State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,196 Connecticut births in 1955 across 689 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#60Doreenoutside the national top 200
#94Maryannoutside the national top 200
#100Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#97Stuart#189 nationally
#89Leo#175 nationally
#67Holly#144 nationally
#66Nicholas#141 nationally
#96Rosemary#171 nationally
#50Eileen#120 nationally
#90Neil#159 nationally
#48Jonathan#116 nationally
#59Lorraine#126 nationally

Girls

#1Susan927US #5
#2Deborah782US #2
#3Mary773US #1
#4Linda761US #3
#5Patricia730US #6
#6Nancy612US #9
#7Debra561US #4
#8Donna519US #10
#9Karen511US #8
#10Barbara477US #7
#11Kathleen457US #17
#12Diane420US #14
#13Carol381US #15
#14Elizabeth355US #21
#15Cheryl339US #19
#16Sharon307US #16
#17Cynthia297US #11
#18Pamela288US #12
#19Sandra288US #13
#20Margaret253US #24
#21Lynn251US #62
#22Robin238US #33
#23Janet213US #20
#24Judith208US #31
#25Denise202US #23
#26Gail198US #42
#27Catherine195US #28
#28Ann191US #43
#29Joanne183US #88
#30Lisa178US #48
#31Laurie177US #91
#32Joan168US #46
#33Laura163US #41
#34Christine162US #40
#35Janice159US #25
#36Anne144US #84
#37Jane144US #50
#38Jean133US #60
#39Ellen127US #81
#40Bonnie125US #45
#41Paula123US #39
#42Kim122US #75
#43Joyce120US #29
#44Wendy118US #90
#45Maureen113US #100
#46Theresa112US #38
#47Michele108US #93
#48Suzanne108US #86
#49Elaine106US #77
#50Eileen102US #120
#51Beverly98US #34
#52Katherine96US #65
#53Lori96US #89
#54Kathryn95US #59
#55Leslie95US #99
#56Jo92US #58
#57Kathy92US #22
#58Darlene90US #76
#59Lorraine90US #126
#60Doreen88
#61Rose87US #54
#62Marie86US #92
#63Sheila85US #57
#64Brenda80US #18
#65Dawn80US #103
#66Valerie77US #80
#67Holly73US #144
#68Maria73US #69
#69Virginia73US #66
#70Martha72US #53
#71Cathy71US #44
#72Joann70US #136
#73Roberta70US #113
#74Charlene69US #130
#75Marcia67US #98
#76Sally66US #95
#77Andrea64US #139
#78Teresa64US #26
#79Helen63US #78
#80Ruth62US #70
#81Dorothy61US #64
#82Jill61US #102
#83Marilyn60US #49
#84Shirley60US #37
#85Colleen59US #110
#86Alice58US #87
#87Gloria57US #47
#88Carolyn56US #30
#89Jacqueline56US #73
#90Diana55US #55
#91Jeanne55US #115
#92Louise55US #148
#93Frances54US #96
#94Maryann54
#95Sarah54US #108
#96Rosemary53US #171
#97Amy52US #134
#98Kimberly52US #111
#99Lynne52US #155
#100Angela51US #109

Boys

#1Robert1,448US #4
#2David1,344US #2
#3John1,323US #5
#4Michael1,152US #1
#5James984US #3
#6William924US #6
#7Richard896US #7
#8Thomas797US #8
#9Mark697US #9
#10Joseph620US #13
#11Gary521US #12
#12Paul508US #16
#13Peter456US #35
#14Stephen402US #21
#15Edward392US #25
#16Steven383US #10
#17Jeffrey365US #20
#18Daniel332US #17
#19Charles323US #11
#20Donald323US #14
#21Kevin321US #27
#22George319US #26
#23Kenneth274US #15
#24Bruce258US #32
#25Ronald256US #18
#26Anthony240US #31
#27Brian237US #40
#28Raymond225US #36
#29Timothy209US #22
#30Frank200US #34
#31Gregory197US #24
#32Dennis183US #23
#33Christopher166US #49
#34Wayne158US #44
#35Philip155US #62
#36Douglas151US #29
#37Lawrence146US #42
#38Alan140US #43
#39Keith140US #39
#40Scott133US #38
#41Arthur124US #56
#42Louis123US #82
#43Walter119US #51
#44Andrew117US #66
#45Craig112US #50
#46Francis108US #100
#47Roger108US #37
#48Jonathan107US #116
#49Vincent107US #99
#50Glenn104US #59
#51Carl100US #47
#52Patrick96US #41
#53Ralph94US #67
#54Frederick92US #86
#55Russell85US #57
#56Martin79US #77
#57Gerald77US #48
#58Eugene75US #81
#59Stanley73US #64
#60Barry72US #70
#61Henry69US #61
#62Marc69US #126
#63Theodore65US #120
#64Albert64US #76
#65Jay64US #103
#66Nicholas63US #141
#67Larry60US #19
#68Allen59US #84
#69Eric58US #85
#70Leonard57US #88
#71Matthew57US #105
#72Harold56US #63
#73Norman54US #102
#74Ernest52US #90
#75Clifford50US #118
#76Howard50US #83
#77Alfred49US #119
#78Guy48US #145
#79Roy45US #58
#80Samuel45US #71
#81Victor43US #101
#82Glen41US #131
#83Kurt41US #150
#84Jeffery38US #73
#85Karl38US #149
#86Phillip37US #74
#87Randy36US #30
#88Randall35US #53
#89Leo34US #175
#90Neil34US #159
#91Terry34US #28
#92Fred33US #97
#93Harry33US #89
#94Jon33US #115
#95Allan31US #157
#96Kim31US #98
#97Stuart31US #189
#98Bernard30US #127
#99Jerry30US #33
#100Alexander29

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑56Kim#42
↑34Doreen#60
↑26Charlene#74
↑21Jay#65
↑20Bonnie#40
↑16Norman#73
↑14Darlene#58
↑13Roberta#73

Falling

↓30Jacqueline#89
↓28Marilyn#83
↓22Harry#93
↓20Bernard#98
↓18Dorothy#81
↓16Rose#61
↓16Marie#62
↓15Alexander#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.