State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,381 Connecticut births in 1953 across 648 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#83Doreenoutside the national top 200
#99Bradfordoutside the national top 200
#99Holly#199 nationally
#95Stuart#185 nationally
#74Guy#150 nationally
#59Nicholas#131 nationally
#93Leo#162 nationally
#94Karl#163 nationally
#65Jonathan#133 nationally
#85Allan#153 nationally
#46Eileen#108 nationally
#52Wendy#110 nationally

Girls

#1Susan815US #5
#2Deborah763US #3
#3Linda730US #2
#4Patricia718US #4
#5Mary667US #1
#6Nancy540US #8
#7Barbara489US #6
#8Kathleen485US #14
#9Karen438US #9
#10Donna424US #13
#11Diane389US #17
#12Carol365US #16
#13Debra332US #7
#14Elizabeth327US #21
#15Cynthia316US #12
#16Sharon303US #15
#17Pamela270US #10
#18Janet259US #19
#19Sandra257US #11
#20Margaret245US #20
#21Joan236US #37
#22Gail223US #39
#23Denise220US #31
#24Judith211US #30
#25Janice187US #22
#26Christine186US #32
#27Joanne175US #71
#28Catherine170US #35
#29Cheryl155US #28
#30Ann153US #46
#31Lynn151US #67
#32Jane150US #43
#33Paula145US #40
#34Jean131US #52
#35Anne126US #80
#36Joyce126US #26
#37Laura126US #51
#38Maureen126US #92
#39Ellen120US #76
#40Robin119US #66
#41Beverly117US #34
#42Katherine116US #63
#43Marilyn110US #36
#44Kathryn102US #48
#45Elaine101US #77
#46Eileen100US #108
#47Jacqueline100US #58
#48Kathy99US #23
#49Jo98US #54
#50Laurie95US #103
#51Sheila95US #60
#52Wendy95US #110
#53Marie93US #86
#54Theresa92US #50
#55Virginia90US #53
#56Bonnie89US #45
#57Suzanne82US #78
#58Sally81US #81
#59Maria79US #68
#60Darlene77US #75
#61Michele76US #102
#62Dorothy74US #49
#63Martha74US #41
#64Carolyn73US #25
#65Ruth73US #62
#66Leslie72US #96
#67Valerie72US #88
#68Lisa70US #111
#69Roberta69US #90
#70Claudia67US #126
#71Lorraine67US #118
#72Frances65US #72
#73Rose64US #59
#74Joann63US #121
#75Sarah63US #93
#76Louise62US #125
#77Shirley62US #29
#78Gloria59US #38
#79Andrea58US #131
#80Brenda57US #18
#81Michelle57US #107
#82Charlene56US #113
#83Doreen56
#84Cathy55US #56
#85Judy55US #27
#86Alice54US #73
#87Helen54US #65
#88Diana53US #55
#89Rita53US #64
#90Rosemary52US #147
#91Jill50US #114
#92Dawn49US #138
#93Lois49US #91
#94Marcia49US #84
#95Anita47US #89
#96Colleen47US #115
#97Jeanne47US #97
#98Betty46US #33
#99Holly46US #199
#100Irene46US #127

Boys

#1John1,349US #4
#2Robert1,282US #1
#3David1,093US #5
#4Michael1,026US #3
#5James974US #2
#6Richard932US #7
#7William866US #6
#8Thomas853US #8
#9Joseph627US #13
#10Gary563US #10
#11Paul519US #16
#12Mark493US #12
#13Edward415US #23
#14Peter410US #38
#15Stephen375US #21
#16Charles342US #9
#17Donald328US #14
#18Kenneth312US #17
#19Ronald288US #15
#20Jeffrey285US #25
#21Daniel283US #20
#22George281US #22
#23Steven280US #11
#24Kevin246US #36
#25Dennis244US #19
#26Bruce237US #28
#27Anthony224US #32
#28Brian200US #53
#29Raymond193US #34
#30Frank187US #33
#31Douglas171US #27
#32Alan169US #43
#33Wayne160US #40
#34Gregory155US #24
#35Lawrence155US #37
#36Timothy150US #26
#37Christopher141US #63
#38Walter124US #45
#39Arthur123US #50
#40Francis123US #90
#41Philip117US #61
#42Andrew112US #68
#43Ralph111US #59
#44Roger108US #31
#45Patrick105US #39
#46Louis102US #78
#47Keith100US #47
#48Scott100US #46
#49Henry95US #54
#50Albert89US #69
#51Carl87US #44
#52Frederick86US #80
#53Craig83US #60
#54Gerald83US #42
#55Glenn83US #67
#56Barry80US #73
#57Eugene79US #75
#58Vincent79US #100
#59Nicholas78US #131
#60Russell78US #71
#61Howard71US #77
#62Leonard70US #85
#63Martin70US #82
#64Eric68US #89
#65Jonathan67US #133
#66Stanley64US #62
#67Theodore61US #112
#68Ernest59US #87
#69Larry55US #18
#70Alfred54US #104
#71Harold54US #56
#72Norman52US #98
#73Harry48US #83
#74Guy45US #150
#75Clifford42US #102
#76Gordon42US #116
#77Roy40US #55
#78Jay39US #99
#79Bernard38US #119
#80Matthew37US #130
#81Samuel37US #70
#82Randy36US #35
#83Fred35US #92
#84Warren35US #124
#85Allan32US #153
#86Allen32US #81
#87Dean32US #105
#88Lee32US #93
#89Marc32US #144
#90Curtis31US #86
#91Edwin31US #123
#92Jerry31US #29
#93Leo30US #162
#94Karl29US #163
#95Stuart29US #185
#96Victor29US #106
#97Glen28US #129
#98Neil28US #146
#99Bradford27
#100Herbert27US #125

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑36Maria#59
↑23Kathy#48
↑18Robin#40
↑17Fred#83
↑15Sarah#75
↑15Doreen#83
↑14Jo#49
↑14Judy#85

Falling

↓17Marcia#94
↓17Jeanne#97
↓15Marc#89
↓14Claudia#70
↓13Allen#86
↓12Lorraine#71
↓12Brenda#80
↓10Christine#26

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.