Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1959

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	1,442
2	Michael	1,346
3	Robert	1,342
4	David	1,278
5	James	1,044
6	Mark	893
7	William	863
8	Richard	814
9	Thomas	785
10	Joseph	622
11	Paul	514
12	Peter	503
13	Steven	463
14	Jeffrey	446
15	Brian	414
16	Edward	411
17	Kevin	404
18	Timothy	387
19	Daniel	361
20	Stephen	354
21	Kenneth	338
22	Charles	321
23	Gary	317
24	Scott	312
25	Anthony	301

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Christopher	293
27	Donald	289
28	Ronald	269
29	Gregory	232
30	Frank	230
31	George	225
32	Bruce	208
33	Raymond	202
34	Douglas	178
35	Andrew	173
36	Philip	154
37	Wayne	151
38	Alan	144
39	Patrick	139
40	Eric	138
41	Craig	136
42	Keith	133
43	Matthew	132
44	Dennis	131
45	Louis	115
46	Arthur	108
47	Lawrence	107
48	Glenn	106
48	Jonathan	106
48	Walter	106
51	Vincent	105
52	Francis	97
52	Russell	97
54	Ralph	93
55	Carl	91
55	Roger	91
57	Frederick	88
58	Marc	80
59	Gerald	78
60	Albert	75
60	Nicholas	75
62	Henry	73
63	Larry	72
64	Martin	66
64	Theodore	66
66	Jay	64
67	Harold	60
68	Todd	59
69	Chris	58
70	Randy	57
71	Barry	56
71	Dean	56
71	Steve	56
74	Jon	55
74	Stanley	55
76	Eugene	52
76	Norman	52
76	Roy	52
79	Guy	50
79	Leonard	50
79	Mike	50
82	Ricky	47
83	Dale	46
83	Tom	46
85	Alfred	45
85	Glen	45
87	Allen	44
87	Harry	44
87	Neil	44
87	Samuel	44
91	Bill	43
92	Kurt	42
92	Sean	42
94	Bryan	41
95	Ernest	40
95	Jim	40
97	Edwin	39
97	Greg	39
97	Howard	39
97	Jose	39