Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1987

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,185
2	Christopher	851
3	Matthew	796
4	Daniel	634
5	David	513
6	Andrew	506
7	John	484
8	Ryan	480
9	Joseph	423
10	Robert	410
11	James	398
12	Nicholas	386
13	Joshua	372
14	Kevin	362
15	Anthony	338
16	William	336
17	Jonathan	332
18	Brian	327
19	Jason	311
19	Kyle	311
21	Thomas	310
22	Justin	300
23	Eric	294
24	Timothy	278
25	Steven	256

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Jeffrey	242
27	Stephen	241
28	Adam	231
29	Sean	224
30	Alexander	220
31	Benjamin	208
32	Richard	194
33	Gregory	186
34	Scott	181
35	Patrick	179
36	Mark	177
37	Paul	157
38	Peter	156
39	Brandon	144
40	Zachary	137
41	Bryan	125
42	Jeremy	120
43	Aaron	115
44	Tyler	113
45	Charles	110
46	Samuel	103
47	Edward	102
47	Jose	102
49	Kenneth	95
50	Jesse	91
51	Jacob	89
52	Luis	82
53	Philip	80
54	Alex	77
55	Shawn	74
56	Douglas	73
57	Brendan	72
58	Keith	71
58	Nathan	71
60	Derek	68
60	Jordan	68
62	Shane	66
63	Travis	64
63	Vincent	64
65	Craig	62
65	Ian	62
65	Jared	62
68	Joel	61
68	Raymond	61
70	Brett	60
71	Corey	58
72	Frank	56
72	George	56
74	Carlos	55
75	Angel	54
76	Colin	53
76	Erik	53
78	Gary	51
79	Alan	50
79	Evan	50
81	Juan	49
81	Ronald	49
83	Seth	47
84	Antonio	45
85	Christian	44
86	Nathaniel	43
87	Miguel	42
88	Donald	40
88	Geoffrey	40
90	Marcus	39
91	Marc	38
92	Andre	37
92	Phillip	37
92	Victor	37
95	Chad	36
95	Dylan	36
95	Louis	36
98	Trevor	35
99	Dustin	34
100	Dennis	33
100	Luke	33
100	Taylor	33