Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,071
2	Christopher	703
3	Jason	598
4	David	538
5	Matthew	468
6	Brian	431
7	Robert	420
8	John	419
9	Daniel	410
10	James	406
11	Joseph	375
12	William	287
13	Jeffrey	275
14	Kevin	265
15	Thomas	261
16	Joshua	249
17	Ryan	248
18	Nicholas	244
19	Timothy	238
20	Eric	231
21	Richard	214
22	Andrew	206
22	Scott	206
24	Adam	205
25	Anthony	201

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jonathan	200
27	Mark	194
28	Justin	189
29	Steven	179
30	Peter	169
31	Gregory	163
31	Paul	163
33	Stephen	159
34	Jeremy	152
35	Patrick	149
36	Benjamin	136
37	Sean	128
38	Charles	118
39	Jose	115
40	Kenneth	106
41	Aaron	99
42	Keith	96
43	Bryan	95
44	Shawn	90
45	Edward	85
46	Frank	79
46	Todd	79
48	Raymond	78
49	Jesse	77
50	Jared	76
51	Marc	73
52	George	72
53	Luis	67
54	Donald	65
55	Douglas	64
55	Erik	64
55	Gary	64
58	Craig	63
59	Ronald	55
60	Kyle	53
61	Chad	50
61	Nathan	50
61	Shaun	50
64	Dennis	49
65	Travis	48
66	Vincent	47
67	Alexander	46
68	Jacob	45
68	Jamie	45
68	Joel	45
71	Seth	43
72	Samuel	42
73	Brandon	41
73	Carlos	41
75	Christian	38
75	Ian	38
75	Juan	38
78	Lawrence	37
79	Antonio	36
79	Philip	36
79	Shane	36
82	Angel	35
82	Carl	35
82	Nathaniel	35
85	Brett	34
85	Derek	34
85	Frederick	34
88	Corey	33
89	Brendan	32
90	Louis	31
90	Randy	31
92	Victor	30
92	Wayne	30
92	Zachary	30
95	Alan	29
95	Andre	29
95	Miguel	29
95	Russell	29
99	Arthur	28
99	Francis	28
99	Wesley	28