State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 50,374 Connecticut births in 1963 across 830 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#89Doreen#200 nationally
#100Alisonoutside the national top 200
#100Neiloutside the national top 200
#60Francis#153 nationally
#63Nicholas#155 nationally
#61Sean#151 nationally
#94Lynne#174 nationally
#66Theodore#142 nationally
#66Eileen#141 nationally
#73Adam#145 nationally
#58Marc#123 nationally
#78Heidi#140 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,086US #1
#2Susan714US #3
#3Karen596US #4
#4Mary590US #2
#5Linda453US #5
#6Donna430US #6
#7Lori413US #8
#8Elizabeth405US #20
#9Deborah402US #13
#10Patricia392US #7
#11Kathleen335US #28
#12Laura310US #16
#13Cheryl300US #24
#14Sandra294US #9
#15Cynthia293US #10
#16Christine286US #29
#17Nancy279US #23
#18Diane275US #31
#19Barbara271US #17
#20Kimberly267US #11
#21Pamela255US #14
#22Robin248US #25
#23Sharon238US #19
#24Laurie236US #47
#25Denise207US #27
#26Margaret207US #46
#27Debra204US #21
#28Brenda202US #15
#29Dawn200US #52
#30Carol197US #33
#31Lynn195US #73
#32Jennifer194US #36
#33Theresa187US #38
#34Wendy178US #60
#35Catherine173US #53
#36Michele172US #59
#37Ann169US #57
#38Kim166US #39
#39Michelle158US #26
#40Maria156US #43
#41Tracy156US #48
#42Paula152US #42
#43Tammy151US #12
#44Janet148US #40
#45Beth141US #66
#46Kelly141US #32
#47Suzanne138US #65
#48Jacqueline130US #51
#49Amy129US #54
#50Maureen128US #108
#51Tina122US #35
#52Anne121US #80
#53Judith117US #91
#54Katherine115US #87
#55Leslie113US #72
#56Cindy107US #37
#57Julie106US #22
#58Jane104US #75
#59Sheila103US #50
#60Janice102US #63
#61Andrea100US #89
#62Gail97US #105
#63Ellen96US #112
#64Kathy96US #34
#65Bonnie95US #83
#66Eileen94US #141
#67Carolyn92US #56
#68Jean91US #97
#69Darlene90US #85
#70Diana89US #62
#71Teresa89US #18
#72Melissa88US #61
#73Jill85US #68
#74Valerie83US #69
#75Colleen82US #98
#76Debbie82US #41
#77Sarah82US #94
#78Heidi81US #140
#79Joan81US #95
#80Marie81US #109
#81Joanne79US #114
#82Tracey79US #119
#83Gina78US #79
#84Kathryn78US #93
#85Martha76US #90
#86Holly72US #132
#87Angela70US #30
#88Sherry70US #49
#89Doreen69US #200
#90Renee69US #74
#91Rebecca68US #44
#92Cathy66US #67
#93Elaine64US #134
#94Lynne64US #174
#95Sherri63US #78
#96Terri63US #58
#97Anna60US #102
#98Joann60US #151
#99Stephanie60US #64
#100Alison59

Boys

#1John1,480US #2
#2Michael1,301US #1
#3David1,231US #3
#4Robert1,159US #5
#5James996US #4
#6Mark795US #6
#7William776US #7
#8Richard740US #8
#9Thomas710US #9
#10Joseph655US #13
#11Paul561US #17
#12Scott452US #12
#13Jeffrey448US #10
#14Peter423US #40
#15Brian419US #20
#16Christopher416US #26
#17Steven414US #14
#18Kevin410US #11
#19Daniel391US #19
#20Timothy361US #15
#21Kenneth352US #18
#22Stephen347US #29
#23Edward332US #27
#24Anthony321US #22
#25Gary278US #24
#26Charles264US #16
#27Ronald243US #23
#28Gregory240US #21
#29Donald239US #25
#30George228US #34
#31Frank220US #41
#32Andrew217US #42
#33Douglas215US #28
#34Todd207US #30
#35Keith180US #33
#36Raymond179US #45
#37Bruce174US #43
#38Matthew174US #50
#39Eric172US #31
#40Patrick154US #35
#41Glenn135US #64
#42Wayne123US #63
#43Alan120US #56
#44Vincent120US #61
#45Jonathan118US #88
#46Philip116US #83
#47Craig114US #51
#48Lawrence102US #68
#49Dennis94US #39
#50Carl92US #54
#51Arthur91US #91
#52Louis91US #104
#53Dean86US #86
#54Roger85US #53
#55Russell85US #57
#56Walter83US #77
#57Frederick82US #117
#58Marc81US #123
#59Martin75US #62
#60Francis73US #153
#61Sean70US #151
#62Albert69US #100
#63Nicholas67US #155
#64Barry66US #67
#65Chris66US #59
#66Theodore65US #142
#67Jay64US #85
#68Ralph64US #99
#69Leonard63US #118
#70Gerald62US #60
#71Samuel59US #87
#72Henry56US #94
#73Adam54US #145
#74Randy53US #37
#75Stanley53US #105
#76Randall51US #65
#77Larry50US #36
#78Kurt48US #116
#79Ernest47US #122
#80Shawn47US #108
#81Jon46US #84
#82Eugene45US #112
#83Harold45US #96
#84Jose45US #98
#85Glen43US #143
#86Howard43US #114
#87Jeff43US #48
#88Jeffery43US #46
#89Mike43US #44
#90Terry43US #32
#91Allen40US #90
#92Darryl39US #80
#93Bryan37US #73
#94Danny37US #55
#95Norman37US #138
#96Tony37US #52
#97Victor37US #97
#98Gordon36US #159
#99Jim36US #92
#100Neil36

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑26Paula#42
↑26Andrea#61
↑24Randy#74
↑23Tammy#43
↑20Ernest#79
↑18Randall#76
↑14Bonnie#65
↑14Melissa#72

Falling

↓35Joanne#81
↓24Angela#87
↓22Elaine#93
↓19Howard#86
↓18Victor#97
↓16Debbie#76
↓16Bryan#93
↓14Doreen#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.