Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1952

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1952 were Linda for girls (774 babies) and Robert for boys (1,379). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,920 babies born in Connecticut in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1952

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

Girls

Natalie: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Doreen: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Noreen: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lauren: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Heather: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryann: 50 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Claire: 41 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dale: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 141 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roseann: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Peter: 462 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bradford: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 72 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexander: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jonathan: 63 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 117 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Edmund: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Geoffrey: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Linda	774	–	1
2	Patricia	769	–	3
3	Susan	729	–	5
4	Deborah	668	↑1	4
5	Mary	629	↓1	2
6	Barbara	518	↑1	6
7	Nancy	510	↑1	7
8	Kathleen	507	↓2	11
9	Donna	427	–	13
10	Karen	420	–	8
11	Diane	408	–	16
12	Carol	376	–	12
13	Elizabeth	318	–	22
14	Sharon	309	–	14
15	Sandra	302	↑1	10
16	Christine	295	↑1	20
17	Margaret	273	↑1	21
18	Pamela	266	↑2	17
19	Judith	259	↓4	25
20	Debra	248	↑13	9
21	Cynthia	241	↑3	18
22	Joan	228	↑1	37
23	Gail	227	↓4	39
24	Janet	223	↓3	19
25	Denise	221	–	33
26	Janice	187	↓4	23
27	Ann	177	–	45
28	Catherine	173	↓2	34
29	Cheryl	163	–	31
30	Lynn	156	↑1	71
31	Jane	155	↓3	42
32	Jean	143	–	50
33	Joyce	143	↑1	27
34	Laura	141	↑4	53
35	Maureen	141	–	94
36	Joanne	126	↓6	78
37	Marilyn	120	↑12	38
38	Anne	119	↑4	79
39	Elaine	119	↑2	73
40	Ellen	115	↓4	70
41	Paula	115	↓4	47
42	Eileen	105	new	100
43	Beverly	104	↓3	35
44	Jacqueline	101	↑4	58
45	Marie	100	↑1	82
46	Wendy	99	↑1	>100
47	Laurie	98	new	>100
48	Theresa	97	new	60
49	Virginia	94	new	49
50	Bonnie	93	↓6	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Robert	1,379	–	2
2	John	1,365	–	3
3	Richard	959	–	7
4	Michael	951	↑2	4
5	James	947	↓1	1
6	David	933	↑1	5
7	William	886	↓2	6
8	Thomas	844	–	8
9	Gary	570	↑1	10
10	Joseph	565	↓1	12
11	Paul	479	–	19
12	Peter	462	–	36
13	Mark	432	↑1	17
14	Edward	377	↓1	23
15	Charles	329	–	9
16	Donald	325	↑2	13
17	Stephen	321	↓1	21
18	Kenneth	295	↑2	16
19	Ronald	273	–	15
20	Daniel	271	↑4	20
21	Steven	270	↑5	11
22	George	269	↓5	22
23	Dennis	240	↓1	18
24	Bruce	234	↓3	25
25	Anthony	227	↓2	34
26	Raymond	223	↑1	33
27	Kevin	196	↑9	43
28	Frank	193	↓3	32
29	Wayne	171	↑3	38
30	Jeffrey	170	↓2	31
31	Alan	166	↑6	42
32	Gregory	162	↓3	24
33	Timothy	157	↓3	27
34	Lawrence	156	–	35
35	Brian	152	–	64
36	Douglas	141	↓5	28
37	Christopher	137	↑2	57
38	Walter	136	↑2	44
39	Philip	135	↓1	60
40	Roger	133	↑3	30
41	Arthur	131	↑4	47
42	Louis	125	↑4	79
43	Francis	117	↓10	89
44	Frederick	116	↓3	76
45	Andrew	113	↓1	68
46	Keith	104	new	49
47	Henry	96	↑2	50
48	Gerald	95	↓6	39
49	Ralph	93	↑1	56
50	Carl	92	new	45

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