Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1941

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,430
2	John	2,254
3	William	1,599
4	Richard	1,372
5	James	1,327
6	Joseph	1,217
7	Thomas	910
8	Charles	802
9	Edward	777
10	George	773
11	Ronald	654
12	David	616
13	Michael	605
14	Frank	552
15	Donald	494
16	Anthony	468
17	Kenneth	417
18	Peter	387
19	Paul	384
20	Raymond	353
21	Walter	346
22	Louis	271
23	Arthur	253
24	Stephen	237
25	Daniel	225

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harry	224
27	Albert	223
28	Dennis	215
29	Bruce	211
30	Henry	210
31	Gerald	206
31	Lawrence	206
33	Ralph	188
34	Vincent	187
35	Fred	184
36	Carl	182
37	Francis	166
38	Frederick	165
39	Howard	164
40	Stanley	161
41	Philip	160
42	Gary	158
42	Harold	158
44	Leonard	154
45	Roger	150
46	Andrew	145
47	Eugene	144
48	Barry	136
49	Jack	135
50	Alan	128
51	Alfred	127
52	Patrick	124
53	Nicholas	122
54	Martin	120
55	Theodore	118
56	Norman	110
57	Russell	107
58	Douglas	106
58	Wayne	106
60	Samuel	103
61	Larry	97
62	Ernest	93
63	Jerry	81
64	Bernard	78
65	Herbert	76
66	Jeffrey	75
67	Benjamin	68
67	Edwin	68
67	Salvatore	68
67	Victor	68
71	Roy	67
72	Steven	66
73	Warren	65
74	Allen	60
75	Allan	59
76	Clifford	56
77	Alexander	54
78	Leon	53
78	Matthew	53
80	Brian	52
81	Melvin	51
81	Neil	51
83	Lewis	50
84	Leroy	49
85	Earl	48
85	Gordon	48
87	Stuart	47
88	Joel	46
89	Clarence	44
90	Gerard	43
90	Gilbert	43
92	Lee	42
93	Jay	41
93	Mark	41
95	Gregory	40
96	Arnold	39
97	Joe	38
98	Carmen	37
98	Dominick	37
98	Edmund	37
98	Harvey	37
98	Karl	37
98	Leslie	37
98	Steve	37