State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 38,732 Connecticut births in 1951 across 565 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Connecticut more than they say America.

#80Maryannoutside the national top 200
#84Alexander#190 nationally
#99Doreenoutside the national top 200
#91Stuart#186 nationally
#76Matthew#163 nationally
#97Guy#179 nationally
#67Jonathan#147 nationally
#74Laurie#139 nationally
#47Wendy#110 nationally
#82Lynne#144 nationally
#65Michele#125 nationally
#35Maureen#93 nationally

Girls

#1Linda860US #1
#2Patricia726US #3
#3Susan661US #6
#4Mary623US #2
#5Deborah562US #4
#6Kathleen488US #10
#7Barbara463US #5
#8Nancy440US #7
#9Donna411US #12
#10Karen387US #8
#11Diane370US #15
#12Carol323US #11
#13Elizabeth292US #23
#14Sharon289US #13
#15Judith265US #25
#16Sandra264US #9
#17Christine252US #24
#18Margaret245US #17
#19Gail220US #36
#20Pamela220US #16
#21Janet206US #19
#22Janice200US #21
#23Joan200US #39
#24Cynthia182US #20
#25Denise176US #48
#26Catherine157US #34
#27Ann154US #46
#28Jane146US #43
#29Cheryl144US #30
#30Joanne138US #73
#31Lynn138US #72
#32Jean137US #49
#33Debra134US #18
#34Joyce130US #28
#35Maureen126US #93
#36Ellen121US #68
#37Paula120US #51
#38Laura116US #60
#39Katherine111US #55
#40Beverly108US #33
#41Elaine107US #66
#42Anne106US #82
#43Carolyn101US #22
#44Bonnie99US #37
#45Lorraine94US #102
#46Marie93US #78
#47Wendy92US #110
#48Jacqueline89US #56
#49Marilyn89US #41
#50Shirley86US #27
#51Virginia83US #47
#52Theresa80US #64
#53Frances78US #59
#54Suzanne76US #83
#55Dorothy75US #42
#56Kathryn74US #45
#57Martha74US #38
#58Ruth73US #53
#59Louise72US #117
#60Sheila72US #69
#61Jeanne69US #98
#62Roberta66US #92
#63Lois64US #85
#64Gloria63US #31
#65Michele62US #125
#66Brenda61US #14
#67Irene61US #105
#68Joann61US #104
#69Marcia61US #74
#70Eileen60US #95
#71Kathy59US #35
#72Rosemary59US #109
#73Helen58US #54
#74Laurie58US #139
#75Robin58US #122
#76Valerie58US #100
#77Leslie57US #133
#78Andrea56US #136
#79Charlene56US #103
#80Maryann56
#81Sally56US #77
#82Lynne55US #144
#83Phyllis53US #57
#84Alice52US #62
#85Darlene52US #79
#86Judy52US #26
#87Geraldine51US #108
#88Diana50US #50
#89Jill49US #130
#90Marjorie48US #128
#91Rose47US #65
#92Victoria47US #81
#93Rita46US #61
#94Cathy45US #71
#95Claudia45US #123
#96Betty44US #29
#97Evelyn42US #88
#98Angela41US #150
#99Doreen41
#100Anna39US #94

Boys

#1Robert1,331US #2
#2John1,330US #3
#3Richard923US #7
#4James846US #1
#5William836US #6
#6Michael806US #4
#7David788US #5
#8Thomas786US #8
#9Joseph586US #14
#10Gary526US #10
#11Paul448US #18
#12Peter417US #38
#13Edward404US #23
#14Mark385US #20
#15Charles344US #9
#16Stephen321US #19
#17George297US #22
#18Donald288US #15
#19Ronald281US #12
#20Kenneth257US #16
#21Bruce253US #26
#22Dennis242US #17
#23Anthony227US #34
#24Daniel225US #21
#25Frank213US #31
#26Steven189US #13
#27Raymond181US #32
#28Jeffrey160US #35
#29Gregory159US #25
#30Timothy157US #28
#31Douglas153US #27
#32Wayne150US #37
#33Francis145US #85
#34Lawrence145US #33
#35Brian143US #75
#36Kevin142US #53
#37Alan141US #40
#38Philip133US #55
#39Christopher120US #61
#40Walter120US #42
#41Frederick117US #78
#42Gerald114US #36
#43Roger113US #29
#44Andrew109US #69
#45Arthur106US #44
#46Louis106US #76
#47Stanley97US #54
#48Vincent94US #104
#49Henry91US #47
#50Ralph91US #51
#51Barry88US #71
#52Russell85US #73
#53Craig83US #63
#54Albert78US #60
#55Carl77US #43
#56Glenn74US #58
#57Patrick74US #39
#58Keith67US #59
#59Scott66US #68
#60Larry65US #11
#61Leonard64US #80
#62Eugene63US #65
#63Nicholas62US #120
#64Theodore62US #99
#65Martin61US #81
#66Alfred59US #100
#67Jonathan59US #147
#68Harold57US #46
#69Ernest52US #83
#70Harry49US #70
#71Clifford48US #101
#72Howard47US #74
#73Allen44US #72
#74Eric44US #93
#75Dale40US #49
#76Matthew39US #163
#77Fred38US #87
#78Victor36US #110
#79Bernard35US #107
#80Lee35US #92
#81Roy35US #52
#82Gordon34US #108
#83Samuel34US #67
#84Alexander33US #190
#85Norman32US #90
#86Joel30US #129
#87Randall30US #66
#88Warren30US #118
#89Edwin29US #119
#90Marc29US #148
#91Stuart29US #186
#92Allan28US #137
#93Neil28US #149
#94Jack27US #48
#95Jay27US #116
#96Earl25US #95
#97Guy25US #179
#98Phillip25US #79
#99Dean24US #105
#100Herbert24US #112

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑56Debra#33
↑29Roberta#62
↑19Denise#25
↑18Lois#63
↑17Michele#65
↑17Dale#75
↑16Maryann#80
↑14Theresa#52

Falling

↓22Evelyn#97
↓21Alice#84
↓20Eileen#70
↓19Diana#88
↓18Rosemary#72
↓17Rita#93
↓16Valerie#76
↓14Marilyn#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.