Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,167
2	John	1,834
3	William	1,323
4	Joseph	1,072
5	Richard	1,059
6	James	926
7	George	741
8	Charles	708
9	Thomas	698
10	Edward	687
11	Donald	624
12	Frank	538
13	David	466
14	Ronald	428
15	Anthony	354
16	Michael	324
17	Paul	318
18	Walter	307
19	Raymond	288
20	Kenneth	266
21	Peter	261
22	Arthur	243
23	Harry	222
24	Albert	220
25	Louis	209

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Fred	194
27	Harold	192
28	Henry	190
29	Vincent	173
30	Eugene	159
30	Ralph	159
32	Daniel	153
33	Gerald	152
34	Carl	149
35	Jack	147
36	Lawrence	139
37	Frederick	133
37	Howard	133
39	Stanley	126
40	Francis	117
41	Philip	114
42	Andrew	112
43	Norman	110
44	Roger	109
44	Stephen	109
44	Theodore	109
47	Martin	107
48	Alfred	105
49	Leonard	104
50	Samuel	103
51	Nicholas	95
52	Bruce	93
53	Ernest	91
54	Russell	90
55	Alan	85
56	Herbert	81
57	Edwin	72
58	Bernard	71
59	Jerry	68
60	Patrick	66
61	Larry	65
62	Roy	62
63	Salvatore	61
64	Allen	60
64	Douglas	60
66	Victor	58
67	Clarence	57
68	Leroy	56
69	Warren	55
70	Wayne	54
71	Allan	52
71	Earl	52
73	Jerome	51
73	Melvin	51
75	Barry	50
75	Leon	50
77	Gary	48
78	Arnold	47
78	Benjamin	47
80	Dennis	46
80	Lewis	46
82	Alexander	45
82	Angelo	45
84	Gilbert	44
85	Marvin	41
86	Gordon	40
86	Karl	40
88	Chester	39
88	Dominick	39
90	Clifford	38
90	Jay	38
92	Franklin	37
92	Joe	37
94	Carmen	36
95	Gerard	35
96	Gene	34
96	Lee	34
98	Leo	33
98	Matthew	33
100	Steven	31