Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1955

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,448
2	David	1,344
3	John	1,323
4	Michael	1,152
5	James	984
6	William	924
7	Richard	896
8	Thomas	797
9	Mark	697
10	Joseph	620
11	Gary	521
12	Paul	509
13	Peter	457
14	Stephen	402
15	Edward	392
16	Steven	383
17	Jeffrey	365
18	Daniel	332
19	Charles	324
20	Donald	323
21	Kevin	321
22	George	319
23	Kenneth	274
24	Bruce	258
25	Ronald	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	240
27	Brian	237
28	Raymond	225
29	Timothy	209
30	Frank	200
31	Gregory	197
32	Dennis	183
33	Christopher	166
34	Wayne	159
35	Philip	155
36	Douglas	151
37	Lawrence	146
38	Alan	140
38	Keith	140
40	Scott	133
41	Arthur	124
41	Louis	124
43	Walter	119
44	Andrew	117
45	Craig	112
46	Francis	108
47	Jonathan	107
47	Roger	107
47	Vincent	107
50	Glenn	104
51	Carl	100
52	Patrick	96
53	Ralph	94
54	Frederick	92
55	Russell	85
56	Martin	79
57	Gerald	77
58	Eugene	75
59	Stanley	73
60	Barry	72
61	Henry	69
61	Marc	69
63	Theodore	65
64	Jay	64
65	Albert	63
65	Nicholas	63
67	Larry	60
68	Allen	59
69	Eric	58
70	Leonard	57
70	Matthew	57
72	Harold	56
73	Norman	54
74	Ernest	52
75	Clifford	50
75	Howard	50
77	Alfred	49
78	Guy	48
79	Roy	45
79	Samuel	45
81	Victor	43
82	Glen	41
82	Kurt	41
84	Jeffery	38
85	Karl	37
85	Phillip	37
87	Randy	36
88	Randall	35
89	Leo	34
89	Neil	34
89	Terry	34
92	Fred	33
92	Harry	33
92	Jon	33
95	Allan	31
95	Kim	31
95	Stuart	31
98	Bernard	30
98	Jerry	30
100	Alexander	29
100	Dean	29
100	Edwin	29
100	Salvatore	29