Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1950

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,253
2	John	1,200
3	William	859
4	Richard	820
5	David	801
6	James	767
7	Michael	700
8	Thomas	686
9	Joseph	546
10	Paul	425
11	Edward	388
12	Gary	349
13	Charles	341
14	Peter	338
15	Mark	321
16	Ronald	306
17	Donald	296
18	George	261
19	Stephen	231
20	Kenneth	228
21	Dennis	214
22	Bruce	212
23	Anthony	207
24	Daniel	204
25	Raymond	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Frank	179
27	Alan	176
28	Steven	170
29	Douglas	149
30	Lawrence	147
31	Jeffrey	142
32	Brian	134
33	Kevin	132
34	Francis	129
35	Gregory	128
36	Frederick	125
37	Roger	124
38	Timothy	120
39	Wayne	116
40	Philip	114
41	Arthur	112
42	Louis	111
43	Andrew	96
43	Gerald	96
45	Walter	95
46	Vincent	91
47	Christopher	87
48	Henry	85
49	Ralph	84
50	Albert	83
51	Stanley	82
52	Carl	79
53	Nicholas	74
54	Russell	69
55	Leonard	68
56	Barry	65
56	Martin	65
58	Alfred	62
58	Harold	62
58	Patrick	62
61	Howard	61
62	Eugene	60
63	Keith	58
64	Glenn	57
64	Jonathan	57
64	Larry	57
67	Craig	56
67	Theodore	56
69	Scott	54
70	Harry	53
71	Norman	51
72	Eric	45
73	Clifford	40
74	Ernest	38
74	Roy	38
76	Allen	37
76	Fred	37
78	Salvatore	36
79	Lee	35
79	Victor	35
81	Edwin	34
82	Gordon	33
82	Jack	33
84	Warren	31
85	Neil	30
86	Alexander	28
86	Matthew	28
86	Samuel	28
89	Guy	27
89	Stuart	27
91	Bernard	26
91	Dale	26
93	Allan	25
93	Jon	25
95	Gene	24
95	Randall	24
97	Earl	23
97	Roland	23
99	Karl	22
100	Dean	21
100	Jerry	21
100	Marc	21