Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,462
2	John	1,421
3	Christopher	1,397
4	David	1,319
5	Robert	1,285
6	Brian	1,232
7	Jason	1,164
8	James	1,082
9	Joseph	1,047
10	William	958
11	Thomas	786
12	Daniel	781
13	Anthony	691
14	Matthew	680
15	Richard	663
16	Eric	570
17	Kevin	566
18	Jeffrey	565
19	Scott	555
20	Mark	548
21	Steven	509
22	Edward	394
23	Peter	392
24	Charles	385
25	Paul	378

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Keith	373
27	Timothy	359
28	Gregory	358
29	Andrew	357
30	Stephen	349
31	Sean	322
32	Jonathan	307
33	Kenneth	304
34	Jose	277
35	Ryan	276
36	Frank	273
37	George	271
38	Ronald	265
39	Shawn	244
40	Patrick	238
41	Adam	236
42	Todd	214
43	Dennis	210
44	Douglas	207
45	Craig	189
46	Raymond	188
47	Donald	181
48	Marc	180
49	Bryan	176
50	Joshua	174
50	Nicholas	174
52	Luis	173
53	Gary	171
54	Alexander	168
55	Vincent	167
56	Christian	148
57	Jeremy	142
58	Justin	140
59	Carlos	135
60	Philip	128
61	Juan	125
62	Louis	123
63	Angel	116
64	Erik	114
64	Walter	114
66	Aaron	111
67	Benjamin	108
68	Victor	105
69	Lawrence	103
70	Samuel	101
71	Wayne	99
72	Miguel	97
73	Antonio	94
73	Russell	94
75	Glenn	92
76	Darren	88
77	Derek	87
78	Frederick	86
79	Albert	84
79	Edwin	84
81	Hector	82
81	Jermaine	82
83	Henry	81
84	Jesse	80
84	Kyle	80
86	Alan	79
87	Arthur	75
88	Larry	74
89	Brett	73
89	Gerald	73
91	Andre	72
91	Ian	72
93	Corey	71
93	Rodney	71
93	Tyrone	71
96	Damon	70
96	Phillip	70
98	Eugene	69
98	Jorge	69
98	Troy	69