State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,079 Connecticut births in 1971 across 861 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#88Angeloutside the national top 200
#97Francisoutside the national top 200
#100Laurenoutside the national top 200
#84Edwin#176 nationally
#99Neil#182 nationally
#58Luis#138 nationally
#53Lynn#128 nationally
#71Alison#143 nationally
#57Louis#126 nationally
#69Dean#137 nationally
#98Theodore#166 nationally
#56Christian#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,007US #1
#2Lisa488US #3
#3Kimberly435US #4
#4Michelle378US #2
#5Amy323US #5
#6Christine291US #18
#7Melissa291US #7
#8Susan257US #17
#9Elizabeth249US #19
#10Karen248US #15
#11Dawn240US #14
#12Heather239US #12
#13Tammy209US #8
#14Tracy203US #13
#15Mary197US #9
#16Kelly185US #22
#17Laura183US #16
#18Deborah171US #33
#19Michele167US #39
#20Pamela158US #28
#21Cynthia156US #24
#22Kathleen154US #53
#23Julie151US #10
#24Nicole148US #27
#25Lori145US #25
#26Rebecca143US #23
#27Sandra142US #31
#28Wendy133US #29
#29Tina128US #20
#30Maria127US #37
#31Patricia127US #26
#32Stacey127US #41
#33Shannon126US #21
#34Sarah124US #58
#35Denise120US #36
#36Kristen120US #87
#37Stephanie119US #11
#38Nancy117US #52
#39Andrea113US #35
#40Kristin111US #71
#41Donna110US #38
#42Jessica110US #64
#43Christina104US #30
#44Cheryl102US #50
#45Sharon102US #40
#46Tracey93US #74
#47Heidi91US #77
#48Angela90US #6
#49Debra90US #57
#50Diane90US #83
#51Stacy90US #32
#52Dana89US #44
#53Lynn89US #128
#54Danielle88US #99
#55Carrie87US #55
#56Linda86US #42
#57Robin86US #51
#58Catherine84US #65
#59Suzanne83US #88
#60Jill82US #59
#61Katherine82US #67
#62Holly81US #76
#63Rachel81US #54
#64Gina79US #69
#65Tara79US #49
#66Laurie77US #96
#67Theresa77US #61
#68Melanie74US #66
#69Ann73US #78
#70Colleen72US #121
#71Alison70US #143
#72Tanya70US #72
#73Brenda69US #43
#74Allison67US #119
#75Beth67US #100
#76Kim67US #101
#77Leslie67US #68
#78Barbara66US #47
#79Jacqueline65US #75
#80Cindy64US #70
#81Victoria64US #97
#82Paula60US #63
#83Margaret59US #86
#84Tricia58US #109
#85Kathryn57US #111
#86Diana56US #82
#87Renee56US #73
#88Kerry54US #145
#89Anne53US #122
#90Kristine53US #120
#91Monica53US #48
#92Erin52US #93
#93Valerie52US #102
#94Krista51US #134
#95Alicia50US #105
#96Jodi50US #94
#97Amanda48US #84
#98Anna48US #106
#99Carolyn48US #104
#100Lauren48

Boys

#1Michael1,139US #1
#2David880US #3
#3John775US #4
#4Robert756US #5
#5Christopher739US #6
#6James649US #2
#7Scott525US #10
#8William506US #7
#9Jason454US #8
#10Joseph429US #15
#11Jeffrey425US #12
#12Richard424US #11
#13Brian416US #9
#14Mark408US #13
#15Matthew396US #19
#16Thomas379US #17
#17Kevin357US #14
#18Daniel338US #20
#19Eric289US #18
#20Steven281US #16
#21Paul267US #24
#22Peter245US #47
#23Anthony237US #23
#24Edward234US #32
#25Timothy227US #21
#26Stephen219US #27
#27Todd199US #30
#28Charles180US #22
#29Gregory178US #26
#30Keith177US #37
#31Andrew174US #33
#32Kenneth169US #25
#33Jonathan166US #40
#34Sean161US #36
#35Patrick143US #35
#36Shawn136US #28
#37Jose125US #55
#38Marc121US #70
#39Craig120US #43
#40Frank120US #54
#41Douglas117US #39
#42Ronald116US #31
#43George115US #42
#44Raymond107US #52
#45Gary106US #38
#46Adam97US #57
#47Donald87US #34
#48Ryan78US #51
#49Dennis77US #49
#50Jeremy77US #45
#51Erik73US #97
#52Wayne70US #92
#53Philip69US #94
#54Troy65US #46
#55Aaron64US #41
#56Christian62US #122
#57Louis62US #126
#58Luis61US #138
#59Bryan59US #48
#60Benjamin57US #69
#61Glenn57US #127
#62Joshua57US #80
#63Vincent57US #87
#64Chad55US #29
#65Derek55US #63
#66Bruce54US #108
#67Carl54US #72
#68Lawrence52US #85
#69Dean50US #137
#70Alan49US #99
#71Nicholas48US #123
#72Carlos46US #88
#73Justin45US #103
#74Frederick44US #109
#75Roger43US #71
#76Victor43US #113
#77Corey42US #77
#78Joel42US #86
#79Darren41US #100
#80Kyle41US #116
#81Walter40US #91
#82Alexander39US #134
#83Arthur37US #117
#84Edwin37US #176
#85Jay37US #114
#86Jon37US #78
#87Samuel37US #66
#88Angel36
#89Henry36US #112
#90Russell36US #64
#91Brett35US #90
#92Marcus35US #65
#93Albert34US #119
#94Gerald34US #83
#95Antonio33US #110
#96Jamie33US #96
#97Francis32
#98Theodore32US #166
#99Neil31US #182
#100Randy31US #67

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑22Colleen#70
↑20Justin#73
↑18Stacy#51
↑18Carrie#55
↑18Melanie#68
↑17Alison#71
↑17Cindy#80
↑17Derek#65

Falling

↓32Barbara#78
↓23Renee#87
↓23Arthur#83
↓22Linda#56
↓22Russell#90
↓21Margaret#83
↓16Walter#81
↓15Donna#41

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.