Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1965

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,267
2	John	3,114
3	Robert	2,784
4	James	2,215
5	David	2,112
6	Joseph	1,767
7	William	1,634
8	Thomas	1,618
9	Richard	1,488
10	Mark	1,155
11	Christopher	1,012
12	Paul	979
13	Anthony	972
14	Kevin	911
15	Steven	894
16	Scott	892
17	Jeffrey	889
18	Edward	852
18	Kenneth	852
20	Brian	821
21	Daniel	818
22	Charles	711
23	Timothy	649
24	Peter	631
25	Stephen	621

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eric	592
27	Frank	570
28	George	566
29	Ronald	562
30	Patrick	486
31	Andrew	484
32	Gary	465
33	Gregory	463
34	Donald	434
35	Keith	428
36	Douglas	401
37	Matthew	389
38	Raymond	382
39	Vincent	329
40	Glenn	285
41	Craig	269
42	Todd	265
43	Louis	244
44	Wayne	242
45	Walter	229
46	Lawrence	225
47	Dennis	215
48	Nicholas	214
49	Bruce	204
50	Darren	202
50	Rodney	202
52	Philip	199
53	Carl	198
54	Sean	181
55	Alan	171
55	Jonathan	171
55	Marc	171
58	Darryl	170
58	Frederick	170
60	Russell	161
61	Jose	160
62	Arthur	158
63	Gerald	156
64	Harry	134
65	Martin	131
66	Ralph	130
67	Leonard	129
68	Albert	128
69	Roger	125
70	Samuel	123
71	Barry	122
71	Francis	122
73	Henry	121
74	Chris	120
74	Victor	120
76	Eugene	119
77	Dean	114
77	Derrick	114
77	Edwin	114
80	Harold	112
81	Theodore	108
82	Shawn	106
83	Larry	104
83	Stanley	104
85	Darrin	103
85	Luis	103
87	Adam	100
88	Gerard	99
88	Jerry	99
90	Tyrone	98
91	Howard	97
92	Alexander	92
93	Kurt	91
93	Troy	91
95	Allen	90
96	Fred	89
96	Randy	89
98	Bryan	88
98	Jerome	88
100	Jay	87