State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,066 Connecticut births in 1959 across 782 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#65Doreen#175 nationally
#93Seanoutside the national top 200
#89Neil#185 nationally
#61Nicholas#156 nationally
#93Louise#183 nationally
#52Francis#136 nationally
#58Marc#140 nationally
#65Theodore#146 nationally
#79Guy#158 nationally
#49Jonathan#124 nationally
#96Holly#168 nationally
#68Joann#130 nationally

Girls

#1Susan841US #2
#2Mary763US #1
#3Donna691US #5
#4Karen586US #4
#5Linda555US #3
#6Patricia545US #6
#7Nancy508US #14
#8Lisa507US #10
#9Deborah482US #9
#10Cynthia424US #8
#11Elizabeth407US #21
#12Diane400US #19
#13Debra374US #7
#14Cheryl371US #18
#15Kathleen369US #23
#16Barbara327US #11
#17Pamela323US #12
#18Carol298US #22
#19Sharon294US #17
#20Lori273US #27
#21Laura270US #30
#22Sandra257US #13
#23Robin249US #32
#24Denise209US #29
#25Janet201US #28
#26Kathy201US #15
#27Christine197US #43
#28Ann196US #44
#29Margaret196US #36
#30Catherine192US #40
#31Lynn184US #63
#32Dawn178US #54
#33Theresa174US #34
#34Cindy169US #25
#35Laurie166US #56
#36Debbie165US #20
#37Kim164US #35
#38Brenda155US #16
#39Judith155US #70
#40Ellen153US #91
#41Anne152US #82
#42Gail152US #75
#43Joan151US #76
#44Joanne151US #92
#45Janice134US #37
#46Wendy134US #83
#47Beth130US #80
#48Maureen130US #106
#49Paula127US #51
#50Jane122US #67
#51Leslie116US #84
#52Jean115US #77
#53Kimberly115US #33
#54Suzanne112US #96
#55Kathryn109US #69
#56Cathy108US #39
#57Jennifer108US #78
#58Darlene106US #66
#59Joyce105US #50
#60Katherine105US #79
#61Amy102US #85
#62Michele100US #89
#63Marie97US #104
#64Michelle96US #47
#65Doreen94US #175
#66Eileen93US #126
#67Bonnie89US #71
#68Joann89US #130
#69Maria89US #62
#70Teresa88US #24
#71Elaine87US #105
#72Colleen84US #110
#73Sheila84US #52
#74Valerie83US #60
#75Julie81US #26
#76Judy80US #41
#77Andrea79US #123
#78Diana75US #49
#79Dorothy75US #94
#80Beverly74US #55
#81Jacqueline73US #111
#82Carolyn72US #42
#83Jill71US #86
#84Sally71US #114
#85Tina71US #53
#86Lorraine70US #137
#87Angela69US #68
#88Annette69US #64
#89Sarah69US #119
#90Ruth67US #97
#91Tammy66US #31
#92Anna62US #99
#93Louise62US #183
#94Tracy61US #131
#95Victoria61US #113
#96Holly60US #168
#97Jeanne60US #129
#98Virginia59US #93
#99Rebecca58US #38
#100Betty56US #59

Boys

#1John1,441US #4
#2Michael1,344US #1
#3Robert1,343US #5
#4David1,278US #2
#5James1,044US #3
#6Mark893US #6
#7William863US #7
#8Richard815US #8
#9Thomas783US #9
#10Joseph622US #13
#11Paul515US #17
#12Peter503US #40
#13Steven463US #10
#14Jeffrey446US #16
#15Brian414US #22
#16Edward411US #27
#17Kevin404US #14
#18Timothy387US #12
#19Daniel361US #18
#20Stephen354US #28
#21Kenneth339US #15
#22Charles321US #11
#23Gary317US #20
#24Scott312US #24
#25Anthony301US #26
#26Christopher292US #35
#27Donald289US #19
#28Ronald270US #21
#29Gregory232US #23
#30Frank230US #42
#31George225US #32
#32Bruce208US #38
#33Raymond202US #45
#34Douglas178US #30
#35Andrew173US #58
#36Philip154US #68
#37Wayne151US #51
#38Alan144US #50
#39Patrick139US #43
#40Eric138US #46
#41Craig136US #44
#42Keith133US #39
#43Matthew132US #63
#44Dennis131US #29
#45Louis115US #100
#46Arthur108US #76
#47Lawrence107US #62
#48Glenn106US #80
#49Jonathan106US #124
#50Walter106US #66
#51Vincent105US #102
#52Francis97US #136
#53Russell97US #56
#54Ralph93US #84
#55Carl91US #54
#56Roger91US #47
#57Frederick88US #114
#58Marc80US #140
#59Gerald78US #61
#60Albert75US #92
#61Nicholas75US #156
#62Henry73US #83
#63Larry73US #25
#64Martin66US #79
#65Theodore66US #146
#66Jay64US #88
#67Harold60US #87
#68Chris59US #72
#69Todd59US #99
#70Randy57US #31
#71Barry56US #73
#72Dean56US #95
#73Steve56US #41
#74Jon55US #105
#75Stanley55US #98
#76Eugene52US #106
#77Norman52US #131
#78Roy52US #81
#79Guy50US #158
#80Leonard50US #109
#81Mike50US #37
#82Ricky47US #34
#83Dale46US #49
#84Tom46US #82
#85Alfred45US #138
#86Glen45US #134
#87Allen44US #97
#88Harry44US #120
#89Neil44US #185
#90Samuel44US #86
#91Bill43US #93
#92Kurt42US #129
#93Sean42
#94Bryan41US #94
#95Ernest40US #118
#96Jim40US #70
#97Edwin39US #137
#98Greg39US #91
#99Howard39US #104
#100Jose39US #113

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑28Theodore#65
↑26Beth#47
↑25Marc#58
↑21Jennifer#57
↑21Roy#78
↑20Dawn#32
↑20Eugene#76
↑18Guy#79

Falling

↓24Howard#99
↓18Sally#84
↓17Edwin#97
↓16Joanne#44
↓16Maria#69
↓16Alfred#85
↓15Leonard#80
↓14Diana#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.