Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1953

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1953 were Susan for girls (815 babies) and John for boys (1,349). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 43,381 babies born in Connecticut in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1953

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

Girls

Lauren: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Doreen: 56 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Noreen: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alison: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dale: 44 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Betsy: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heidi: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Corinne: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Faith: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Maureen: 126 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Dominick: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dominic: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Peter: 410 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradford: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 78 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 123 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brian: 200 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jonathan: 67 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Denis: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Susan	815	↑2	5
2	Deborah	763	↑2	3
3	Linda	730	↓2	2
4	Patricia	718	↓2	4
5	Mary	667	–	1
6	Nancy	540	↑1	8
7	Barbara	489	↓1	6
8	Kathleen	485	–	14
9	Karen	438	↑1	9
10	Donna	424	↓1	13
11	Diane	389	–	17
12	Carol	365	–	16
13	Debra	332	↑7	7
14	Elizabeth	327	↓1	21
15	Cynthia	316	↑6	12
16	Sharon	303	↓2	15
17	Pamela	270	↑1	10
18	Janet	259	↑6	19
19	Sandra	257	↓4	11
20	Margaret	245	↓3	20
21	Joan	236	↑1	37
22	Gail	223	↑1	39
23	Denise	220	↑2	31
24	Judith	211	↓5	30
25	Janice	187	↑1	22
26	Christine	186	↓10	32
27	Joanne	175	↑9	71
28	Catherine	171	–	35
29	Cheryl	155	–	28
30	Ann	153	↓3	46
31	Lynn	151	↓1	67
32	Jane	150	↓1	43
33	Paula	145	↑8	40
34	Jean	131	↓2	52
35	Anne	126	↑3	80
36	Joyce	126	↓3	26
37	Laura	126	↓3	51
38	Maureen	126	↓3	92
39	Ellen	120	↑1	76
40	Robin	119	new	66
41	Beverly	117	↑2	34
42	Katherine	116	new	63
43	Marilyn	110	↓6	36
44	Kathryn	102	new	48
45	Elaine	101	↓6	77
46	Eileen	100	↓4	>100
47	Jacqueline	100	↓3	58
48	Kathy	99	new	23
49	Jo	98	new	54
50	Laurie	95	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	John	1,349	↑1	4
2	Robert	1,282	↓1	1
3	David	1,093	↑3	5
4	Michael	1,025	–	3
5	James	974	–	2
6	Richard	932	↓3	7
7	William	866	–	6
8	Thomas	853	–	8
9	Joseph	627	↑1	13
10	Gary	563	↓1	10
11	Paul	519	–	16
12	Mark	493	↑1	12
13	Edward	415	↑1	23
14	Peter	410	↓2	38
15	Stephen	375	↑2	21
16	Charles	342	↓1	9
17	Donald	328	↓1	14
18	Kenneth	312	–	17
19	Ronald	288	–	15
20	Jeffrey	285	↑10	25
21	Daniel	283	↓1	20
22	George	281	–	22
23	Steven	280	↓2	11
24	Kevin	246	↑3	36
25	Dennis	244	↓2	19
26	Bruce	237	↓2	28
27	Anthony	224	↓2	32
28	Brian	200	↑7	53
29	Raymond	193	↓3	34
30	Frank	187	↓2	33
31	Douglas	171	↑5	27
32	Alan	169	↓1	43
33	Wayne	160	↓4	40
34	Gregory	155	↓2	24
35	Lawrence	155	↓1	37
36	Timothy	150	↓3	26
37	Christopher	141	–	63
38	Walter	124	–	45
39	Arthur	123	↑2	50
40	Francis	123	↑3	90
41	Philip	117	↓2	61
42	Andrew	112	↑3	68
43	Ralph	111	↑6	59
44	Roger	108	↓4	31
45	Patrick	105	new	39
46	Louis	102	↓4	78
47	Keith	100	↓1	47
48	Scott	100	new	46
49	Henry	95	↓2	54
50	Albert	89	new	69

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