State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,923 Connecticut births in 1952 across 605 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#77Alexander#186 nationally
#92Maryannoutside the national top 200
#93Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#96Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#98Doreenoutside the national top 200
#92Roland#187 nationally
#96Marianne#191 nationally
#83Leo#171 nationally
#94Kurt#178 nationally
#74Marc#153 nationally
#64Jonathan#139 nationally
#47Laurie#115 nationally

Girls

#1Linda774US #1
#2Patricia769US #3
#3Susan729US #5
#4Deborah668US #4
#5Mary629US #2
#6Barbara518US #6
#7Nancy510US #7
#8Kathleen507US #11
#9Donna427US #13
#10Karen420US #8
#11Diane408US #16
#12Carol376US #12
#13Elizabeth318US #22
#14Sharon309US #14
#15Sandra302US #10
#16Christine295US #20
#17Margaret273US #21
#18Pamela266US #17
#19Judith259US #25
#20Debra248US #9
#21Cynthia241US #18
#22Joan228US #37
#23Gail227US #39
#24Janet223US #19
#25Denise221US #33
#26Janice187US #23
#27Ann177US #45
#28Catherine173US #34
#29Cheryl163US #31
#30Lynn156US #71
#31Jane155US #42
#32Jean143US #50
#33Joyce143US #27
#34Laura141US #53
#35Maureen141US #94
#36Joanne126US #78
#37Marilyn120US #38
#38Anne119US #79
#39Elaine119US #73
#40Ellen115US #70
#41Paula115US #47
#42Eileen105US #100
#43Beverly104US #35
#44Jacqueline101US #58
#45Marie100US #82
#46Wendy99US #105
#47Laurie98US #115
#48Theresa97US #60
#49Virginia94US #49
#50Bonnie93US #41
#51Kathryn90US #48
#52Dorothy89US #46
#53Katherine89US #59
#54Suzanne84US #84
#55Michele83US #110
#56Claudia81US #111
#57Darlene81US #77
#58Robin79US #102
#59Lorraine76US #109
#60Ruth76US #57
#61Roberta75US #88
#62Sally74US #81
#63Jo73US #55
#64Sheila73US #64
#65Carolyn72US #24
#66Joann71US #116
#67Rose71US #62
#68Brenda70US #15
#69Frances70US #67
#70Lisa70US #126
#71Kathy69US #29
#72Gloria66US #36
#73Leslie65US #104
#74Martha64US #40
#75Louise63US #122
#76Shirley62US #28
#77Marcia61US #80
#78Diana60US #51
#79Valerie59US #87
#80Jeanne58US #98
#81Cathy56US #56
#82Helen55US #63
#83Andrea54US #132
#84Jill54US #118
#85Charlene53US #106
#86June53US #148
#87Rosemary53US #130
#88Lynne51US #150
#89Phyllis51US #65
#90Sarah51US #93
#91Marlene50US #117
#92Maryann50
#93Victoria50US #74
#94Colleen49US #108
#95Maria48US #72
#96Marianne48US #191
#97Alice46US #69
#98Doreen46
#99Judy45US #26
#100Lois45US #86

Boys

#1Robert1,379US #2
#2John1,365US #3
#3Richard960US #7
#4Michael951US #4
#5James948US #1
#6David933US #5
#7William886US #6
#8Thomas844US #8
#9Gary570US #10
#10Joseph565US #12
#11Paul479US #19
#12Peter462US #36
#13Mark432US #17
#14Edward377US #23
#15Charles329US #9
#16Donald325US #13
#17Stephen321US #21
#18Kenneth295US #16
#19Ronald273US #15
#20Daniel271US #20
#21Steven270US #11
#22George269US #22
#23Dennis240US #18
#24Bruce234US #25
#25Anthony226US #34
#26Raymond223US #33
#27Kevin196US #43
#28Frank193US #32
#29Wayne171US #38
#30Jeffrey170US #31
#31Alan166US #42
#32Gregory162US #24
#33Timothy157US #27
#34Lawrence156US #35
#35Brian152US #64
#36Douglas141US #28
#37Christopher137US #57
#38Walter136US #44
#39Philip135US #60
#40Roger133US #30
#41Arthur131US #47
#42Louis125US #79
#43Francis117US #89
#44Frederick116US #76
#45Andrew113US #68
#46Keith104US #49
#47Henry96US #50
#48Gerald95US #39
#49Ralph93US #56
#50Carl92US #45
#51Scott88US #54
#52Craig83US #59
#53Vincent82US #101
#54Albert80US #66
#55Glenn76US #61
#56Stanley75US #58
#57Martin74US #80
#58Patrick74US #37
#59Russell73US #70
#60Nicholas72US #127
#61Theodore69US #100
#62Leonard67US #83
#63Eugene66US #71
#64Jonathan63US #139
#65Barry61US #69
#66Harold60US #51
#67Larry56US #14
#68Howard55US #73
#69Norman55US #96
#70Alfred53US #104
#71Harry52US #75
#72Clifford50US #99
#73Allen49US #78
#74Marc49US #153
#75Ernest48US #87
#76Eric44US #88
#77Alexander40US #186
#78Jack40US #52
#79Jay40US #106
#80Roy39US #55
#81Lee38US #92
#82Matthew37US #142
#83Leo33US #171
#84Guy31US #152
#85Randall31US #63
#86Gordon30US #110
#87Bernard29US #111
#88Curtis29US #86
#89Earl29US #98
#90Samuel29US #67
#91Allan28US #146
#92Roland28US #187
#93Bradford27
#94Kurt27US #178
#95Victor27US #107
#96Salvatore26
#97Jon25US #135
#98Neil25US #147
#99Dale24US #46
#100Fred24US #90

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑39Claudia#56
↑28Eileen#42
↑28Darlene#57
↑27Laurie#47
↑24Rose#67
↑19Sally#62
↑17Robin#58
↑16Norman#69

Falling

↓37Lois#100
↓26Shirley#76
↓24Dale#99
↓23Fred#100
↓22Carolyn#65
↓19Jeanne#80
↓17Martha#74
↓17Victor#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.