Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	879
2	John	760
3	Richard	663
4	William	540
5	James	417
6	Joseph	394
7	Thomas	300
8	David	296
9	Edward	279
10	Donald	268
11	Charles	241
12	George	240
13	Ronald	213
14	Michael	190
15	Frank	189
16	Peter	182
17	Raymond	175
18	Anthony	148
19	Paul	139
20	Kenneth	113
21	Francis	112
22	Walter	99
23	Arthur	95
24	Gerald	94
25	Albert	90

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Roger	88
27	Louis	84
28	Ralph	78
29	Daniel	75
30	Henry	73
31	Lawrence	70
32	Harold	66
33	Bruce	65
34	Stephen	64
35	Frederick	62
36	Alan	61
37	Eugene	58
38	Fred	56
39	Norman	55
39	Stanley	55
41	Andrew	54
41	Philip	54
41	Vincent	54
44	Alfred	53
45	Wayne	51
46	Howard	48
46	Leonard	48
48	Dennis	47
49	Carl	46
50	Gary	44
50	Harry	44
52	Theodore	43
53	Salvatore	38
54	Patrick	37
55	Russell	36
56	Ernest	34
57	Bernard	30
58	Allan	29
58	Jack	29
60	Martin	28
61	Earl	27
61	Nicholas	27
61	Victor	27
64	Arnold	26
64	Brian	26
66	Douglas	25
66	Lee	25
66	Warren	25
69	Allen	24
69	Jerry	24
69	Roy	24
72	Angelo	22
72	Clifford	22
72	Herbert	22
75	Barry	20
75	Edmund	20
75	Leon	20
75	Samuel	20
79	Alexander	19
80	Edwin	17
80	Joel	17
80	Jon	17
80	Steven	17
84	Gordon	16
84	Harvey	16
84	Larry	16
84	Roland	16
88	Jerome	15
88	Leo	15
88	Matthew	15
88	Timothy	15
92	Benjamin	14
92	Glenn	14
92	Mark	14
92	Melvin	14
92	Rodney	14
97	Craig	13
97	Dale	13
97	Gene	13
97	Guy	13
97	Leroy	13
97	Lester	13
97	Lewis	13