Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1956

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1956 were Susan for girls (888 babies) and Robert for boys (1,378). Susan ranked #5 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 48,267 babies born in Connecticut in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1956

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

Girls

Maryellen: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Maura: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Doreen: 128 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lauren: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alison: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Noreen: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Holly: 86 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosanne: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maureen: 140 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luanne: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dominic: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 493 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sean: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Geoffrey: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Edmund: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Jonathan: 102 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angelo: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 95 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alexander: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Susan	888	–	5
2	Mary	750	↑1	1
3	Deborah	686	↓1	4
4	Patricia	666	↑1	6
5	Linda	659	↓1	3
6	Karen	656	↑3	7
7	Donna	589	↑1	10
8	Nancy	555	↓2	11
9	Debra	480	↓2	2
10	Barbara	464	–	9
11	Kathleen	461	–	17
12	Diane	444	–	15
13	Cynthia	427	↑4	8
14	Sharon	359	↑2	13
15	Cheryl	347	–	18
16	Elizabeth	323	↓2	22
17	Carol	319	↓4	16
18	Sandra	294	↑1	14
19	Pamela	278	↓1	12
20	Margaret	249	–	25
21	Lynn	239	–	58
22	Kim	222	↑20	38
23	Lisa	221	↑7	31
24	Janet	208	↓1	21
25	Laura	205	↑9	34
26	Catherine	196	↑1	28
27	Denise	194	↓2	23
28	Ann	186	–	46
29	Gail	186	↓3	49
30	Robin	179	↓8	29
31	Judith	176	↓7	45
32	Joan	173	–	52
33	Jane	166	↑4	50
34	Christine	154	↓1	42
35	Laurie	152	↓4	76
36	Lori	147	new	66
37	Darlene	141	new	71
38	Maureen	140	↑7	>100
39	Ellen	139	–	84
40	Wendy	138	↑4	95
41	Kathy	134	new	20
42	Jean	133	↓4	65
43	Joanne	133	↓14	99
44	Theresa	129	↑2	32
45	Doreen	128	new	>100
46	Janice	126	↓11	26
47	Joyce	125	↓4	30
48	Paula	125	↓7	47
49	Anne	121	↓13	86
50	Cathy	117	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Robert	1,378	–	3
2	John	1,289	↑1	5
3	David	1,231	↓1	4
4	Michael	1,199	–	1
5	James	982	–	2
6	Richard	870	↑1	7
7	William	844	↓1	6
8	Mark	795	↑1	8
9	Thomas	783	↓1	9
10	Joseph	608	–	12
11	Paul	550	↑1	17
12	Gary	521	↓1	13
13	Peter	493	–	37
14	Edward	421	↑1	25
15	Steven	392	↑1	10
16	Stephen	358	↓2	23
17	Brian	352	↑10	32
18	Kevin	352	↑3	22
19	Jeffrey	346	↓2	20
20	Donald	330	–	14
21	Daniel	318	↓3	18
22	Charles	311	↓3	11
23	Ronald	301	↑2	15
24	Kenneth	289	↓1	16
25	Timothy	279	↑4	19
26	George	261	↓4	27
27	Anthony	256	↓1	30
28	Frank	245	↑2	38
29	Bruce	238	↓5	33
30	Raymond	232	↓2	39
31	Gregory	207	–	24
32	Scott	200	↑8	34
33	Douglas	195	↑3	29
34	Christopher	178	↓1	47
35	Dennis	168	↓3	26
36	Keith	160	↑3	36
37	Lawrence	150	–	42
38	Philip	150	↓3	64
39	Alan	148	↓1	44
40	Wayne	145	↓6	45
41	Andrew	127	↑3	56
42	Roger	124	↑6	41
43	Arthur	115	↓2	60
44	Walter	113	↓1	53
45	Glenn	110	↑5	61
46	Louis	110	↓4	82
47	Patrick	107	new	40
48	Russell	107	new	52
49	Frederick	103	new	91
50	Craig	102	↓5	51

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