Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	948
2	John	821
3	Richard	718
4	William	578
5	Joseph	416
6	James	415
7	David	368
8	Thomas	320
9	Edward	280
10	Donald	260
11	George	247
12	Michael	221
13	Charles	219
14	Ronald	214
15	Paul	201
15	Peter	201
17	Raymond	183
18	Frank	175
19	Anthony	147
20	Kenneth	119
21	Arthur	117
22	Francis	105
23	Roger	101
24	Frederick	96
25	Walter	94

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gerald	90
26	Stephen	90
28	Louis	88
29	Bruce	86
30	Lawrence	85
31	Albert	84
31	Daniel	84
33	Henry	77
34	Ralph	75
35	Philip	64
36	Carl	63
37	Ernest	58
38	Andrew	57
39	Howard	56
40	Dennis	55
40	Harry	55
42	Eugene	54
43	Norman	53
43	Vincent	53
45	Alan	52
45	Fred	52
47	Harold	51
48	Leonard	49
49	Theodore	47
49	Wayne	47
51	Nicholas	46
51	Stanley	46
53	Alfred	45
53	Gary	45
55	Brian	40
56	Jack	38
56	Russell	38
58	Allan	35
58	Douglas	35
60	Barry	34
60	Martin	34
62	Larry	30
63	Clifford	29
64	Bernard	26
64	Mark	26
64	Samuel	26
64	Timothy	26
68	Patrick	25
69	Roy	24
70	Alexander	23
71	Edmund	21
71	Edwin	21
71	Jerry	21
71	Leo	21
71	Victor	21
76	Arnold	20
76	Joel	20
76	Neil	20
76	Roland	20
80	Herbert	19
80	Salvatore	19
80	Stuart	19
83	Guy	18
83	Maurice	18
83	Steven	18
83	Warren	18
87	Clarence	17
87	Gordon	17
87	Jon	17
90	Allen	16
90	Eric	16
90	Gilbert	16
90	Jeffrey	16
90	Jerome	16
90	Leon	16
96	Christopher	15
96	Gregory	15
96	Lewis	15
99	Glenn	14
99	Lee	14
99	Wilfred	14