Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,354
2	John	3,246
3	William	2,265
4	Richard	2,234
5	James	2,030
6	Joseph	1,594
7	Thomas	1,587
8	Michael	1,224
9	Charles	1,054
10	David	932
10	Edward	932
12	George	920
13	Ronald	911
14	Frank	728
15	Paul	695
16	Kenneth	667
17	Donald	655
18	Dennis	605
19	Peter	532
20	Anthony	512
21	Raymond	466
22	Bruce	417
23	Gary	404
24	Stephen	395
25	Walter	381

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	348
27	Alan	329
28	Arthur	323
29	Lawrence	310
30	Louis	299
31	Wayne	282
32	Douglas	276
33	Gregory	264
34	Henry	260
35	Harry	255
36	Albert	249
37	Jeffrey	235
38	Frederick	230
39	Steven	217
40	Gerald	211
41	Andrew	210
42	Barry	208
42	Howard	208
44	Carl	207
44	Fred	207
46	Roger	205
47	Vincent	204
48	Leonard	193
49	Philip	189
50	Ralph	188
51	Russell	184
52	Eugene	180
53	Harold	178
54	Stanley	177
55	Francis	175
56	Martin	166
57	Alfred	165
58	Larry	163
59	Patrick	162
60	Jack	157
61	Nicholas	152
62	Mark	148
63	Theodore	134
64	Brian	131
64	Norman	131
66	Samuel	125
67	Roy	124
68	Allen	110
69	Timothy	105
70	Glenn	103
71	Warren	102
72	Jerry	101
73	Allan	96
74	Ernest	93
75	Craig	90
76	Herbert	88
77	Jay	86
78	Bernard	84
79	Joel	82
80	Edwin	77
80	Victor	77
82	Eric	70
83	Lewis	67
84	Christopher	66
85	Clifford	65
86	Steve	63
87	Alexander	62
87	Jerome	62
89	Terry	61
90	Chester	58
90	Lee	58
92	Kevin	56
93	Stuart	55
94	Gordon	54
95	Leroy	53
96	Gerard	52
96	Leslie	52
96	Melvin	52
99	Arnold	51
99	Bill	51
99	Neil	51