Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,378
2	John	1,289
3	David	1,231
4	Michael	1,199
5	James	982
6	Richard	870
7	William	844
8	Mark	795
9	Thomas	783
10	Joseph	608
11	Paul	550
12	Gary	521
13	Peter	493
14	Edward	421
15	Steven	392
16	Stephen	358
17	Brian	352
17	Kevin	352
19	Jeffrey	346
20	Donald	330
21	Daniel	318
22	Charles	311
23	Ronald	301
24	Kenneth	289
25	Timothy	279

Rank	Name	Babies
26	George	261
27	Anthony	256
28	Frank	245
29	Bruce	238
30	Raymond	232
31	Gregory	207
32	Scott	200
33	Douglas	195
34	Christopher	178
35	Dennis	168
36	Keith	160
37	Lawrence	150
37	Philip	150
39	Alan	148
40	Wayne	145
41	Andrew	127
42	Roger	124
43	Arthur	115
44	Walter	113
45	Glenn	110
45	Louis	110
47	Patrick	107
47	Russell	107
49	Frederick	103
50	Craig	102
50	Jonathan	102
52	Francis	95
53	Carl	92
54	Matthew	88
54	Vincent	88
56	Gerald	85
57	Albert	81
58	Ralph	80
59	Martin	79
60	Leonard	78
61	Henry	69
62	Theodore	68
63	Barry	63
63	Larry	63
63	Stanley	63
66	Allen	62
67	Eric	61
67	Nicholas	61
69	Jay	59
70	Harold	58
70	Kurt	58
70	Norman	58
73	Guy	54
74	Howard	53
75	Roy	52
76	Marc	51
77	Alfred	50
77	Clifford	50
79	Randy	47
80	Eugene	44
81	Dean	42
81	Fred	42
83	Lee	41
84	Ricky	40
85	Ernest	39
85	Joel	39
85	Karl	39
88	Alexander	36
88	Samuel	36
88	Victor	36
91	Glen	35
92	Gerard	34
93	Curtis	33
93	Jon	33
93	Salvatore	33
96	Harry	32
96	Jerry	32
98	Jeffery	31
98	Randall	31
100	Allan	29
100	Geoffrey	29