Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1976

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	950
2	Christopher	632
3	Jason	594
4	David	593
5	Matthew	415
6	James	403
7	Brian	398
8	John	392
9	Daniel	375
10	Robert	368
11	Joseph	333
12	William	310
13	Jeffrey	295
14	Eric	267
15	Thomas	264
16	Richard	244
17	Kevin	233
18	Scott	218
19	Mark	216
20	Timothy	205
21	Paul	195
22	Steven	193
23	Peter	187
24	Jonathan	183
25	Anthony	175

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	171
27	Joshua	155
28	Jeremy	147
29	Andrew	146
29	Gregory	146
31	Stephen	139
32	Edward	133
33	Todd	132
34	Keith	130
35	Adam	123
35	Benjamin	123
35	Sean	123
38	Shawn	114
39	Jose	104
40	Justin	102
41	Aaron	100
42	Charles	95
43	Patrick	93
44	Kenneth	86
45	Marc	83
46	Craig	78
47	Nicholas	75
48	Donald	74
48	George	74
50	Frank	72
51	Jesse	70
52	Ronald	63
53	Bryan	62
54	Douglas	61
55	Raymond	60
56	Jamie	57
57	Nathan	55
58	Shane	54
59	Samuel	50
60	Christian	49
60	Gary	49
62	Erik	48
63	Carl	44
64	Luis	43
65	Alexander	42
65	Antonio	42
67	Chad	41
68	Kyle	40
69	Brendan	39
69	Dennis	39
69	Philip	39
69	Vincent	39
73	Brett	38
73	Carlos	38
73	Juan	38
76	Corey	35
77	Ian	34
78	Andre	33
78	Brandon	33
78	Jared	33
78	Jermaine	33
82	Louis	32
82	Roger	32
84	Joel	29
84	Neil	29
84	Seth	29
87	Derek	28
87	Troy	28
89	Angel	27
89	Bruce	27
89	Nathaniel	27
92	Gabriel	26
92	Jacob	26
92	Jeffery	26
92	Lawrence	26
92	Randy	26
92	Walter	26
92	Wayne	26
99	Roberto	25
99	Victor	25