Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1960

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

RankNameBabies
1John3,362
2Michael3,148
3Robert2,979
4James2,439
5David2,334
6Thomas1,977
7William1,926
8Joseph1,864
9Mark1,770
10Richard1,684
11Steven1,071
12Kevin981
13Kenneth973
14Anthony905
15Edward893
16Paul891
17Brian835
18Charles813
18Jeffrey813
20Frank723
21Peter720
22Daniel691
23Christopher678
24Donald662
25George642
RankNameBabies
26Stephen638
27Scott633
28Ronald625
29Timothy608
30Gary567
31Gregory547
32Andrew445
33Raymond431
34Keith407
35Douglas398
36Bruce372
37Eric367
38Glenn360
39Craig339
40Patrick338
41Dennis309
42Vincent300
43Matthew291
44Wayne276
45Louis273
46Lawrence271
47Walter263
48Alan253
49Philip247
50Carl235
51Russell217
52Martin199
53Nicholas193
54Albert188
55Steve187
56Arthur185
57Barry182
58Larry176
59Harry175
60Ralph171
61Frederick168
62Samuel160
63Gerald159
64Mike155
65Francis154
66Eugene153
67Chris148
68Fred147
69Leonard145
70Henry143
71Stanley135
72Darryl132
73Victor131
74Jack128
75Harold127
76Theodore126
77Gerard124
77Howard124
77Randy124
80Jay123
80Jeff123
80Roger123
83Edwin118
83Jerry118
85Todd115
86Dean110
86Roy110
88Marc109
89Jose107
90Alfred105
90Bill105
92Jonathan103
93Tom97
94Tony94
95Curtis93
95Tyrone93
97Jim91
97Joe91
99Karl90
100Dale88
100Warren88