Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,195
2	John	1,887
3	William	1,437
4	Richard	1,210
5	Joseph	1,044
6	James	1,037
7	Thomas	761
8	Charles	699
9	George	665
10	Edward	656
11	Donald	548
12	Frank	547
13	Ronald	515
14	David	514
15	Michael	423
16	Anthony	375
17	Raymond	344
18	Paul	318
19	Peter	314
20	Kenneth	312
21	Walter	281
22	Arthur	236
23	Louis	233
24	Albert	220
25	Henry	202

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	199
27	Gerald	180
28	Lawrence	170
29	Stephen	166
30	Harold	165
31	Daniel	160
31	Francis	160
33	Ralph	157
34	Fred	155
35	Eugene	153
35	Vincent	153
37	Howard	147
38	Frederick	145
39	Alfred	144
40	Bruce	137
41	Philip	135
42	Carl	132
43	Jack	122
44	Stanley	121
45	Nicholas	119
46	Roger	117
47	Leonard	113
47	Martin	113
49	Alan	112
50	Dennis	108
51	Andrew	105
51	Samuel	105
53	Patrick	104
54	Theodore	99
55	Herbert	97
55	Norman	97
57	Wayne	96
58	Douglas	90
59	Ernest	86
60	Gary	83
61	Bernard	79
62	Barry	75
62	Russell	75
64	Jerry	72
65	Warren	70
66	Allan	67
67	Larry	63
68	Allen	59
68	Salvatore	59
70	Jerome	55
71	Edwin	54
72	Gerard	52
72	Melvin	52
74	Victor	51
75	Arnold	49
76	Dominick	48
76	Earl	48
78	Roy	47
79	Leroy	45
80	Neil	44
81	Angelo	43
81	Clifford	43
83	Alexander	40
84	Joel	39
84	Lewis	39
86	Steven	38
87	Leon	37
88	Joe	35
89	Benjamin	33
89	Clarence	33
89	Leo	33
89	Marvin	33
93	Franklin	32
93	Harvey	32
95	Jay	31
95	Lester	31
97	Gordon	30
97	Lee	30
97	Stuart	30
100	Karl	29
100	Matthew	29