Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1961

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,415
2	John	1,404
3	David	1,351
4	Robert	1,319
5	James	1,054
6	Mark	862
7	Richard	776
8	Thomas	762
9	William	759
10	Joseph	617
11	Paul	500
12	Jeffrey	489
13	Peter	466
14	Steven	418
15	Daniel	417
16	Kevin	389
17	Christopher	388
18	Scott	387
19	Brian	384
20	Edward	365
21	Timothy	356
22	Stephen	337
23	Gary	329
24	Kenneth	322
25	Charles	314

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	310
27	Ronald	288
28	Donald	284
29	Gregory	270
30	George	222
31	Frank	221
32	Douglas	220
33	Andrew	216
34	Raymond	184
35	Keith	183
36	Bruce	180
37	Craig	150
38	Patrick	145
39	Alan	140
40	Eric	139
41	Matthew	138
42	Todd	132
43	Wayne	130
44	Dennis	125
44	Glenn	125
46	Philip	123
47	Lawrence	113
48	Carl	102
49	Jonathan	97
50	Louis	95
51	Roger	92
51	Russell	92
53	Gerald	90
53	Vincent	90
55	Walter	85
56	Francis	82
57	Ralph	81
58	Chris	75
59	Arthur	74
60	Dean	72
60	Frederick	72
62	Larry	65
62	Martin	65
64	Henry	64
64	Marc	64
64	Randy	64
67	Jay	63
68	Steve	59
69	Barry	58
70	Albert	57
71	Eugene	56
71	Jeff	56
71	Theodore	56
74	Harold	53
74	Sean	53
76	Leonard	51
76	Victor	51
78	Nicholas	50
79	Jeffery	48
80	Gregg	46
81	Dale	45
81	Glen	45
81	Kurt	45
84	Howard	44
84	Roy	44
86	Alfred	43
86	Jim	43
86	Ricky	43
86	Samuel	43
90	Ernest	42
90	Mike	42
90	Shawn	42
93	Darryl	41
94	Jon	39
94	Stuart	39
96	Greg	38
96	Jose	38
96	Karl	38
99	Allen	37
99	Clifford	37
99	Jerry	37
99	Salvatore	37