Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1936

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,032
2	John	1,807
3	William	1,313
4	Joseph	1,051
5	Richard	1,046
6	James	938
7	Donald	688
8	George	671
9	Charles	666
10	Edward	653
11	Thomas	629
12	Frank	502
13	Ronald	469
14	David	449
15	Anthony	389
16	Michael	328
17	Walter	310
18	Raymond	296
19	Peter	273
20	Arthur	270
21	Paul	264
22	Kenneth	249
23	Harry	217
24	Henry	213
25	Albert	208

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Louis	193
27	Fred	175
28	Eugene	174
29	Harold	164
30	Daniel	163
31	Alfred	155
32	Francis	148
33	Lawrence	147
34	Ralph	146
35	Gerald	141
36	Carl	138
37	Vincent	137
38	Frederick	135
39	Howard	132
40	Jack	123
41	Roger	122
42	Stanley	116
43	Philip	114
44	Andrew	113
45	Norman	112
46	Leonard	109
47	Stephen	106
48	Martin	102
49	Theodore	96
50	Bernard	95
51	Herbert	91
52	Nicholas	90
53	Bruce	89
54	Samuel	87
55	Alan	81
56	Ernest	80
57	Edwin	73
58	Salvatore	71
59	Patrick	69
59	Russell	69
61	Warren	64
62	Jerry	59
63	Douglas	58
63	Leroy	58
65	Victor	54
66	Allen	53
67	Clarence	48
67	Larry	48
69	Wayne	46
70	Jerome	45
70	Roy	45
72	Earl	44
72	Gordon	44
72	Lester	44
75	Angelo	43
75	Leon	43
77	Arnold	42
77	Dominick	42
77	Marvin	42
80	Lewis	41
81	Benjamin	40
81	Leo	40
83	Allan	39
83	Melvin	39
85	Carmen	38
86	Barry	37
86	Chester	37
88	Edmund	36
88	Gary	36
90	Matthew	35
91	Gerard	34
92	Alexander	33
92	Clifford	33
92	Dennis	33
92	Franklin	33
92	Herman	33
92	Rudolph	33
98	Alvin	32
98	Harvey	32
98	Jay	32