Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1917

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,076
2	Joseph	788
3	William	651
4	Edward	471
5	George	445
6	Robert	401
7	Frank	392
8	Charles	345
9	James	322
10	Walter	286
11	Anthony	252
12	Michael	231
13	Stanley	230
14	Louis	202
15	Henry	199
16	Thomas	196
17	Francis	181
18	Paul	177
19	Peter	176
20	Raymond	170
21	Albert	162
22	Arthur	153
22	Harold	153
24	Richard	131
25	Harry	122

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Donald	108
27	Frederick	100
28	Stephen	98
29	Ernest	97
30	Alexander	90
30	David	90
30	Vincent	90
33	Andrew	89
34	Alfred	87
34	Nicholas	87
34	Ralph	87
37	Russell	80
37	Theodore	80
39	Lawrence	79
40	Daniel	78
41	Howard	77
42	Kenneth	71
43	Leonard	70
43	Philip	70
43	Salvatore	70
46	Samuel	67
47	Carl	59
48	Fred	58
49	Bernard	57
50	Herbert	56
51	Chester	53
51	Leo	53
53	Norman	52
54	Eugene	50
54	Irving	50
56	Edwin	49
56	Jack	49
58	Benjamin	47
58	Clifford	47
60	Victor	44
61	Earl	43
62	Clarence	41
62	Dominic	41
64	Angelo	39
65	Steve	36
66	Edmund	34
66	Julius	34
68	Milton	33
69	Alex	32
70	Martin	31
71	Maurice	30
72	Dominick	29
72	Elmer	29
72	Gerald	29
72	Roger	29
76	Emil	28
76	Leon	28
78	Everett	27
78	Herman	27
78	Mario	27
78	Sidney	27
82	Lester	26
83	Rocco	25
84	Pasquale	24
85	Alphonse	23
85	Franklin	23
87	Arnold	22
87	Warren	22
89	Felix	21
89	Matthew	21
89	Patrick	21
89	Roland	21
93	Morris	20
93	Patsy	20
93	Steven	20
96	Allen	19
96	Lewis	19
96	Sebastian	19
96	Wesley	19
100	Gordon	18
100	Jacob	18
100	Leroy	18