State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,653 Connecticut births in 1962 across 798 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#75Doreenoutside the national top 200
#85Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#65Sean#171 nationally
#61Francis#148 nationally
#74Nicholas#155 nationally
#84Lynne#164 nationally
#77Heidi#156 nationally
#73Theodore#146 nationally
#67Eileen#139 nationally
#71Edwin#143 nationally
#46Joanne#114 nationally
#100Gregg#167 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa852US #1
#2Susan777US #3
#3Karen580US #4
#4Mary576US #2
#5Linda508US #5
#6Donna448US #7
#7Lori408US #11
#8Patricia399US #6
#9Elizabeth388US #20
#10Kathleen368US #29
#11Deborah348US #9
#12Cynthia341US #8
#13Nancy339US #19
#14Diane329US #26
#15Robin306US #25
#16Laura303US #21
#17Cheryl289US #24
#18Sharon287US #17
#19Barbara268US #14
#20Sandra266US #10
#21Carol263US #28
#22Laurie261US #42
#23Pamela253US #13
#24Debra247US #15
#25Christine222US #39
#26Kimberly221US #16
#27Dawn189US #50
#28Margaret186US #43
#29Catherine182US #53
#30Brenda178US #12
#31Denise174US #30
#32Michele173US #59
#33Kim170US #37
#34Lynn170US #71
#35Ann168US #56
#36Jennifer168US #41
#37Wendy157US #64
#38Janet156US #35
#39Maria153US #49
#40Jacqueline152US #44
#41Theresa146US #40
#42Judith143US #86
#43Michelle140US #31
#44Tracy134US #55
#45Suzanne133US #65
#46Joanne123US #114
#47Cindy121US #34
#48Amy120US #61
#49Julie120US #22
#50Anne119US #83
#51Kathy119US #27
#52Ellen115US #109
#53Kelly114US #38
#54Beth111US #66
#55Janice109US #58
#56Katherine105US #84
#57Jane104US #73
#58Maureen104US #108
#59Carolyn103US #46
#60Debbie101US #32
#61Tina101US #33
#62Teresa100US #18
#63Angela99US #36
#64Darlene99US #88
#65Leslie99US #80
#66Tammy98US #23
#67Eileen93US #139
#68Paula93US #60
#69Gail89US #103
#70Jill88US #72
#71Elaine87US #125
#72Sheila87US #52
#73Jean86US #95
#74Tracey85US #123
#75Doreen84
#76Marie83US #113
#77Heidi82US #156
#78Valerie82US #67
#79Bonnie81US #79
#80Diana78US #57
#81Cathy77US #62
#82Colleen77US #101
#83Joan76US #94
#84Lynne76US #164
#85Sarah76US #98
#86Melissa74US #68
#87Andrea71US #99
#88Joann71US #137
#89Sherry70US #48
#90Holly69US #148
#91Kathryn67US #89
#92Renee66US #76
#93Lorraine64US #147
#94Terri62US #54
#95Judy59US #63
#96Martha59US #87
#97Gina58US #102
#98Beverly55US #69
#99Ruth54US #104
#100Anna53US #100

Boys

#1John1,433US #3
#2Michael1,358US #1
#3David1,273US #2
#4Robert1,216US #5
#5James990US #4
#6Mark830US #6
#7William747US #7
#8Thomas721US #9
#9Richard713US #8
#10Joseph599US #13
#11Scott524US #11
#12Jeffrey503US #10
#13Paul494US #19
#14Steven452US #12
#15Peter413US #43
#16Daniel408US #17
#17Kevin406US #14
#18Christopher402US #26
#19Brian374US #20
#20Edward368US #29
#21Stephen366US #28
#22Kenneth346US #18
#23Timothy329US #16
#24Anthony320US #24
#25Gary310US #22
#26Donald271US #23
#27Charles253US #15
#28Gregory250US #21
#29Ronald247US #25
#30Douglas212US #27
#31Andrew188US #49
#32Frank185US #42
#33George174US #32
#34Raymond173US #48
#35Glenn172US #55
#36Eric162US #33
#37Bruce155US #41
#38Todd151US #30
#39Keith150US #36
#40Matthew139US #56
#41Alan133US #53
#42Patrick132US #40
#43Vincent122US #66
#44Craig120US #51
#45Wayne119US #63
#46Lawrence114US #70
#47Philip105US #81
#48Dennis103US #37
#49Roger99US #47
#50Jonathan96US #94
#51Carl89US #58
#52Arthur87US #91
#53Dean86US #86
#54Louis85US #107
#55Walter84US #79
#56Gerald83US #65
#57Jay81US #80
#58Martin80US #74
#59Russell77US #57
#60Frederick74US #116
#61Francis73US #148
#62Marc70US #122
#63Ralph70US #97
#64Barry64US #61
#65Sean64US #171
#66Chris62US #60
#67Howard61US #114
#68Albert60US #101
#69Henry60US #92
#70Harold59US #95
#71Edwin58US #143
#72Kurt58US #121
#73Theodore58US #146
#74Nicholas56US #155
#75Jon54US #84
#76Leonard54US #117
#77Bryan52US #82
#78Larry51US #31
#79Victor50US #96
#80Allen49US #93
#81Glen49US #129
#82Shawn49US #124
#83Dale48US #62
#84Eugene48US #112
#85Salvatore48
#86Mike47US #39
#87Karl45US #142
#88Norman45US #130
#89Darryl44US #83
#90Jeffery43US #45
#91Jeff42US #44
#92Troy42US #67
#93Alfred40US #156
#94Randall40US #64
#95Danny39US #54
#96Tony39US #52
#97Phillip38US #68
#98Randy38US #35
#99Ernest37US #127
#100Gregg37US #167

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑31Kelly#53
↑28Angela#63
↑21Tracey#74
↑20Tracy#44
↑20Amy#48
↑19Jon#75
↑19Allen#80
↑17Howard#67

Falling

↓32Randy#98
↓28Kathryn#91
↓20Gregg#100
↓19Darlene#64
↓19Jeff#91
↓18Maureen#58
↓18Diana#80
↓16Larry#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.