Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1963

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1963 were Lisa for girls (1,086 babies) and John for boys (1,481). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,372 babies born in Connecticut in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1963

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: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Maryellen: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Alexandra: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ivette: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Annmarie: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lauren: 56 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Alison: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marybeth: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doreen: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynn: 195 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Peter: 423 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Francis: 73 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dominic: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sean: 70 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 67 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marc: 81 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jonathan: 118 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Theodore: 65 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christian: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	1,086	–	1
2	Susan	713	–	3
3	Karen	596	–	4
4	Mary	590	–	2
5	Linda	453	–	5
6	Donna	430	–	6
7	Lori	413	–	8
8	Elizabeth	405	↑1	20
9	Deborah	402	↑2	13
10	Patricia	392	↓2	7
11	Kathleen	336	↓1	28
12	Laura	310	↑4	16
13	Cheryl	301	↑4	24
14	Sandra	294	↑6	9
15	Cynthia	293	↓3	10
16	Christine	286	↑9	29
17	Nancy	279	↓4	23
18	Diane	275	↓4	31
19	Barbara	271	–	17
20	Kimberly	267	↑6	11
21	Pamela	255	↑2	14
22	Robin	248	↓7	25
23	Sharon	238	↓5	19
24	Laurie	236	↓2	47
25	Denise	207	↑6	27
26	Margaret	206	↑2	46
27	Debra	204	↓3	21
28	Brenda	202	↑2	15
29	Dawn	200	↓2	52
30	Carol	197	↓9	33
31	Lynn	195	↑3	73
32	Jennifer	194	↑3	36
33	Theresa	187	↑8	38
34	Wendy	178	↑3	60
35	Catherine	173	↓6	53
36	Michele	172	↓4	59
37	Ann	169	↓1	57
38	Kim	167	↓5	39
39	Michelle	158	↑4	26
40	Maria	156	↓1	43
41	Tracy	156	↑3	48
42	Paula	152	new	42
43	Tammy	151	new	12
44	Janet	148	↓6	40
45	Beth	141	new	66
46	Kelly	141	new	32
47	Suzanne	138	↓2	65
48	Jacqueline	130	↓8	51
49	Amy	129	↓1	54
50	Maureen	128	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	John	1,481	–	2
2	Michael	1,302	–	1
3	David	1,231	–	3
4	Robert	1,159	–	5
5	James	996	–	4
6	Mark	795	–	6
7	William	776	–	7
8	Richard	740	↑1	8
9	Thomas	710	↓1	9
10	Joseph	653	–	13
11	Paul	561	↑2	17
12	Scott	453	↓1	12
13	Jeffrey	449	↓1	10
14	Peter	423	↑1	40
15	Brian	419	↑4	20
16	Christopher	416	↑2	26
17	Steven	414	↓3	14
18	Kevin	410	↓1	11
19	Daniel	391	↓3	19
20	Timothy	361	↑3	15
21	Kenneth	352	↑1	18
22	Stephen	347	↓1	29
23	Edward	333	↓3	27
24	Anthony	322	–	22
25	Gary	278	–	24
26	Charles	263	↑1	16
27	Ronald	242	↑2	23
28	Gregory	240	–	21
29	Donald	239	↓3	25
30	George	228	↑3	34
31	Frank	220	↑1	41
32	Andrew	217	↓1	42
33	Douglas	215	↓3	28
34	Todd	207	↑4	30
35	Keith	180	↑4	33
36	Raymond	179	↓2	45
37	Bruce	175	–	43
38	Matthew	174	↑2	50
39	Eric	172	↓3	31
40	Patrick	154	↑2	35
41	Glenn	135	↓6	64
42	Wayne	123	↑3	63
43	Alan	120	↓2	56
44	Vincent	120	↓1	61
45	Jonathan	118	↑5	88
46	Philip	116	↑1	83
47	Craig	114	↓3	51
48	Lawrence	102	↓2	68
49	Dennis	94	↓1	39
50	Carl	92	new	54

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