Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1937

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	932
2	John	728
3	Richard	584
4	William	515
5	Joseph	381
6	James	380
7	Edward	304
8	Donald	283
9	David	279
10	Thomas	252
11	Charles	244
12	George	206
13	Raymond	193
14	Michael	174
14	Ronald	174
16	Frank	165
17	Paul	163
18	Anthony	161
19	Peter	148
20	Arthur	114
21	Kenneth	102
22	Walter	99
23	Francis	93
24	Louis	91
25	Ralph	78

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	77
27	Albert	76
28	Lawrence	75
29	Daniel	73
30	Roger	70
31	Henry	68
32	Frederick	65
32	Harold	65
34	Philip	64
35	Eugene	61
36	Howard	58
37	Alfred	57
38	Vincent	56
39	Carl	55
40	Norman	54
41	Fred	52
42	Stephen	50
43	Leonard	49
44	Ernest	48
45	Bruce	47
45	Harry	47
45	Russell	47
48	Stanley	44
49	Martin	43
50	Andrew	42
51	Theodore	40
52	Alan	38
53	Leo	30
54	Allen	29
54	Clifford	29
56	Roland	28
56	Salvatore	28
58	Bernard	27
58	Nicholas	27
60	Edwin	26
61	Allan	25
61	Samuel	25
63	Alexander	23
63	Chester	23
63	Herbert	23
63	Jack	23
63	Wayne	23
68	Gordon	22
68	Patrick	22
68	Warren	22
71	Harvey	20
71	Matthew	20
71	Roy	20
71	Victor	20
75	Arnold	19
75	Douglas	19
75	Jerry	19
78	Gary	18
79	Brian	17
79	Larry	17
79	Leon	17
79	Lewis	17
83	Benjamin	16
83	Clarence	16
85	Earl	15
85	Gene	15
85	Joel	15
85	Jon	15
89	Jerome	14
89	Pasquale	14
89	Stuart	14
92	Angelo	13
92	Dennis	13
92	Maurice	13
92	Wesley	13
96	Dominic	12
96	Franklin	12
96	Gerard	12
96	Irving	12
96	Lee	12
96	Leroy	12
96	Mario	12
96	Neil	12
96	Rudolph	12