Top 100 New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1938

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New Jersey, in 1938.

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1938


You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1938.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Robert. In total there were 25,467 boys born sharing 304 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1938 . How Unique explains how common it was to give a baby boy that name in that specific year. The total count is the total number of boy baby names this year, and the trend column tells you if this name gained or lost in popularity from the previous year. To see more historic data and insights about a specific name you can click on it.


Rank Name How Unique? Total births this year
1Robert1 in 12 (8.6%)2,185
2John1 in 14 (7%)1,794
3William1 in 18 (5.4%)1,387
4Richard1 in 24 (4.2%)1,068
5Joseph1 in 24 (4.2%)1,062
6James1 in 25 (4.1%)1,035
7Charles1 in 33 (3%)772
8Thomas1 in 36 (2.8%)707
9George1 in 38 (2.7%)675
10Edward1 in 38 (2.6%)662
11Donald1 in 44 (2.3%)581
12Frank1 in 47 (2.1%)547
13Ronald1 in 49 (2.1%)525
14David1 in 54 (1.8%)471
15Michael1 in 57 (1.7%)445
16Anthony1 in 61 (1.6%)415
17Raymond1 in 70 (1.4%)366
18Peter1 in 80 (1.2%)317
19Paul1 in 81 (1.2%)314
20Kenneth1 in 85 (1.2%)300
21Walter1 in 87 (1.2%)294
22Arthur1 in 94 (1.1%)271
23Louis1 in 114 (0.9%)224
24Albert1 in 123 (0.8%)207
25Fred1 in 131 (0.8%)194
26Daniel1 in 132 (0.8%)193
27Henry1 in 140 (0.7%)182
28Harry1 in 148 (0.7%)172
29Carl1 in 153 (0.7%)166
30Harold1 in 155 (0.6%)164
31Eugene1 in 155 (0.6%)164
32Vincent1 in 159 (0.6%)160
33Francis1 in 161 (0.6%)158
34Ralph1 in 165 (0.6%)154
35Gerald1 in 170 (0.6%)150
36Stephen1 in 174 (0.6%)146
37Howard1 in 176 (0.6%)145
38Lawrence1 in 181 (0.6%)141
39Philip1 in 194 (0.5%)131
40Alfred1 in 202 (0.5%)126
41Frederick1 in 204 (0.5%)125
42Stanley1 in 209 (0.5%)122
43Martin1 in 210 (0.5%)121
44Leonard1 in 212 (0.5%)120
45Theodore1 in 220 (0.5%)116
46Bruce1 in 221 (0.5%)115
47Roger1 in 225 (0.4%)113
48Jack1 in 229 (0.4%)111
49Andrew1 in 243 (0.4%)105
50Norman1 in 247 (0.4%)103
51Ernest1 in 257 (0.4%)99
52Nicholas1 in 268 (0.4%)95
53Herbert1 in 271 (0.4%)94
54Russell1 in 274 (0.4%)93
55Alan1 in 280 (0.4%)91
56Jerry1 in 286 (0.3%)89
57Bernard1 in 327 (0.3%)78
58Patrick1 in 331 (0.3%)77
59Douglas1 in 340 (0.3%)75
60Samuel1 in 340 (0.3%)75
61Allan1 in 369 (0.3%)69
62Edwin1 in 369 (0.3%)69
63Barry1 in 404 (0.2%)63
64Larry1 in 411 (0.2%)62
65Victor1 in 417 (0.2%)61
66Wayne1 in 424 (0.2%)60
67Salvatore1 in 424 (0.2%)60
68Lewis1 in 424 (0.2%)60
69Gary1 in 432 (0.2%)59
70Warren1 in 439 (0.2%)58
71Roy1 in 463 (0.2%)55
72Allen1 in 472 (0.2%)54
73Dennis1 in 472 (0.2%)54
74Leroy1 in 490 (0.2%)52
75Arnold1 in 520 (0.2%)49
76Earl1 in 520 (0.2%)49
77Leon1 in 531 (0.2%)48
78Alexander1 in 542 (0.2%)47
79Harvey1 in 542 (0.2%)47
80Marvin1 in 542 (0.2%)47
81Neil1 in 542 (0.2%)47
82Gerard1 in 554 (0.2%)46
83Gordon1 in 579 (0.2%)44
84Jerome1 in 592 (0.2%)43
85Benjamin1 in 606 (0.2%)42
86Melvin1 in 621 (0.2%)41
87Clarence1 in 621 (0.2%)41
88Herman1 in 670 (0.1%)38
89Joel1 in 670 (0.1%)38
90Lee1 in 688 (0.1%)37
91Karl1 in 688 (0.1%)37
92Edmund1 in 688 (0.1%)37
93Dominick1 in 688 (0.1%)37
94Leo1 in 707 (0.1%)36
95Steve1 in 749 (0.1%)34
96Joe1 in 749 (0.1%)34
97Gene1 in 749 (0.1%)34
98Chester1 in 749 (0.1%)34
99Angelo1 in 749 (0.1%)34
100Carmen1 in 796 (0.1%)32


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