Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1951

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1951 were Linda for girls (860 babies) and Robert for boys (1,331). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 38,728 babies born in Connecticut in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1951

Names given at least 15 times in Connecticut that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Katharine: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Doreen: 41 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maryann: 56 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Holly: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lauren: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dale: 32 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maureen: 126 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Claire: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Noreen: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Wendy: 92 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 417 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dominic: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Francis: 145 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jonathan: 59 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bradford: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Geoffrey: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vincent: 94 babies, 3× the national rate
Edmund: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Brian: 143 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Linda	860	–	1
2	Patricia	726	↑1	3
3	Susan	661	↓1	6
4	Mary	623	–	2
5	Deborah	562	↑3	4
6	Kathleen	488	–	10
7	Barbara	463	↓2	5
8	Nancy	440	↓1	7
9	Donna	411	–	12
10	Karen	387	↑3	8
11	Diane	370	↑1	15
12	Carol	323	↓2	11
13	Elizabeth	292	↑1	23
14	Sharon	289	↓3	13
15	Judith	265	↑2	25
16	Sandra	264	↓1	9
17	Christine	252	↑3	24
18	Margaret	245	↓2	17
19	Gail	220	↓1	36
20	Pamela	220	↓1	16
21	Janet	206	–	19
22	Janice	200	↑2	21
23	Joan	200	–	39
24	Cynthia	182	↓2	20
25	Denise	176	↑19	48
26	Catherine	157	↑6	34
27	Ann	154	↓2	46
28	Jane	146	↓2	43
29	Cheryl	144	↓2	30
30	Joanne	138	↓1	73
31	Lynn	138	↑8	72
32	Jean	137	↓2	49
33	Debra	134	new	18
34	Joyce	130	↓6	28
35	Maureen	126	↓2	93
36	Ellen	121	–	68
37	Paula	120	↓3	51
38	Laura	116	↓1	60
39	Katherine	111	↑2	55
40	Beverly	108	↓2	33
41	Elaine	107	↓10	66
42	Anne	106	↑1	82
43	Carolyn	101	↑4	22
44	Bonnie	99	new	37
45	Lorraine	94	new	>100
46	Marie	93	↓6	78
47	Wendy	92	↑1	>100
48	Jacqueline	89	new	56
49	Marilyn	89	↓14	41
50	Shirley	86	↓4	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Robert	1,331	–	2
2	John	1,330	–	3
3	Richard	923	↑1	7
4	James	846	↑2	1
5	William	836	↓2	6
6	Michael	806	↑1	4
7	David	788	↓2	5
8	Thomas	786	–	8
9	Joseph	586	–	14
10	Gary	526	↑2	10
11	Paul	448	↓1	18
12	Peter	417	↑2	38
13	Edward	404	↓2	23
14	Mark	385	↑1	20
15	Charles	344	↓2	9
16	Stephen	321	↑3	19
17	George	297	↑1	22
18	Donald	288	↓1	15
19	Ronald	281	↓3	12
20	Kenneth	257	–	16
21	Bruce	253	↑1	26
22	Dennis	242	↓1	17
23	Anthony	227	–	34
24	Daniel	225	–	21
25	Frank	213	↑1	31
26	Steven	189	↑2	13
27	Raymond	181	↓2	32
28	Jeffrey	160	↑3	35
29	Gregory	159	↑6	25
30	Timothy	157	↑8	28
31	Douglas	153	↓2	27
32	Wayne	150	↑7	37
33	Francis	145	↑1	85
34	Lawrence	145	↓4	33
35	Brian	143	↓3	75
36	Kevin	142	↓3	53
37	Alan	141	↓10	40
38	Philip	133	↑2	55
39	Christopher	120	↑8	61
40	Walter	120	↑5	42
41	Frederick	117	↓5	78
42	Gerald	114	↑2	36
43	Roger	113	↓6	29
44	Andrew	109	↓1	69
45	Arthur	106	↓4	44
46	Louis	106	↓4	76
47	Stanley	97	new	54
48	Vincent	94	↓2	>100
49	Henry	91	↓1	47
50	Ralph	91	↓1	51

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