Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1973

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	992
2	Christopher	651
3	David	649
4	Jason	602
5	John	559
6	Robert	497
7	James	480
8	Brian	463
9	Matthew	382
10	William	350
11	Daniel	349
12	Joseph	334
13	Scott	314
14	Mark	303
15	Jeffrey	297
16	Thomas	282
17	Richard	266
18	Eric	263
19	Kevin	256
20	Steven	203
21	Peter	202
22	Paul	198
23	Timothy	184
24	Jonathan	181
25	Anthony	170

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Andrew	165
26	Stephen	165
28	Gregory	157
29	Todd	155
30	Sean	148
31	Keith	145
32	Edward	140
33	Kenneth	126
34	Shawn	114
35	Patrick	110
36	Charles	109
37	Joshua	107
38	Craig	105
39	Adam	97
40	Ryan	96
41	Marc	93
42	Aaron	85
43	Douglas	84
43	Frank	84
45	George	82
45	Jose	82
47	Raymond	81
48	Donald	77
48	Justin	77
50	Ronald	76
51	Bryan	72
51	Jeremy	72
53	Benjamin	69
53	Gary	69
55	Erik	63
56	Dennis	61
57	Philip	55
58	Luis	54
59	Alexander	51
59	Christian	51
61	Nicholas	50
62	Chad	49
63	Shane	48
64	Derek	46
65	Lawrence	41
66	Darren	40
66	Vincent	40
68	Carl	39
68	Louis	39
68	Samuel	39
68	Troy	39
72	Angel	37
72	Jamie	37
74	Wayne	36
75	Brett	34
75	Carlos	34
75	Francis	34
75	Jesse	34
75	Roger	34
75	Seth	34
81	Alan	33
81	Antonio	33
81	Bruce	33
81	Frederick	33
81	Glenn	33
81	Juan	33
81	Russell	33
88	Brandon	32
88	Kyle	32
90	Gerald	31
90	Joel	31
90	Leonard	31
93	Arthur	30
93	Nathan	30
95	Edwin	29
96	Jermaine	28
96	Jon	28
96	Victor	28
99	Albert	27
99	Corey	27
99	Dean	27
99	Hector	27