Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1954

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1954 were Susan for girls (864 babies) and John for boys (1,363). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,390 babies born in Connecticut in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1954

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

Girls

Maura: 20 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Maryellen: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lauren: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Doreen: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Holly: 78 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Noreen: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maureen: 143 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Claire: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Heather: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joanne: 164 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 42 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Dominic: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Peter: 459 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Edmund: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 126 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Nicholas: 73 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurence: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alexander: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bradford: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jonathan: 78 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Susan	864	–	5
2	Patricia	761	↑2	4
3	Mary	754	↑2	1
4	Deborah	745	↓2	3
5	Linda	734	↓2	2
6	Nancy	604	–	9
7	Debra	507	↑6	6
8	Karen	507	↑1	8
9	Barbara	479	↓2	7
10	Donna	459	–	11
11	Kathleen	455	↓3	14
12	Diane	382	↓1	17
13	Cynthia	361	↑2	10
14	Carol	321	↓2	15
15	Sharon	304	↑1	16
16	Pamela	302	↑1	12
17	Elizabeth	266	↓3	20
18	Margaret	248	↑2	21
19	Sandra	246	–	13
20	Gail	227	↑2	37
21	Janet	221	↓3	19
22	Joan	208	↓1	40
23	Catherine	190	↑5	32
24	Cheryl	187	↑5	22
25	Lynn	187	↑6	63
26	Judith	181	↓2	30
27	Denise	176	↓4	24
28	Robin	176	↑12	41
29	Ann	166	↑1	44
30	Joanne	164	↓3	78
31	Laura	164	↑6	45
32	Jane	160	–	49
33	Janice	156	↓8	25
34	Christine	150	↓8	43
35	Paula	150	↓2	38
36	Maureen	143	↑2	97
37	Anne	140	↓2	80
38	Ellen	137	↑1	77
39	Lisa	136	new	73
40	Joyce	135	↓4	28
41	Jean	132	↓7	56
42	Laurie	129	↑8	98
43	Elaine	119	↑2	74
44	Jo	112	↑5	53
45	Rose	104	new	54
46	Marie	103	new	79
47	Katherine	102	↓5	64
48	Theresa	102	new	47
49	Beverly	101	↓8	31
50	Kathryn	101	↓6	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	John	1,363	–	4
2	Robert	1,355	–	2
3	Michael	1,149	↑1	1
4	David	1,134	↓1	5
5	James	1,006	–	3
6	Richard	948	–	7
7	William	909	–	6
8	Thomas	841	–	8
9	Mark	638	↑3	12
10	Joseph	580	↓1	13
11	Paul	528	–	16
12	Gary	520	↓2	9
13	Peter	459	↑1	37
14	Stephen	376	↑1	20
15	Edward	366	↓2	22
16	Steven	350	↑7	11
17	Charles	348	↓1	10
18	George	322	↑4	24
19	Kenneth	320	↓1	17
20	Jeffrey	314	–	23
21	Donald	311	↓4	14
22	Kevin	299	↑2	28
23	Ronald	292	↓4	15
24	Daniel	280	↓3	18
25	Bruce	269	↑1	30
26	Anthony	235	↑1	32
27	Frank	227	↑3	36
28	Raymond	219	↑1	35
29	Brian	218	↓1	48
30	Timothy	209	↑6	26
31	Dennis	202	↓6	21
32	Wayne	170	↑1	41
33	Douglas	167	↓2	29
34	Gregory	165	–	25
35	Alan	160	↓3	43
36	Lawrence	142	↓1	39
37	Scott	141	↑11	40
38	Christopher	137	↓1	64
39	Francis	126	↑1	94
40	Frederick	125	new	83
41	Walter	124	↓3	49
42	Philip	122	↓1	62
43	Keith	119	↑4	45
44	Andrew	118	↓2	70
45	Arthur	117	↓6	52
46	Carl	104	new	47
47	Patrick	102	↓2	38
48	Ralph	101	↓5	61
49	Roger	100	↓5	34
50	Henry	99	↓1	59

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