Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,282
2	John	3,119
3	William	2,157
4	James	2,054
5	Richard	1,821
6	Thomas	1,670
7	Joseph	1,591
8	Michael	1,519
9	David	1,126
10	Charles	1,048
11	Edward	935
12	George	847
13	Ronald	794
14	Paul	740
15	Kenneth	736
16	Dennis	660
17	Frank	643
18	Donald	637
19	Stephen	568
20	Bruce	560
21	Peter	540
22	Anthony	535
23	Gary	534
24	Daniel	471
25	Steven	451

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Raymond	446
27	Walter	381
28	Mark	380
29	Gregory	350
30	Jeffrey	338
31	Lawrence	334
32	Wayne	321
33	Douglas	307
34	Arthur	305
34	Louis	305
36	Alan	282
37	Albert	255
38	Glenn	243
38	Philip	243
40	Frederick	236
41	Francis	233
42	Carl	226
43	Gerald	225
43	Patrick	225
45	Harry	224
46	Andrew	217
47	Vincent	216
48	Ralph	214
49	Howard	209
50	Barry	195
51	Kevin	194
52	Stanley	193
53	Larry	191
54	Roger	187
55	Henry	183
56	Harold	178
57	Leonard	173
58	Eugene	172
59	Russell	162
60	Timothy	158
61	Brian	157
62	Craig	151
63	Nicholas	150
64	Christopher	149
65	Martin	146
66	Theodore	144
67	Alfred	136
68	Fred	133
69	Samuel	130
70	Eric	120
71	Jack	119
72	Allen	116
73	Warren	113
74	Roy	110
75	Ernest	99
76	Norman	93
77	Jay	88
77	Victor	88
79	Clifford	86
79	Jerry	86
81	Salvatore	80
82	Alexander	78
82	Keith	78
84	Gerard	76
85	Gordon	75
85	Matthew	75
87	Earl	74
88	Bernard	73
89	Neil	72
89	Stuart	72
91	Herbert	71
91	Scott	71
93	Allan	68
93	Edwin	68
95	Lee	65
96	Benjamin	58
97	Leon	55
97	Marc	55
97	Steve	55
100	Karl	53