Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1968

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,012
2	John	2,546
3	Robert	2,315
4	David	2,018
5	James	1,896
6	Joseph	1,497
7	William	1,429
8	Thomas	1,256
9	Richard	1,245
10	Christopher	1,204
11	Mark	1,090
12	Anthony	980
13	Brian	893
14	Scott	820
15	Jeffrey	791
16	Kevin	762
17	Steven	743
18	Daniel	736
19	Paul	663
20	Edward	648
21	Charles	637
22	Eric	612
23	Kenneth	584
24	Stephen	572
25	Timothy	559

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	533
27	Matthew	525
28	Andrew	481
29	Frank	470
30	George	465
31	Ronald	458
32	Gregory	422
33	Keith	415
34	Patrick	403
35	Sean	374
36	Gary	347
37	Donald	346
38	Douglas	341
39	Raymond	332
40	Todd	319
41	Craig	270
42	Vincent	248
43	Jose	238
44	Dennis	216
45	Jonathan	208
46	Glenn	195
47	Shawn	193
48	Louis	190
49	Walter	188
50	Lawrence	184
51	Wayne	173
52	Marc	166
52	Nicholas	166
54	Gerald	144
55	Bruce	142
56	Carl	140
57	Philip	139
58	Darren	136
58	Troy	136
60	Jason	134
60	Russell	134
62	Albert	131
63	Rodney	129
63	Samuel	129
65	Alan	126
65	Arthur	126
67	Bryan	125
67	Luis	125
67	Martin	125
70	Victor	123
71	Frederick	121
72	Dean	116
73	Adam	115
74	Eugene	113
74	Francis	113
76	Harry	105
77	Carlos	104
78	Henry	102
79	Edwin	99
79	Juan	99
81	Erik	98
81	Howard	98
81	Theodore	98
84	Harold	96
84	Larry	96
84	Roger	96
87	Derrick	95
88	Christian	92
89	Ralph	89
90	Alexander	87
90	Barry	87
92	Allen	86
92	Leonard	86
94	Dwayne	83
95	Angel	81
96	Benjamin	80
97	Darryl	79
97	Jay	79
99	Andre	76
100	Chris	75
100	Jerry	75
100	Joel	75