State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 48,036 Connecticut births in 1965 across 825 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#84Kristen#191 nationally
#96Alisonoutside the national top 200
#97Doreenoutside the national top 200
#99Neil#192 nationally
#75Francis#164 nationally
#66Heather#150 nationally
#66Nicholas#150 nationally
#76Eileen#157 nationally
#73Erik#145 nationally
#86Edwin#158 nationally
#72Theodore#143 nationally
#85Karl#154 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,021US #1
#2Karen577US #3
#3Susan574US #5
#4Mary519US #2
#5Kimberly400US #4
#6Patricia374US #6
#7Donna360US #7
#8Dawn358US #26
#9Deborah353US #13
#10Elizabeth353US #16
#11Christine333US #21
#12Kathleen321US #34
#13Laura300US #17
#14Linda291US #8
#15Lori273US #19
#16Cheryl268US #31
#17Jennifer264US #20
#18Cynthia250US #9
#19Nancy247US #32
#20Wendy231US #39
#21Diane228US #40
#22Michelle228US #18
#23Robin223US #33
#24Pamela219US #12
#25Sandra219US #15
#26Sharon215US #22
#27Denise210US #28
#28Debra208US #27
#29Barbara207US #25
#30Michele200US #48
#31Kim199US #43
#32Tracy183US #36
#33Laurie181US #60
#34Amy174US #35
#35Jacqueline169US #47
#36Brenda168US #23
#37Maria168US #46
#38Lynn160US #80
#39Catherine159US #57
#40Tammy150US #11
#41Carol143US #42
#42Margaret140US #52
#43Ann139US #59
#44Julie136US #14
#45Theresa136US #45
#46Melissa132US #38
#47Jill131US #51
#48Tina129US #29
#49Paula120US #49
#50Maureen119US #107
#51Suzanne119US #65
#52Kelly117US #30
#53Janet114US #55
#54Beth113US #66
#55Heidi112US #105
#56Angela106US #10
#57Anne106US #77
#58Carolyn106US #58
#59Andrea99US #63
#60Joanne99US #121
#61Darlene96US #83
#62Stephanie96US #44
#63Sheila92US #50
#64Gina86US #70
#65Ellen85US #117
#66Heather85US #150
#67Leslie85US #75
#68Colleen84US #93
#69Katherine84US #79
#70Diana83US #64
#71Holly83US #113
#72Renee82US #68
#73Rebecca81US #41
#74Teresa81US #24
#75Valerie81US #67
#76Eileen79US #157
#77Cindy77US #53
#78Tracey76US #85
#79Jane75US #95
#80Sarah74US #92
#81Kathryn73US #87
#82Janice70US #73
#83Christina69US #74
#84Kristen69US #191
#85Allison68US #128
#86Judith67US #102
#87Kathy67US #54
#88Marie67US #106
#89Kristin63US #135
#90Debbie62US #62
#91Elaine60US #149
#92Victoria60US #108
#93Joan58US #116
#94Kristine57US #120
#95Stacey56US #84
#96Alison55
#97Doreen55
#98Rhonda55US #37
#99Virginia55US #115
#100Anna54US #96

Boys

#1Michael1,479US #1
#2John1,314US #2
#3David1,124US #3
#4Robert1,114US #5
#5James925US #4
#6Richard700US #8
#7Thomas667US #9
#8William653US #6
#9Christopher645US #18
#10Joseph632US #11
#11Mark616US #7
#12Paul502US #16
#13Jeffrey449US #10
#14Scott447US #15
#15Steven442US #14
#16Daniel424US #17
#17Kevin419US #13
#18Brian369US #19
#19Timothy364US #12
#20Peter350US #39
#21Stephen335US #28
#22Kenneth329US #21
#23Anthony321US #22
#24Edward315US #29
#25Eric275US #25
#26Charles254US #20
#27Gregory254US #23
#28Andrew226US #37
#29Ronald225US #24
#30Donald221US #26
#31Gary215US #27
#32Matthew210US #36
#33Todd205US #30
#34Douglas201US #32
#35Frank196US #43
#36Patrick195US #31
#37George183US #34
#38Raymond173US #45
#39Keith170US #35
#40Bruce120US #50
#41Sean120US #79
#42Jonathan114US #74
#43Alan108US #59
#44Craig108US #46
#45Vincent94US #61
#46Dennis93US #44
#47Marc93US #108
#48Glenn88US #85
#49Lawrence86US #66
#50Wayne85US #65
#51Dean80US #88
#52Gerald79US #64
#53Frederick78US #106
#54Philip77US #87
#55Louis75US #101
#56Rodney75US #33
#57Walter73US #82
#58Arthur72US #96
#59Roger71US #49
#60Shawn71US #69
#61Carl69US #54
#62Martin65US #67
#63Jose64US #89
#64Russell60US #58
#65Albert59US #100
#66Nicholas59US #150
#67Chris58US #60
#68Ralph56US #103
#69Harold55US #99
#70Henry55US #94
#71Darren54US #52
#72Theodore53US #143
#73Erik52US #145
#74Victor52US #98
#75Francis51US #164
#76Kurt51US #112
#77Leonard51US #121
#78Jay49US #90
#79Samuel49US #84
#80Randy48US #42
#81Bryan46US #63
#82Ernest45US #124
#83Jason44US #111
#84Lee44US #117
#85Karl43US #154
#86Edwin42US #158
#87Glen42US #149
#88Darryl40US #68
#89Jon40US #78
#90Randall40US #73
#91Allen39US #92
#92Barry39US #86
#93Jeffery39US #47
#94Eugene38US #120
#95Norman37US #134
#96Adam36US #125
#97Curtis36US #75
#98Larry35US #38
#99Neil35US #192
#100Steve35US #55

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑30Stephanie#62
↑28Heather#66
↑22Melissa#46
↑21Wendy#20
↑20Holly#71
↑19Jose#63
↑18Kim#31
↑18Chris#67

Falling

↓27Barry#92
↓25Judith#86
↓25Adam#96
↓23Joan#93
↓16Kathryn#81
↓16Edwin#86
↓16Darryl#88
↓14Francis#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.