Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	848
2	Christopher	672
3	Jason	650
4	David	648
5	John	508
6	Robert	481
7	James	432
8	Matthew	426
9	Brian	425
10	Daniel	356
11	Jeffrey	330
12	William	326
13	Joseph	323
14	Mark	298
15	Scott	289
16	Richard	281
17	Kevin	269
17	Thomas	269
19	Eric	265
20	Paul	202
21	Steven	193
22	Peter	175
23	Andrew	164
24	Stephen	162
25	Anthony	161

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	158
27	Timothy	155
28	Adam	151
28	Gregory	151
28	Sean	151
31	Todd	133
32	Joshua	132
33	Edward	130
34	Keith	129
35	Ryan	125
36	Shawn	116
37	Kenneth	114
38	Charles	110
39	Justin	108
40	Patrick	105
41	Jeremy	104
42	Benjamin	92
43	Marc	91
44	Jose	88
45	George	86
46	Aaron	84
47	Bryan	82
47	Frank	82
49	Craig	78
50	Douglas	77
51	Ronald	74
52	Erik	71
53	Raymond	67
54	Donald	66
55	Gary	63
56	Nicholas	60
57	Luis	58
58	Philip	57
59	Dennis	56
60	Chad	52
61	Samuel	50
61	Shane	50
63	Jamie	45
63	Jesse	45
65	Louis	44
66	Nathan	43
67	Christian	42
68	Vincent	41
69	Alan	39
69	Alexander	39
69	Arthur	39
69	Seth	39
73	Juan	38
73	Lawrence	38
75	Jermaine	37
76	Angel	36
76	Corey	36
76	Darren	36
76	Dean	36
76	Derek	36
81	Brett	35
81	Joel	35
81	Martin	35
84	Carl	34
85	Ian	32
85	Kyle	32
85	Troy	32
88	Carlos	31
88	Hector	31
88	Henry	31
88	Wayne	31
92	Jon	30
92	Lee	30
94	Neil	29
94	Victor	29
96	Antonio	28
96	Brendan	28
98	Gerald	27
98	Randy	27
98	Theodore	27
98	Walter	27