State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,879 Connecticut births in 1966 across 824 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#99Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#68Francis#164 nationally
#97Alexander#182 nationally
#56Nicholas#139 nationally
#86Eileen#168 nationally
#87Luis#165 nationally
#91Joann#164 nationally
#81Edwin#152 nationally
#64Ellen#130 nationally
#45Marc#105 nationally
#65Heather#125 nationally
#99Charlene#159 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa970US #1
#2Karen522US #5
#3Kimberly489US #2
#4Susan484US #6
#5Mary381US #3
#6Michelle363US #4
#7Christine352US #20
#8Patricia345US #7
#9Elizabeth338US #16
#10Dawn329US #24
#11Jennifer318US #10
#12Deborah302US #14
#13Laura284US #19
#14Donna280US #12
#15Michele266US #36
#16Nancy257US #33
#17Kathleen248US #37
#18Lori248US #21
#19Sandra243US #17
#20Pamela237US #15
#21Linda236US #18
#22Cynthia225US #11
#23Cheryl223US #34
#24Amy214US #30
#25Sharon206US #28
#26Wendy206US #41
#27Tracy192US #31
#28Denise188US #32
#29Diane187US #45
#30Kelly183US #26
#31Kim183US #43
#32Barbara181US #27
#33Robin180US #42
#34Maria178US #44
#35Debra177US #35
#36Tina162US #23
#37Lynn160US #81
#38Catherine153US #54
#39Jacqueline153US #47
#40Tammy150US #8
#41Laurie146US #63
#42Melissa146US #22
#43Margaret141US #55
#44Brenda139US #25
#45Julie137US #13
#46Theresa128US #46
#47Beth127US #65
#48Heidi125US #87
#49Ann124US #61
#50Andrea122US #52
#51Carol118US #48
#52Jill115US #49
#53Suzanne115US #62
#54Paula110US #50
#55Tracey107US #69
#56Stephanie105US #38
#57Sheila99US #51
#58Angela93US #9
#59Anne93US #83
#60Kristin93US #107
#61Gina92US #58
#62Maureen91US #119
#63Katherine88US #78
#64Ellen87US #130
#65Heather86US #125
#66Janet86US #57
#67Judith86US #110
#68Stacey85US #76
#69Colleen84US #93
#70Darlene84US #94
#71Teresa83US #29
#72Sarah79US #85
#73Carolyn77US #60
#74Bonnie75US #90
#75Cindy75US #56
#76Marie75US #114
#77Renee75US #66
#78Rebecca74US #40
#79Kathryn71US #86
#80Diana69US #64
#81Kristine67US #104
#82Leslie67US #71
#83Holly66US #101
#84Joanne66US #132
#85Valerie66US #74
#86Eileen64US #168
#87Sherry64US #53
#88Christina63US #67
#89Janice61US #80
#90Kristen61US #149
#91Joann60US #164
#92Dana54US #68
#93Gail53US #152
#94Kathy53US #59
#95Ruth53US #128
#96Jane52US #111
#97Monica50US #75
#98Victoria50US #103
#99Charlene48US #159
#100Debbie47US #73

Boys

#1Michael1,369US #1
#2John1,192US #4
#3David1,157US #2
#4Robert1,044US #5
#5James874US #3
#6Christopher673US #12
#7William673US #6
#8Richard649US #8
#9Thomas587US #10
#10Joseph570US #15
#11Mark552US #7
#12Jeffrey476US #9
#13Paul469US #18
#14Scott458US #16
#15Brian455US #14
#16Steven441US #13
#17Kevin395US #17
#18Daniel377US #19
#19Timothy348US #11
#20Peter336US #39
#21Stephen315US #26
#22Anthony306US #22
#23Kenneth305US #21
#24Edward276US #30
#25Eric271US #25
#26Ronald227US #24
#27Todd222US #29
#28Donald221US #27
#29Gregory221US #23
#30Andrew220US #36
#31Charles208US #20
#32Matthew193US #34
#33Gary191US #28
#34Frank174US #43
#35Keith174US #32
#36George171US #37
#37Patrick167US #31
#38Douglas164US #33
#39Raymond164US #47
#40Jonathan134US #65
#41Sean130US #50
#42Alan109US #57
#43Bruce109US #53
#44Craig99US #46
#45Marc92US #105
#46Wayne89US #59
#47Vincent87US #58
#48Dennis85US #44
#49Shawn84US #54
#50Philip82US #86
#51Dean78US #84
#52Lawrence77US #66
#53Louis74US #104
#54Roger68US #51
#55Frederick66US #109
#56Nicholas64US #139
#57Carl63US #56
#58Jose63US #79
#59Rodney63US #35
#60Russell62US #61
#61Albert60US #100
#62Glenn60US #90
#63Arthur59US #96
#64Jason58US #89
#65Walter58US #83
#66Bryan57US #52
#67Henry57US #92
#68Francis55US #164
#69Chris53US #55
#70Gerald51US #60
#71Jay51US #91
#72Martin50US #78
#73Lee48US #106
#74Samuel48US #81
#75Ralph46US #112
#76Jon45US #76
#77Allen44US #97
#78Victor44US #101
#79Howard43US #120
#80Darryl41US #88
#81Edwin41US #152
#82Eugene41US #116
#83Troy41US #48
#84Stanley39US #128
#85Adam38US #123
#86Kurt38US #110
#87Luis38US #165
#88Leonard37US #125
#89Randy36US #45
#90Antonio35US #148
#91Darren35US #63
#92Erik35US #145
#93Jeffery35US #42
#94Norman34US #137
#95Barry33US #87
#96Ernest33US #122
#97Alexander32US #182
#98Randall32US #70
#99Salvatore32
#100Benjamin31US #130

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑29Kristin#60
↑27Stacey#68
↑23Tracey#55
↑22Kelly#30
↑19Judith#67
↑19Jason#64
↑16Michelle#6
↑15Michele#15

Falling

↓24Joanne#84
↓20Darren#91
↓19Erik#92
↓18Gerald#70
↓17Jane#96
↓15Carolyn#73
↓15Leslie#82
↓14Glenn#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.