State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,260 Connecticut births in 1956 across 717 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#88Alexanderoutside the national top 200
#95Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#45Doreen#147 nationally
#65Holly#162 nationally
#92Gerard#180 nationally
#68Nicholas#147 nationally
#100Allan#177 nationally
#73Guy#146 nationally
#71Kurt#138 nationally
#57Eileen#123 nationally
#38Maureen#102 nationally
#51Jonathan#114 nationally

Girls

#1Susan888US #5
#2Mary750US #1
#3Deborah686US #4
#4Patricia666US #6
#5Linda659US #3
#6Karen656US #7
#7Donna589US #10
#8Nancy555US #11
#9Debra480US #2
#10Barbara464US #9
#11Kathleen460US #17
#12Diane444US #15
#13Cynthia427US #8
#14Sharon359US #13
#15Cheryl347US #18
#16Elizabeth323US #22
#17Carol319US #16
#18Sandra294US #14
#19Pamela278US #12
#20Margaret249US #25
#21Lynn239US #58
#22Kim222US #38
#23Lisa221US #31
#24Janet208US #21
#25Laura205US #34
#26Catherine196US #28
#27Denise194US #23
#28Ann186US #46
#29Gail186US #49
#30Robin179US #29
#31Judith176US #45
#32Joan173US #52
#33Jane166US #50
#34Christine154US #42
#35Laurie152US #76
#36Lori147US #66
#37Darlene141US #71
#38Maureen140US #102
#39Ellen139US #84
#40Wendy138US #95
#41Kathy134US #20
#42Jean133US #65
#43Joanne133US #99
#44Theresa129US #32
#45Doreen128US #147
#46Janice126US #26
#47Joyce125US #30
#48Paula125US #47
#49Anne121US #86
#50Cathy117US #36
#51Katherine116US #67
#52Cindy114US #37
#53Suzanne114US #94
#54Michele111US #100
#55Elaine109US #89
#56Bonnie108US #51
#57Eileen106US #123
#58Marie103US #96
#59Dawn96US #92
#60Sheila94US #55
#61Jo92US #69
#62Valerie90US #80
#63Beverly89US #40
#64Debbie86US #39
#65Holly86US #162
#66Maria86US #73
#67Brenda81US #19
#68Martha81US #59
#69Jacqueline80US #78
#70Sally80US #105
#71Kathryn77US #60
#72Leslie76US #104
#73Rose76US #64
#74Andrea74US #127
#75Jeanne70US #112
#76Joann68US #139
#77Lorraine68US #124
#78Rita68US #79
#79Virginia68US #75
#80Roberta67US #116
#81Ruth67US #77
#82Marcia65US #110
#83Sarah63US #115
#84Beth62US #117
#85Charlene61US #132
#86Kimberly61US #74
#87Marilyn60US #70
#88Teresa60US #24
#89Jennifer59US #97
#90Carolyn58US #33
#91Jill58US #101
#92Colleen57US #113
#93Lynne57US #156
#94Judy56US #35
#95Julie56US #48
#96Helen55US #90
#97Michelle55US #88
#98Diana54US #56
#99Frances54US #107
#100Amy52US #122

Boys

#1Robert1,378US #3
#2John1,289US #5
#3David1,231US #4
#4Michael1,199US #1
#5James982US #2
#6Richard870US #7
#7William844US #6
#8Mark795US #8
#9Thomas783US #9
#10Joseph608US #12
#11Paul550US #17
#12Gary521US #13
#13Peter493US #37
#14Edward421US #25
#15Steven392US #10
#16Stephen358US #23
#17Brian352US #32
#18Kevin352US #22
#19Jeffrey346US #20
#20Donald330US #14
#21Daniel318US #18
#22Charles311US #11
#23Ronald301US #15
#24Kenneth289US #16
#25Timothy278US #19
#26George261US #27
#27Anthony256US #30
#28Frank245US #38
#29Bruce238US #33
#30Raymond232US #39
#31Gregory207US #24
#32Scott200US #34
#33Douglas195US #29
#34Christopher178US #47
#35Dennis168US #26
#36Keith160US #36
#37Lawrence150US #42
#38Philip150US #64
#39Alan148US #44
#40Wayne145US #45
#41Andrew127US #56
#42Roger123US #41
#43Arthur115US #60
#44Walter113US #53
#45Glenn110US #61
#46Louis110US #82
#47Patrick107US #40
#48Russell107US #52
#49Craig102US #51
#50Frederick102US #91
#51Jonathan102US #114
#52Francis95US #111
#53Carl92US #48
#54Matthew88US #90
#55Vincent88US #98
#56Gerald85US #49
#57Albert80US #81
#58Ralph80US #67
#59Martin79US #73
#60Leonard78US #89
#61Henry69US #71
#62Theodore68US #119
#63Barry63US #69
#64Larry63US #21
#65Stanley63US #70
#66Allen62US #87
#67Eric61US #79
#68Nicholas61US #147
#69Jay59US #92
#70Harold58US #72
#71Kurt58US #138
#72Norman58US #107
#73Guy54US #146
#74Howard53US #84
#75Roy52US #62
#76Marc51US #135
#77Alfred50US #121
#78Clifford50US #122
#79Randy47US #28
#80Eugene44US #86
#81Dean42US #99
#82Fred42US #102
#83Lee41US #104
#84Ricky40US #43
#85Ernest39US #94
#86Joel39US #106
#87Karl38US #150
#88Alexander36
#89Samuel36US #74
#90Victor36US #96
#91Glen35US #125
#92Gerard34US #180
#93Curtis33US #80
#94Jon33US #116
#95Salvatore33
#96Harry32US #95
#97Jerry32US #35
#98Jeffery31US #57
#99Randall31US #54
#100Allan29US #177

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑21Darlene#37
↑21Cathy#50
↑20Kim#22
↑20Jacqueline#69
↑17Lori#36
↑17Matthew#54
↑16Kathy#41
↑16Jeanne#75

Falling

↓22Eugene#80
↓18Lorraine#77
↓17Kathryn#71
↓17Leslie#72
↓17Helen#96
↓16Bonnie#56
↓14Joanne#43
↓14Marc#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.