Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1972

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	965
2	Christopher	787
3	David	687
4	John	648
5	Robert	547
6	James	521
7	Brian	448
8	Jason	444
9	Matthew	383
9	William	383
11	Scott	375
12	Joseph	370
13	Jeffrey	329
14	Richard	326
15	Mark	311
16	Daniel	309
16	Thomas	309
18	Kevin	287
19	Eric	280
20	Steven	263
21	Paul	242
22	Peter	215
23	Anthony	212
24	Todd	210
25	Timothy	184

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Stephen	172
27	Gregory	171
28	Jonathan	168
29	Kenneth	162
30	Sean	156
31	Edward	155
32	Keith	146
33	Andrew	142
34	Charles	132
35	Craig	119
36	Donald	118
36	Shawn	118
38	Patrick	111
39	Jose	100
40	Ronald	98
41	Frank	96
42	Adam	92
42	Marc	92
44	Douglas	89
45	Raymond	87
46	George	86
47	Gary	80
48	Ryan	76
49	Erik	75
50	Aaron	71
50	Justin	71
52	Dennis	70
53	Chad	67
54	Joshua	64
55	Troy	62
56	Vincent	61
57	Brett	60
57	Christian	60
59	Bryan	58
60	Louis	53
61	Benjamin	52
61	Derek	52
63	Jeremy	49
64	Alexander	46
64	Philip	46
66	Luis	44
67	Jay	43
68	Lawrence	40
68	Nicholas	40
68	Samuel	40
71	Jamie	39
71	Roger	39
71	Wayne	39
74	Randy	37
75	Arthur	36
75	Francis	36
75	Kyle	36
75	Walter	36
79	Carl	35
79	Russell	35
81	Angel	34
81	Dean	34
81	Geoffrey	34
81	Glenn	34
85	Alan	33
85	Jon	33
85	Seth	33
85	Shane	33
89	Albert	32
89	Jesse	32
89	Joel	32
89	Victor	32
93	Frederick	30
93	Juan	30
93	Kurt	30
93	Lee	30
97	Antonio	29
97	Brandon	29
97	Carlos	29
97	Chris	29
97	Edwin	29