Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1962

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,399
2	Michael	3,154
3	Robert	3,029
4	James	2,313
5	David	2,305
6	William	1,955
7	Joseph	1,896
8	Thomas	1,815
9	Mark	1,576
10	Richard	1,557
11	Kevin	989
12	Anthony	983
13	Scott	957
14	Steven	946
15	Jeffrey	931
16	Kenneth	871
17	Edward	851
18	Paul	848
19	Charles	792
20	Brian	771
21	Christopher	756
22	Daniel	709
23	Stephen	692
24	Peter	681
25	Frank	652

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	632
27	Ronald	585
28	Gregory	584
29	Donald	578
30	Gary	566
31	Timothy	565
32	Douglas	486
33	Andrew	477
34	Glenn	457
35	Keith	437
36	Raymond	407
37	Eric	390
38	Vincent	355
39	Patrick	352
40	Bruce	302
41	Wayne	273
42	Dennis	270
43	Craig	267
44	Louis	262
45	Matthew	257
46	Walter	250
47	Alan	239
48	Todd	226
49	Lawrence	214
50	Philip	209
51	Barry	207
52	Carl	200
53	Martin	197
54	Frederick	189
55	Albert	182
55	Russell	182
57	Arthur	181
58	Chris	171
59	Francis	170
60	Gerald	169
60	Nicholas	169
62	Roger	168
63	Ralph	160
64	Jonathan	149
64	Larry	149
66	Eugene	143
67	Harry	142
68	Darryl	137
69	Henry	136
69	Jose	136
71	Leonard	134
71	Marc	134
73	Victor	131
74	Samuel	125
75	Harold	123
75	Theodore	123
77	Jerry	122
77	Steve	122
77	Troy	122
80	Gerard	121
81	Mike	117
82	Edwin	116
82	Howard	116
82	Jay	116
82	Randy	116
86	Glen	113
87	Dean	112
88	Joe	110
89	Jeff	107
90	Alfred	103
90	Fred	103
90	Stanley	103
93	Jeffery	102
94	Gregg	99
95	Jack	98
96	Allen	97
96	Ernest	97
98	Bill	96
98	Curtis	96
98	Roy	96