Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1949

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,302
2	John	1,238
3	William	859
4	Richard	854
5	James	823
6	David	732
7	Michael	709
8	Thomas	675
9	Joseph	550
10	Paul	400
11	Edward	380
12	Peter	347
13	Charles	341
14	Donald	316
15	Ronald	310
16	Gary	303
17	George	288
18	Kenneth	254
18	Stephen	254
20	Mark	244
21	Frank	215
22	Anthony	211
23	Bruce	210
24	Dennis	200
25	Raymond	199

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Daniel	198
27	Steven	162
28	Lawrence	155
29	Philip	144
30	Jeffrey	135
31	Francis	134
32	Timothy	132
33	Alan	129
34	Douglas	128
34	Walter	128
36	Gregory	125
37	Frederick	121
38	Arthur	118
38	Gerald	118
40	Wayne	117
41	Roger	114
42	Brian	106
43	Albert	99
44	Kevin	96
45	Louis	92
46	Carl	91
46	Ralph	91
48	Henry	87
49	Vincent	86
50	Christopher	83
51	Harold	78
52	Stanley	77
53	Howard	73
54	Barry	70
54	Leonard	70
54	Patrick	70
57	Russell	68
57	Theodore	68
59	Andrew	64
59	Eugene	64
59	Larry	64
59	Nicholas	64
63	Harry	63
63	Martin	63
65	Glenn	53
66	Jonathan	52
67	Craig	51
68	Ernest	47
69	Norman	46
70	Alfred	44
70	Allen	44
72	Jack	41
73	Eric	37
73	Keith	37
73	Samuel	37
76	Allan	36
77	Clifford	35
77	Roy	35
77	Warren	35
80	Fred	34
81	Alexander	33
81	Lee	33
83	Scott	32
84	Neil	31
85	Salvatore	30
86	Jay	29
87	Leo	28
88	Leon	27
89	Gordon	26
89	Stuart	26
91	Bernard	25
91	Lewis	25
93	Marc	24
94	Arnold	23
94	Leslie	23
94	Matthew	23
94	Victor	23
98	Randall	22
99	Dale	21
99	Herbert	21
99	Jerry	21
99	Jon	21
99	Phillip	21