Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1970

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,051
2	John	2,258
3	Robert	2,232
4	David	2,010
5	James	1,817
6	Joseph	1,480
7	Christopher	1,452
8	William	1,403
9	Thomas	1,189
10	Richard	1,149
11	Brian	1,085
12	Jeffrey	949
13	Anthony	905
14	Scott	904
15	Mark	884
16	Kevin	872
17	Daniel	821
18	Steven	791
19	Eric	705
20	Paul	686
21	Matthew	648
22	Edward	611
23	Charles	606
24	Kenneth	593
25	Jason	585

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Peter	533
27	Stephen	517
28	Gregory	495
29	Timothy	474
30	Andrew	451
31	George	447
32	Frank	432
32	Ronald	432
34	Sean	428
35	Patrick	389
36	Keith	381
37	Craig	351
38	Jose	312
39	Douglas	311
40	Shawn	310
41	Raymond	309
42	Todd	302
43	Donald	287
44	Marc	284
45	Gary	258
46	Vincent	257
47	Jonathan	249
48	Dennis	232
49	Louis	207
50	Glenn	197
51	Adam	175
52	Lawrence	174
53	Walter	169
54	Nicholas	160
55	Alexander	156
55	Darren	156
57	Luis	154
57	Victor	154
59	Wayne	152
60	Philip	150
61	Carl	142
62	Frederick	140
63	Russell	138
64	Christian	137
64	Troy	137
66	Albert	133
67	Bryan	131
68	Eugene	128
69	Carlos	127
70	Henry	122
70	Samuel	122
72	Angel	118
73	Erik	117
74	Bruce	114
74	Francis	114
76	Andre	113
76	Juan	113
78	Alan	112
78	Edwin	112
80	Tyrone	111
81	Gerald	109
82	Arthur	102
82	Roger	102
84	Antonio	97
84	Harry	97
84	Theodore	97
87	Larry	94
88	Glen	93
89	Corey	92
89	Dean	92
89	Martin	92
92	Harold	91
93	Aaron	90
93	Benjamin	90
93	Derek	90
96	Jerry	89
96	Leonard	89
96	Rodney	89
96	Willie	89
100	Marcus	88