Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1962

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1962 were Lisa for girls (852 babies) and John for boys (1,433). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 49,651 babies born in Connecticut in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1962

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, 6.4× the national rate
Marybeth: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Doreen: 84 babies, 4× the national rate
Noreen: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Annmarie: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maryellen: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nicole: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elena: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Alison: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 48 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Peter: 413 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sean: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bradford: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nicholas: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	852	–	1
2	Susan	778	–	3
3	Karen	580	↑2	4
4	Mary	576	↓1	2
5	Linda	508	↓1	5
6	Donna	448	–	7
7	Lori	408	↑4	11
8	Patricia	399	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	388	–	20
10	Kathleen	367	↑2	29
11	Deborah	348	↓1	9
12	Cynthia	341	↑1	8
13	Nancy	339	↓5	19
14	Diane	329	↑2	26
15	Robin	306	↓1	25
16	Laura	303	↑1	21
17	Cheryl	289	↑2	24
18	Sharon	287	–	17
19	Barbara	268	↓4	14
20	Sandra	266	–	10
21	Carol	263	↑2	28
22	Laurie	261	↓1	42
23	Pamela	253	↑1	13
24	Debra	247	↓2	15
25	Christine	222	–	39
26	Kimberly	221	↑5	16
27	Dawn	189	↑6	50
28	Margaret	186	↓1	43
29	Catherine	182	↑1	53
30	Brenda	178	↓2	12
31	Denise	174	↓5	30
32	Michele	173	↑6	59
33	Kim	170	↑4	37
34	Lynn	170	↑2	71
35	Jennifer	168	↑6	41
36	Ann	167	↓4	56
37	Wendy	157	↑6	64
38	Janet	156	↓4	35
39	Maria	153	↑11	49
40	Jacqueline	152	↓11	44
41	Theresa	146	↓6	40
42	Judith	143	↑2	86
43	Michelle	140	new	31
44	Tracy	134	new	55
45	Suzanne	133	↓6	65
46	Joanne	123	↑1	>100
47	Cindy	121	new	34
48	Amy	120	new	61
49	Julie	120	new	22
50	Anne	119	↓2	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	John	1,433	↑1	3
2	Michael	1,358	↓1	1
3	David	1,271	–	2
4	Robert	1,215	–	5
5	James	989	–	4
6	Mark	829	–	6
7	William	746	↑2	7
8	Thomas	721	–	9
9	Richard	713	↓2	8
10	Joseph	601	–	13
11	Scott	524	↑7	11
12	Jeffrey	503	–	10
13	Paul	494	↓2	19
14	Steven	453	–	12
15	Peter	413	↓2	43
16	Daniel	408	↓1	17
17	Kevin	406	↓1	14
18	Christopher	401	↓1	26
19	Brian	373	–	20
20	Edward	368	–	29
21	Stephen	366	↑1	28
22	Kenneth	346	↑2	18
23	Timothy	329	↓2	16
24	Anthony	319	↑2	24
25	Gary	310	↓2	22
26	Donald	271	↑2	23
27	Charles	253	↓2	15
28	Gregory	250	↑1	21
29	Ronald	248	↓2	25
30	Douglas	212	↑2	27
31	Andrew	188	↑2	49
32	Frank	185	↓1	42
33	George	174	↓3	32
34	Raymond	173	–	48
35	Glenn	172	↑10	55
36	Eric	162	↑4	33
37	Bruce	155	↓1	41
38	Todd	151	↑4	30
39	Keith	150	↓4	36
40	Matthew	139	↑1	56
41	Alan	133	↓2	53
42	Patrick	132	↓4	40
43	Vincent	122	new	66
44	Craig	120	↓7	51
45	Wayne	119	↓2	63
46	Lawrence	114	↑1	70
47	Philip	105	↓1	81
48	Dennis	103	↓4	37
49	Roger	99	new	47
50	Jonathan	96	↓1	94

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