State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,446 Connecticut births in 1973 across 776 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#72Angeloutside the national top 200
#77Francisoutside the national top 200
#80Seth#196 nationally
#92Laurenoutside the national top 200
#93Meredith#178 nationally
#95Edwin#177 nationally
#65Alison#146 nationally
#68Louis#135 nationally
#85Glenn#146 nationally
#87Lynn#145 nationally
#92Leonard#150 nationally
#59Alexander#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer959US #1
#2Amy381US #2
#3Lisa329US #5
#4Heather293US #8
#5Michelle289US #3
#6Melissa284US #6
#7Kimberly272US #4
#8Elizabeth235US #13
#9Nicole214US #11
#10Christine196US #17
#11Rebecca193US #10
#12Dawn155US #21
#13Kelly153US #18
#14Karen150US #23
#15Laura145US #19
#16Tracy144US #20
#17Sarah142US #35
#18Jessica138US #34
#19Kristen137US #58
#20Susan130US #25
#21Mary124US #14
#22Michele121US #44
#23Julie120US #12
#24Stephanie117US #9
#25Tina113US #24
#26Shannon110US #22
#27Tara110US #37
#28Denise108US #38
#29Stacey108US #41
#30Christina104US #16
#31Cynthia101US #26
#32Andrea100US #30
#33Patricia98US #27
#34Maria97US #31
#35Lori96US #28
#36Tammy96US #15
#37Kathleen94US #68
#38Wendy90US #29
#39Angela88US #7
#40Sandra85US #39
#41Danielle82US #49
#42Deborah81US #56
#43Carrie79US #46
#44Stacy79US #32
#45Kristin78US #78
#46Melanie78US #43
#47Rachel77US #42
#48Catherine73US #67
#49Erin73US #79
#50Donna70US #55
#51Katherine70US #64
#52Allison69US #105
#53Pamela69US #47
#54Jill67US #62
#55Tanya67US #50
#56Amanda66US #51
#57Nancy66US #77
#58Robin65US #60
#59Diane64US #115
#60Holly64US #54
#61Kathryn63US #107
#62Suzanne63US #98
#63Heidi62US #65
#64Debra61US #84
#65Alison60US #146
#66Cheryl59US #74
#67Dana58US #59
#68Gina58US #83
#69Laurie57US #106
#70Sharon57US #57
#71April53US #33
#72Erica51US #81
#73Brenda50US #53
#74Diana50US #85
#75Ann49US #93
#76Margaret49US #94
#77Renee48US #80
#78Linda47US #61
#79Sara47US #89
#80Beth46US #117
#81Jacqueline46US #88
#82Tiffany45US #52
#83Anne44US #122
#84Emily44US #99
#85Alicia43US #91
#86Barbara43US #63
#87Lynn43US #145
#88Theresa43US #69
#89Tonya43US #36
#90Tracey43US #102
#91Aimee42US #126
#92Lauren42
#93Meredith42US #178
#94Krista41US #143
#95Megan41US #141
#96Monica40US #40
#97Kerry39US #148
#98Tricia39US #123
#99Leslie37US #75
#100Tamara37US #66

Boys

#1Michael992US #1
#2Christopher651US #2
#3David649US #5
#4Jason602US #3
#5John559US #6
#6Robert497US #7
#7James480US #4
#8Brian463US #8
#9Matthew382US #10
#10William350US #9
#11Daniel349US #11
#12Joseph334US #12
#13Scott314US #18
#14Mark303US #15
#15Jeffrey297US #17
#16Thomas282US #19
#17Richard266US #16
#18Eric263US #13
#19Kevin256US #14
#20Steven203US #20
#21Peter202US #52
#22Paul198US #24
#23Timothy184US #22
#24Jonathan181US #31
#25Anthony170US #21
#26Andrew165US #29
#27Stephen165US #32
#28Gregory157US #26
#29Todd155US #35
#30Sean148US #36
#31Keith145US #41
#32Edward140US #39
#33Kenneth126US #28
#34Shawn114US #27
#35Patrick110US #37
#36Charles109US #23
#37Joshua107US #42
#38Craig105US #48
#39Adam97US #45
#40Ryan96US #30
#41Marc93US #81
#42Aaron85US #34
#43Douglas84US #47
#44Frank84US #61
#45George82US #46
#46Jose82US #49
#47Raymond81US #60
#48Donald77US #38
#49Justin77US #51
#50Ronald76US #40
#51Jeremy73US #33
#52Bryan72US #43
#53Benjamin69US #55
#54Gary69US #44
#55Erik63US #86
#56Dennis61US #56
#57Philip55US #91
#58Luis54US #114
#59Alexander51US #116
#60Christian51US #97
#61Nicholas50US #85
#62Chad49US #25
#63Shane48US #54
#64Derek46US #69
#65Lawrence41US #104
#66Darren40US #113
#67Carl39US #90
#68Louis39US #135
#69Samuel39US #66
#70Troy39US #59
#71Vincent39US #99
#72Angel37
#73Jamie37US #70
#74Wayne36US #107
#75Brett34US #88
#76Carlos34US #74
#77Francis34
#78Jesse34US #75
#79Roger34US #84
#80Seth34US #196
#81Alan33US #115
#82Antonio33US #92
#83Bruce33US #134
#84Frederick33US #120
#85Glenn33US #146
#86Juan33US #67
#87Russell33US #77
#88Brandon32US #58
#89Kyle32US #110
#90Gerald31US #102
#91Joel31US #73
#92Leonard31US #150
#93Arthur30US #119
#94Nathan30US #63
#95Edwin29US #177
#96Jermaine28US #127
#97Jon28US #94
#98Victor28US #103
#99Albert27US #112
#100Corey27US #89

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑33Amanda#56
↑25Shane#63
↑23Carlos#76
↑22Kristen#19
↑22Diana#74
↑20Allison#52
↑19Erin#49
↑18Tara#27

Falling

↓30Cheryl#66
↓30Lynn#87
↓26Barbara#86
↓22Theresa#88
↓19Kathleen#37
↓18Renee#77
↓18Brett#75
↓18Arthur#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.