Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1916

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	993
2	Joseph	737
3	William	556
4	Edward	416
5	Frank	387
6	George	365
7	Robert	342
8	James	336
9	Charles	323
10	Anthony	240
11	Michael	230
12	Walter	218
13	Stanley	212
14	Henry	207
15	Louis	200
16	Thomas	189
17	Francis	180
18	Raymond	173
19	Albert	170
20	Arthur	148
21	Richard	145
22	Peter	144
23	Harry	124
24	Paul	121
25	Andrew	112

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	105
27	Frederick	99
27	Ralph	99
29	Vincent	97
30	Harold	95
31	Donald	94
32	Alfred	93
32	Ernest	93
34	Daniel	82
35	Carl	79
35	Nicholas	79
37	Fred	78
38	David	76
39	Kenneth	74
40	Howard	72
41	Samuel	68
42	Philip	64
42	Russell	64
44	Bernard	53
45	Norman	51
46	Benjamin	50
46	Theodore	50
48	Alexander	49
48	Eugene	49
48	Herbert	49
48	Salvatore	49
52	Lawrence	48
53	Chester	47
54	Victor	44
55	Leo	42
55	Leonard	42
57	Irving	40
58	Dominic	39
59	Angelo	38
59	Julius	38
61	Edwin	37
61	Milton	37
63	Martin	36
64	Clifford	34
64	Edmund	34
66	Pasquale	33
67	Everett	31
68	Alex	30
68	Leon	30
70	Clarence	29
70	Matthew	29
70	Sidney	29
73	Morris	28
74	Elmer	26
74	Rocco	26
76	Herman	25
76	Jack	25
78	Dominick	24
78	Earl	24
78	Gordon	24
78	Lester	24
78	Rudolph	24
83	Felix	23
83	Patsy	23
85	Arnold	22
85	Steve	22
87	Emil	21
87	Sam	21
89	Edgar	19
89	Lewis	19
91	Maurice	18
92	Burton	17
92	Lloyd	17
94	Roger	16
95	Abraham	15
95	Clayton	15
95	Gerald	15
95	Gerard	15
95	Gilbert	15
95	Jacob	15
95	Tony	15
95	Warren	15