald	122
52	Ronald	108
52	Russell	108
54	Salvatore	106
55	Stephen	104
56	Angelo	102
57	Edwin	95
58	Victor	93
59	Dominick	91
60	Earl	84
61	Warren	81
62	Roy	74
63	Clarence	72
64	Leon	70
64	Leroy	70
66	Roger	68
67	Patrick	65
68	Jerry	64
69	Alan	63
69	Alexander	63
69	Clifford	63
72	Elmer	62
72	Leo	62
74	Benjamin	61
75	Lewis	59
75	Marvin	59
77	Herman	58
78	Melvin	57
79	Rudolph	56
80	Arnold	55
80	Lester	55
82	Alvin	53
83	Bruce	50
84	Milton	49
85	Allen	48
85	Edmund	48
87	Chester	46
87	Matthew	46
87	Steve	46
90	Jerome	45
91	Gilbert	44
91	Sam	44
93	Allan	43
93	Douglas	43
93	Harvey	43
96	Gerard	42
97	Joe	41
97	Rocco	41
99	Carmen	40
100	Gordon	39
100	Patsy	39