State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,388 Connecticut births in 1954 across 664 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#81Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#85Alexander#200 nationally
#94Doreenoutside the national top 200
#62Holly#166 nationally
#88Gerard#177 nationally
#92Marianne#172 nationally
#62Nicholas#134 nationally
#69Andrea#136 nationally
#80Neil#147 nationally
#64Joann#129 nationally
#68Marc#133 nationally
#57Jonathan#121 nationally

Girls

#1Susan864US #5
#2Patricia761US #4
#3Mary754US #1
#4Deborah745US #3
#5Linda734US #2
#6Nancy604US #9
#7Debra507US #6
#8Karen507US #8
#9Barbara479US #7
#10Donna459US #11
#11Kathleen455US #14
#12Diane382US #17
#13Cynthia361US #10
#14Carol321US #15
#15Sharon304US #16
#16Pamela302US #12
#17Elizabeth266US #20
#18Margaret248US #21
#19Sandra246US #13
#20Gail227US #37
#21Janet221US #19
#22Joan208US #40
#23Catherine190US #32
#24Cheryl187US #22
#25Lynn187US #63
#26Judith181US #30
#27Denise176US #24
#28Robin176US #41
#29Ann166US #44
#30Joanne164US #78
#31Laura163US #45
#32Jane160US #49
#33Janice156US #25
#34Christine150US #43
#35Paula150US #38
#36Maureen143US #97
#37Anne140US #80
#38Ellen137US #77
#39Lisa136US #73
#40Joyce135US #28
#41Jean132US #56
#42Laurie129US #98
#43Elaine119US #74
#44Jo112US #53
#45Rose104US #54
#46Marie103US #79
#47Katherine102US #64
#48Theresa102US #47
#49Beverly101US #31
#50Kathryn101US #51
#51Michele100US #89
#52Eileen97US #115
#53Leslie96US #99
#54Wendy94US #95
#55Marilyn92US #35
#56Sheila88US #60
#57Marian86US #104
#58Suzanne86US #82
#59Jacqueline85US #68
#60Bonnie83US #52
#61Kathy82US #23
#62Holly78US #166
#63Dorothy75US #55
#64Joann75US #129
#65Lori75US #121
#66Dawn73US #124
#67Lorraine73US #120
#68Sally73US #84
#69Andrea71US #136
#70Martha70US #46
#71Virginia70US #61
#72Darlene69US #76
#73Valerie69US #87
#74Brenda68US #18
#75Ruth67US #66
#76Carolyn66US #27
#77Maria66US #65
#78Cathy64US #59
#79Gloria63US #42
#80Victoria63US #85
#81Marcia62US #90
#82Betty61US #36
#83Beth59US #130
#84Claudia58US #145
#85Diana58US #57
#86Roberta58US #102
#87Shirley58US #33
#88Helen57US #72
#89Alice55US #81
#90Jeanne55US #112
#91Colleen54US #119
#92Marianne54US #172
#93Sarah54US #103
#94Doreen53
#95Louise53US #138
#96Rosemary53US #160
#97Angela52US #118
#98Kim52US #134
#99Rita52US #67
#100Charlene50US #126

Boys

#1John1,363US #4
#2Robert1,355US #2
#3Michael1,148US #1
#4David1,134US #5
#5James1,006US #3
#6Richard948US #7
#7William909US #6
#8Thomas841US #8
#9Mark638US #12
#10Joseph580US #13
#11Paul528US #16
#12Gary520US #9
#13Peter459US #37
#14Stephen376US #20
#15Edward366US #22
#16Steven350US #11
#17Charles348US #10
#18George322US #24
#19Kenneth320US #17
#20Jeffrey314US #23
#21Donald311US #14
#22Kevin299US #28
#23Ronald292US #15
#24Daniel280US #18
#25Bruce269US #30
#26Anthony235US #32
#27Frank227US #36
#28Raymond219US #35
#29Brian218US #48
#30Timothy209US #26
#31Dennis202US #21
#32Wayne170US #41
#33Douglas167US #29
#34Gregory165US #25
#35Alan160US #43
#36Lawrence142US #39
#37Scott141US #40
#38Christopher137US #64
#39Francis126US #94
#40Frederick125US #83
#41Walter124US #49
#42Philip122US #62
#43Keith119US #45
#44Andrew118US #70
#45Arthur117US #52
#46Carl104US #47
#47Patrick102US #38
#48Ralph101US #61
#49Roger100US #34
#50Henry99US #59
#51Craig97US #51
#52Gerald92US #44
#53Glenn91US #63
#54Louis91US #81
#55Albert86US #73
#56Barry79US #68
#57Jonathan78US #121
#58Vincent78US #104
#59Russell76US #69
#60Harold73US #60
#61Martin73US #79
#62Nicholas73US #134
#63Theodore73US #115
#64Stanley69US #58
#65Larry67US #19
#66Alfred65US #116
#67Leonard65US #85
#68Marc62US #133
#69Eugene61US #77
#70Ernest60US #87
#71Harry60US #86
#72Matthew59US #124
#73Eric56US #89
#74Randy51US #33
#75Allen50US #82
#76Clifford46US #112
#77Howard46US #80
#78Bernard42US #123
#79Guy42US #143
#80Neil42US #147
#81Salvatore42
#82Jon40US #111
#83Roy40US #56
#84Victor40US #103
#85Alexander38US #200
#86Jay37US #101
#87Dean35US #110
#88Gerard35US #177
#89Norman35US #99
#90Samuel35US #71
#91Fred34US #93
#92Gordon34US #122
#93Terry34US #27
#94Kim33US #109
#95Allan32US #149
#96Dale32US #50
#97Jack32US #57
#98Edwin31US #129
#99Lee31US #96
#100Warren31US #126

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑37Holly#62
↑29Lisa#39
↑28Rose#45
↑26Dawn#66
↑21Marc#68
↑18Neil#80
↑16Betty#82
↑13Leslie#53

Falling

↓19Louise#95
↓18Maria#77
↓18Sarah#93
↓18Charlene#100
↓17Roberta#86
↓17Norman#89
↓16Virginia#71
↓16Howard#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.