Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1957

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,403
2	John	1,392
3	Robert	1,380
4	David	1,204
5	James	1,045
6	Richard	902
7	William	890
8	Mark	884
9	Thomas	823
10	Joseph	696
11	Paul	618
12	Peter	539
13	Gary	467
14	Steven	446
15	Kevin	438
16	Jeffrey	421
17	Brian	388
18	Stephen	387
19	Donald	381
20	Daniel	370
21	Kenneth	341
22	Edward	334
23	Ronald	329
24	Anthony	318
25	Charles	314

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	305
27	George	260
28	Bruce	246
29	Scott	241
30	Frank	223
31	Raymond	222
32	Gregory	214
33	Keith	204
34	Douglas	200
35	Christopher	190
36	Wayne	185
37	Alan	151
38	Dennis	144
39	Lawrence	142
40	Louis	136
41	Philip	133
42	Andrew	130
43	Patrick	120
44	Glenn	118
45	Jonathan	114
46	Carl	112
47	Craig	108
48	Walter	105
49	Roger	101
50	Arthur	99
50	Francis	99
52	Ralph	97
53	Matthew	95
54	Gerald	94
55	Martin	91
55	Russell	91
57	Henry	86
58	Eric	84
58	Vincent	84
60	Frederick	80
61	Albert	75
62	Nicholas	72
63	Leonard	71
64	Dean	69
64	Jay	69
66	Randy	64
67	Harold	63
67	Norman	63
67	Theodore	63
70	Larry	62
71	Barry	61
72	Clifford	59
72	Eugene	59
74	Howard	56
74	Marc	56
74	Stanley	56
77	Jerry	53
78	Steve	52
79	Glen	51
80	Ernest	50
80	Victor	50
82	Alfred	49
82	Fred	49
84	Joel	46
85	Kurt	44
86	Guy	42
86	Harry	42
86	Roy	42
86	Samuel	42
90	Allen	40
90	Dale	40
90	Karl	40
90	Salvatore	40
94	Lee	39
94	Mike	39
96	Neil	38
97	Chris	37
97	Danny	37
97	Edwin	37
97	Jeff	37
97	Randall	37
97	Terry	37
97	Tom	37