Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1971

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,139
2	David	880
3	John	775
4	Robert	756
5	Christopher	739
6	James	649
7	Scott	525
8	William	506
9	Jason	454
10	Joseph	428
11	Jeffrey	425
11	Richard	425
13	Brian	416
14	Mark	408
15	Matthew	396
16	Thomas	379
17	Kevin	358
18	Daniel	338
19	Eric	289
20	Steven	281
21	Paul	267
22	Peter	245
23	Anthony	237
24	Edward	234
25	Timothy	227

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	219
27	Todd	199
28	Charles	180
29	Gregory	178
30	Keith	177
31	Andrew	174
32	Kenneth	168
33	Jonathan	166
34	Sean	161
35	Patrick	143
36	Shawn	136
37	Jose	125
38	Marc	121
39	Craig	120
39	Frank	120
41	Douglas	117
42	Ronald	116
43	George	115
44	Raymond	107
45	Gary	106
46	Adam	97
47	Donald	87
48	Ryan	78
49	Dennis	77
49	Jeremy	77
51	Erik	73
52	Wayne	70
53	Philip	69
54	Troy	65
55	Aaron	64
56	Christian	62
56	Louis	62
58	Luis	61
59	Bryan	59
60	Benjamin	57
60	Glenn	57
60	Joshua	57
60	Vincent	57
64	Chad	55
64	Derek	55
66	Bruce	54
66	Carl	54
68	Lawrence	52
69	Dean	50
70	Alan	49
71	Nicholas	48
72	Carlos	46
73	Justin	45
74	Frederick	44
75	Roger	43
76	Corey	42
76	Joel	42
78	Darren	41
78	Kyle	41
78	Victor	41
81	Walter	40
82	Alexander	39
83	Arthur	37
83	Edwin	37
83	Jay	37
83	Jon	37
83	Samuel	37
88	Angel	36
88	Henry	36
88	Russell	36
91	Brett	35
91	Marcus	35
93	Albert	34
93	Gerald	34
95	Antonio	33
95	Jamie	33
97	Francis	32
97	Theodore	32
99	Neil	31
99	Randy	31