Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1957

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1957 were Susan for girls (899 babies) and Michael for boys (1,403). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 51,638 babies born in Connecticut in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1957

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: 146 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maura: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dale: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Noreen: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maryann: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Heather: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alison: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Holly: 90 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rosanne: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marion: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 40 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Peter: 539 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bradford: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dominic: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jonathan: 114 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 99 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 72 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angelo: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Louis: 136 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Susan	899	–	2
2	Mary	761	–	1
3	Karen	703	↑3	5
4	Deborah	659	↓1	6
5	Linda	622	–	3
6	Nancy	590	↑2	11
7	Cynthia	553	↑6	7
8	Donna	545	↓1	10
9	Patricia	539	↓5	8
10	Diane	463	↑2	17
11	Kathleen	428	–	21
12	Debra	424	↓3	4
13	Barbara	391	↓3	9
14	Elizabeth	388	↑2	22
15	Carol	345	↑2	18
16	Cheryl	345	↓1	16
17	Sharon	338	↓3	14
18	Lisa	319	↑5	26
19	Sandra	297	↓1	15
20	Pamela	286	↓1	12
21	Margaret	241	↓1	29
22	Robin	239	↑8	30
23	Lynn	222	↓2	61
24	Cindy	213	new	19
25	Laura	210	–	31
26	Kim	202	↓4	35
27	Laurie	200	↑8	73
28	Janet	199	↓4	23
29	Ann	195	↓1	44
30	Denise	193	↓3	25
31	Catherine	191	↓5	37
32	Gail	179	↓3	54
33	Christine	178	↑1	41
34	Ellen	170	↑5	85
35	Joanne	169	↑8	94
36	Lori	165	–	45
37	Anne	164	↑12	86
38	Kathy	164	↑3	20
39	Judith	162	↓8	53
40	Theresa	162	↑4	36
41	Joan	159	↓9	60
42	Darlene	154	↓5	57
43	Doreen	146	↑2	>100
44	Jane	145	↓11	56
45	Debbie	142	new	27
46	Janice	142	–	32
47	Brenda	140	new	13
48	Maureen	140	↓10	>100
49	Wendy	123	↓9	>100
50	Bonnie	122	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	1,403	↑3	1
2	John	1,392	–	5
3	Robert	1,380	↓2	4
4	David	1,204	↓1	3
5	James	1,045	–	2
6	Richard	902	–	8
7	William	890	–	6
8	Mark	884	–	7
9	Thomas	823	–	9
10	Joseph	696	–	12
11	Paul	618	–	18
12	Peter	539	↑1	37
13	Gary	467	↓1	13
14	Steven	446	↑1	10
15	Kevin	438	↑3	20
16	Jeffrey	421	↑3	21
17	Brian	388	–	26
18	Stephen	387	↓2	24
19	Donald	381	↑1	15
20	Daniel	370	↑1	16
21	Kenneth	341	↑3	14
22	Edward	334	↓8	25
23	Ronald	329	–	17
24	Anthony	318	↑3	27
25	Charles	314	↓3	11
26	Timothy	305	↓1	19
27	George	260	↓1	29
28	Bruce	246	↑1	34
29	Scott	241	↑3	32
30	Frank	223	↓2	38
31	Raymond	222	↓1	39
32	Gregory	214	↓1	23
33	Keith	204	↑3	36
34	Douglas	200	↓1	30
35	Christopher	190	↓1	43
36	Wayne	185	↑4	47
37	Alan	151	↑2	48
38	Dennis	144	↓3	28
39	Lawrence	142	↓2	46
40	Louis	136	↑6	86
41	Philip	133	↓3	68
42	Andrew	130	↓1	56
43	Patrick	120	↑4	41
44	Glenn	118	↑1	62
45	Jonathan	114	new	>100
46	Carl	112	new	49
47	Craig	108	↑3	55
48	Walter	105	↓4	58
49	Roger	101	↓7	42
50	Arthur	99	↓7	66

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