Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,548
2	Christopher	1,329
3	David	1,276
4	Jason	1,249
5	John	1,228
6	Robert	1,170
7	Brian	1,138
8	Joseph	1,093
9	James	1,014
10	Daniel	840
11	William	803
12	Matthew	786
13	Thomas	761
14	Kevin	752
15	Anthony	715
16	Richard	614
17	Jeffrey	520
18	Eric	500
19	Mark	469
20	Steven	457
21	Scott	451
22	Timothy	448
23	Ryan	442
24	Andrew	402
25	Paul	383

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	379
27	Charles	360
28	Stephen	354
29	Gregory	336
30	Peter	334
31	Keith	330
32	Jonathan	321
33	Sean	311
34	Kenneth	302
35	George	261
36	Adam	260
37	Jose	255
38	Frank	245
39	Patrick	242
40	Joshua	236
41	Justin	225
42	Shawn	214
43	Nicholas	208
44	Bryan	192
45	Raymond	186
46	Ronald	180
47	Douglas	173
47	Jeremy	173
49	Dennis	171
50	Marc	168
51	Craig	165
52	Todd	163
53	Donald	159
54	Luis	156
55	Vincent	151
56	Gary	148
57	Alexander	145
58	Carlos	140
59	Benjamin	129
60	Christian	127
61	Philip	124
62	Aaron	115
63	Samuel	112
64	Juan	109
65	Louis	108
66	Lawrence	96
67	Joel	94
67	Russell	94
67	Victor	94
70	Corey	91
71	Derek	90
71	Jesse	90
71	Omar	90
74	Edwin	84
75	Angel	83
75	Erik	83
75	Miguel	83
78	Ian	81
79	Albert	78
80	Andre	75
80	Kyle	75
82	Alan	74
82	Dwayne	74
82	Frederick	74
85	Henry	73
86	Alex	72
87	Walter	70
88	Jared	69
89	Wayne	67
90	Phillip	66
90	Shaun	66
92	Chad	65
92	Gerald	65
92	Randy	65
95	Antonio	64
96	Carl	63
96	Glenn	63
96	Harry	63
96	Nelson	63
100	Arthur	62
100	Jamie	62
100	Maurice	62