State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1975 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,111 Connecticut births in 1975 across 783 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#69Meghanoutside the national top 200
#89Angeloutside the national top 200
#93Brendanoutside the national top 200
#94Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#85Edwin#183 nationally
#55Lauren#144 nationally
#80Geoffrey#167 nationally
#85Kerry#163 nationally
#65Seth#136 nationally
#67Colleen#133 nationally
#76Frederick#141 nationally
#81Ian#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer816US #1
#2Amy390US #2
#3Heather347US #3
#4Melissa347US #4
#5Michelle264US #6
#6Nicole248US #10
#7Kimberly245US #7
#8Jessica229US #13
#9Lisa227US #8
#10Elizabeth213US #15
#11Rebecca191US #11
#12Sarah188US #17
#13Kelly174US #16
#14Christine166US #22
#15Stephanie143US #9
#16Dawn139US #23
#17Karen131US #27
#18Erin123US #38
#19Rachel122US #26
#20Tara114US #41
#21Danielle112US #42
#22Susan110US #32
#23Tracy109US #24
#24Kristen108US #60
#25Laura108US #20
#26Christina107US #12
#27Shannon106US #21
#28Amanda104US #14
#29Jill98US #46
#30Stacey98US #44
#31Carrie94US #29
#32Julie94US #18
#33Katherine89US #58
#34Maria89US #30
#35Mary89US #19
#36Wendy89US #33
#37Emily88US #48
#38Tammy85US #31
#39Stacy83US #34
#40Michele81US #56
#41Kristin80US #74
#42Andrea78US #28
#43Megan76US #69
#44Sandra76US #51
#45Sara76US #54
#46Tanya74US #50
#47Tina72US #35
#48Angela71US #5
#49Melanie70US #52
#50Catherine69US #73
#51Kathleen64US #80
#52Allison62US #89
#53April62US #25
#54Heidi59US #66
#55Lauren59US #144
#56Deborah58US #86
#57Cheryl57US #97
#58Lori57US #39
#59Tiffany57US #37
#60Cynthia56US #40
#61Denise56US #64
#62Patricia56US #36
#63Holly55US #55
#64Jacqueline55US #90
#65Jodi52US #94
#66Nancy52US #82
#67Colleen50US #133
#68Erica50US #63
#69Meghan50
#70Alison49US #127
#71Alicia48US #76
#72Barbara46US #83
#73Diana46US #100
#74Dana45US #62
#75Sharon45US #75
#76Gina44US #84
#77Kathryn44US #99
#78Suzanne44US #121
#79Tamara44US #77
#80Theresa44US #78
#81Brenda43US #67
#82Courtney42US #102
#83Linda41US #81
#84Anne40US #124
#85Kerry40US #163
#86Beth39US #120
#87Robin39US #65
#88Carolyn38US #119
#89Diane38US #142
#90Debra36US #114
#91Kara36US #118
#92Renee36US #87
#93Crystal34US #43
#94Erika33US #128
#95Natasha33US #145
#96Jamie32US #68
#97Tracey32US #117
#98Valerie32US #92
#99Krista31US #159
#100Laurie31US #125

Boys

#1Michael987US #1
#2Christopher673US #3
#3Jason638US #2
#4David539US #5
#5John468US #7
#6Robert449US #6
#7Matthew444US #9
#8James399US #4
#9Brian389US #8
#10Daniel341US #11
#11Joseph330US #12
#12Jeffrey309US #14
#13Eric282US #13
#14William270US #10
#15Kevin258US #15
#16Richard257US #16
#17Scott253US #17
#18Thomas231US #20
#19Steven217US #18
#20Mark198US #19
#21Timothy195US #22
#22Anthony191US #21
#23Paul174US #29
#24Jonathan171US #30
#25Andrew163US #28
#26Ryan160US #23
#27Stephen155US #34
#28Peter153US #54
#29Joshua147US #26
#30Todd145US #43
#31Sean141US #40
#32Adam131US #38
#33Gregory131US #33
#34Shawn130US #31
#35Edward121US #41
#36Jeremy119US #24
#37Keith118US #49
#38Charles114US #25
#39Patrick110US #39
#40Benjamin106US #36
#41Justin106US #37
#42Kenneth97US #35
#43Marc97US #89
#44Jose93US #48
#45George86US #53
#46Ronald85US #46
#47Donald82US #42
#48Craig80US #58
#49Aaron78US #32
#50Raymond78US #63
#51Bryan72US #47
#52Frank72US #66
#53Chad68US #27
#54Douglas67US #55
#55Gary63US #50
#56Erik60US #87
#57Jamie60US #62
#58Juan53US #60
#59Nathan52US #45
#60Philip51US #85
#61Alexander50US #105
#62Dennis49US #59
#63Jesse49US #64
#64Luis49US #107
#65Seth49US #136
#66Christian47US #103
#67Vincent46US #109
#68Brandon44US #44
#69Nicholas44US #81
#70Kyle40US #88
#71Samuel40US #61
#72Brett38US #92
#73Derek38US #83
#74Carlos37US #73
#75Corey37US #71
#76Frederick37US #141
#77Louis37US #138
#78Alan35US #115
#79Antonio35US #77
#80Geoffrey35US #167
#81Ian35US #144
#82Carl34US #91
#83Shane33US #57
#84Victor33US #95
#85Edwin32US #183
#86Jared32US #100
#87Joel32US #74
#88Roger32US #97
#89Angel31
#90Jay31US #117
#91Russell30US #82
#92Walter30US #112
#93Brendan29
#94Salvatore29
#95Jacob27US #75
#96Marcus27US #68
#97Miguel27US #148
#98Randy27US #78
#99Roberto27US #155
#100Arthur26US #128

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑32Lauren#55
↑30Megan#43
↑25Emily#37
↑19Tiffany#59
↑19Barbara#72
↑17Amanda#28
↑17Antonio#79
↑16Stacey#30

Falling

↓29Arthur#100
↓26Patricia#62
↓21Shane#83
↓19Theresa#80
↓18Renee#92
↓17Laurie#100
↓15Angela#48
↓14Michele#40

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.