State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,661 Connecticut births in 1972 across 812 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#76Francisoutside the national top 200
#81Angeloutside the national top 200
#83Geoffreyoutside the national top 200
#87Sethoutside the national top 200
#94Megan#180 nationally
#80Alison#162 nationally
#57Lynn#135 nationally
#82Dean#156 nationally
#60Louis#130 nationally
#95Kurt#164 nationally
#64Alexander#129 nationally
#88Kerry#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,038US #1
#2Lisa392US #3
#3Michelle370US #2
#4Amy347US #5
#5Kimberly345US #4
#6Melissa284US #7
#7Heather256US #9
#8Nicole241US #10
#9Christine240US #16
#10Elizabeth223US #15
#11Dawn198US #20
#12Karen186US #21
#13Michele186US #36
#14Susan175US #24
#15Rebecca173US #14
#16Laura165US #17
#17Kelly152US #23
#18Kathleen146US #57
#19Julie139US #12
#20Stephanie137US #8
#21Mary136US #13
#22Tammy135US #11
#23Cynthia129US #25
#24Tracy127US #19
#25Wendy127US #29
#26Patricia126US #27
#27Jessica124US #46
#28Deborah120US #43
#29Lori120US #28
#30Sarah120US #49
#31Shannon113US #22
#32Tina112US #18
#33Maria109US #32
#34Kristin108US #67
#35Stacey104US #41
#36Cheryl95US #56
#37Angela94US #6
#38Sandra94US #31
#39Denise93US #35
#40Christina92US #26
#41Kristen90US #85
#42Rachel85US #40
#43Donna84US #45
#44Danielle81US #73
#45Tara81US #38
#46Andrea80US #30
#47Jill80US #62
#48Stacy80US #33
#49Nancy78US #63
#50Heidi76US #64
#51Diane75US #105
#52Catherine74US #65
#53Suzanne74US #92
#54Pamela72US #34
#55Tanya72US #54
#56Carrie71US #53
#57Lynn71US #135
#58Melanie71US #42
#59Renee71US #77
#60Barbara70US #58
#61Kathryn69US #103
#62Linda69US #51
#63Robin69US #55
#64Katherine68US #69
#65Gina67US #78
#66Theresa66US #68
#67Holly65US #71
#68Erin64US #93
#69Sharon63US #50
#70Dana60US #52
#71Margaret60US #95
#72Allison58US #115
#73Brenda57US #44
#74Alicia55US #96
#75Beth55US #113
#76Laurie55US #98
#77Carolyn52US #110
#78Ann51US #91
#79Debra51US #66
#80Alison50US #162
#81Jodi49US #97
#82Tracey48US #88
#83Leslie47US #75
#84April46US #48
#85Sara46US #101
#86Jacqueline45US #79
#87Victoria45US #99
#88Kerry44US #148
#89Amanda43US #76
#90Colleen42US #123
#91Paula42US #72
#92Sherry41US #70
#93Kristina40US #112
#94Megan40US #180
#95Cindy39US #80
#96Diana39US #83
#97Krista39US #142
#98Kristine39US #127
#99Valerie39US #100
#100Anna37US #86

Boys

#1Michael965US #1
#2Christopher787US #2
#3David687US #4
#4John649US #5
#5Robert547US #6
#6James521US #3
#7Brian448US #8
#8Jason444US #7
#9Matthew383US #10
#10William383US #9
#11Scott375US #11
#12Joseph370US #12
#13Jeffrey329US #17
#14Richard326US #14
#15Mark311US #18
#16Daniel309US #15
#17Thomas309US #20
#18Kevin288US #13
#19Eric280US #16
#20Steven263US #19
#21Paul242US #24
#22Peter215US #48
#23Anthony212US #22
#24Todd210US #31
#25Timothy184US #21
#26Stephen172US #29
#27Gregory171US #26
#28Jonathan168US #37
#29Kenneth162US #27
#30Sean156US #33
#31Edward155US #34
#32Keith146US #38
#33Andrew142US #30
#34Charles132US #23
#35Craig119US #46
#36Donald118US #36
#37Shawn118US #28
#38Patrick111US #35
#39Jose100US #50
#40Ronald98US #32
#41Frank96US #56
#42Adam92US #51
#43Marc92US #83
#44Douglas89US #43
#45Raymond87US #54
#46George86US #44
#47Gary80US #41
#48Ryan76US #39
#49Erik75US #86
#50Aaron71US #40
#51Justin71US #60
#52Dennis70US #52
#53Chad67US #25
#54Joshua64US #59
#55Troy62US #49
#56Vincent61US #105
#57Brett60US #80
#58Christian60US #96
#59Bryan58US #45
#60Louis53US #130
#61Benjamin52US #64
#62Derek52US #67
#63Jeremy49US #42
#64Alexander46US #129
#65Philip46US #104
#66Luis44US #124
#67Jay43US #115
#68Lawrence40US #101
#69Nicholas40US #99
#70Samuel40US #66
#71Jamie39US #72
#72Roger39US #76
#73Wayne39US #103
#74Randy37US #70
#75Arthur36US #119
#76Francis36
#77Kyle36US #113
#78Walter36US #98
#79Carl35US #85
#80Russell35US #69
#81Angel34
#82Dean34US #156
#83Geoffrey34
#84Glenn34US #134
#85Alan33US #110
#86Jon33US #89
#87Seth33
#88Shane33US #55
#89Albert32US #112
#90Jesse32US #88
#91Joel32US #78
#92Victor32US #107
#93Frederick30US #116
#94Juan30US #73
#95Kurt30US #164
#96Lee30US #125
#97Antonio29US #93
#98Brandon29US #63
#99Carlos29US #84
#100Chris29US #82

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑34Brett#57
↑28Renee#59
↑26Randy#74
↑25Jamie#71
↑24Kathryn#61
↑24Erin#68
↑22Carolyn#77
↑22Justin#51

Falling

↓36Tracey#82
↓34Pamela#54
↓30Debra#79
↓27Carlos#99
↓24Sharon#69
↓23Glenn#84
↓21Wayne#73
↓20Colleen#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.