Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,035
2	Christopher	707
3	Jason	581
4	David	557
5	Matthew	510
6	John	474
7	Daniel	438
8	Robert	420
9	Joseph	410
10	Brian	400
11	James	399
12	Eric	306
13	Justin	299
14	Ryan	286
15	William	275
16	Jeffrey	274
16	Thomas	274
18	Joshua	264
19	Jonathan	260
20	Nicholas	240
21	Andrew	231
22	Kevin	230
23	Timothy	220
24	Mark	205
25	Scott	194

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	193
26	Anthony	193
28	Richard	190
29	Paul	187
30	Steven	176
31	Stephen	163
32	Benjamin	161
33	Peter	156
34	Sean	140
35	Gregory	131
36	Jeremy	122
37	Patrick	115
38	Charles	110
39	Shawn	108
40	Aaron	97
40	Edward	97
40	Jose	97
43	Kenneth	94
44	Bryan	89
45	Jesse	86
46	Derek	76
47	Erik	69
48	Keith	68
49	Craig	67
49	Juan	67
49	Todd	67
52	George	66
52	Kyle	66
52	Nathan	66
55	Alexander	63
56	Douglas	61
57	Luis	60
57	Raymond	60
59	Donald	59
60	Marc	58
61	Brandon	55
61	Frank	55
61	Samuel	55
64	Brendan	52
64	Jared	52
66	Angel	51
66	Gary	51
68	Travis	50
69	Chad	48
70	Shaun	47
71	Carlos	46
71	Ian	46
73	Dennis	45
74	Christian	42
74	Corey	42
74	Ronald	42
77	Andre	41
77	Philip	41
79	Evan	39
79	Seth	39
81	Alan	38
81	Brett	38
81	Russell	38
84	Derrick	36
84	Nathaniel	36
86	Shane	35
87	Jacob	34
88	Geoffrey	33
89	Carl	32
90	Victor	31
91	Bruce	30
91	Vincent	30
93	Antonio	29
93	Joel	29
95	Hector	28
95	Luke	28
95	Wayne	28
98	Colin	27
98	Edwin	27
98	Lawrence	27