State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,638 Connecticut births in 1957 across 766 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#93Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#43Doreen#150 nationally
#62Nicholas#152 nationally
#67Holly#157 nationally
#96Neil#181 nationally
#45Jonathan#124 nationally
#51Francis#128 nationally
#86Lynne#160 nationally
#93Louise#166 nationally
#75Marc#139 nationally
#69Theodore#132 nationally
#86Guy#149 nationally

Girls

#1Susan899US #2
#2Mary761US #1
#3Karen703US #5
#4Deborah659US #6
#5Linda622US #3
#6Nancy590US #11
#7Cynthia553US #7
#8Donna545US #10
#9Patricia539US #8
#10Diane463US #17
#11Kathleen428US #21
#12Debra424US #4
#13Barbara391US #9
#14Elizabeth388US #22
#15Carol345US #18
#16Cheryl345US #16
#17Sharon338US #14
#18Lisa318US #26
#19Sandra297US #15
#20Pamela286US #12
#21Margaret241US #29
#22Robin239US #30
#23Lynn222US #61
#24Cindy213US #19
#25Laura210US #31
#26Kim202US #35
#27Laurie200US #73
#28Janet199US #23
#29Ann195US #44
#30Denise193US #25
#31Catherine191US #37
#32Gail179US #54
#33Christine178US #41
#34Ellen170US #85
#35Joanne169US #94
#36Lori165US #45
#37Anne164US #86
#38Kathy164US #20
#39Judith162US #53
#40Theresa162US #36
#41Joan159US #60
#42Darlene154US #57
#43Doreen146US #150
#44Jane145US #56
#45Debbie142US #27
#46Janice142US #32
#47Brenda140US #13
#48Maureen139US #103
#49Wendy123US #101
#50Bonnie122US #64
#51Leslie122US #77
#52Jean121US #67
#53Joyce118US #40
#54Paula117US #49
#55Michele112US #99
#56Cathy111US #39
#57Katherine110US #72
#58Kimberly107US #42
#59Diana106US #43
#60Marie104US #98
#61Dawn102US #93
#62Elaine102US #96
#63Eileen99US #120
#64Suzanne98US #102
#65Beverly94US #48
#66Kathryn92US #65
#67Holly90US #157
#68Beth89US #108
#69Rose88US #69
#70Virginia87US #75
#71Valerie85US #76
#72Julie81US #28
#73Jill79US #100
#74Judy78US #38
#75Michelle77US #79
#76Andrea76US #130
#77Martha74US #63
#78Carolyn73US #33
#79Colleen72US #118
#80Ruth72US #84
#81Marianne70US #139
#82Jeanne69US #117
#83Lorraine69US #129
#84Teresa69US #24
#85Frances68US #113
#86Lynne68US #160
#87Maria68US #71
#88Amy65US #114
#89Jacqueline64US #91
#90Sally63US #115
#91Joann62US #137
#92Sheila62US #58
#93Louise61US #166
#94Helen60US #95
#95Marcia60US #126
#96Shirley60US #46
#97Jennifer59US #87
#98Victoria59US #88
#99Alice58US #106
#100Dorothy57US #74

Boys

#1Michael1,403US #1
#2John1,393US #5
#3Robert1,380US #4
#4David1,204US #3
#5James1,045US #2
#6Richard902US #8
#7William890US #6
#8Mark884US #7
#9Thomas823US #9
#10Joseph696US #12
#11Paul618US #18
#12Peter539US #37
#13Gary467US #13
#14Steven446US #10
#15Kevin438US #20
#16Jeffrey421US #21
#17Brian388US #26
#18Stephen387US #24
#19Donald381US #15
#20Daniel371US #16
#21Kenneth340US #14
#22Edward334US #25
#23Ronald329US #17
#24Anthony318US #27
#25Charles314US #11
#26Timothy305US #19
#27George260US #29
#28Bruce246US #34
#29Scott241US #32
#30Frank223US #38
#31Raymond222US #39
#32Gregory214US #23
#33Keith204US #36
#34Douglas200US #30
#35Christopher190US #43
#36Wayne185US #47
#37Alan151US #48
#38Dennis144US #28
#39Lawrence142US #46
#40Louis136US #86
#41Philip133US #68
#42Andrew130US #56
#43Patrick120US #41
#44Glenn118US #62
#45Jonathan114US #124
#46Carl112US #49
#47Craig108US #55
#48Walter105US #58
#49Roger101US #42
#50Arthur99US #66
#51Francis99US #128
#52Ralph97US #76
#53Matthew95US #83
#54Gerald94US #51
#55Martin91US #69
#56Russell91US #54
#57Henry86US #75
#58Eric84US #60
#59Vincent84US #97
#60Frederick81US #99
#61Albert75US #84
#62Nicholas72US #152
#63Leonard71US #94
#64Dean69US #93
#65Jay69US #88
#66Randy64US #31
#67Harold63US #74
#68Norman63US #118
#69Theodore63US #132
#70Larry62US #22
#71Barry61US #72
#72Clifford59US #130
#73Eugene59US #92
#74Howard56US #89
#75Marc56US #139
#76Stanley56US #81
#77Jerry53US #35
#78Steve52US #44
#79Glen51US #129
#80Ernest50US #101
#81Victor50US #98
#82Alfred49US #131
#83Fred49US #103
#84Joel46US #104
#85Kurt44US #141
#86Guy42US #149
#87Harry42US #100
#88Roy42US #65
#89Samuel42US #82
#90Allen40US #91
#91Dale40US #50
#92Karl40US #146
#93Salvatore40
#94Lee39US #105
#95Mike39US #53
#96Neil38US #181
#97Chris37US #120
#98Danny37US #45
#99Edwin37US #134
#100Jeff37US #96

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑39Diana#59
↑28Cindy#24
↑28Kimberly#58
↑23Julie#72
↑22Michelle#75
↑21Leslie#51
↑20Brenda#47
↑20Judy#74

Falling

↓32Sheila#92
↓24Allen#90
↓21Maria#87
↓20Jacqueline#89
↓20Sally#90
↓15Joann#91
↓14Kurt#85
↓13Marcia#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.