Most popular boys’ names in Connecticut, 1997
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 615 |
| 2 | Matthew | 585 |
| 3 | Nicholas | 457 |
| 4 | Christopher | 422 |
| 5 | Daniel | 374 |
| 6 | John | 357 |
| 7 | Ryan | 355 |
| 8 | Joseph | 345 |
| 9 | Andrew | 321 |
| 10 | Zachary | 319 |
| 11 | Joshua | 318 |
| 12 | Tyler | 306 |
| 13 | Kyle | 293 |
| 14 | Anthony | 283 |
| 14 | Jacob | 283 |
| 16 | Alexander | 279 |
| 17 | David | 272 |
| 18 | William | 269 |
| 19 | Thomas | 256 |
| 20 | Justin | 250 |
| 21 | James | 243 |
| 22 | Brandon | 240 |
| 23 | Robert | 232 |
| 24 | Kevin | 227 |
| 25 | Jonathan | 218 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Benjamin | 196 |
| 27 | Samuel | 195 |
| 28 | Austin | 183 |
| 29 | Christian | 178 |
| 30 | Patrick | 176 |
| 31 | Jordan | 159 |
| 32 | Timothy | 158 |
| 33 | Eric | 150 |
| 34 | Connor | 148 |
| 35 | Dylan | 147 |
| 36 | Brian | 145 |
| 37 | Sean | 136 |
| 38 | Jason | 121 |
| 39 | Richard | 115 |
| 40 | Peter | 111 |
| 41 | Brendan | 110 |
| 42 | Charles | 107 |
| 43 | Mark | 104 |
| 44 | Adam | 103 |
| 45 | Nathan | 102 |
| 46 | Alex | 101 |
| 47 | Jack | 99 |
| 48 | Steven | 98 |
| 49 | Jake | 96 |
| 50 | Ian | 89 |
| 50 | Paul | 89 |
| 52 | Noah | 88 |
| 53 | Jose | 86 |
| 54 | Evan | 85 |
| 54 | Luis | 85 |
| 54 | Stephen | 85 |
| 57 | Aaron | 84 |
| 58 | Jeffrey | 82 |
| 59 | Jeremy | 77 |
| 60 | Cameron | 76 |
| 61 | Ethan | 70 |
| 62 | Colin | 69 |
| 63 | Trevor | 68 |
| 64 | Devin | 66 |
| 64 | Gregory | 66 |
| 64 | Jared | 66 |
| 67 | Isaiah | 62 |
| 68 | Angel | 61 |
| 69 | Lucas | 58 |
| 69 | Nathaniel | 58 |
| 69 | Scott | 58 |
| 69 | Vincent | 58 |
| 73 | Bryan | 57 |
| 73 | Cody | 57 |
| 73 | Gabriel | 57 |
| 76 | Mitchell | 56 |
| 77 | Edward | 55 |
| 77 | Elijah | 55 |
| 77 | Luke | 55 |
| 80 | Carlos | 54 |
| 80 | Shawn | 54 |
| 82 | Derek | 49 |
| 83 | Liam | 48 |
| 83 | Victor | 48 |
| 85 | Hunter | 47 |
| 86 | Corey | 45 |
| 86 | George | 45 |
| 88 | Alec | 44 |
| 88 | Antonio | 44 |
| 88 | Maxwell | 44 |
| 88 | Spencer | 44 |
| 92 | Cole | 43 |
| 93 | Kenneth | 41 |
| 93 | Travis | 41 |
| 95 | Devon | 40 |
| 95 | Jesse | 40 |
| 95 | Tristan | 40 |
| 98 | Juan | 39 |
| 98 | Malik | 39 |
| 98 | Marcus | 39 |