Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,525
2	Christopher	1,326
3	David	1,323
4	Jason	1,192
5	John	1,172
6	Robert	1,164
7	Joseph	1,079
8	James	1,053
9	Brian	1,006
10	Daniel	817
11	Matthew	772
12	William	761
13	Thomas	692
14	Kevin	684
15	Richard	620
16	Anthony	592
17	Jeffrey	510
18	Timothy	480
19	Eric	479
20	Ryan	476
20	Steven	476
22	Mark	433
23	Scott	416
24	Nicholas	408
25	Andrew	384

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Paul	379
27	Stephen	356
28	Charles	352
29	Peter	347
30	Gregory	338
31	Adam	321
31	Edward	321
33	Jonathan	316
34	Joshua	306
35	Sean	295
36	Kenneth	288
37	Keith	285
38	Patrick	280
39	Jose	276
40	Justin	261
41	Frank	237
42	George	232
43	Douglas	198
44	Shaun	196
45	Ronald	189
46	Shawn	186
47	Bryan	183
48	Todd	179
49	Luis	174
50	Craig	172
51	Raymond	167
52	Aaron	166
53	Carlos	154
54	Vincent	152
55	Jeremy	149
56	Christian	139
57	Juan	138
57	Marc	138
59	Gary	136
60	Donald	134
61	Benjamin	133
62	Dennis	132
63	Alexander	119
63	Angel	119
65	Philip	117
66	Louis	113
67	Victor	111
68	Jesse	101
69	Kyle	98
70	Erik	96
71	Omar	92
72	Corey	90
72	Lawrence	90
72	Samuel	90
75	Joel	89
76	Edwin	82
77	Carl	81
78	Wayne	80
79	Ian	79
80	Albert	77
81	Derrick	76
82	Derek	75
83	Walter	74
84	Andre	72
85	Arthur	71
85	Frederick	71
85	Hector	71
85	Miguel	71
89	Antonio	69
89	Brett	69
89	Randy	69
92	Martin	68
93	Jorge	66
94	Manuel	64
94	Russell	64
96	Jacob	63
97	Henry	62
97	Phillip	62
99	Francis	61
99	Rafael	61