Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1966

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,133
2	John	2,946
3	Robert	2,520
4	James	2,148
5	David	2,023
6	Joseph	1,776
7	William	1,585
8	Thomas	1,470
9	Richard	1,403
10	Christopher	1,212
11	Anthony	1,020
12	Mark	969
13	Jeffrey	897
14	Steven	886
15	Scott	871
16	Brian	867
17	Paul	851
18	Kevin	845
19	Kenneth	770
20	Daniel	762
21	Edward	760
22	Charles	668
23	Timothy	655
24	Stephen	613
25	Eric	576

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	554
27	Frank	529
28	Ronald	528
29	Gregory	509
30	George	508
31	Keith	462
32	Andrew	453
33	Patrick	449
34	Gary	430
35	Matthew	398
36	Donald	381
37	Douglas	351
38	Raymond	348
39	Vincent	317
40	Sean	276
41	Craig	273
42	Glenn	242
43	Todd	236
44	Louis	214
45	Dennis	212
45	Walter	212
47	Lawrence	210
48	Rodney	207
49	Wayne	195
50	Jose	193
51	Carl	185
52	Nicholas	180
53	Jonathan	179
54	Bruce	177
55	Philip	175
56	Darren	172
57	Frederick	162
58	Albert	153
59	Alan	149
59	Gerald	149
61	Marc	143
62	Darryl	142
63	Arthur	137
64	Harry	134
64	Russell	134
66	Dean	131
67	Ralph	130
68	Luis	128
69	Victor	127
70	Chris	125
71	Theodore	123
72	Francis	120
73	Henry	117
73	Samuel	117
75	Shawn	113
76	Martin	111
77	Howard	109
78	Barry	106
78	Bryan	106
80	Troy	104
81	Andre	103
81	Eugene	103
83	Adam	102
83	Derrick	102
85	Larry	97
85	Leonard	97
87	Edwin	95
88	Jay	94
88	Juan	94
90	Roger	93
91	Randy	91
92	Tyrone	88
93	Carlos	87
94	Erik	86
95	Antonio	85
95	Darrin	85
95	Harold	85
98	Ernest	84
98	Kurt	84
98	Stanley	84