Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1961

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1961 were Lisa for girls (785 babies) and Michael for boys (1,415). Lisa ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 51,144 babies born in Connecticut in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1961

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: 28 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Annmarie: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Noreen: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Megan: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Roseann: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Doreen: 81 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Corinne: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marybeth: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lauren: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Claire: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 37 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Seth: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Peter: 466 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Geoffrey: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominic: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 82 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sean: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bradford: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Angelo: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Lisa	785	↑2	2
2	Susan	732	↓1	3
3	Mary	662	↓1	1
4	Linda	541	↑2	4
5	Karen	536	–	5
6	Donna	529	↓2	7
7	Patricia	477	–	6
8	Nancy	461	–	16
9	Elizabeth	405	↑3	19
10	Deborah	400	↓1	10
11	Lori	353	↑3	14
12	Kathleen	337	↓2	29
13	Cynthia	329	–	8
14	Robin	326	↑7	27
15	Barbara	321	↑3	12
16	Diane	320	↓5	26
17	Laura	310	–	21
18	Sharon	306	↑4	17
19	Cheryl	299	↑1	20
20	Sandra	297	↓5	9
21	Laurie	266	↑4	43
22	Debra	265	↓6	13
23	Carol	259	↓4	24
24	Pamela	232	↓1	15
25	Christine	227	↑9	39
26	Denise	226	↓2	30
27	Margaret	212	↑2	40
28	Brenda	211	–	11
29	Jacqueline	200	new	37
30	Catherine	195	↓3	48
31	Kimberly	195	↑1	22
32	Ann	192	↓2	54
33	Dawn	189	↑7	49
34	Janet	189	↓8	32
35	Theresa	185	↑2	35
36	Lynn	167	↓3	71
37	Kim	166	↓6	36
38	Michele	166	↑8	63
39	Suzanne	153	new	68
40	Maureen	139	↑2	>100
41	Jennifer	138	↑7	47
42	Kathy	134	↓6	25
43	Wendy	131	↓5	61
44	Judith	130	↓1	83
45	Darlene	129	new	80
46	Debbie	129	↓7	31
47	Joanne	127	↓12	>100
48	Anne	126	↓4	90
49	Ellen	126	–	97
50	Maria	126	↓5	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Michael	1,415	↑1	1
2	John	1,404	↓1	3
3	David	1,351	↑1	2
4	Robert	1,319	↓1	5
5	James	1,054	–	4
6	Mark	862	–	6
7	Richard	776	–	8
8	Thomas	762	↑1	9
9	William	759	↓1	7
10	Joseph	617	–	12
11	Paul	500	–	18
12	Jeffrey	489	↑1	11
13	Peter	466	↑1	42
14	Steven	418	↓2	10
15	Daniel	417	↑3	17
16	Kevin	389	↓1	14
17	Christopher	388	↑5	26
18	Scott	387	↑5	19
19	Brian	384	↓3	20
20	Edward	365	↓3	29
21	Timothy	356	↓1	15
22	Stephen	337	↓3	27
23	Gary	329	↑1	21
24	Kenneth	322	↓3	16
25	Charles	314	↑1	13
26	Anthony	310	↓1	25
27	Ronald	288	↑1	24
28	Donald	284	↓1	22
29	Gregory	270	↑2	23
30	George	222	↓1	31
31	Frank	221	↓1	41
32	Douglas	220	–	28
33	Andrew	216	↑1	52
34	Raymond	184	↓1	48
35	Keith	183	↑1	35
36	Bruce	180	↓1	40
37	Craig	150	↑6	43
38	Patrick	145	↑2	39
39	Alan	140	↓2	51
40	Eric	139	↑1	38
41	Matthew	138	↓2	59
42	Todd	132	new	46
43	Wayne	130	↑1	61
44	Dennis	125	↓6	34
45	Glenn	125	new	64
46	Philip	123	↑1	79
47	Lawrence	113	↓1	67
48	Carl	102	↓6	56
49	Jonathan	97	↓1	>100
50	Louis	95	↓5	>100

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