Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1946

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,472
2	John	1,357
3	Richard	1,072
4	William	964
5	James	871
6	Thomas	648
7	David	643
8	Michael	566
9	Joseph	543
10	Paul	432
11	Edward	410
12	Ronald	391
13	George	375
14	Peter	368
15	Charles	362
16	Donald	335
17	Frank	251
18	Kenneth	241
19	Raymond	238
20	Dennis	217
20	Gary	217
22	Daniel	207
23	Anthony	201
24	Stephen	195
25	Bruce	190

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alan	140
26	Roger	140
26	Walter	140
29	Arthur	138
30	Francis	137
30	Gerald	137
32	Douglas	134
33	Albert	123
34	Lawrence	120
35	Mark	112
36	Louis	111
37	Carl	109
37	Jeffrey	109
39	Frederick	107
40	Philip	106
41	Brian	104
42	Wayne	103
43	Gregory	100
44	Andrew	89
45	Ralph	88
46	Henry	85
46	Steven	85
48	Barry	82
49	Stanley	81
50	Russell	77
50	Vincent	77
52	Fred	74
53	Timothy	73
54	Alfred	70
54	Eugene	70
54	Leonard	70
57	Howard	67
58	Harry	65
58	Patrick	65
60	Harold	59
61	Martin	54
62	Larry	53
63	Theodore	52
64	Nicholas	50
64	Norman	50
66	Allen	49
67	Samuel	48
68	Christopher	45
69	Roy	44
70	Allan	43
70	Jonathan	43
72	Ernest	42
73	Craig	40
74	Clifford	39
75	Glenn	38
76	Bernard	36
77	Jack	33
77	Terry	33
79	Eric	32
80	Neil	31
81	Gordon	30
82	Lee	29
83	Alexander	28
83	Dale	28
83	Herbert	28
83	Jay	28
83	Kevin	28
83	Leslie	28
89	Chester	27
89	Jerry	27
89	Leo	27
89	Victor	27
93	Edwin	25
93	Joel	25
95	Warren	24
96	Leon	23
96	Lewis	23
96	Scott	23
96	Stuart	23
100	Keith	22
100	Roland	22