Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1960

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1960 were Susan for girls (789 babies) and John for boys (1,384). Susan ranked #2 nationally for girls. John ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 51,361 babies born in Connecticut in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1960

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: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Maryellen: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Laureen: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Doreen: 79 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alison: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Heather: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosanne: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Noreen: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Joanne: 172 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Betsy: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Peter: 451 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bradford: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jonathan: 105 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Geoffrey: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nelson: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 117 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angelo: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Laurence: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Susan	789	–	2
2	Mary	681	–	1
3	Lisa	628	↑5	6
4	Donna	627	↓1	5
5	Karen	565	↓1	4
6	Linda	552	↓1	3
7	Patricia	551	↓1	7
8	Nancy	447	↓1	15
9	Deborah	442	–	10
10	Kathleen	398	↑5	27
11	Diane	386	↑1	22
12	Elizabeth	376	↓1	18
13	Cynthia	352	↓3	9
14	Lori	319	↑6	20
15	Sandra	315	↑7	11
16	Debra	312	↓3	8
17	Laura	312	↑4	25
18	Barbara	309	↓2	12
19	Carol	301	↓1	23
20	Cheryl	301	↓6	17
21	Robin	299	↑2	33
22	Sharon	285	↓3	16
23	Pamela	271	↓6	14
24	Denise	236	–	29
25	Laurie	233	↑10	37
26	Janet	208	↓1	32
27	Catherine	206	↑3	42
28	Brenda	204	↑10	13
29	Margaret	200	–	36
30	Ann	196	↓2	51
31	Kim	193	↑6	34
32	Kimberly	189	new	26
33	Lynn	187	↓2	64
34	Christine	186	↓7	40
35	Joanne	172	↑9	99
36	Kathy	170	↓10	21
37	Theresa	168	↓4	35
38	Wendy	167	↑8	63
39	Debbie	164	↓3	24
40	Dawn	161	↓8	57
41	Cindy	155	↓7	30
42	Maureen	142	↑6	>100
43	Judith	137	↓4	74
44	Anne	135	↓3	88
45	Maria	135	new	59
46	Michele	133	new	89
47	Janice	129	↓2	41
48	Jennifer	127	new	61
49	Ellen	125	↓9	94
50	Joan	121	↓7	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	John	1,384	–	4
2	Michael	1,371	–	2
3	Robert	1,336	–	5
4	David	1,301	–	1
5	James	1,021	–	3
6	Mark	932	–	6
7	Richard	816	↑1	8
8	William	806	↓1	7
9	Thomas	733	–	9
10	Joseph	674	–	12
11	Paul	533	–	18
12	Steven	521	↑1	10
13	Jeffrey	456	↑1	14
14	Peter	451	↓2	42
15	Kevin	416	↑2	15
16	Brian	413	↓1	20
17	Edward	380	↓1	26
18	Daniel	379	↑1	17
19	Stephen	376	↑1	27
20	Timothy	357	↓2	11
21	Kenneth	339	–	16
22	Christopher	336	↑4	29
23	Scott	320	↑1	23
24	Gary	305	↓1	22
25	Anthony	302	–	25
26	Charles	298	↓4	13
27	Donald	292	–	19
28	Ronald	275	–	21
29	George	259	↑2	33
30	Frank	223	–	40
31	Gregory	222	↓2	24
32	Douglas	212	↑2	30
33	Raymond	194	–	46
34	Andrew	188	↑1	51
35	Bruce	186	↓3	39
36	Keith	166	↑6	35
37	Alan	155	↑1	50
38	Dennis	153	↑6	31
39	Matthew	146	↑4	61
40	Patrick	142	↓1	45
41	Eric	139	↓1	44
42	Carl	130	new	53
43	Craig	130	↓2	41
44	Wayne	120	↓7	58
45	Louis	117	–	>100
46	Lawrence	113	↑1	64
47	Philip	108	↓11	76
48	Jonathan	105	↑1	>100
49	Walter	102	↑1	70
50	Roger	101	new	47

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