Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1986

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,154
2	Christopher	773
3	Matthew	726
4	Daniel	649
5	David	526
6	John	482
7	Joseph	447
8	Andrew	444
9	Robert	443
10	Ryan	421
11	James	394
12	Brian	342
12	William	342
14	Jonathan	339
15	Kevin	336
16	Joshua	332
17	Anthony	330
18	Jason	326
19	Nicholas	315
20	Thomas	307
21	Kyle	292
22	Eric	287
23	Justin	271
24	Timothy	263
25	Jeffrey	258

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	243
27	Stephen	233
28	Richard	226
29	Adam	221
30	Sean	219
31	Alexander	214
32	Gregory	196
33	Patrick	190
34	Mark	188
35	Benjamin	176
36	Paul	164
37	Scott	163
38	Peter	153
39	Jeremy	149
40	Brandon	146
41	Bryan	118
42	Tyler	114
42	Zachary	114
44	Charles	112
45	Jose	107
46	Edward	104
47	Aaron	100
48	Jesse	95
49	Shawn	92
50	Samuel	83
51	Ian	82
52	Kenneth	81
53	Jacob	79
54	Luis	78
55	Keith	72
56	Brendan	69
56	Jordan	69
58	Derek	67
58	Nathan	67
58	Raymond	67
61	Craig	66
62	George	64
63	Donald	63
63	Frank	63
65	Douglas	60
65	Evan	60
65	Marc	60
68	Ronald	59
69	Travis	58
70	Brett	56
70	Corey	56
72	Shane	54
73	Christian	51
74	Angel	50
74	Carlos	50
76	Colin	49
76	Jared	49
76	Philip	49
76	Vincent	49
80	Alex	47
81	Dustin	42
81	Joel	42
81	Todd	42
84	Victor	41
85	Dennis	39
85	Erik	39
85	Gary	39
85	Louis	39
85	Seth	39
90	Andre	38
90	Nathaniel	38
92	Alan	37
93	Chad	36
93	Phillip	36
95	Luke	35
96	Mathew	33
97	Juan	32
98	Antonio	31
98	Edwin	31
100	Cory	29
100	Derrick	29
100	Marcus	29
100	Shaun	29
100	Trevor	29