Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	947
2	Christopher	664
3	Jason	651
4	David	512
5	Matthew	458
6	John	447
7	Robert	427
8	Brian	423
9	James	389
10	Daniel	378
11	Joseph	337
12	Kevin	310
13	William	278
14	Eric	265
15	Jeffrey	259
16	Richard	239
17	Mark	221
18	Thomas	220
19	Scott	210
20	Timothy	208
21	Andrew	197
22	Ryan	195
23	Joshua	184
24	Paul	179
25	Peter	178

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	177
27	Justin	163
28	Steven	156
29	Jonathan	153
30	Stephen	150
31	Jeremy	147
32	Adam	144
33	Gregory	135
33	Sean	135
35	Edward	115
36	Benjamin	110
36	Keith	110
38	Todd	99
39	Shawn	98
40	Kenneth	97
40	Patrick	97
42	Charles	91
43	Aaron	88
44	Jose	86
45	Bryan	82
45	Donald	82
47	Jesse	77
47	Marc	77
49	Douglas	70
50	Nicholas	67
51	Frank	66
51	Raymond	66
53	Alexander	64
54	Gary	63
55	Nathan	62
56	George	61
56	Ronald	61
58	Erik	59
59	Luis	58
60	Craig	49
60	Jared	49
62	Christian	48
63	Corey	46
64	Angel	45
64	Vincent	45
66	Dennis	44
66	Philip	44
68	Chad	40
68	Kyle	40
68	Wesley	40
71	Carlos	39
71	Ian	39
71	Seth	39
71	Shane	39
75	Juan	36
76	Jacob	35
76	Louis	35
76	Shaun	35
79	Samuel	34
79	Victor	34
81	Antonio	33
81	Brendan	33
81	Jamie	33
84	Derek	31
85	Brett	30
85	Geoffrey	30
85	Joel	30
88	Lawrence	29
88	Walter	29
90	Russell	28
91	Brandon	27
91	Edwin	27
91	Jeremiah	27
91	Wayne	27
95	Andre	26
96	Hector	25
96	Nathaniel	25
98	Alan	24
98	Arthur	24
98	Carl	24