Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1955

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1955 were Susan for girls (927 babies) and Robert for boys (1,448). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 47,196 babies born in Connecticut in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1955

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

Girls

Doreen: 88 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alison: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maryann: 54 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lauren: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Rosanne: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Corinne: 24 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Heather: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joanne: 183 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Laurie: 177 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynn: 251 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 457 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Geoffrey: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bradford: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jonathan: 107 babies, 3× the national rate
Edmund: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Laurence: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vincent: 107 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Susan	927	–	5
2	Deborah	782	↑2	2
3	Mary	773	–	1
4	Linda	761	↑1	3
5	Patricia	730	↓3	6
6	Nancy	612	–	9
7	Debra	561	–	4
8	Donna	519	↑2	10
9	Karen	511	↓1	8
10	Barbara	477	↓1	7
11	Kathleen	456	–	17
12	Diane	420	–	14
13	Carol	381	↑1	15
14	Elizabeth	355	↑3	21
15	Cheryl	339	↑9	19
16	Sharon	307	↓1	16
17	Cynthia	297	↓4	11
18	Pamela	288	↓2	12
19	Sandra	288	–	13
20	Margaret	253	↓2	24
21	Lynn	251	↑4	62
22	Robin	238	↑6	33
23	Janet	213	↓2	20
24	Judith	208	↑2	31
25	Denise	202	↑2	23
26	Gail	198	↓6	42
27	Catherine	195	↓4	28
28	Ann	191	↑1	43
29	Joanne	183	↑1	88
30	Lisa	178	↑9	48
31	Laurie	177	↑11	91
32	Joan	168	↓10	46
33	Christine	162	↑1	40
34	Laura	162	↓3	41
35	Janice	159	↓2	25
36	Anne	144	↑1	84
37	Jane	144	↓5	50
38	Jean	133	↑3	60
39	Ellen	127	↓1	81
40	Bonnie	125	new	45
41	Paula	123	↓6	39
42	Kim	122	new	75
43	Joyce	120	↓3	29
44	Wendy	118	new	90
45	Maureen	113	↓9	100
46	Theresa	112	↑2	38
47	Michele	108	new	93
48	Suzanne	108	new	86
49	Elaine	106	↓6	77
50	Eileen	102	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Robert	1,448	↑1	4
2	David	1,344	↑2	2
3	John	1,323	↓2	5
4	Michael	1,152	↓1	1
5	James	984	–	3
6	William	924	↑1	6
7	Richard	896	↓1	7
8	Thomas	797	–	8
9	Mark	697	–	9
10	Joseph	620	–	13
11	Gary	521	↑1	12
12	Paul	509	↓1	16
13	Peter	457	–	35
14	Stephen	402	–	21
15	Edward	392	–	25
16	Steven	383	–	10
17	Jeffrey	365	↑3	20
18	Daniel	332	↑6	17
19	Charles	324	↓2	11
20	Donald	323	↑1	14
21	Kevin	321	↑1	27
22	George	319	↓4	26
23	Kenneth	274	↓4	15
24	Bruce	258	↑1	32
25	Ronald	256	↓2	18
26	Anthony	240	–	31
27	Brian	237	↑2	40
28	Raymond	225	–	36
29	Timothy	209	↑1	22
30	Frank	200	↓3	34
31	Gregory	197	↑3	24
32	Dennis	183	↓1	23
33	Christopher	166	↑5	49
34	Wayne	159	↓2	44
35	Philip	155	↑7	62
36	Douglas	151	↓3	29
37	Lawrence	146	↓1	42
38	Alan	140	↓3	43
39	Keith	140	↑4	39
40	Scott	133	↓3	38
41	Arthur	124	↑4	56
42	Louis	124	new	82
43	Walter	119	↓2	51
44	Andrew	117	–	66
45	Craig	112	new	50
46	Francis	108	↓7	100
47	Jonathan	107	new	>100
48	Roger	107	↑1	37
49	Vincent	107	new	99
50	Glenn	104	new	59

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