Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,543
2	Christopher	1,317
3	David	1,211
4	Robert	1,194
5	John	1,190
6	Jason	1,082
7	James	1,076
8	Brian	1,067
9	Joseph	1,021
10	Daniel	861
11	William	790
12	Matthew	733
13	Thomas	664
14	Anthony	643
15	Kevin	588
16	Richard	577
17	Eric	561
18	Jeffrey	517
19	Steven	492
20	Mark	439
21	Timothy	429
22	Scott	428
23	Paul	391
24	Ryan	369
25	Stephen	361

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	349
27	Gregory	344
28	Andrew	343
29	Sean	341
30	Peter	340
31	Charles	338
32	Kenneth	314
33	Jonathan	298
34	Keith	296
35	Jose	266
36	Frank	256
37	Patrick	252
38	Shawn	245
39	George	243
40	Adam	238
41	Ronald	204
42	Joshua	202
43	Todd	190
44	Donald	184
45	Justin	182
46	Bryan	178
47	Marc	174
48	Raymond	166
49	Nicholas	164
50	Gary	163
51	Benjamin	160
51	Craig	160
51	Douglas	160
54	Dennis	155
54	Luis	155
56	Vincent	154
57	Jeremy	153
58	Christian	146
59	Carlos	141
60	Juan	137
61	Alexander	132
62	Aaron	124
63	Philip	111
63	Samuel	111
65	Victor	110
66	Erik	98
67	Angel	97
67	Antonio	97
69	Louis	95
70	Jesse	93
71	Walter	91
72	Damon	89
73	Ian	87
74	Corey	85
75	Kyle	82
76	Andre	81
77	Jamie	79
78	Brett	78
78	Wayne	78
80	Chad	77
81	Albert	75
81	Edwin	75
81	Lawrence	75
84	Jermaine	74
85	Arthur	73
86	Frederick	72
86	Miguel	72
88	Derek	69
88	Francis	69
88	Hector	69
91	Larry	68
92	Derrick	67
93	Omar	66
94	Russell	65
94	Troy	65
96	Tyrone	64
97	Darren	63
97	Glenn	63
97	Henry	63
97	Theodore	63