Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1951

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,331
2	John	1,330
3	Richard	923
4	James	846
5	William	836
6	Michael	806
7	David	788
8	Thomas	786
9	Joseph	586
10	Gary	526
11	Paul	448
12	Peter	417
13	Edward	404
14	Mark	385
15	Charles	344
16	Stephen	321
17	George	297
18	Donald	288
19	Ronald	281
20	Kenneth	257
21	Bruce	253
22	Dennis	242
23	Anthony	227
24	Daniel	225
25	Frank	213

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	189
27	Raymond	181
28	Jeffrey	160
29	Gregory	159
30	Timothy	157
31	Douglas	153
32	Wayne	150
33	Francis	145
33	Lawrence	145
35	Brian	143
36	Kevin	142
37	Alan	141
38	Philip	133
39	Christopher	120
39	Walter	120
41	Frederick	117
42	Gerald	114
43	Roger	113
44	Andrew	109
45	Arthur	106
45	Louis	106
47	Stanley	97
48	Vincent	94
49	Henry	91
49	Ralph	91
51	Barry	88
52	Russell	85
53	Craig	83
54	Albert	78
55	Carl	77
56	Glenn	74
56	Patrick	74
58	Keith	67
59	Scott	66
60	Larry	65
61	Leonard	64
62	Eugene	63
63	Nicholas	62
63	Theodore	62
65	Martin	61
66	Alfred	59
66	Jonathan	59
68	Harold	57
69	Ernest	52
70	Harry	49
71	Clifford	48
72	Howard	47
73	Allen	44
73	Eric	44
75	Dale	40
76	Matthew	39
77	Fred	38
78	Victor	36
79	Bernard	35
79	Lee	35
79	Roy	35
82	Gordon	34
82	Samuel	34
84	Alexander	33
85	Norman	32
86	Joel	30
86	Randall	30
86	Warren	30
89	Edwin	29
89	Marc	29
89	Stuart	29
92	Allan	28
92	Neil	28
94	Jack	27
94	Jay	27
96	Earl	25
96	Guy	25
96	Phillip	25
99	Dean	24
99	Herbert	24
99	Karl	24