State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 43,913 Connecticut births in 1970 across 886 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#95Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#88Francis#192 nationally
#80Maureen#182 nationally
#88Alison#187 nationally
#99Neil#178 nationally
#93Joanne#170 nationally
#85Theodore#160 nationally
#72Luis#145 nationally
#77Joshua#150 nationally
#83Glen#155 nationally
#96Edwin#167 nationally
#54Louis#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer826US #1
#2Lisa578US #2
#3Kimberly506US #3
#4Michelle453US #4
#5Christine354US #14
#6Amy347US #5
#7Dawn317US #16
#8Elizabeth313US #18
#9Melissa304US #7
#10Susan304US #15
#11Heather301US #19
#12Karen301US #12
#13Tracy282US #10
#14Laura277US #13
#15Mary236US #9
#16Kelly229US #20
#17Michele216US #31
#18Tammy204US #8
#19Kathleen177US #45
#20Julie174US #11
#21Patricia165US #24
#22Deborah164US #33
#23Lori164US #23
#24Wendy158US #28
#25Cynthia156US #25
#26Donna154US #32
#27Maria153US #39
#28Pamela150US #26
#29Sandra149US #27
#30Nancy141US #50
#31Cheryl139US #44
#32Nicole139US #30
#33Tina137US #21
#34Linda136US #38
#35Sharon135US #37
#36Stacey133US #48
#37Kristen132US #83
#38Denise131US #36
#39Tracey130US #55
#40Kristin128US #63
#41Rebecca127US #29
#42Stephanie124US #17
#43Catherine123US #59
#44Robin122US #51
#45Andrea116US #43
#46Barbara116US #41
#47Angela115US #6
#48Shannon114US #22
#49Sarah110US #65
#50Jessica103US #98
#51Katherine103US #67
#52Suzanne103US #87
#53Rachel102US #58
#54Debra101US #47
#55Diane101US #70
#56Christina100US #35
#57Ann99US #62
#58Jill99US #52
#59Heidi98US #81
#60Gina95US #61
#61Brenda92US #40
#62Margaret92US #80
#63Beth91US #92
#64Renee90US #68
#65Theresa88US #53
#66Dana87US #54
#67Lynn85US #119
#68Tara85US #69
#69Stacy84US #42
#70Danielle83US #114
#71Kim83US #78
#72Laurie82US #88
#73Carrie80US #73
#74Victoria79US #85
#75Holly78US #74
#76Leslie78US #64
#77Jacqueline77US #66
#78Kristine74US #109
#79Carol72US #71
#80Maureen68US #182
#81Anne65US #112
#82Sherry64US #60
#83Tanya64US #76
#84Allison63US #133
#85Diana62US #89
#86Melanie62US #91
#87Paula61US #57
#88Alison60US #187
#89Erin59US #111
#90Jodi59US #95
#91Valerie59US #97
#92Colleen58US #117
#93Joanne58US #170
#94Kathryn57US #104
#95Janet56US #96
#96Bonnie54US #130
#97Cindy54US #72
#98Carolyn53US #84
#99Krista53US #136
#100Sheila53US #75

Boys

#1Michael1,302US #1
#2David1,021US #3
#3John920US #4
#4Robert839US #5
#5James746US #2
#6Christopher728US #6
#7Richard543US #10
#8William520US #7
#9Mark488US #9
#10Joseph487US #16
#11Scott486US #12
#12Thomas486US #17
#13Jeffrey475US #11
#14Brian468US #8
#15Kevin420US #14
#16Daniel360US #19
#17Steven360US #15
#18Jason357US #13
#19Paul353US #23
#20Matthew351US #24
#21Eric338US #18
#22Peter298US #44
#23Anthony279US #22
#24Timothy257US #20
#25Todd255US #28
#26Edward254US #31
#27Stephen251US #27
#28Andrew231US #32
#29Kenneth221US #25
#30Charles216US #21
#31Sean213US #37
#32Gregory210US #26
#33Jonathan188US #42
#34Patrick170US #33
#35George166US #40
#36Douglas156US #36
#37Keith150US #38
#38Marc150US #60
#39Craig148US #39
#40Donald148US #30
#41Frank141US #48
#42Gary139US #35
#43Ronald133US #29
#44Raymond126US #49
#45Jose122US #56
#46Shawn121US #34
#47Dennis102US #46
#48Philip77US #92
#49Troy76US #41
#50Wayne73US #80
#51Erik72US #101
#52Benjamin70US #81
#53Aaron68US #52
#54Louis67US #124
#55Adam65US #72
#56Jeremy64US #70
#57Lawrence64US #83
#58Dean63US #112
#59Glenn63US #109
#60Arthur62US #111
#61Bryan61US #53
#62Vincent61US #79
#63Bruce59US #94
#64Frederick58US #115
#65Walter58US #89
#66Alan56US #91
#67Christian55US #127
#68Russell55US #58
#69Alexander53US #137
#70Jay52US #97
#71Roger51US #61
#72Luis50US #145
#73Carl49US #66
#74Nicholas49US #123
#75Victor49US #106
#76Henry48US #104
#77Joshua47US #150
#78Samuel46US #62
#79Shane46US #64
#80Albert45US #107
#81Gerald45US #67
#82Derek44US #77
#83Glen44US #155
#84Kyle44US #120
#85Theodore44US #160
#86Carlos43US #98
#87Marcus43US #71
#88Francis42US #192
#89Brett41US #99
#90Joel41US #82
#91Randy41US #59
#92Darren39US #75
#93Justin39US #138
#94Juan38US #95
#95Salvatore38
#96Edwin36US #167
#97Rodney35US #55
#98Jon34US #68
#99Neil34US #178
#100Stanley34US #157

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑40Shannon#48
↑33Jessica#50
↑25Troy#49
↑25Alexander#69
↑25Jay#70
↑23Benjamin#52
↑22Rachel#53
↑21Stacey#36

Falling

↓36Darren#92
↓31Carolyn#98
↓21Diane#55
↓20Laurie#72
↓19Jacqueline#77
↓19Nicholas#74
↓18Lynn#67
↓18Colleen#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.