State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1958 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,765 Connecticut births in 1958 across 779 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#62Doreen#161 nationally
#83Marianne#181 nationally
#82Lynne#176 nationally
#60Nicholas#153 nationally
#84Holly#168 nationally
#54Francis#135 nationally
#50Jonathan#124 nationally
#40Maureen#110 nationally
#57Eileen#125 nationally
#46Frederick#110 nationally
#69Alfred#133 nationally
#71Andrea#135 nationally

Girls

#1Susan932US #2
#2Mary704US #1
#3Patricia603US #5
#4Linda602US #3
#5Karen600US #4
#6Deborah552US #7
#7Nancy516US #12
#8Donna460US #10
#9Debra439US #6
#10Cynthia436US #8
#11Kathleen432US #21
#12Diane416US #18
#13Elizabeth401US #22
#14Cheryl400US #13
#15Lisa394US #19
#16Barbara346US #9
#17Sharon303US #17
#18Carol300US #20
#19Pamela300US #11
#20Laura256US #29
#21Sandra256US #15
#22Lori233US #30
#23Lynn230US #60
#24Margaret225US #31
#25Denise215US #27
#26Christine207US #43
#27Robin206US #32
#28Joanne199US #80
#29Laurie197US #70
#30Catherine196US #38
#31Kathy183US #14
#32Ann177US #47
#33Gail177US #72
#34Debbie175US #24
#35Kim171US #40
#36Cindy167US #25
#37Janet167US #28
#38Joan154US #68
#39Anne151US #87
#40Maureen143US #110
#41Theresa141US #33
#42Brenda136US #16
#43Jane135US #61
#44Ellen132US #93
#45Darlene126US #49
#46Joyce126US #46
#47Judith125US #62
#48Jean124US #73
#49Katherine124US #74
#50Michele124US #92
#51Janice122US #35
#52Dawn114US #84
#53Maria111US #65
#54Kathryn110US #58
#55Leslie109US #79
#56Kimberly108US #39
#57Eileen107US #125
#58Wendy107US #107
#59Paula105US #53
#60Cathy104US #34
#61Elaine103US #101
#62Doreen100US #161
#63Suzanne98US #104
#64Diana96US #45
#65Marie92US #106
#66Sally92US #112
#67Julie90US #23
#68Amy88US #97
#69Bonnie87US #63
#70Carolyn87US #37
#71Andrea86US #135
#72Valerie86US #64
#73Beth85US #95
#74Judy83US #36
#75Joann82US #122
#76Martha81US #69
#77Michelle80US #56
#78Jennifer77US #81
#79Sheila77US #59
#80Lorraine73US #136
#81Jill70US #98
#82Lynne70US #176
#83Marianne70US #181
#84Holly68US #168
#85Beverly67US #55
#86Teresa66US #26
#87Victoria65US #109
#88Jo62US #91
#89Colleen60US #116
#90Jacqueline60US #99
#91Roberta60US #133
#92Dorothy59US #86
#93Terri59US #51
#94Sue58US #102
#95Angela56US #83
#96Helen56US #100
#97Anna55US #103
#98Rose54US #78
#99Tina54US #71
#100Ruth53US #90

Boys

#1Michael1,470US #1
#2Robert1,368US #4
#3John1,326US #5
#4David1,262US #2
#5James1,046US #3
#6William923US #6
#7Thomas899US #9
#8Richard876US #8
#9Mark874US #7
#10Joseph682US #12
#11Paul543US #15
#12Peter458US #41
#13Kevin413US #20
#14Steven405US #10
#15Daniel398US #16
#16Jeffrey397US #21
#17Brian396US #24
#18Gary392US #17
#19Edward380US #28
#20Stephen365US #26
#21Charles343US #11
#22Donald327US #18
#23Kenneth323US #14
#24Scott316US #25
#25Timothy305US #13
#26George293US #31
#27Anthony268US #27
#28Ronald257US #19
#29Christopher234US #39
#30Frank228US #38
#31Bruce221US #36
#32Douglas198US #30
#33Raymond197US #43
#34Gregory195US #23
#35Keith161US #37
#36Wayne149US #48
#37Alan147US #49
#38Lawrence147US #52
#39Philip142US #67
#40Dennis140US #29
#41Patrick134US #42
#42Eric131US #50
#43Andrew127US #55
#44Matthew127US #60
#45Craig109US #53
#46Frederick108US #110
#47Walter106US #63
#48Carl105US #51
#49Ralph102US #78
#50Jonathan100US #124
#51Vincent99US #98
#52Jay96US #86
#53Albert89US #89
#54Francis88US #135
#55Russell86US #54
#56Arthur85US #72
#57Louis81US #94
#58Martin80US #71
#59Glenn78US #76
#60Nicholas75US #153
#61Gerald74US #58
#62Larry71US #22
#63Dean70US #97
#64Henry68US #83
#65Leonard65US #102
#66Roger65US #47
#67Stanley65US #88
#68Mike63US #40
#69Alfred56US #133
#70Randy56US #32
#71Todd55US #116
#72Dale54US #46
#73Harold53US #84
#74Harry52US #111
#75Howard51US #95
#76Jerry51US #35
#77Chris50US #93
#78Steve50US #44
#79Victor50US #107
#80Edwin48US #137
#81Barry47US #79
#82Jon46US #117
#83Marc46US #145
#84Allen45US #92
#85Clifford45US #128
#86Norman44US #125
#87Kurt43US #134
#88Glen42US #131
#89Bill41US #99
#90Fred41US #115
#91Samuel41US #85
#92Ernest40US #113
#93Theodore40US #140
#94Ricky39US #34
#95Curtis38US #82
#96Eugene37US #103
#97Guy37US #156
#98Lee37US #114
#99Roy37US #75
#100Bryan36US #101

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑34Maria#53
↑27Mike#68
↑24Sally#66
↑20Amy#68
↑20Chris#77
↑19Jennifer#78
↑19Dale#72
↑19Edwin#80

Falling

↓29Rose#98
↓24Theodore#93
↓23Eugene#96
↓20Beverly#85
↓20Ruth#100
↓19Doreen#62
↓19Bonnie#69
↓18Norman#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.