State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 51,135 Connecticut births in 1961 across 800 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#77Doreen#198 nationally
#75Sean#177 nationally
#80Gregg#176 nationally
#56Francis#148 nationally
#79Heidi#166 nationally
#78Holly#161 nationally
#78Nicholas#158 nationally
#73Theodore#151 nationally
#95Stuart#166 nationally
#65Marc#133 nationally
#40Maureen#104 nationally
#49Jonathan#112 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa785US #2
#2Susan732US #3
#3Mary662US #1
#4Linda541US #4
#5Karen536US #5
#6Donna529US #7
#7Patricia477US #6
#8Nancy461US #16
#9Elizabeth405US #19
#10Deborah400US #10
#11Lori353US #14
#12Kathleen337US #29
#13Cynthia329US #8
#14Robin326US #27
#15Barbara321US #12
#16Diane319US #26
#17Laura310US #21
#18Sharon306US #17
#19Cheryl299US #20
#20Sandra297US #9
#21Debra265US #13
#22Laurie265US #43
#23Carol259US #24
#24Pamela232US #15
#25Christine227US #39
#26Denise226US #30
#27Margaret212US #40
#28Brenda211US #11
#29Jacqueline200US #37
#30Catherine195US #48
#31Kimberly195US #22
#32Ann192US #54
#33Dawn189US #49
#34Janet189US #32
#35Theresa185US #35
#36Lynn167US #71
#37Kim166US #36
#38Michele165US #63
#39Suzanne153US #68
#40Maureen139US #104
#41Jennifer138US #47
#42Kathy134US #25
#43Wendy131US #61
#44Judith130US #83
#45Darlene129US #80
#46Debbie129US #31
#47Joanne127US #102
#48Anne126US #90
#49Ellen126US #97
#50Maria126US #57
#51Michelle126US #34
#52Carolyn123US #42
#53Jane115US #72
#54Katherine115US #86
#55Cindy111US #33
#56Gail111US #94
#57Leslie106US #84
#58Julie105US #23
#59Beth104US #65
#60Elaine100US #118
#61Tammy99US #28
#62Diana97US #56
#63Kathryn97US #93
#64Tracy95US #64
#65Janice94US #52
#66Teresa94US #18
#67Valerie94US #67
#68Amy93US #69
#69Eileen92US #131
#70Paula91US #60
#71Joan89US #89
#72Jean85US #92
#73Jill85US #74
#74Sarah84US #113
#75Bonnie82US #75
#76Tina82US #41
#77Doreen81US #198
#78Holly81US #161
#79Heidi80US #166
#80Marie80US #109
#81Sheila78US #59
#82Cathy75US #55
#83Andrea74US #110
#84Kelly74US #45
#85Joann73US #137
#86Joyce73US #62
#87Lorraine73US #143
#88Martha73US #81
#89Renee73US #79
#90Sally70US #133
#91Angela67US #38
#92Anna67US #100
#93Judy66US #58
#94Jeanne64US #138
#95Tracey60US #151
#96Ruth59US #96
#97Stephanie59US #78
#98Victoria58US #114
#99Annette57US #73
#100Gloria57US #82

Boys

#1Michael1,415US #1
#2John1,405US #3
#3David1,351US #2
#4Robert1,317US #5
#5James1,053US #4
#6Mark860US #6
#7Richard776US #8
#8Thomas762US #9
#9William759US #7
#10Joseph617US #12
#11Paul500US #18
#12Jeffrey489US #11
#13Peter465US #42
#14Steven419US #10
#15Daniel417US #17
#16Kevin389US #14
#17Scott388US #19
#18Christopher387US #26
#19Brian383US #20
#20Edward365US #29
#21Timothy356US #15
#22Stephen337US #27
#23Gary329US #21
#24Kenneth322US #16
#25Charles314US #13
#26Anthony310US #25
#27Ronald288US #24
#28Donald284US #22
#29Gregory270US #23
#30George222US #31
#31Frank221US #41
#32Douglas220US #28
#33Andrew215US #52
#34Raymond184US #48
#35Keith183US #35
#36Bruce180US #40
#37Craig150US #43
#38Patrick145US #39
#39Alan140US #51
#40Eric139US #38
#41Matthew138US #59
#42Todd132US #46
#43Wayne130US #61
#44Dennis125US #34
#45Glenn125US #64
#46Philip123US #79
#47Lawrence113US #67
#48Carl102US #56
#49Jonathan97US #112
#50Louis95US #105
#51Roger92US #47
#52Russell92US #55
#53Gerald90US #62
#54Vincent90US #98
#55Walter85US #74
#56Francis82US #148
#57Ralph81US #95
#58Chris75US #57
#59Arthur74US #85
#60Frederick72US #117
#61Dean71US #84
#62Larry66US #30
#63Henry65US #92
#64Martin65US #73
#65Marc64US #133
#66Randy64US #33
#67Jay63US #81
#68Steve59US #45
#69Barry58US #66
#70Albert57US #97
#71Eugene56US #113
#72Jeff56US #49
#73Theodore55US #151
#74Harold53US #94
#75Sean53US #177
#76Leonard51US #114
#77Victor51US #99
#78Nicholas50US #158
#79Jeffery48US #50
#80Gregg46US #176
#81Dale45US #58
#82Glen45US #135
#83Kurt45US #129
#84Howard44US #109
#85Roy44US #83
#86Jim43US #78
#87Ricky43US #44
#88Samuel43US #89
#89Shawn43US #143
#90Alfred42US #152
#91Ernest42US #123
#92Mike42US #36
#93Darryl41US #80
#94Jon39US #93
#95Stuart39US #166
#96Greg38US #77
#97Jose38US #107
#98Karl38US #138
#99Allen37US #96
#100Clifford37US #149

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑52Jacqueline#29
↑27Leslie#57
↑21Heidi#79
↑21Todd#42
↑17Sarah#74
↑17Dean#61
↑16Tammy#61
↑16Dale#81

Falling

↓21Joan#71
↓20Joyce#86
↓20Mike#92
↓19Allen#99
↓18Janice#65
↓17Sheila#81
↓17Cathy#82
↓17Annette#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.