Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,241
2	John	1,138
3	Richard	966
4	William	854
5	James	719
6	Joseph	562
7	Thomas	558
8	David	530
9	Edward	429
10	Michael	390
11	George	362
11	Ronald	362
13	Charles	353
14	Paul	315
15	Peter	300
16	Donald	293
17	Raymond	256
18	Frank	251
19	Anthony	224
20	Kenneth	202
21	Arthur	174
22	Stephen	164
22	Walter	164
24	Francis	152
25	Daniel	146

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Philip	142
27	Gerald	134
28	Dennis	130
29	Gary	127
30	Roger	125
31	Albert	120
32	Louis	117
33	Bruce	113
34	Lawrence	111
35	Henry	105
36	Frederick	104
37	Ralph	100
38	Fred	98
39	Douglas	93
40	Carl	92
41	Vincent	89
42	Harold	82
43	Andrew	81
43	Stanley	81
45	Alan	72
45	Norman	72
47	Howard	70
47	Russell	70
49	Eugene	68
50	Alfred	66
50	Theodore	66
52	Brian	65
53	Nicholas	64
53	Wayne	64
55	Harry	61
56	Martin	60
57	Barry	59
57	Jeffrey	59
59	Allen	48
59	Ernest	48
59	Jack	48
62	Mark	47
63	Leonard	45
63	Steven	45
65	Bernard	42
65	Timothy	42
67	Herbert	40
67	Roy	40
69	Jerry	39
69	Patrick	39
69	Victor	39
72	Alexander	37
72	Allan	37
74	Larry	34
75	Clifford	33
75	Salvatore	33
77	Edwin	32
78	Lee	30
79	Gordon	29
80	Gerard	28
81	Leon	27
81	Roland	27
83	Joel	26
84	Christopher	24
84	Earl	24
84	Gene	24
84	Kevin	24
84	Phillip	24
84	Samuel	24
90	Jon	23
90	Leo	23
90	Leroy	23
90	Malcolm	23
94	Jerome	22
95	Everett	21
95	Franklin	21
95	Harvey	21
95	Warren	21
99	Arnold	20
99	Chester	20
99	Gregory	20
99	Matthew	20