Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1970

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (826 babies) and Michael for boys (1,302). Social Security records list 43,911 babies born in Connecticut in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1970

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: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Meghan: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Hilary: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Madeline: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marisol: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Annmarie: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Katharine: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 68 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Doreen: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Pasquale: 15 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Brendan: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 298 babies, 3× the national rate
Nelson: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gregg: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angel: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marc: 150 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francis: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	826	↑1	1
2	Lisa	578	↓1	2
3	Kimberly	506	–	3
4	Michelle	453	–	4
5	Christine	354	–	14
6	Amy	347	↑5	5
7	Dawn	317	↑3	16
8	Elizabeth	313	↑1	18
9	Melissa	304	↑4	7
10	Susan	304	↓4	15
11	Heather	301	↑5	19
12	Karen	301	↓4	12
13	Tracy	282	↑5	10
14	Laura	277	↓7	13
15	Mary	236	↓1	9
16	Kelly	229	↓4	20
17	Michele	216	–	31
18	Tammy	204	↑4	8
19	Kathleen	177	–	45
20	Julie	174	↑4	11
21	Patricia	165	↓6	24
22	Deborah	164	↓2	33
23	Lori	164	–	23
24	Wendy	158	↑6	28
25	Cynthia	156	↑4	25
26	Donna	154	↓5	32
27	Maria	153	↑9	39
28	Pamela	150	↓1	26
29	Sandra	149	↓3	27
30	Nancy	141	↓5	50
31	Cheryl	139	↑2	44
32	Nicole	139	↑10	30
33	Tina	137	↓2	21
34	Linda	136	↓6	38
35	Sharon	135	↑3	37
36	Stacey	133	new	48
37	Kristen	132	↑4	83
38	Denise	131	↓6	36
39	Tracey	130	new	55
40	Kristin	128	↑5	63
41	Rebecca	127	↑5	29
42	Stephanie	124	↓5	17
43	Catherine	123	↓8	59
44	Robin	122	↓5	51
45	Andrea	116	new	43
46	Barbara	116	↓3	41
47	Angela	115	new	6
48	Shannon	114	new	22
49	Sarah	110	↓2	65
50	Jessica	103	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	1,302	–	1
2	David	1,021	–	3
3	John	920	–	4
4	Robert	839	–	5
5	James	746	–	2
6	Christopher	727	–	6
7	Richard	542	↑2	10
8	William	520	↓1	7
9	Mark	488	↓1	9
10	Joseph	487	↑1	16
11	Scott	486	↑1	12
12	Thomas	486	↓2	17
13	Jeffrey	475	–	11
14	Brian	468	–	8
15	Kevin	420	↑2	14
16	Daniel	360	–	19
17	Steven	360	↑1	15
18	Jason	357	↑12	13
19	Paul	353	↓4	23
20	Matthew	351	↓1	24
21	Eric	338	–	18
22	Peter	298	–	44
23	Anthony	279	↑1	22
24	Timothy	257	↓1	20
25	Todd	255	↑2	28
26	Edward	254	–	31
27	Stephen	251	↓7	27
28	Andrew	231	↑1	32
29	Kenneth	221	↓4	25
30	Charles	216	↑1	21
31	Sean	213	↑1	37
32	Gregory	210	↓4	26
33	Jonathan	188	↑4	42
34	Patrick	170	↑2	33
35	George	166	↑6	40
36	Douglas	156	↓1	36
37	Keith	150	↓4	38
38	Marc	150	↑5	60
39	Craig	148	↓1	39
40	Donald	148	↑2	30
41	Frank	141	↓1	48
42	Gary	139	↓3	35
43	Ronald	133	↓9	29
44	Raymond	126	–	49
45	Jose	122	↑2	56
46	Shawn	121	↓1	34
47	Dennis	102	↓1	46
48	Philip	77	new	92
49	Troy	76	new	41
50	Wayne	73	↓1	80

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