Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1984

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,160
2	Christopher	808
3	Matthew	778
4	Daniel	536
5	David	513
6	John	459
7	Joseph	447
8	Robert	436
9	James	408
10	Jason	399
11	Ryan	388
12	Brian	375
13	William	341
14	Andrew	338
15	Justin	337
16	Joshua	328
17	Jonathan	320
18	Nicholas	302
19	Thomas	280
20	Jeffrey	277
21	Kevin	269
22	Anthony	265
23	Adam	260
24	Eric	251
25	Steven	236

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	234
27	Stephen	232
28	Richard	222
29	Mark	207
30	Sean	191
31	Patrick	180
32	Paul	179
33	Gregory	171
34	Benjamin	160
35	Peter	159
35	Scott	159
37	Kyle	154
38	Brandon	124
39	Charles	123
40	Alexander	113
41	Jose	112
42	Aaron	103
43	Edward	96
44	Bryan	94
45	Jeremy	88
46	Jesse	85
46	Nathan	85
48	Kenneth	84
49	Keith	75
50	Samuel	72
50	Tyler	72
50	Zachary	72
53	Ian	70
54	Derek	68
55	Brendan	67
56	Craig	66
57	Frank	62
58	Travis	61
59	Luis	60
60	George	59
61	Colin	57
61	Jacob	57
61	Shawn	57
64	Gary	56
64	Marc	56
66	Jared	53
67	Evan	52
68	Erik	51
69	Donald	49
69	Douglas	49
69	Todd	49
72	Angel	48
73	Brett	47
73	Philip	47
73	Vincent	47
76	Marcus	46
76	Raymond	46
78	Juan	45
79	Corey	44
80	Jordan	43
81	Chad	41
81	Nathaniel	41
83	Seth	38
84	Miguel	37
84	Ronald	37
86	Andre	36
87	Joel	35
88	Dennis	34
88	Shane	34
90	Alex	33
90	Hector	33
92	Carlos	32
93	Alan	30
93	Frederick	30
93	Gabriel	30
93	Mathew	30
93	Shaun	30
98	Dustin	29
99	Carl	28
99	Edwin	28
99	Louis	28