Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,480
2	Michael	3,378
3	Robert	3,215
4	James	2,432
5	David	2,396
6	William	1,923
7	Joseph	1,886
8	Thomas	1,758
9	Richard	1,680
10	Mark	1,643
11	Kevin	1,005
12	Paul	978
13	Jeffrey	974
14	Steven	970
15	Anthony	959
16	Kenneth	947
17	Charles	911
18	Edward	835
19	Daniel	785
20	Brian	767
21	Christopher	749
22	Frank	719
23	Scott	699
24	Stephen	696
25	Peter	691

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	689
27	Gary	638
28	Ronald	622
29	Donald	602
30	Timothy	599
31	Gregory	531
32	Glenn	466
33	Douglas	449
34	Raymond	428
35	Andrew	418
36	Keith	414
37	Patrick	389
38	Bruce	355
39	Eric	349
40	Craig	312
41	Wayne	304
42	Vincent	290
43	Lawrence	287
44	Dennis	284
45	Louis	259
46	Matthew	256
47	Philip	253
48	Walter	251
49	Alan	249
50	Arthur	217
51	Carl	215
52	Ralph	207
52	Todd	207
54	Albert	197
55	Gerald	188
56	Larry	185
57	Russell	179
58	Nicholas	178
59	Barry	172
60	Martin	170
61	Leonard	161
62	Chris	160
63	Frederick	159
64	Francis	158
65	Eugene	157
65	Mike	157
67	Henry	155
67	Victor	155
69	Jonathan	153
70	Steve	144
71	Roger	143
72	Jeff	141
73	Edwin	138
74	Samuel	137
75	Harry	132
76	Darryl	131
76	Howard	131
78	Stanley	128
79	Gerard	126
79	Harold	126
79	Marc	126
82	Randy	123
83	Jack	122
83	Jerry	122
85	Jose	116
86	Dean	114
87	Fred	110
88	Alfred	109
88	Phillip	109
90	Sean	108
90	Theodore	108
92	Joe	105
93	Tom	104
94	Jay	103
95	Guy	97
96	Kurt	96
97	Dwayne	94
97	Roy	94
97	Troy	94
100	Alexander	92
100	Bill	92