Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,405
2	John	1,462
3	Christopher	1,400
4	Robert	1,393
5	Brian	1,280
6	David	1,233
7	James	1,225
8	Joseph	1,040
9	William	1,038
10	Jason	885
11	Thomas	796
12	Daniel	775
13	Richard	707
14	Matthew	665
15	Anthony	657
15	Mark	657
17	Kevin	640
18	Scott	592
19	Jeffrey	585
20	Eric	582
21	Steven	494
22	Charles	427
23	Paul	419
24	Edward	406
25	Kenneth	378

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	363
27	Peter	362
28	Keith	355
29	Andrew	346
30	Gregory	345
31	Sean	338
32	Timothy	317
33	Jose	303
34	Frank	302
35	George	298
36	Jonathan	280
37	Patrick	277
38	Ronald	271
39	Shawn	263
40	Craig	226
41	Todd	223
42	Douglas	208
43	Vincent	201
44	Donald	200
45	Dennis	195
45	Raymond	195
47	Adam	192
48	Nicholas	180
49	Gary	179
50	Ryan	178
51	Marc	171
52	Bryan	170
53	Christian	159
53	Luis	159
55	Alexander	150
56	Juan	147
57	Louis	146
58	Joshua	143
59	Carlos	141
60	Victor	131
61	Aaron	115
61	Justin	115
63	Jermaine	113
64	Angel	109
64	Erik	109
64	Philip	109
67	Samuel	106
68	Albert	105
68	Lawrence	105
70	Jeremy	104
71	Benjamin	101
71	Walter	101
73	Andre	96
73	Frederick	96
75	Edwin	95
76	Arthur	94
77	Darren	93
78	Alan	92
79	Antonio	91
80	Brett	87
80	Francis	87
80	Wayne	87
83	Troy	85
84	Carl	83
84	Glenn	83
86	Bruce	81
87	Gerald	80
87	Martin	80
89	Larry	79
90	Eugene	78
91	Harry	77
91	Joel	77
93	Chad	76
94	Derek	74
95	Corey	73
96	Henry	72
97	Derrick	70
97	Miguel	70
97	Theodore	70
100	Leonard	69
100	Russell	69