Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1968

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1968 were Lisa for girls (760 babies) and Michael for boys (1,337). Social Security records list 42,808 babies born in Connecticut in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1968

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: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alison: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Eileen: 67 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luz: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maureen: 82 babies, 3× the national rate
Megan: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Doreen: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Susanne: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nadine: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 292 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angel: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colin: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joshua: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marc: 102 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	760	–	1
2	Jennifer	489	↑7	4
3	Kimberly	437	–	3
4	Michelle	415	↑1	2
5	Susan	413	↓3	10
6	Karen	371	↓2	9
7	Christine	356	–	14
8	Elizabeth	334	↓2	17
9	Laura	330	↑2	11
10	Dawn	321	–	21
11	Kelly	277	↑19	12
12	Mary	277	↓4	6
13	Deborah	258	↓1	27
14	Michele	255	↓1	29
15	Amy	248	–	13
16	Melissa	233	↑15	5
17	Patricia	229	↓3	15
18	Kathleen	218	↓1	40
19	Donna	214	↓3	24
20	Tracy	199	↑9	25
21	Tammy	194	↑5	8
22	Lori	192	↓3	22
23	Wendy	191	↑2	31
24	Nancy	190	↓2	39
25	Cynthia	188	↓4	19
26	Pamela	185	↓2	20
27	Sandra	175	↓9	26
28	Cheryl	173	↓8	37
29	Sharon	169	↑3	32
30	Linda	161	↓7	28
31	Maria	152	↑4	41
32	Heather	150	new	62
33	Barbara	147	–	36
34	Debra	147	↑2	38
35	Tina	144	↓1	18
36	Catherine	139	↑8	56
37	Denise	139	↓9	35
38	Stephanie	131	↑2	23
39	Diane	129	↓12	51
40	Julie	127	↓2	16
41	Lynn	125	↑2	85
42	Robin	122	↑6	43
43	Suzanne	119	↑2	69
44	Theresa	116	↓3	47
45	Kim	115	↓8	57
46	Jill	110	↑1	46
47	Sarah	110	new	78
48	Ann	109	↓2	54
49	Christina	109	new	44
50	Brenda	108	↓8	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	1,337	–	1
2	David	1,071	–	2
3	John	1,009	–	3
4	Robert	930	–	5
5	James	795	–	4
6	William	602	↑1	6
7	Christopher	597	↓1	9
8	Richard	567	–	8
9	Mark	563	–	7
10	Joseph	510	↑1	16
11	Thomas	469	↓1	12
12	Scott	457	–	14
13	Jeffrey	437	↑1	11
14	Brian	430	↓1	10
15	Paul	402	–	19
16	Kevin	361	↑3	17
17	Daniel	354	↑1	18
18	Steven	353	↓2	15
19	Matthew	329	↑5	24
20	Timothy	329	↓3	13
21	Stephen	299	–	27
22	Peter	292	↓2	39
23	Edward	281	↑3	31
24	Anthony	278	↓2	21
25	Eric	257	↓2	22
26	Kenneth	250	↓1	23
27	Charles	234	↑1	20
28	Todd	231	↑3	28
29	Gregory	219	↑3	26
30	Andrew	200	↓1	34
31	Ronald	189	↓4	25
32	Sean	187	↑6	37
33	Patrick	183	↑2	30
34	Gary	178	↓4	32
35	Donald	174	↓1	29
36	George	167	↑1	36
37	Keith	166	↓1	35
38	Douglas	141	↑1	33
39	Raymond	141	↑1	50
40	Frank	140	↓7	49
41	Jonathan	125	–	53
42	Craig	111	–	41
43	Marc	102	↑1	84
44	Dennis	95	↑4	45
45	Jason	95	↓2	47
46	Jose	90	new	58
47	Shawn	85	new	43
48	Vincent	82	↑2	73
49	Alan	79	↓2	74
50	Wayne	79	↓5	63

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