Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1931

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	2,137
2	Robert	1,979
3	William	1,503
4	Joseph	1,235
5	James	1,063
6	Richard	1,022
7	Charles	834
8	George	825
9	Edward	804
10	Donald	663
11	Frank	618
12	Thomas	594
13	Anthony	445
14	Walter	387
15	Raymond	373
16	David	323
16	Michael	323
18	Albert	293
19	Arthur	291
20	Paul	288
21	Louis	282
22	Harry	269
23	Peter	268
24	Harold	266
25	Henry	262

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	247
27	Francis	232
28	Alfred	224
29	Vincent	223
30	Fred	211
31	Eugene	210
32	Ralph	201
33	Stanley	191
34	Ronald	181
35	Daniel	179
36	Jack	173
37	Howard	167
38	Andrew	157
39	Herbert	156
40	Lawrence	151
41	Carl	146
42	Norman	141
43	Theodore	135
44	Frederick	131
45	Nicholas	129
46	Samuel	126
47	Gerald	123
48	Bernard	122
48	Leonard	122
50	Philip	119
51	Ernest	108
52	Salvatore	102
53	Stephen	96
54	Russell	94
55	Edwin	91
56	Angelo	85
57	Earl	84
58	Martin	80
59	Alan	79
60	Roger	75
60	Roy	75
62	Clarence	72
63	Jerry	70
64	Dominick	67
65	Herman	66
66	Benjamin	64
66	Leo	64
66	Patrick	64
66	Victor	64
70	Allen	62
71	Marvin	61
72	Leon	57
72	Lewis	57
72	Warren	57
75	Jerome	55
76	Leroy	54
77	Clifford	53
77	Melvin	53
79	Bruce	49
79	Chester	49
79	Emil	49
82	Alexander	47
82	Allan	47
82	Arnold	47
82	Lester	47
82	Rudolph	47
87	Carmen	45
88	Douglas	44
88	Elmer	44
90	Matthew	42
90	Milton	42
92	Edmund	41
92	Gordon	41
92	Harvey	41
95	Alvin	39
95	Hugh	39
97	Joe	38
98	Gilbert	34
98	Jacob	34
98	Neil	34
98	Roland	34