Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,564
2	John	1,690
3	Robert	1,603
4	Christopher	1,585
5	David	1,440
6	James	1,393
7	Brian	1,163
8	Joseph	1,139
9	William	1,048
10	Thomas	899
11	Richard	846
12	Daniel	725
13	Jason	723
14	Kevin	712
15	Scott	708
16	Anthony	700
17	Mark	643
18	Jeffrey	635
19	Matthew	623
20	Eric	622
21	Steven	585
22	Paul	518
23	Edward	488
24	Charles	462
25	Kenneth	422

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Peter	422
27	Stephen	418
28	Keith	388
29	Gregory	384
30	Sean	368
31	Frank	361
32	George	360
33	Andrew	351
34	Timothy	349
35	Ronald	319
36	Jose	294
37	Shawn	283
38	Craig	271
39	Jonathan	264
40	Todd	254
41	Patrick	249
42	Douglas	246
43	Raymond	226
44	Marc	212
45	Donald	199
46	Adam	197
47	Ryan	196
48	Luis	195
48	Vincent	195
50	Gary	186
51	Dennis	183
52	Christian	179
53	Bryan	164
54	Nicholas	157
55	Louis	154
56	Juan	144
57	Carlos	137
57	Walter	137
59	Jermaine	124
60	Erik	121
60	Glenn	121
62	Carl	120
62	Victor	120
64	Philip	114
65	Alexander	112
66	Lawrence	109
66	Troy	109
68	Samuel	106
69	Angel	105
69	Wayne	105
71	Albert	104
72	Derek	103
73	Darren	102
74	Antonio	100
75	Frederick	98
76	Chad	96
77	Edwin	95
77	Russell	95
79	Corey	92
79	Derrick	92
79	Justin	92
82	Benjamin	91
83	Henry	89
84	Andre	87
85	Kyle	85
85	Marcus	85
87	Arthur	84
88	Joshua	82
88	Tyrone	82
90	Larry	81
90	Martin	81
92	Aaron	79
92	Jeremy	79
94	Brett	76
94	Francis	76
96	Eugene	75
96	Harry	75
98	Leonard	73
98	Ralph	73
100	Bruce	72
100	Jesse	72
100	Manuel	72