Top 100 New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1939

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New Jersey, in 1939.

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1939


You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1939.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Robert. In total there were 25,684 boys born sharing 302 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1939 . 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%)2,197
2John1 in 14 (7.3%)1,887
3William1 in 18 (5.6%)1,437
4Richard1 in 21 (4.7%)1,209
5Joseph1 in 25 (4.1%)1,043
6James1 in 25 (4%)1,037
7Thomas1 in 34 (3%)760
8Charles1 in 37 (2.7%)699
9George1 in 39 (2.6%)665
10Edward1 in 39 (2.6%)657
11Donald1 in 47 (2.1%)548
12Frank1 in 47 (2.1%)545
13Ronald1 in 50 (2%)516
14David1 in 50 (2%)514
15Michael1 in 61 (1.6%)422
16Anthony1 in 69 (1.5%)374
17Raymond1 in 75 (1.3%)344
18Paul1 in 81 (1.2%)317
19Peter1 in 81 (1.2%)316
20Kenneth1 in 82 (1.2%)312
21Walter1 in 91 (1.1%)281
22Arthur1 in 109 (0.9%)236
23Louis1 in 110 (0.9%)233
24Albert1 in 117 (0.9%)220
25Henry1 in 127 (0.8%)203
26Harry1 in 129 (0.8%)199
27Gerald1 in 143 (0.7%)180
28Lawrence1 in 151 (0.7%)170
29Stephen1 in 156 (0.6%)165
30Harold1 in 156 (0.6%)165
31Daniel1 in 161 (0.6%)160
32Francis1 in 162 (0.6%)159
33Ralph1 in 164 (0.6%)157
34Fred1 in 166 (0.6%)155
35Eugene1 in 168 (0.6%)153
36Vincent1 in 168 (0.6%)153
37Howard1 in 175 (0.6%)147
38Frederick1 in 177 (0.6%)145
39Alfred1 in 178 (0.6%)144
40Bruce1 in 187 (0.5%)137
41Philip1 in 190 (0.5%)135
42Carl1 in 195 (0.5%)132
43Jack1 in 211 (0.5%)122
44Stanley1 in 211 (0.5%)122
45Nicholas1 in 216 (0.5%)119
46Roger1 in 220 (0.5%)117
47Martin1 in 227 (0.4%)113
48Leonard1 in 229 (0.4%)112
49Alan1 in 229 (0.4%)112
50Dennis1 in 238 (0.4%)108
51Andrew1 in 245 (0.4%)105
52Samuel1 in 245 (0.4%)105
53Patrick1 in 247 (0.4%)104
54Theodore1 in 259 (0.4%)99
55Norman1 in 265 (0.4%)97
56Herbert1 in 268 (0.4%)96
57Wayne1 in 268 (0.4%)96
58Douglas1 in 285 (0.4%)90
59Ernest1 in 299 (0.3%)86
60Gary1 in 309 (0.3%)83
61Bernard1 in 325 (0.3%)79
62Barry1 in 342 (0.3%)75
63Russell1 in 342 (0.3%)75
64Jerry1 in 352 (0.3%)73
65Warren1 in 367 (0.3%)70
66Allan1 in 383 (0.3%)67
67Larry1 in 408 (0.2%)63
68Salvatore1 in 435 (0.2%)59
69Allen1 in 435 (0.2%)59
70Jerome1 in 467 (0.2%)55
71Edwin1 in 476 (0.2%)54
72Gerard1 in 494 (0.2%)52
73Melvin1 in 494 (0.2%)52
74Victor1 in 504 (0.2%)51
75Arnold1 in 524 (0.2%)49
76Earl1 in 535 (0.2%)48
77Dominick1 in 535 (0.2%)48
78Roy1 in 546 (0.2%)47
79Leroy1 in 571 (0.2%)45
80Neil1 in 584 (0.2%)44
81Angelo1 in 597 (0.2%)43
82Clifford1 in 597 (0.2%)43
83Alexander1 in 642 (0.2%)40
84Joel1 in 659 (0.2%)39
85Lewis1 in 659 (0.2%)39
86Steven1 in 676 (0.1%)38
87Leon1 in 694 (0.1%)37
88Joe1 in 734 (0.1%)35
89Benjamin1 in 778 (0.1%)33
90Clarence1 in 778 (0.1%)33
91Leo1 in 778 (0.1%)33
92Marvin1 in 778 (0.1%)33
93Franklin1 in 803 (0.1%)32
94Harvey1 in 803 (0.1%)32
95Lester1 in 829 (0.1%)31
96Jay1 in 829 (0.1%)31
97Gordon1 in 856 (0.1%)30
98Lee1 in 856 (0.1%)30
99Stuart1 in 856 (0.1%)30
100Matthew1 in 886 (0.1%)29


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