Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1954

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,363
2	Robert	1,355
3	Michael	1,149
4	David	1,134
5	James	1,006
6	Richard	948
7	William	909
8	Thomas	841
9	Mark	638
10	Joseph	580
11	Paul	528
12	Gary	520
13	Peter	459
14	Stephen	376
15	Edward	366
16	Steven	350
17	Charles	348
18	George	322
19	Kenneth	320
20	Jeffrey	314
21	Donald	311
22	Kevin	299
23	Ronald	292
24	Daniel	280
25	Bruce	269

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	235
27	Frank	227
28	Raymond	219
29	Brian	218
30	Timothy	209
31	Dennis	202
32	Wayne	170
33	Douglas	167
34	Gregory	165
35	Alan	160
36	Lawrence	142
37	Scott	141
38	Christopher	137
39	Francis	126
40	Frederick	125
41	Walter	124
42	Philip	122
43	Keith	119
44	Andrew	118
45	Arthur	117
46	Carl	104
47	Patrick	102
48	Ralph	101
49	Roger	100
50	Henry	99
51	Craig	97
52	Gerald	92
53	Glenn	91
53	Louis	91
55	Albert	86
56	Barry	79
57	Jonathan	78
57	Vincent	78
59	Russell	76
60	Harold	73
60	Martin	73
60	Nicholas	73
60	Theodore	73
64	Stanley	69
65	Larry	67
66	Alfred	65
66	Leonard	65
68	Marc	62
69	Eugene	61
70	Ernest	60
70	Harry	60
72	Matthew	59
73	Eric	56
74	Randy	51
75	Allen	50
76	Clifford	46
76	Howard	46
78	Bernard	42
78	Guy	42
78	Neil	42
78	Salvatore	42
82	Jon	40
82	Roy	40
82	Victor	40
85	Alexander	38
86	Jay	37
87	Dean	35
87	Gerard	35
87	Norman	35
87	Samuel	35
91	Fred	34
91	Gordon	34
91	Terry	34
94	Kim	33
95	Allan	32
95	Dale	32
95	Jack	32
98	Edwin	31
98	Lee	31
98	Warren	31