Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1948

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,375
2	John	1,294
3	William	910
4	Richard	882
5	James	877
6	Thomas	738
7	David	708
8	Michael	628
9	Joseph	580
10	Paul	396
11	Edward	390
12	Peter	388
13	Charles	359
14	George	341
15	Donald	311
16	Ronald	309
17	Gary	292
18	Kenneth	270
19	Frank	264
20	Stephen	263
21	Bruce	236
22	Anthony	234
23	Daniel	222
24	Dennis	215
25	Raymond	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	202
27	Lawrence	153
28	Alan	149
29	Steven	146
30	Arthur	144
31	Philip	139
32	Louis	138
33	Jeffrey	135
34	Gregory	134
35	Francis	131
36	Walter	130
37	Roger	123
37	Wayne	123
39	Douglas	118
40	Gerald	115
41	Brian	109
41	Frederick	109
43	Andrew	98
44	Albert	93
44	Henry	93
46	Carl	92
47	Vincent	89
48	Timothy	86
49	Ralph	84
50	Kevin	76
51	Stanley	75
52	Fred	73
53	Leonard	72
54	Howard	69
54	Nicholas	69
54	Russell	69
57	Eugene	67
57	Harold	67
59	Patrick	65
60	Larry	64
61	Glenn	63
62	Christopher	61
63	Martin	60
63	Theodore	60
65	Craig	58
65	Harry	58
67	Jonathan	56
68	Barry	54
68	Ernest	54
70	Alfred	53
71	Clifford	49
72	Allen	47
73	Roy	43
74	Edwin	40
74	Norman	40
76	Salvatore	39
77	Lee	38
78	Eric	34
78	Marc	34
80	Jay	33
80	Keith	33
80	Victor	33
83	Allan	32
84	Bernard	31
84	Warren	31
86	Samuel	30
87	Alexander	29
87	Gerard	29
87	Leo	29
90	Chester	27
90	Gordon	27
90	Jack	27
90	Jon	27
90	Phillip	27
90	Stuart	27
96	Earl	26
96	Herbert	26
96	Leon	26
99	Jerry	25
99	Joel	25