Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1945

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,163
2	John	1,031
3	Richard	916
4	William	761
5	James	671
6	Thomas	542
7	David	486
8	Joseph	485
9	Edward	384
10	Michael	366
11	Paul	319
12	Peter	318
13	Donald	309
14	George	296
15	Charles	290
16	Ronald	278
17	Kenneth	221
18	Frank	203
19	Anthony	194
20	Raymond	192
21	Gary	171
22	Stephen	156
23	Daniel	151
24	Dennis	136
25	Arthur	131

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alan	130
27	Roger	127
28	Bruce	119
28	Walter	119
30	Francis	118
31	Lawrence	114
32	Henry	109
33	Frederick	105
34	Gerald	99
35	Louis	95
36	Philip	94
37	Albert	87
38	Jeffrey	86
39	Wayne	85
40	Douglas	83
41	Mark	82
42	Carl	80
43	Ralph	79
44	Brian	72
45	Leonard	71
46	Andrew	63
47	Stanley	61
48	Eugene	60
48	Vincent	60
50	Harry	58
51	Harold	57
51	Larry	57
51	Russell	57
51	Steven	57
55	Theodore	56
56	Nicholas	52
57	Alfred	49
57	Fred	49
59	Martin	48
59	Timothy	48
61	Patrick	47
62	Barry	46
62	Ernest	46
62	Roy	46
65	Howard	45
66	Allen	42
66	Norman	42
68	Gregory	41
69	Allan	39
69	Edwin	39
71	Clifford	38
72	Gordon	36
73	Jonathan	33
74	Bernard	32
74	Christopher	32
76	Jack	31
76	Samuel	31
76	Victor	31
79	Kevin	30
79	Roland	30
79	Terry	30
82	Craig	29
83	Eric	28
84	Warren	27
85	Earl	26
86	Joel	25
87	Gene	24
87	Jerry	24
89	Alexander	23
89	Gerard	23
91	Lee	22
91	Leslie	22
91	Lewis	22
91	Matthew	22
95	Salvatore	21
96	Keith	20
96	Leo	20
96	Neil	20
99	Arnold	19
99	Benjamin	19