Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1988

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,152
2	Christopher	845
3	Matthew	789
4	Daniel	633
5	David	526
6	John	484
7	Joseph	472
8	Andrew	471
9	Ryan	453
10	James	452
11	Robert	428
12	Nicholas	395
13	William	394
14	Joshua	383
15	Brian	375
16	Kevin	363
17	Justin	350
18	Jonathan	342
19	Anthony	338
20	Thomas	332
21	Timothy	314
22	Kyle	301
23	Eric	294
24	Steven	254
25	Jason	248

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Alexander	246
27	Jeffrey	242
28	Stephen	222
29	Benjamin	209
30	Sean	208
31	Adam	207
32	Richard	199
33	Gregory	196
34	Patrick	187
35	Mark	180
36	Peter	178
37	Paul	165
38	Scott	157
38	Tyler	157
40	Zachary	151
41	Brandon	142
42	Charles	124
43	Jeremy	120
44	Jose	115
45	Samuel	110
46	Bryan	105
47	Aaron	97
48	Kenneth	95
49	Jacob	93
50	Luis	92
51	Brendan	89
52	Edward	87
53	Nathan	85
54	Jesse	82
55	Corey	80
56	Derek	79
57	Alex	76
58	Jordan	75
59	George	74
59	Raymond	74
61	Keith	71
62	Evan	70
63	Ian	68
63	Shawn	68
65	Vincent	67
66	Frank	63
67	Craig	62
68	Erik	59
69	Colin	58
70	Travis	57
71	Angel	56
72	Brett	55
72	Douglas	55
72	Juan	55
75	Carlos	53
75	Philip	53
77	Jared	51
78	Marc	49
79	Christian	45
80	Joel	43
81	Ronald	41
82	Victor	40
83	Antonio	39
83	Gary	39
83	Trevor	39
86	Shane	38
86	Spencer	38
86	Taylor	38
89	Austin	37
89	Cory	37
91	Cameron	36
91	Edwin	36
91	Nathaniel	36
94	Carl	35
94	Devon	35
94	Donald	35
94	Dylan	35
98	Alan	34
98	Phillip	34
100	Dennis	33
100	Dustin	33
100	Geoffrey	33
100	Mitchell	33