Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,624
2	John	1,485
3	Richard	1,033
4	William	1,027
5	James	918
6	Thomas	781
7	David	776
8	Joseph	624
9	Michael	619
10	Paul	453
11	Ronald	414
12	Peter	409
13	Edward	406
14	George	372
15	Charles	371
16	Donald	361
17	Frank	279
18	Kenneth	275
19	Gary	266
20	Dennis	240
21	Anthony	234
21	Raymond	234
23	Daniel	225
24	Stephen	220
25	Bruce	191

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alan	163
27	Walter	161
28	Lawrence	156
29	Gregory	152
30	Mark	151
31	Louis	148
32	Gerald	143
32	Wayne	143
34	Roger	142
35	Philip	139
36	Arthur	131
37	Francis	125
37	Jeffrey	125
39	Douglas	124
40	Steven	122
41	Albert	111
42	Brian	109
42	Henry	109
44	Carl	104
44	Frederick	104
46	Vincent	98
47	Andrew	97
48	Ralph	96
49	Howard	93
50	Leonard	88
51	Barry	85
51	Harold	85
53	Timothy	82
54	Fred	81
54	Theodore	81
56	Russell	80
57	Norman	76
57	Patrick	76
59	Eugene	75
60	Nicholas	73
61	Harry	71
62	Christopher	70
62	Stanley	70
64	Glenn	69
65	Martin	67
66	Larry	66
67	Alfred	60
68	Allen	58
68	Kevin	58
70	Ernest	55
71	Craig	53
72	Roy	47
73	Jonathan	46
74	Keith	45
75	Allan	40
75	Jay	40
77	Jack	39
78	Bernard	38
78	Clifford	38
80	Samuel	37
81	Lee	36
82	Eric	34
83	Terry	32
84	Edwin	31
84	Leo	31
86	Joel	30
86	Matthew	30
86	Phillip	30
86	Salvatore	30
86	Warren	30
91	Gordon	29
92	Earl	28
92	Gerard	28
94	Jerome	27
94	Lewis	27
94	Scott	27
97	Gene	26
97	Jerry	26
97	Rodney	26
97	Roland	26