Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1959

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1959 were Susan for girls (841 babies) and John for boys (1,442). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,070 babies born in Connecticut in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1959

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: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dale: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Deirdre: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marybeth: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maryellen: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 94 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Heather: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Noreen: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elisa: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elise: 15 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Dominic: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Peter: 503 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Francis: 97 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jonathan: 106 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 75 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angelo: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marc: 80 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sean: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alexander: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Susan	841	–	2
2	Mary	762	–	1
3	Donna	690	↑5	5
4	Karen	586	↑1	4
5	Linda	555	↓1	3
6	Patricia	545	↓3	6
7	Nancy	508	–	14
8	Lisa	507	↑7	10
9	Deborah	482	↓3	9
10	Cynthia	424	–	8
11	Elizabeth	407	↑2	21
12	Diane	400	–	19
13	Debra	374	↓4	7
14	Cheryl	371	–	18
15	Kathleen	369	↓4	23
16	Barbara	327	–	11
17	Pamela	323	↑2	12
18	Carol	298	–	22
19	Sharon	294	↓2	17
20	Lori	273	↑2	27
21	Laura	270	↓1	30
22	Sandra	257	↓1	13
23	Robin	249	↑4	32
24	Denise	209	↑1	29
25	Janet	201	↑12	28
26	Kathy	201	↑5	15
27	Christine	197	↓1	43
28	Ann	196	↑4	44
29	Margaret	196	↓5	36
30	Catherine	192	–	40
31	Lynn	184	↓8	63
32	Dawn	178	new	54
33	Theresa	174	↑8	34
34	Cindy	169	↑2	25
35	Laurie	166	↓6	56
36	Debbie	165	↓2	20
37	Kim	164	↓2	35
38	Brenda	155	↑4	16
39	Judith	155	↑8	70
40	Ellen	153	↑4	91
41	Anne	152	↓2	82
42	Gail	152	↓9	75
43	Joan	151	↓5	76
44	Joanne	151	↓16	92
45	Janice	134	new	37
46	Wendy	134	new	83
47	Beth	130	new	80
48	Maureen	130	↓8	>100
49	Paula	127	new	51
50	Jane	123	↓7	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	John	1,442	↑2	4
2	Michael	1,346	↓1	1
3	Robert	1,342	↓1	5
4	David	1,278	–	2
5	James	1,044	–	3
6	Mark	893	↑3	6
7	William	863	↓1	7
8	Richard	814	–	8
9	Thomas	785	↓2	9
10	Joseph	622	–	13
11	Paul	514	–	17
12	Peter	503	–	40
13	Steven	463	↑1	10
14	Jeffrey	446	↑2	16
15	Brian	414	↑2	22
16	Edward	411	↑3	27
17	Kevin	404	↓4	14
18	Timothy	387	↑7	12
19	Daniel	361	↓4	18
20	Stephen	354	–	28
21	Kenneth	338	↑2	15
22	Charles	321	↓1	11
23	Gary	317	↓5	20
24	Scott	312	–	24
25	Anthony	301	↑2	26
26	Christopher	293	↑3	35
27	Donald	289	↓5	19
28	Ronald	269	–	21
29	Gregory	232	↑5	23
30	Frank	230	–	42
31	George	225	↓5	32
32	Bruce	208	↓1	38
33	Raymond	202	–	45
34	Douglas	178	↓2	30
35	Andrew	173	↑8	58
36	Philip	154	↑3	68
37	Wayne	151	↓1	51
38	Alan	144	↓1	50
39	Patrick	139	↑2	43
40	Eric	138	↑2	46
41	Craig	136	↑4	44
42	Keith	133	↓7	39
43	Matthew	132	↑1	63
44	Dennis	131	↓4	29
45	Louis	115	new	100
46	Arthur	108	new	76
47	Lawrence	107	↓9	62
48	Glenn	106	new	80
49	Jonathan	106	↑1	>100
50	Walter	106	↓3	66

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