Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1958

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,471
2	Robert	3,217
3	Michael	3,008
4	James	2,332
5	William	2,126
6	David	1,991
7	Richard	1,906
8	Joseph	1,903
9	Thomas	1,846
10	Mark	1,429
11	Paul	1,021
12	Charles	990
13	Kevin	951
14	Steven	930
15	Edward	919
16	Kenneth	870
17	Anthony	863
18	Jeffrey	784
19	Peter	781
20	George	763
21	Daniel	747
22	Gary	715
23	Frank	702
24	Ronald	695
25	Brian	693

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	689
27	Stephen	648
28	Timothy	617
29	Scott	611
30	Christopher	507
31	Raymond	475
32	Gregory	470
33	Bruce	428
34	Douglas	417
35	Keith	400
36	Andrew	363
37	Dennis	354
38	Wayne	345
39	Vincent	328
40	Patrick	324
41	Glenn	322
42	Walter	304
43	Lawrence	302
44	Eric	294
45	Alan	288
46	Louis	279
47	Arthur	240
48	Craig	230
49	Philip	226
50	Albert	222
51	Matthew	214
52	Ralph	212
53	Carl	209
54	Larry	205
55	Russell	197
56	Martin	185
57	Frederick	181
57	Gerald	181
59	Barry	178
59	Howard	178
61	Eugene	174
61	Nicholas	174
63	Henry	164
64	Stanley	162
65	Harry	160
66	Leonard	158
67	Steve	150
68	Francis	147
69	Roger	140
70	Chris	138
71	Mike	137
72	Fred	134
73	Harold	130
74	Samuel	128
75	Theodore	127
76	Bill	126
77	Jerry	124
78	Jay	122
79	Jonathan	121
80	Alfred	120
80	Victor	120
82	Gerard	116
82	Jack	116
84	Todd	109
85	Tom	108
86	Edwin	107
87	Dean	103
87	Jose	103
87	Kurt	103
87	Marc	103
91	Joe	102
92	Jeff	101
93	Jim	99
93	Roy	99
95	Dale	97
95	Ernest	97
97	Guy	96
98	Glen	94
99	Norman	92
99	Randy	92