Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1930

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,227
2	Robert	1,996
3	William	1,614
4	Joseph	1,430
5	James	1,088
6	Richard	987
7	George	931
8	Charles	927
9	Edward	899
10	Frank	692
11	Donald	678
12	Thomas	649
13	Anthony	462
14	Walter	432
15	Raymond	390
16	David	341
17	Harry	332
18	Arthur	318
19	Albert	314
20	Paul	309
21	Michael	308
22	Henry	307
23	Louis	291
24	Eugene	285
25	Harold	263

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	257
27	Alfred	251
28	Fred	228
29	Kenneth	223
30	Vincent	212
31	Jack	209
32	Ralph	200
33	Francis	196
34	Lawrence	183
35	Daniel	180
36	Howard	179
36	Stanley	179
38	Herbert	177
39	Andrew	172
40	Carl	167
41	Ronald	162
42	Theodore	144
43	Leonard	143
44	Ernest	142
45	Norman	136
46	Philip	135
47	Samuel	134
48	Bernard	129
49	Russell	127
50	Frederick	123
50	Nicholas	123
52	Gerald	121
53	Martin	120
54	Salvatore	111
55	Stephen	95
56	Edwin	94
57	Earl	86
58	Victor	84
59	Jerry	81
60	Angelo	80
61	Clarence	79
62	Warren	74
63	Alan	73
64	Roy	72
65	Herman	70
66	Roger	68
67	Arnold	67
68	Leo	66
69	Dominick	64
70	Patrick	63
71	Benjamin	62
71	Lewis	62
73	Leon	61
73	Marvin	61
75	Jerome	60
76	Douglas	59
76	Leroy	59
78	Alexander	58
79	Alvin	56
79	Chester	56
81	Elmer	55
82	Clifford	53
83	Melvin	51
83	Milton	51
85	Lester	50
86	Gilbert	49
86	Rudolph	49
88	Gerard	48
89	Bruce	47
89	Mario	47
89	Sam	47
92	Edmund	46
93	Joe	45
94	Allan	44
95	Allen	41
96	Carmen	40
96	Gordon	40
96	Rocco	40
99	Matthew	39
100	Emil	38
100	Wilbur	38