Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1969

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1969 were Lisa for girls (677 babies) and Michael for boys (1,348). Social Security records list 43,602 babies born in Connecticut in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1969

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, 5.7× the national rate
Marisol: 28 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Abigail: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Hilary: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alexandra: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Justine: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Annmarie: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katharine: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Doreen: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deirdre: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 28 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dominick: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Angel: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brendan: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colin: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 290 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angelo: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Seth: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dominic: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Noel: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	677	–	1
2	Jennifer	641	–	3
3	Kimberly	490	–	4
4	Michelle	436	–	2
5	Christine	373	↑2	14
6	Susan	369	↓1	11
7	Laura	335	↑2	10
8	Karen	333	↓2	13
9	Elizabeth	319	↓1	16
10	Dawn	303	–	21
11	Amy	301	↑4	6
12	Kelly	264	↓1	15
13	Melissa	264	↑3	5
14	Mary	256	↓2	8
15	Patricia	241	↑2	18
16	Heather	235	↑16	34
17	Michele	221	↓3	30
18	Tracy	208	↑2	17
19	Kathleen	205	↓1	42
20	Deborah	204	↓7	27
21	Donna	199	↓2	26
22	Tammy	191	↓1	9
23	Lori	190	↓1	20
24	Julie	181	↑16	12
25	Nancy	176	↓1	45
26	Sandra	176	↑1	25
27	Pamela	172	↓1	24
28	Linda	170	↑2	33
29	Cynthia	169	↓4	23
30	Wendy	164	↓7	29
31	Tina	161	↑4	22
32	Denise	159	↑5	35
33	Cheryl	137	↓5	41
34	Diane	136	↑5	61
35	Catherine	135	↑1	58
36	Maria	133	↓5	40
37	Stephanie	131	↑1	19
38	Sharon	128	↓9	36
39	Robin	125	↑3	46
40	Debra	120	↓6	43
41	Kristen	120	new	96
42	Nicole	119	new	47
43	Barbara	116	↓10	39
44	Brenda	116	↑6	38
45	Kristin	115	new	76
46	Rebecca	114	new	28
47	Sarah	113	–	72
48	Katherine	112	new	70
49	Lynn	111	↓8	>100
50	Christina	108	↓1	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	1,348	–	1
2	David	1,000	–	2
3	John	972	–	4
4	Robert	938	–	5
5	James	761	–	3
6	Christopher	692	↑1	7
7	William	559	↓1	6
8	Mark	533	↑1	8
9	Richard	522	↓1	10
10	Thomas	494	↑1	13
11	Joseph	493	↓1	15
12	Scott	477	–	12
13	Jeffrey	466	–	11
14	Brian	413	–	9
15	Paul	398	–	22
16	Daniel	378	↑1	18
17	Kevin	353	↓1	16
18	Steven	336	–	14
19	Matthew	308	–	24
20	Stephen	306	↑1	27
21	Eric	292	↑4	21
22	Peter	290	–	43
23	Timothy	278	↓3	17
24	Anthony	275	–	20
25	Kenneth	241	↑1	23
26	Edward	240	↓3	32
27	Todd	236	↑1	28
28	Gregory	219	↑1	26
29	Andrew	213	↑1	33
30	Jason	211	↑15	25
31	Charles	200	↓4	19
32	Sean	188	–	37
33	Keith	178	↑4	36
34	Ronald	175	↓3	29
35	Douglas	166	↑3	34
36	Patrick	162	↓3	31
37	Jonathan	158	↑4	46
38	Craig	146	↑4	39
39	Gary	143	↓5	35
40	Frank	134	–	47
41	George	134	↓5	38
42	Donald	128	↓7	30
43	Marc	124	–	63
44	Raymond	123	↓5	50
45	Shawn	116	↑2	41
46	Dennis	92	↓2	44
47	Jose	89	↓1	56
48	Glenn	88	new	88
49	Wayne	88	↑1	75
50	Dean	76	new	89

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