Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1958

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1958 were Susan for girls (932 babies) and Michael for boys (1,470). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 50,768 babies born in Connecticut in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1958

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, 5.7× the national rate
Marybeth: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Corinne: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 100 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heather: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Susanne: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maryann: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Noreen: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joanne: 199 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marianne: 70 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 30 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Peter: 458 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 88 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 75 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jonathan: 100 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Frederick: 108 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sean: 29 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradford: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edmund: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Susan	932	–	2
2	Mary	704	–	1
3	Patricia	603	↑6	5
4	Linda	602	↑1	3
5	Karen	600	↓2	4
6	Deborah	552	↓2	7
7	Nancy	516	↓1	12
8	Donna	461	–	10
9	Debra	439	↑3	6
10	Cynthia	436	↓3	8
11	Kathleen	432	–	21
12	Diane	416	↓2	18
13	Elizabeth	401	↑1	22
14	Cheryl	400	↑2	13
15	Lisa	394	↑3	19
16	Barbara	346	↓3	9
17	Sharon	303	–	17
18	Carol	300	↓3	20
19	Pamela	300	↑1	11
20	Laura	256	↑5	29
21	Sandra	256	↓2	15
22	Lori	233	↑14	30
23	Lynn	230	–	60
24	Margaret	225	↓3	31
25	Denise	215	↑5	27
26	Christine	207	↑7	43
27	Robin	206	↓5	32
28	Joanne	199	↑7	80
29	Laurie	197	↓2	70
30	Catherine	196	↑1	38
31	Kathy	183	↑7	14
32	Ann	177	↓3	47
33	Gail	177	↓1	72
34	Debbie	175	↑11	24
35	Kim	171	↓9	40
36	Cindy	167	↓12	25
37	Janet	167	↓9	28
38	Joan	154	↑3	68
39	Anne	151	↓2	87
40	Maureen	142	↑8	>100
41	Theresa	141	↓1	33
42	Brenda	136	↑5	16
43	Jane	135	↑1	61
44	Ellen	132	↓10	93
45	Darlene	126	↓3	49
46	Joyce	126	new	46
47	Judith	125	↓8	62
48	Jean	124	new	73
49	Katherine	124	new	74
50	Michele	124	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	1,470	–	1
2	Robert	1,367	↑1	4
3	John	1,326	↓1	5
4	David	1,262	–	2
5	James	1,045	–	3
6	William	923	↑1	6
7	Thomas	898	↑2	9
8	Richard	876	↓2	8
9	Mark	874	↓1	7
10	Joseph	682	–	12
11	Paul	543	–	15
12	Peter	458	–	41
13	Kevin	413	↑2	20
14	Steven	405	–	10
15	Daniel	399	↑5	16
16	Jeffrey	397	–	21
17	Brian	396	–	24
18	Gary	392	↓5	17
19	Edward	381	↑3	28
20	Stephen	365	↓2	26
21	Charles	343	↑4	11
22	Donald	327	↓3	18
23	Kenneth	323	↓2	14
24	Scott	316	↑5	25
25	Timothy	305	↑1	13
26	George	293	↑1	31
27	Anthony	269	↓3	27
28	Ronald	258	↓5	19
29	Christopher	234	↑6	39
30	Frank	228	–	38
31	Bruce	221	↓3	36
32	Douglas	198	↑2	30
33	Raymond	197	↓2	43
34	Gregory	195	↓2	23
35	Keith	162	↓2	37
36	Wayne	149	–	48
37	Alan	147	–	49
38	Lawrence	147	↑1	52
39	Philip	142	↑2	67
40	Dennis	140	↓2	29
41	Patrick	134	↑2	42
42	Eric	131	new	50
43	Andrew	127	↓1	55
44	Matthew	127	new	60
45	Craig	109	↑2	53
46	Frederick	108	new	>100
47	Walter	106	↑1	63
48	Carl	105	↓2	51
49	Ralph	102	new	78
50	Jonathan	100	↓5	>100

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