Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1963

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,455
2	Michael	3,136
3	Robert	3,019
4	James	2,309
5	David	2,285
6	Joseph	1,908
7	William	1,876
8	Thomas	1,752
9	Richard	1,638
10	Mark	1,521
11	Paul	1,058
12	Kevin	1,011
13	Scott	976
14	Anthony	966
15	Kenneth	909
16	Jeffrey	888
16	Steven	888
18	Edward	885
19	Christopher	844
20	Brian	817
21	Charles	810
21	Daniel	810
23	Ronald	692
24	Stephen	667
25	Frank	666

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	617
27	George	613
28	Peter	606
29	Gregory	593
30	Gary	558
31	Donald	551
32	Douglas	471
33	Eric	447
34	Andrew	423
35	Glenn	402
35	Patrick	402
37	Keith	394
38	Raymond	392
39	Vincent	364
40	Bruce	300
41	Todd	297
42	Matthew	293
43	Louis	285
44	Dennis	266
45	Lawrence	248
46	Craig	242
47	Wayne	234
48	Alan	223
49	Walter	220
50	Carl	209
51	Philip	206
52	Gerald	193
53	Nicholas	191
54	Albert	186
55	Barry	171
56	Jose	170
56	Russell	170
58	Francis	167
59	Jonathan	166
59	Martin	166
61	Ralph	163
62	Eugene	160
63	Henry	158
64	Victor	148
65	Chris	144
66	Arthur	140
66	Frederick	140
66	Larry	140
69	Harry	138
70	Darryl	137
71	Roger	134
71	Theodore	134
73	Edwin	132
74	Marc	129
75	Gerard	126
76	Howard	125
77	Harold	121
78	Jay	118
78	Leonard	118
80	Sean	116
81	Troy	114
82	Mike	113
83	Samuel	112
83	Steve	112
85	Dwayne	109
86	Dean	108
87	Jeff	105
88	Kurt	104
89	Roy	102
90	Jerome	100
91	Allen	98
91	Ernest	98
93	Curtis	96
94	Jim	94
94	Karl	94
96	Adam	93
96	Shawn	93
98	Jack	92
99	Randy	91
99	Tom	91