Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,696
2	John	2,609
3	William	1,864
4	Richard	1,642
5	James	1,597
6	Joseph	1,338
7	Thomas	1,176
8	Michael	846
9	Edward	835
10	George	819
11	Charles	803
12	David	760
13	Ronald	733
14	Frank	627
15	Donald	543
16	Kenneth	490
17	Paul	473
18	Anthony	456
19	Peter	454
20	Raymond	385
21	Walter	343
22	Arthur	314
23	Dennis	308
24	Gary	300
25	Louis	282

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	266
27	Daniel	261
28	Lawrence	243
29	Bruce	228
30	Harry	218
31	Albert	206
31	Gerald	206
33	Henry	203
34	Harold	199
35	Frederick	194
36	Alan	189
37	Fred	182
38	Douglas	180
39	Wayne	177
40	Eugene	172
40	Francis	172
42	Ralph	171
43	Stanley	166
44	Roger	165
45	Carl	160
45	Howard	160
45	Vincent	160
48	Barry	157
49	Philip	155
50	Leonard	153
51	Andrew	152
52	Martin	151
53	Patrick	147
54	Jack	140
55	Nicholas	134
55	Steven	134
57	Russell	127
58	Alfred	125
59	Jeffrey	124
59	Samuel	124
61	Theodore	119
62	Larry	106
63	Roy	99
64	Herbert	96
65	Bernard	95
66	Norman	94
67	Ernest	87
68	Mark	84
69	Jerry	80
70	Allen	78
71	Brian	77
72	Victor	76
73	Salvatore	73
74	Warren	72
75	Earl	64
76	Harvey	61
77	Alexander	58
77	Allan	58
77	Edwin	58
77	Jerome	58
77	Lewis	58
82	Leon	57
83	Craig	55
84	Joel	54
85	Benjamin	53
86	Bill	52
86	Clifford	52
86	Matthew	52
89	Glenn	51
89	Timothy	51
91	Chester	50
91	Eric	50
91	Gregory	50
91	Lee	50
95	Melvin	49
96	Jay	45
96	Leroy	45
98	Leslie	44
98	Lester	44
100	Neil	43