Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	3,478
2	John	3,366
3	Michael	2,378
4	James	2,333
5	William	2,219
6	Richard	2,055
7	Thomas	1,838
8	Joseph	1,732
9	David	1,641
10	Charles	1,002
11	Gary	990
12	Edward	901
13	Paul	852
14	Kenneth	837
15	George	815
16	Steven	761
17	Donald	737
18	Peter	705
19	Stephen	698
20	Mark	690
21	Bruce	647
22	Anthony	636
23	Ronald	630
24	Dennis	614
25	Frank	600

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	585
27	Kevin	584
28	Jeffrey	573
29	Raymond	453
30	Gregory	450
31	Douglas	424
32	Lawrence	389
33	Wayne	378
34	Brian	331
35	Walter	330
36	Glenn	310
37	Alan	300
38	Patrick	299
39	Louis	287
40	Arthur	286
41	Frederick	269
42	Andrew	258
43	Timothy	252
44	Philip	248
45	Francis	234
46	Vincent	228
47	Barry	222
47	Keith	222
49	Christopher	221
50	Craig	209
51	Ralph	208
52	Gerald	202
52	Harry	202
52	Henry	202
55	Larry	200
56	Albert	196
57	Scott	194
58	Carl	192
59	Nicholas	187
60	Eugene	184
61	Howard	183
61	Roger	183
63	Stanley	178
64	Martin	169
65	Harold	166
66	Leonard	164
67	Russell	160
68	Samuel	141
69	Alfred	135
69	Theodore	135
71	Eric	134
72	Roy	128
73	Gerard	126
74	Jack	112
75	Allen	109
75	Warren	109
77	Victor	98
78	Alexander	96
79	Ernest	95
80	Fred	93
81	Bernard	92
81	Jerry	92
83	Jay	90
84	Jonathan	86
85	Matthew	85
86	Neil	83
86	Norman	83
88	Salvatore	74
89	Edwin	73
89	Lee	73
91	Marc	72
91	Terry	72
93	Clifford	71
93	Karl	71
95	Jerome	67
96	Allan	64
97	Guy	63
98	Herbert	61
98	Leon	61
98	Randy	61