Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1964

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1964 were Lisa for girls (950 babies) and John for boys (1,514). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 50,498 babies born in Connecticut in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1964

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: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dale: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lauren: 55 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maryann: 41 babies, 3× the national rate
Claire: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Doreen: 68 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marybeth: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Annmarie: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lynn: 187 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gretchen: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Edmund: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Seth: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 427 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Colin: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ian: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jonathan: 151 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Francis: 69 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dominic: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 65 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	950	–	1
2	Susan	699	–	3
3	Mary	592	↑1	2
4	Karen	504	↓1	4
5	Donna	426	↑1	7
6	Elizabeth	415	↑2	16
7	Patricia	391	↑3	5
8	Deborah	369	↑1	12
9	Linda	363	↓4	8
10	Laura	337	↑2	14
11	Kathleen	333	–	30
12	Christine	326	↑4	28
13	Dawn	319	↑16	33
14	Lori	312	↓7	15
15	Robin	294	↑7	27
16	Kimberly	281	↑4	6
17	Diane	275	↑1	32
18	Nancy	275	↓1	26
19	Pamela	275	↑2	11
20	Sandra	267	↓6	13
21	Cheryl	262	↓8	29
22	Cynthia	255	↓7	9
23	Sharon	245	–	20
24	Jennifer	241	↑8	31
25	Barbara	228	↓6	19
26	Debra	221	↑1	24
27	Denise	220	↓2	25
28	Michelle	209	↑11	23
29	Michele	205	↑7	58
30	Catherine	204	↑5	54
31	Margaret	200	↓5	49
32	Tracy	194	↑9	40
33	Carol	190	↓3	36
34	Brenda	187	↓6	18
35	Lynn	187	↓4	72
36	Laurie	184	↓12	59
37	Maria	183	↑3	41
38	Jacqueline	179	↑10	37
39	Amy	156	↑10	44
40	Theresa	154	↓7	38
41	Wendy	152	↓7	55
42	Suzanne	151	↑5	67
43	Julie	149	new	17
44	Tammy	149	↓1	10
45	Ann	147	↓8	60
46	Tina	139	new	34
47	Anne	132	new	76
48	Kelly	132	↓2	35
49	Kim	130	↓11	42
50	Paula	129	↓8	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	John	1,514	–	2
2	Michael	1,422	–	1
3	Robert	1,256	↑1	5
4	David	1,193	↓1	3
5	James	1,004	–	4
6	Richard	749	↑2	8
7	Mark	744	↓1	6
8	William	744	↓1	7
9	Thomas	684	–	9
10	Joseph	607	–	11
11	Paul	521	–	16
12	Christopher	508	↑4	23
13	Scott	492	↓1	14
14	Jeffrey	487	↓1	10
15	Kevin	454	↑3	13
16	Peter	427	↓2	39
17	Steven	407	–	12
18	Daniel	400	↑1	19
19	Brian	377	↓4	20
20	Edward	360	↑3	27
21	Anthony	354	↑3	21
22	Timothy	342	↓2	15
23	Kenneth	332	↓2	18
24	Stephen	318	↓2	29
25	Ronald	268	↑2	24
26	Charles	265	–	17
27	Donald	240	↑2	25
28	Gregory	233	–	22
29	Gary	229	↓4	26
30	Todd	219	↑4	28
31	Andrew	216	↑1	37
32	Patrick	210	↑8	30
33	Frank	203	↓2	41
34	Eric	202	↑5	32
35	Douglas	200	↓2	31
36	George	192	↓6	33
37	Raymond	184	↓1	44
38	Matthew	179	–	43
39	Bruce	159	↓2	46
40	Jonathan	151	↑5	83
41	Keith	149	↓6	34
42	Wayne	122	–	61
43	Dennis	118	↑6	42
44	Alan	117	↓1	53
45	Craig	116	↑2	48
46	Philip	116	–	76
47	Vincent	115	↓3	64
48	Glenn	99	↓7	81
49	Lawrence	99	↓1	68
50	Marc	91	new	>100

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