Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1966

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1966 were Lisa for girls (970 babies) and Michael for boys (1,369). Social Security records list 45,886 babies born in Connecticut in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1966

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: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Maryanne: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Hilary: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alexandra: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Corinne: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deirdre: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynn: 160 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Annmarie: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alison: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lauren: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 32 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Seth: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 336 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brendan: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joshua: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marc: 92 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Geoffrey: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jonathan: 134 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 64 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	970	–	1
2	Karen	522	–	5
3	Kimberly	489	↑2	2
4	Susan	486	↓1	6
5	Mary	381	↓1	3
6	Michelle	363	↑16	4
7	Christine	352	↑4	20
8	Patricia	345	↓2	7
9	Elizabeth	338	↑1	16
10	Dawn	329	↓2	24
11	Jennifer	318	↑6	10
12	Deborah	302	↓3	14
13	Laura	284	–	19
14	Donna	280	↓7	12
15	Michele	266	↑15	36
16	Nancy	257	↑3	33
17	Kathleen	248	↓5	37
18	Lori	248	↓3	21
19	Sandra	243	↑6	17
20	Pamela	237	↑4	15
21	Linda	236	↓7	18
22	Cynthia	225	↓4	11
23	Cheryl	223	↓7	34
24	Amy	214	↑10	30
25	Sharon	206	↑1	28
26	Wendy	206	↓6	41
27	Tracy	192	↑5	31
28	Denise	188	↓1	32
29	Diane	187	↓8	45
30	Kelly	183	new	26
31	Kim	183	–	43
32	Barbara	181	↓3	27
33	Robin	180	↓10	42
34	Maria	178	↑3	44
35	Debra	177	↓7	35
36	Tina	162	↑12	23
37	Lynn	160	↑1	81
38	Catherine	153	↑1	54
39	Jacqueline	153	↓4	47
40	Tammy	150	–	8
41	Laurie	146	↓8	63
42	Melissa	146	↑4	22
43	Margaret	141	↓1	55
44	Brenda	139	↓8	25
45	Julie	137	↓1	13
46	Theresa	128	↓1	46
47	Beth	127	new	65
48	Heidi	125	new	87
49	Ann	124	↓6	61
50	Andrea	122	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	1,369	–	1
2	John	1,192	–	4
3	David	1,157	–	2
4	Robert	1,044	–	5
5	James	874	–	3
6	Christopher	675	↑3	12
7	William	673	↑1	6
8	Richard	649	↓2	8
9	Thomas	587	↓2	10
10	Joseph	570	–	15
11	Mark	552	–	7
12	Jeffrey	476	↑1	9
13	Paul	470	↓1	18
14	Scott	458	–	16
15	Brian	454	↑3	14
16	Steven	441	↓1	13
17	Kevin	395	–	17
18	Daniel	377	↓2	19
19	Timothy	348	–	11
20	Peter	336	–	39
21	Stephen	314	–	26
22	Anthony	306	↑1	22
23	Kenneth	305	↓1	21
24	Edward	276	–	30
25	Eric	271	–	25
26	Ronald	227	↑3	24
27	Todd	222	↑6	29
28	Donald	221	↑2	27
29	Gregory	221	↓2	23
30	Andrew	220	↓2	36
31	Charles	208	↓5	20
32	Matthew	193	–	34
33	Gary	191	↓2	28
34	Frank	174	↑1	43
35	Keith	174	↑4	32
36	George	171	↑1	37
37	Patrick	167	↓1	31
38	Douglas	164	↓4	33
39	Raymond	164	↓1	47
40	Jonathan	134	↑2	65
41	Sean	130	↓1	50
42	Bruce	110	↓1	53
43	Alan	109	–	57
44	Craig	99	–	46
45	Marc	92	↑2	>100
46	Wayne	89	↑4	59
47	Vincent	87	↓2	58
48	Dennis	85	↓2	44
49	Shawn	84	new	54
50	Philip	82	new	86

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