Top 100 New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1959

// These were the most popular boy baby names in New Jersey, in 1959.

The Most Popular New Jersey Boy Baby Names in 1959


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Topping the charts on position #1 this year in New Jersey was John. In total there were 61,253 boys born sharing 533 unique names. The names are sorted by popularity, with the #1 position being the most popular baby name in 1959 . 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
1John1 in 18 (5.4%)3,337
2Robert1 in 20 (5.1%)3,118
3Michael1 in 20 (5%)3,082
4James1 in 25 (4%)2,450
5David1 in 28 (3.6%)2,210
6William1 in 30 (3.4%)2,072
7Joseph1 in 33 (3.1%)1,880
8Thomas1 in 33 (3%)1,863
9Richard1 in 35 (2.9%)1,773
10Mark1 in 39 (2.5%)1,556
11Kevin1 in 61 (1.6%)997
12Steven1 in 62 (1.6%)988
13Paul1 in 63 (1.6%)965
14Edward1 in 66 (1.5%)929
15Kenneth1 in 69 (1.5%)890
16Charles1 in 70 (1.4%)880
17Anthony1 in 70 (1.4%)871
18Jeffrey1 in 78 (1.3%)782
19Brian1 in 80 (1.3%)770
20Peter1 in 83 (1.2%)740
21George1 in 83 (1.2%)737
22Frank1 in 89 (1.1%)685
23Daniel1 in 94 (1.1%)652
24Donald1 in 96 (1%)638
25Ronald1 in 96 (1%)637
26Stephen1 in 98 (1%)623
27Gary1 in 99 (1%)618
28Timothy1 in 100 (1%)615
29Scott1 in 103 (1%)595
30Christopher1 in 108 (0.9%)569
31Gregory1 in 124 (0.8%)495
32Raymond1 in 139 (0.7%)440
33Bruce1 in 154 (0.7%)399
34Douglas1 in 154 (0.6%)397
35Keith1 in 160 (0.6%)383
36Eric1 in 167 (0.6%)367
37Patrick1 in 170 (0.6%)360
38Glenn1 in 184 (0.5%)332
39Dennis1 in 185 (0.5%)331
40Andrew1 in 186 (0.5%)329
41Wayne1 in 198 (0.5%)309
42Craig1 in 210 (0.5%)291
43Lawrence1 in 213 (0.5%)287
44Walter1 in 216 (0.5%)284
45Vincent1 in 219 (0.5%)280
46Louis1 in 220 (0.5%)279
47Matthew1 in 233 (0.4%)263
48Philip1 in 247 (0.4%)248
49Alan1 in 249 (0.4%)246
50Arthur1 in 264 (0.4%)232
51Carl1 in 278 (0.4%)220
52Barry1 in 292 (0.3%)210
53Russell1 in 299 (0.3%)205
54Francis1 in 313 (0.3%)196
55Albert1 in 314 (0.3%)195
56Harry1 in 314 (0.3%)195
57Frederick1 in 317 (0.3%)193
58Larry1 in 319 (0.3%)192
59Henry1 in 319 (0.3%)192
60Martin1 in 324 (0.3%)189
61Eugene1 in 344 (0.3%)178
62Ralph1 in 354 (0.3%)173
63Mike1 in 358 (0.3%)171
64Howard1 in 365 (0.3%)168
65Chris1 in 403 (0.2%)152
66Nicholas1 in 403 (0.2%)152
67Steve1 in 420 (0.2%)146
68Fred1 in 422 (0.2%)145
69Gerald1 in 428 (0.2%)143
70Samuel1 in 441 (0.2%)139
71Edwin1 in 447 (0.2%)137
72Harold1 in 447 (0.2%)137
73Stanley1 in 454 (0.2%)135
74Victor1 in 454 (0.2%)135
75Randy1 in 464 (0.2%)132
76Leonard1 in 468 (0.2%)131
77Jerry1 in 498 (0.2%)123
78Marc1 in 506 (0.2%)121
79Bill1 in 510 (0.2%)120
80Gerard1 in 515 (0.2%)119
81Jay1 in 515 (0.2%)119
82Joe1 in 515 (0.2%)119
83Jonathan1 in 519 (0.2%)118
84Alfred1 in 519 (0.2%)118
85Roy1 in 542 (0.2%)113
86Jim1 in 547 (0.2%)112
87Todd1 in 552 (0.2%)111
88Roger1 in 567 (0.2%)108
89Theodore1 in 572 (0.2%)107
90Jack1 in 578 (0.2%)106
91Tom1 in 613 (0.2%)100
92Jeff1 in 613 (0.2%)100
93Allen1 in 625 (0.2%)98
94Jose1 in 625 (0.2%)98
95Ernest1 in 631 (0.2%)97
96Dean1 in 652 (0.2%)94
97Jerome1 in 659 (0.2%)93
98Bernard1 in 673 (0.1%)91
99Ricky1 in 681 (0.1%)90
100Darryl1 in 681 (0.1%)90


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