State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,816 Connecticut births in 1974 across 782 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#76Angel#198 nationally
#79Dean#184 nationally
#97Brendanoutside the national top 200
#87Lauren#187 nationally
#72Seth#170 nationally
#89Hector#185 nationally
#94Neil#175 nationally
#100Theodore#180 nationally
#84Lynn#163 nationally
#75Jermaine#151 nationally
#65Louis#134 nationally
#67Alison#135 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer920US #1
#2Amy335US #2
#3Michelle305US #3
#4Melissa295US #7
#5Heather286US #4
#6Lisa265US #8
#7Kimberly263US #6
#8Jessica229US #17
#9Rebecca206US #10
#10Nicole202US #11
#11Christine201US #19
#12Elizabeth198US #12
#13Sarah162US #20
#14Dawn156US #22
#15Kelly153US #15
#16Karen146US #26
#17Kristen140US #45
#18Laura140US #21
#19Stephanie140US #9
#20Susan132US #27
#21Shannon126US #18
#22Christina113US #16
#23Danielle105US #40
#24Tara104US #39
#25Tracy103US #23
#26Michele101US #50
#27Maria98US #31
#28Julie97US #14
#29Andrea95US #35
#30Erin95US #47
#31Tammy94US #24
#32Rachel93US #36
#33Angela91US #5
#34Tanya91US #46
#35Mary89US #13
#36Patricia89US #29
#37Tina88US #25
#38Katherine86US #62
#39Kristin85US #72
#40Catherine84US #73
#41Kathleen84US #76
#42Stacy84US #38
#43Jill83US #58
#44Carrie81US #42
#45Amanda79US #34
#46Stacey79US #48
#47Sandra78US #44
#48Lori77US #30
#49Wendy76US #32
#50Cynthia72US #33
#51Deborah69US #68
#52Denise68US #53
#53Melanie67US #51
#54Allison66US #99
#55April61US #28
#56Nancy61US #78
#57Alicia60US #90
#58Cheryl60US #88
#59Holly60US #56
#60Sara60US #61
#61Theresa60US #79
#62Emily59US #69
#63Dana58US #55
#64Gina57US #84
#65Pamela57US #54
#66Kathryn56US #98
#67Alison53US #135
#68Erica53US #74
#69Sharon53US #70
#70Heidi52US #60
#71Jacqueline52US #83
#72Suzanne52US #111
#73Megan51US #105
#74Renee50US #85
#75Beth49US #117
#76Brenda49US #59
#77Jodi49US #91
#78Tiffany49US #41
#79Diana48US #87
#80Kim47US #145
#81Linda47US #75
#82Colleen45US #123
#83Laurie45US #116
#84Lynn45US #163
#85Robin45US #63
#86Donna43US #67
#87Lauren43US #187
#88Carolyn42US #118
#89Victoria42US #104
#90Ann40US #100
#91Barbara40US #77
#92Tracey40US #108
#93Debra39US #94
#94Aimee38US #148
#95Anne38US #120
#96Margaret38US #95
#97Kerry37US #158
#98Kara36US #125
#99Crystal35US #49
#100Joanna35US #155

Boys

#1Michael848US #1
#2Christopher672US #3
#3Jason650US #2
#4David648US #4
#5John508US #6
#6Robert481US #7
#7James432US #5
#8Matthew426US #9
#9Brian425US #8
#10Daniel356US #11
#11Jeffrey330US #15
#12William325US #10
#13Joseph323US #12
#14Mark298US #16
#15Scott289US #18
#16Richard281US #17
#17Kevin269US #14
#18Thomas269US #20
#19Eric265US #13
#20Paul202US #27
#21Steven194US #19
#22Peter175US #50
#23Andrew164US #28
#24Stephen162US #35
#25Anthony161US #21
#26Jonathan158US #33
#27Timothy155US #22
#28Adam151US #36
#29Gregory151US #31
#30Sean151US #37
#31Todd133US #39
#32Joshua132US #29
#33Edward130US #40
#34Keith129US #44
#35Ryan125US #25
#36Shawn116US #30
#37Kenneth115US #34
#38Charles110US #23
#39Justin108US #43
#40Patrick105US #38
#41Jeremy104US #24
#42Benjamin92US #46
#43Marc91US #85
#44Jose88US #47
#45George86US #49
#46Aaron84US #32
#47Bryan82US #45
#48Frank82US #65
#49Craig78US #57
#50Douglas77US #53
#51Ronald74US #42
#52Erik71US #90
#53Raymond67US #62
#54Donald66US #41
#55Gary63US #48
#56Nicholas60US #80
#57Luis58US #106
#58Philip57US #86
#59Dennis56US #59
#60Chad52US #26
#61Samuel50US #60
#62Shane50US #56
#63Jamie45US #68
#64Jesse45US #67
#65Louis44US #134
#66Nathan43US #52
#67Christian42US #103
#68Vincent41US #107
#69Alan39US #118
#70Alexander39US #112
#71Arthur39US #126
#72Seth39US #170
#73Juan38US #64
#74Lawrence38US #100
#75Jermaine37US #151
#76Angel36US #198
#77Corey36US #77
#78Darren36US #127
#79Dean36US #184
#80Derek36US #74
#81Brett35US #95
#82Joel35US #75
#83Martin35US #109
#84Carl34US #89
#85Ian32US #148
#86Kyle32US #97
#87Troy32US #63
#88Carlos31US #71
#89Hector31US #185
#90Henry31US #115
#91Wayne31US #120
#92Jon30US #94
#93Lee30US #124
#94Neil29US #175
#95Victor29US #96
#96Antonio28US #82
#97Brendan28
#98Gerald27US #108
#99Randy27US #79
#100Theodore27US #180

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑28Alicia#57
↑28Nathan#66
↑27Theresa#61
↑23Corey#77
↑22Emily#62
↑22Megan#73
↑22Arthur#71
↑21Tanya#34

Falling

↓36Donna#86
↓29Debra#93
↓27Robin#85
↓24Denise#52
↓20Margaret#96
↓19Cynthia#50
↓17Stacey#46
↓17Carl#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.