Most popular boys’ names in New Jersey, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	2,644
2	Christopher	1,605
3	Matthew	1,328
4	Joseph	1,179
5	Robert	1,170
6	Daniel	1,165
7	John	1,164
8	David	1,128
9	Jason	992
10	James	957
11	Brian	909
12	Anthony	764
13	William	758
14	Ryan	721
15	Thomas	704
16	Andrew	639
17	Kevin	610
18	Steven	599
19	Jonathan	591
20	Richard	526
21	Eric	519
22	Jeffrey	514
23	Justin	500
24	Nicholas	469
25	Mark	461

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	454
27	Adam	412
28	Gregory	406
29	Timothy	405
30	Joshua	394
31	Sean	387
32	Patrick	367
33	Paul	342
34	Scott	336
35	Peter	317
36	Charles	316
37	Kenneth	292
38	Edward	276
39	Kyle	275
40	Jose	242
41	Keith	208
42	Frank	205
43	Alexander	192
43	George	192
45	Luis	191
46	Jesse	180
46	Vincent	180
48	Bryan	175
49	Carlos	164
50	Brandon	163
51	Aaron	162
52	Douglas	159
53	Raymond	158
54	Shawn	157
55	Benjamin	156
56	Gary	148
57	Ronald	146
58	Christian	139
58	Jeremy	139
60	Philip	135
61	Craig	134
62	Donald	133
63	Marc	132
64	Ian	128
65	Samuel	123
66	Juan	116
67	Dennis	111
68	Louis	109
69	Jared	108
70	Erik	104
70	Evan	104
72	Angel	100
72	Victor	100
74	Antonio	99
74	Travis	99
76	Brett	97
77	Derek	96
78	Joel	95
78	Miguel	95
80	Marcus	94
81	Andre	91
82	Zachary	86
83	Francis	83
84	Edwin	81
84	Shaun	81
86	Todd	80
87	Lawrence	77
87	Maurice	77
89	Carl	76
90	Russell	74
91	Alan	73
91	Roberto	73
93	Jacob	72
94	Alex	70
94	Phillip	70
96	Wayne	69
97	Gabriel	65
97	Jorge	65
97	Walter	65
100	Albert	63