Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1965

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,022 babies) and Michael for boys (1,479). Social Security records list 48,038 babies born in Connecticut in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1965

Names given at least 15 times in Connecticut that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Maryellen: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Marybeth: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Maura: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Annmarie: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristen: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alison: 55 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Doreen: 55 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lauren: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Noreen: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Elisabeth: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Seth: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 350 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gerard: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Colin: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christian: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angelo: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Geoffrey: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marc: 93 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,022	–	1
2	Karen	577	↑2	3
3	Susan	573	↓1	5
4	Mary	519	↓1	2
5	Kimberly	400	↑11	4
6	Patricia	374	↑1	6
7	Donna	360	↓2	7
8	Dawn	358	↑5	26
9	Deborah	353	↓1	13
10	Elizabeth	353	↓4	16
11	Christine	334	↑1	21
12	Kathleen	321	↓1	34
13	Laura	300	↓3	17
14	Linda	291	↓5	8
15	Lori	273	↓1	19
16	Cheryl	268	↑5	31
17	Jennifer	264	↑7	20
18	Cynthia	250	↑4	9
19	Nancy	247	↓1	32
20	Wendy	231	↑21	39
21	Diane	228	↓4	40
22	Michelle	228	↑6	18
23	Robin	223	↓8	33
24	Pamela	219	↓5	12
25	Sandra	219	↓5	15
26	Sharon	215	↓3	22
27	Denise	210	–	28
28	Debra	208	↓2	27
29	Barbara	207	↓4	25
30	Michele	200	↓1	48
31	Kim	199	↑18	43
32	Tracy	183	–	36
33	Laurie	181	↑3	60
34	Amy	174	↑5	35
35	Jacqueline	169	↑3	47
36	Brenda	168	↓2	23
37	Maria	168	–	46
38	Lynn	160	↓3	80
39	Catherine	159	↓9	57
40	Tammy	150	↑4	11
41	Carol	143	↓8	42
42	Margaret	140	↓11	52
43	Ann	139	↑2	59
44	Julie	136	↓1	14
45	Theresa	136	↓5	45
46	Melissa	132	new	38
47	Jill	131	new	51
48	Tina	129	↓2	29
49	Paula	120	↑1	49
50	Maureen	119	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	1,479	↑1	1
2	John	1,314	↓1	2
3	David	1,124	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,114	↓1	5
5	James	925	–	4
6	Richard	700	–	8
7	Thomas	667	↑2	9
8	William	653	–	6
9	Christopher	645	↑3	18
10	Joseph	632	–	11
11	Mark	616	↓4	7
12	Paul	502	↓1	16
13	Jeffrey	449	↑1	10
14	Scott	447	↓1	15
15	Steven	442	↑2	14
16	Daniel	424	↑2	17
17	Kevin	419	↓2	13
18	Brian	370	↑1	19
19	Timothy	364	↑3	12
20	Peter	350	↓4	39
21	Stephen	336	↑3	28
22	Kenneth	329	↑1	21
23	Anthony	321	↓2	22
24	Edward	314	↓4	29
25	Eric	275	↑9	25
26	Charles	254	–	20
27	Gregory	254	↑1	23
28	Andrew	226	↑3	37
29	Ronald	225	↓4	24
30	Donald	221	↓3	26
31	Gary	215	↓2	27
32	Matthew	210	↑6	36
33	Todd	205	↓3	30
34	Douglas	201	↑1	32
35	Frank	196	↓2	43
36	Patrick	195	↓4	31
37	George	183	↓1	34
38	Raymond	173	↓1	45
39	Keith	170	↑2	35
40	Sean	120	new	79
41	Bruce	119	↓2	50
42	Jonathan	114	↓2	74
43	Alan	108	↑1	59
44	Craig	108	↑1	46
45	Vincent	94	↑2	61
46	Dennis	93	↓3	44
47	Marc	93	↑3	>100
48	Glenn	88	–	85
49	Lawrence	86	–	66
50	Wayne	85	↓8	65

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