Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	2,707
2	John	2,636
3	William	1,752
4	Richard	1,718
5	James	1,652
6	Joseph	1,360
7	Thomas	1,193
8	Michael	908
9	Charles	874
10	Edward	853
11	David	771
12	George	761
13	Ronald	677
14	Frank	570
15	Kenneth	550
16	Donald	532
17	Paul	513
18	Anthony	460
19	Peter	453
20	Dennis	375
21	Raymond	373
22	Walter	324
23	Gary	315
24	Daniel	289
25	Arthur	285

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	282
27	Bruce	260
28	Lawrence	243
29	Albert	241
29	Louis	241
31	Alan	236
32	Harry	220
33	Henry	219
34	Douglas	218
34	Gerald	218
36	Wayne	201
37	Roger	195
38	Harold	183
39	Fred	182
40	Frederick	181
41	Eugene	178
42	Vincent	176
43	Howard	175
44	Barry	172
45	Ralph	159
46	Steven	157
47	Carl	155
47	Philip	155
49	Andrew	154
49	Francis	154
49	Martin	154
52	Jeffrey	148
53	Leonard	147
54	Jack	141
55	Stanley	140
56	Mark	128
56	Nicholas	128
58	Theodore	124
59	Patrick	123
60	Russell	122
61	Alfred	117
62	Larry	115
63	Ernest	108
64	Gregory	106
65	Samuel	104
66	Brian	98
67	Victor	91
68	Allen	90
69	Roy	88
70	Herbert	84
71	Bernard	81
72	Norman	77
73	Warren	74
74	Edwin	71
75	Jerry	68
76	Clifford	67
77	Earl	66
78	Jay	63
79	Alexander	61
79	Timothy	61
81	Joel	58
82	Allan	57
83	Jerome	56
83	Matthew	56
85	Christopher	55
86	Eric	53
87	Glenn	52
88	Benjamin	51
88	Neil	51
90	Salvatore	50
91	Craig	49
92	Leroy	47
92	Lewis	47
94	Lee	45
94	Marc	45
96	Leon	44
97	Franklin	41
97	Steve	41
99	Harvey	40
99	Stuart	40