Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,069
2	Christopher	828
3	Matthew	719
4	David	574
5	Daniel	534
6	John	463
7	Jason	438
8	Joseph	428
9	Brian	421
10	Ryan	409
11	James	408
12	Robert	393
13	Justin	334
14	William	311
15	Andrew	302
16	Jonathan	301
17	Thomas	290
18	Jeffrey	289
19	Eric	282
20	Nicholas	278
21	Joshua	277
22	Adam	270
23	Anthony	243
24	Timothy	240
25	Kevin	229

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	227
27	Richard	221
28	Stephen	206
29	Steven	193
30	Gregory	185
31	Patrick	168
31	Sean	168
33	Paul	164
34	Peter	161
35	Kyle	153
36	Benjamin	149
37	Scott	146
38	Aaron	115
39	Edward	114
39	Jeremy	114
41	Brandon	108
42	Charles	105
43	Kenneth	103
44	Bryan	100
45	Jose	94
46	Jesse	92
47	Alexander	82
48	Craig	74
49	George	73
49	Todd	73
51	Shawn	72
52	Keith	71
53	Luis	66
54	Jared	64
55	Brendan	63
55	Zachary	63
57	Donald	62
58	Frank	61
58	Nathan	61
58	Travis	61
61	Douglas	57
61	Ian	57
63	Derek	56
64	Philip	55
65	Tyler	53
66	Evan	52
66	Raymond	52
68	Jacob	50
69	Erik	49
69	Gary	49
69	Samuel	49
72	Colin	47
73	Brett	45
73	Carlos	45
75	Vincent	44
76	Marc	43
77	Alan	42
77	Corey	42
79	Dennis	41
80	Ronald	40
81	Victor	39
82	Jordan	38
83	Antonio	37
84	Carl	36
84	Louis	36
86	Angel	35
87	Christian	34
87	Joel	34
89	Mathew	32
89	Miguel	32
91	Luke	31
91	Shane	31
93	Chad	30
93	Dustin	30
93	Lawrence	30
93	Marcus	30
93	Nathaniel	30
98	Henry	29
98	Seth	29
98	Shaun	29