Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,572
2	Christopher	1,462
3	David	1,154
3	Joseph	1,154
5	John	1,138
6	Matthew	1,088
7	Robert	1,066
8	Jason	997
9	James	982
10	Brian	955
11	Daniel	954
12	William	753
13	Anthony	712
14	Thomas	704
15	Ryan	654
16	Richard	617
17	Kevin	598
18	Jonathan	579
19	Steven	530
20	Justin	525
21	Jeffrey	521
22	Eric	496
23	Nicholas	479
24	Andrew	452
25	Timothy	432

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	402
27	Joshua	398
28	Sean	391
29	Paul	384
30	Adam	375
31	Scott	369
32	Charles	353
33	Patrick	317
34	Peter	315
35	Stephen	314
36	Gregory	300
37	Edward	291
38	Jose	283
39	Kenneth	260
40	Keith	229
41	George	225
42	Frank	216
43	Benjamin	194
44	Bryan	189
44	Luis	189
46	Shawn	183
47	Jesse	182
48	Alexander	177
49	Ronald	169
50	Vincent	165
51	Aaron	164
51	Douglas	164
53	Raymond	163
54	Jeremy	162
55	Gary	159
56	Craig	150
57	Kyle	139
58	Carlos	137
59	Christian	132
60	Philip	126
61	Juan	123
62	Brandon	122
63	Jared	120
64	Shaun	119
65	Dennis	118
65	Donald	118
67	Erik	115
68	Louis	113
69	Marc	112
70	Derek	110
70	Victor	110
72	Samuel	107
73	Ian	101
74	Angel	100
75	Brett	97
76	Todd	91
77	Omar	90
78	Edwin	89
79	Phillip	88
80	Antonio	86
81	Corey	83
82	Lawrence	82
83	Francis	80
84	Joel	77
85	Andre	75
86	Carl	72
86	Evan	72
86	Russell	72
89	Henry	71
89	Wayne	71
91	Alan	70
91	Chad	70
93	Miguel	69
94	Albert	68
94	Jacob	68
96	Marcus	67
96	Walter	67
98	Jordan	64
99	Alex	62
99	Frederick	62