Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,089
2	Christopher	666
3	Matthew	621
4	Jason	549
5	David	542
6	John	464
7	Robert	446
8	Daniel	419
9	James	408
10	Brian	381
11	Joseph	380
12	Ryan	323
13	Jonathan	314
14	Joshua	302
15	Thomas	297
16	Justin	286
17	Jeffrey	271
18	William	267
19	Eric	256
20	Kevin	246
21	Adam	244
22	Timothy	240
23	Richard	238
24	Andrew	234
25	Anthony	220

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Nicholas	206
27	Mark	205
28	Paul	192
29	Scott	188
30	Peter	176
31	Steven	173
32	Sean	160
32	Stephen	160
34	Benjamin	153
35	Jesse	144
36	Gregory	142
37	Patrick	135
38	Jeremy	132
39	Edward	117
40	Aaron	115
41	Charles	110
42	Kenneth	104
43	Jose	100
44	Bryan	96
45	Keith	91
46	Brandon	84
47	Shawn	83
48	Alexander	72
49	Craig	71
49	Luis	71
51	Kyle	69
52	Douglas	67
52	Frank	67
54	Raymond	64
55	Nathan	63
56	Derek	62
56	Erik	62
56	Todd	62
59	Donald	57
60	Samuel	56
61	Brendan	53
61	Jared	53
63	Travis	49
64	Carlos	48
64	Ian	48
66	Brett	47
66	Gary	47
66	Marc	47
69	Angel	46
69	George	46
71	Shaun	44
72	Chad	42
73	Dennis	41
73	Joel	41
73	Ronald	41
76	Alan	39
76	Juan	39
76	Philip	39
79	Jacob	38
79	Seth	38
81	Zachary	36
82	Christian	35
82	Vincent	35
84	Andre	34
84	Edwin	34
84	Nathaniel	34
87	Corey	33
88	Lawrence	32
88	Miguel	32
90	Colin	31
91	Antonio	30
91	Jordan	30
91	Louis	30
94	Frederick	29
94	Jamie	29
96	Carl	28
96	Evan	28
96	Hector	28
96	Shane	28
96	Tyler	28