Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1985

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,100
2	Christopher	867
3	Matthew	719
4	Daniel	615
5	David	569
6	Robert	469
7	John	449
8	James	418
9	Joseph	407
10	Ryan	394
11	Brian	376
12	Andrew	374
13	Joshua	344
14	Jason	334
15	William	327
16	Thomas	321
17	Jonathan	317
18	Anthony	304
19	Nicholas	293
20	Timothy	281
21	Eric	280
21	Justin	280
21	Kevin	280
24	Steven	262
25	Jeffrey	255

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	220
27	Stephen	218
28	Richard	217
29	Mark	208
30	Kyle	207
30	Patrick	207
32	Sean	205
33	Benjamin	178
33	Gregory	178
35	Paul	177
36	Peter	165
37	Alexander	158
38	Scott	157
39	Brandon	143
40	Charles	127
41	Zachary	118
42	Jeremy	112
43	Bryan	110
44	Aaron	107
45	Jose	102
46	Edward	100
47	Kenneth	95
48	Tyler	94
49	Jesse	90
50	Luis	89
51	Shawn	87
52	Keith	76
53	Derek	72
54	Raymond	70
55	Brett	69
56	Jordan	65
56	Nathan	65
58	Ian	63
59	Douglas	59
59	Samuel	59
61	Brendan	58
61	Jared	58
63	George	57
63	Vincent	57
65	Frank	56
66	Craig	55
67	Corey	54
67	Philip	54
69	Marc	53
70	Dennis	52
71	Travis	51
72	Carlos	50
72	Donald	50
72	Gary	50
75	Todd	49
76	Angel	48
76	Louis	48
78	Ronald	47
79	Alex	44
79	Shane	44
81	Jacob	43
81	Joel	43
83	Alan	42
83	Erik	42
83	Evan	42
86	Seth	41
87	Juan	40
88	Chad	38
88	Christian	38
90	Colin	37
91	Marcus	36
92	Dustin	35
92	Miguel	35
92	Victor	35
95	Andre	34
95	Antonio	34
95	Edwin	34
95	Phillip	34
95	Theodore	34
100	Trevor	33