State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1960 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,344 Connecticut births in 1960 across 796 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#78Doreen#194 nationally
#75Shawn#163 nationally
#70Nicholas#153 nationally
#64Francis#145 nationally
#88Guy#168 nationally
#86Lynne#164 nationally
#57Eileen#130 nationally
#88Holly#161 nationally
#68Edwin#140 nationally
#77Theodore#149 nationally
#48Jonathan#118 nationally
#100Heidi#170 nationally

Girls

#1Susan789US #2
#2Mary681US #1
#3Lisa628US #6
#4Donna627US #5
#5Karen565US #4
#6Linda552US #3
#7Patricia551US #7
#8Nancy447US #15
#9Deborah442US #10
#10Kathleen398US #27
#11Diane387US #22
#12Elizabeth375US #18
#13Cynthia352US #9
#14Lori319US #20
#15Sandra315US #11
#16Debra312US #8
#17Laura312US #25
#18Barbara309US #12
#19Carol301US #23
#20Cheryl301US #17
#21Robin299US #33
#22Sharon285US #16
#23Pamela271US #14
#24Denise236US #29
#25Laurie234US #37
#26Janet208US #32
#27Catherine206US #42
#28Brenda204US #13
#29Margaret200US #36
#30Ann196US #51
#31Kim193US #34
#32Kimberly189US #26
#33Lynn187US #64
#34Christine186US #40
#35Joanne172US #99
#36Kathy170US #21
#37Theresa168US #35
#38Wendy167US #63
#39Debbie164US #24
#40Dawn161US #57
#41Cindy155US #30
#42Maureen142US #106
#43Judith137US #74
#44Anne135US #88
#45Maria135US #59
#46Michele133US #89
#47Janice129US #41
#48Jennifer127US #61
#49Ellen124US #94
#50Joan121US #80
#51Katherine121US #81
#52Jane117US #67
#53Teresa116US #19
#54Suzanne115US #78
#55Darlene114US #75
#56Paula114US #55
#57Eileen111US #130
#58Jean110US #86
#59Gail109US #90
#60Beth107US #72
#61Jill104US #76
#62Michelle104US #39
#63Carolyn103US #43
#64Sheila101US #56
#65Cathy98US #46
#66Joyce98US #58
#67Amy96US #77
#68Elaine96US #112
#69Julie95US #28
#70Tracy88US #84
#71Diana86US #53
#72Andrea85US #115
#73Bonnie85US #71
#74Tina84US #45
#75Marie82US #103
#76Kathryn81US #82
#77Tammy80US #31
#78Doreen79US #194
#79Joann78US #131
#80Valerie78US #65
#81Jacqueline77US #85
#82Annette76US #62
#83Kelly76US #52
#84Leslie71US #92
#85Lorraine70US #135
#86Lynne70US #164
#87Martha69US #83
#88Holly67US #161
#89Beverly66US #60
#90Judy66US #48
#91Sarah66US #116
#92Melissa65US #109
#93Victoria63US #114
#94Evelyn62US #137
#95Colleen61US #107
#96Terri61US #49
#97Anna60US #104
#98Rose60US #98
#99Frances58US #127
#100Heidi58US #170

Boys

#1John1,383US #4
#2Michael1,372US #2
#3Robert1,335US #5
#4David1,299US #1
#5James1,018US #3
#6Mark932US #6
#7Richard816US #8
#8William804US #7
#9Thomas733US #9
#10Joseph674US #12
#11Paul533US #18
#12Steven521US #10
#13Jeffrey456US #14
#14Peter452US #42
#15Kevin416US #15
#16Brian413US #20
#17Edward380US #26
#18Daniel378US #17
#19Stephen376US #27
#20Timothy357US #11
#21Kenneth338US #16
#22Christopher336US #29
#23Scott319US #23
#24Gary305US #22
#25Anthony302US #25
#26Charles297US #13
#27Donald292US #19
#28Ronald274US #21
#29George258US #33
#30Frank223US #40
#31Gregory222US #24
#32Douglas212US #30
#33Raymond194US #46
#34Andrew189US #51
#35Bruce186US #39
#36Keith165US #35
#37Alan155US #50
#38Dennis153US #31
#39Matthew146US #61
#40Patrick142US #45
#41Eric139US #44
#42Carl130US #53
#43Craig130US #41
#44Wayne119US #58
#45Louis117US #106
#46Lawrence113US #64
#47Philip108US #76
#48Jonathan105US #118
#49Walter102US #70
#50Roger101US #47
#51Arthur97US #82
#52Glenn97US #74
#53Albert91US #93
#54Chris87US #63
#55Gerald85US #62
#56Martin83US #77
#57Vincent83US #98
#58Ralph81US #89
#59Russell81US #56
#60Larry76US #28
#61Jay74US #78
#62Eugene68US #109
#63Todd68US #71
#64Francis67US #145
#65Frederick67US #114
#66Randy66US #32
#67Leonard63US #113
#68Edwin61US #140
#69Henry59US #84
#70Nicholas57US #153
#71Marc54US #136
#72Mike54US #36
#73Barry53US #72
#74Howard50US #108
#75Shawn49US #163
#76Steve49US #43
#77Theodore48US #149
#78Dean47US #94
#79Jeff47US #49
#80Allen46US #99
#81Harold46US #92
#82Phillip46US #66
#83Karl45US #135
#84Jon44US #97
#85Randall44US #59
#86Roy44US #80
#87Greg43US #83
#88Guy43US #168
#89Victor43US #103
#90Fred41US #117
#91Tom40US #86
#92Bryan39US #88
#93Danny39US #48
#94Harry39US #124
#95Kurt39US #130
#96Alfred38US #147
#97Dale38US #54
#98Ernest37US #120
#99Gordon37US #159
#100Jack37US #85

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑29Edwin#68
↑25Howard#74
↑24Maria#45
↑24Tracy#70
↑22Jill#61
↑21Kimberly#32
↑19Carolyn#63
↑17Teresa#53

Falling

↓33Leslie#84
↓23Colleen#95
↓21Kathryn#76
↓17Gail#59
↓14Judy#90
↓14Harold#81
↓14Dale#97
↓13Beth#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.