Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,898
2	John	2,843
3	William	1,996
4	James	1,705
5	Richard	1,659
6	Joseph	1,493
7	Thomas	1,145
8	Charles	970
9	Edward	926
10	George	901
11	Michael	849
12	Ronald	776
13	Frank	771
14	David	709
15	Donald	592
16	Kenneth	558
17	Paul	547
18	Anthony	514
19	Peter	481
20	Raymond	423
20	Walter	423
22	Arthur	335
23	Dennis	322
24	Stephen	292
25	Albert	287

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	284
27	Bruce	277
28	Harry	273
29	Louis	270
30	Lawrence	253
31	Douglas	237
32	Henry	236
33	Gerald	233
34	Vincent	220
35	Ralph	214
36	Gary	207
37	Carl	205
37	Fred	205
39	Frederick	204
40	Barry	203
41	Howard	201
42	Roger	197
43	Stanley	194
44	Philip	193
45	Andrew	187
46	Harold	185
47	Eugene	170
48	Alfred	163
49	Theodore	162
50	Wayne	158
51	Francis	156
52	Martin	154
53	Alan	153
53	Nicholas	153
55	Leonard	150
56	Patrick	136
57	Russell	131
58	Larry	130
59	Jack	127
60	Norman	125
61	Samuel	113
62	Victor	107
63	Jeffrey	105
64	Allen	104
65	Ernest	99
66	Herbert	92
66	Roy	92
68	Steven	91
69	Warren	87
70	Salvatore	85
71	Bernard	84
72	Allan	83
72	Jerry	83
74	Edwin	77
75	Brian	74
76	Alexander	70
77	Mark	66
78	Gordon	64
78	Lewis	64
80	Joel	63
81	Jerome	61
82	Dominick	60
83	Leon	58
84	Earl	57
84	Leroy	57
84	Matthew	57
87	Angelo	55
88	Harvey	54
89	Gerard	53
89	Steve	53
91	Glenn	52
91	Melvin	52
91	Stuart	52
94	Clifford	51
94	Marvin	51
96	Eric	49
97	Lee	48
98	Jay	47
98	Neil	47
100	Karl	46