Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	991
2	Jason	610
3	Christopher	608
4	David	557
5	Matthew	449
6	Brian	421
7	James	412
8	John	408
9	Daniel	398
10	Robert	394
11	Joseph	332
12	William	296
13	Kevin	278
14	Jeffrey	277
15	Eric	257
16	Timothy	232
17	Ryan	223
18	Thomas	213
19	Scott	210
20	Richard	208
21	Anthony	206
21	Mark	206
23	Andrew	202
24	Paul	188
25	Nicholas	187

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Joshua	184
27	Steven	177
28	Peter	172
29	Jonathan	170
30	Adam	164
31	Gregory	154
32	Stephen	151
33	Jeremy	135
33	Justin	135
35	Sean	128
36	Charles	121
37	Benjamin	118
38	Shawn	108
39	Edward	105
39	Keith	105
41	Patrick	98
42	Todd	97
43	Jose	94
44	Aaron	86
45	Marc	83
46	Jesse	82
47	Shaun	81
48	Bryan	73
48	Kenneth	73
50	Frank	72
50	George	72
52	Douglas	70
53	Erik	68
53	Nathan	68
55	Alexander	65
56	Philip	63
57	Vincent	61
58	Kyle	57
59	Luis	54
60	Gary	53
61	Samuel	51
61	Seth	51
63	Craig	50
64	Ronald	49
65	Dennis	48
66	Donald	47
66	Jared	47
68	Raymond	46
69	Antonio	44
70	Carlos	43
70	Corey	43
72	Jacob	42
73	Brendan	40
73	Christian	40
75	Brandon	39
75	Ian	39
75	Juan	39
78	Carl	37
78	Chad	37
80	Victor	36
81	Lawrence	35
81	Shane	35
83	Louis	33
84	Angel	32
84	Jamie	32
84	Wayne	32
87	Arthur	31
87	Derek	31
89	Alan	30
89	Travis	30
91	Lee	29
92	Brett	28
92	Bruce	28
92	Francis	28
92	Hector	28
92	Jay	28
97	Russell	27
97	Zachary	27
99	Henry	26
99	Walter	26