Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,349
2	Robert	1,282
3	David	1,093
4	Michael	1,025
5	James	974
6	Richard	932
7	William	866
8	Thomas	853
9	Joseph	627
10	Gary	563
11	Paul	519
12	Mark	493
13	Edward	415
14	Peter	410
15	Stephen	375
16	Charles	342
17	Donald	328
18	Kenneth	312
19	Ronald	288
20	Jeffrey	285
21	Daniel	283
22	George	281
23	Steven	280
24	Kevin	246
25	Dennis	244

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	237
27	Anthony	224
28	Brian	200
29	Raymond	193
30	Frank	187
31	Douglas	171
32	Alan	169
33	Wayne	160
34	Gregory	155
34	Lawrence	155
36	Timothy	150
37	Christopher	141
38	Walter	124
39	Arthur	123
39	Francis	123
41	Philip	117
42	Andrew	112
43	Ralph	111
44	Roger	108
45	Patrick	105
46	Louis	102
47	Keith	100
47	Scott	100
49	Henry	95
50	Albert	89
51	Carl	87
52	Frederick	86
53	Craig	83
53	Gerald	83
53	Glenn	83
56	Barry	80
57	Eugene	79
57	Vincent	79
59	Nicholas	78
59	Russell	78
61	Howard	71
62	Leonard	70
62	Martin	70
64	Eric	68
65	Jonathan	67
66	Stanley	64
67	Theodore	61
68	Ernest	59
69	Larry	55
70	Alfred	54
70	Harold	54
72	Norman	52
73	Harry	48
74	Guy	45
75	Clifford	42
75	Gordon	42
77	Roy	40
78	Jay	39
79	Bernard	38
80	Matthew	37
80	Samuel	37
82	Randy	36
83	Fred	35
83	Warren	35
85	Allan	32
85	Allen	32
85	Dean	32
85	Lee	32
85	Marc	32
90	Curtis	31
90	Edwin	31
90	Jerry	31
93	Leo	30
94	Karl	29
94	Stuart	29
94	Victor	29
97	Glen	28
97	Neil	28
99	Bradford	27
99	Herbert	27
99	Lewis	27