Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names From 1940

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1940

You're currently viewing the most popular boy baby names in 1940.

Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was Robert. In total there were 27,166 boys born sharing 316 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1940 . 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
1	Robert	1 in 13 (8%)	2,168
2	John	1 in 13 (7.7%)	2,089
3	William	1 in 18 (5.4%)	1,469
4	Richard	1 in 22 (4.6%)	1,259
5	James	1 in 24 (4.2%)	1,133
6	Joseph	1 in 25 (4.1%)	1,104
7	Thomas	1 in 32 (3.1%)	845
8	Charles	1 in 36 (2.8%)	765
9	George	1 in 40 (2.5%)	680
10	Edward	1 in 40 (2.5%)	671
11	Frank	1 in 47 (2.1%)	574
12	David	1 in 50 (2%)	545
13	Michael	1 in 51 (2%)	532
14	Ronald	1 in 54 (1.8%)	501
15	Donald	1 in 55 (1.8%)	490
16	Anthony	1 in 67 (1.5%)	408
17	Peter	1 in 75 (1.3%)	361
18	Paul	1 in 76 (1.3%)	358
19	Raymond	1 in 81 (1.2%)	335
20	Kenneth	1 in 86 (1.2%)	317
21	Walter	1 in 88 (1.1%)	308
22	Arthur	1 in 112 (0.9%)	242
23	Louis	1 in 125 (0.8%)	217
24	Henry	1 in 128 (0.8%)	212
25	Albert	1 in 129 (0.8%)	211
26	Harry	1 in 129 (0.8%)	210
27	Gerald	1 in 134 (0.7%)	203
28	Daniel	1 in 144 (0.7%)	189
29	Fred	1 in 149 (0.7%)	182
30	Stephen	1 in 150 (0.7%)	181
31	Lawrence	1 in 153 (0.7%)	178
32	Carl	1 in 156 (0.6%)	174
33	Bruce	1 in 161 (0.6%)	169
34	Harold	1 in 167 (0.6%)	163
35	Vincent	1 in 168 (0.6%)	162
36	Frederick	1 in 169 (0.6%)	161
37	Ralph	1 in 173 (0.6%)	157
38	Eugene	1 in 176 (0.6%)	154
39	Francis	1 in 180 (0.6%)	151
40	Howard	1 in 181 (0.6%)	150
41	Dennis	1 in 184 (0.5%)	148
42	Philip	1 in 195 (0.5%)	139
43	Roger	1 in 203 (0.5%)	134
44	Alfred	1 in 206 (0.5%)	132
45	Stanley	1 in 207 (0.5%)	131
46	Andrew	1 in 236 (0.4%)	115
47	Martin	1 in 238 (0.4%)	114
48	Nicholas	1 in 243 (0.4%)	112
49	Theodore	1 in 243 (0.4%)	112
50	Leonard	1 in 252 (0.4%)	108
51	Gary	1 in 252 (0.4%)	108
52	Norman	1 in 256 (0.4%)	106
53	Douglas	1 in 264 (0.4%)	103
54	Jack	1 in 274 (0.4%)	99
55	Russell	1 in 286 (0.3%)	95
56	Ernest	1 in 286 (0.3%)	95
57	Barry	1 in 292 (0.3%)	93
58	Larry	1 in 295 (0.3%)	92
59	Wayne	1 in 302 (0.3%)	90
60	Alan	1 in 305 (0.3%)	89
61	Herbert	1 in 312 (0.3%)	87
62	Patrick	1 in 320 (0.3%)	85
63	Samuel	1 in 340 (0.3%)	80
64	Bernard	1 in 348 (0.3%)	78
65	Jerry	1 in 357 (0.3%)	76
66	Salvatore	1 in 405 (0.2%)	67
67	Allan	1 in 405 (0.2%)	67
68	Victor	1 in 453 (0.2%)	60
69	Allen	1 in 468 (0.2%)	58
70	Edwin	1 in 485 (0.2%)	56
71	Warren	1 in 494 (0.2%)	55
72	Roy	1 in 494 (0.2%)	55
73	Matthew	1 in 522 (0.2%)	52
74	Arnold	1 in 543 (0.2%)	50
75	Melvin	1 in 543 (0.2%)	50
76	Earl	1 in 554 (0.2%)	49
77	Jeffrey	1 in 566 (0.2%)	48
78	Clifford	1 in 591 (0.2%)	46
79	Lewis	1 in 632 (0.2%)	43
80	Gerard	1 in 647 (0.2%)	42
81	Benjamin	1 in 647 (0.2%)	42
82	Mark	1 in 679 (0.1%)	40
83	Leroy	1 in 679 (0.1%)	40
84	Jerome	1 in 679 (0.1%)	40
85	Gordon	1 in 679 (0.1%)	40
86	Glenn	1 in 679 (0.1%)	40
87	Brian	1 in 679 (0.1%)	40
88	Alexander	1 in 697 (0.1%)	39
89	Carmen	1 in 697 (0.1%)	39
90	Clarence	1 in 697 (0.1%)	39
91	Neil	1 in 715 (0.1%)	38
92	Jay	1 in 734 (0.1%)	37
93	Milton	1 in 734 (0.1%)	37
94	Joel	1 in 776 (0.1%)	35
95	Marvin	1 in 776 (0.1%)	35
96	Angelo	1 in 799 (0.1%)	34
97	Franklin	1 in 799 (0.1%)	34
98	Joe	1 in 799 (0.1%)	34
99	Lee	1 in 799 (0.1%)	34
100	Steven	1 in 799 (0.1%)	34