Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1971

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,007 babies) and Michael for boys (1,139). Social Security records list 39,078 babies born in Connecticut in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1971

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: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Maritza: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Marisol: 43 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lauren: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Doreen: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 89 babies, 3× the national rate
Maryann: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Alison: 70 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maureen: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darcy: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Seth: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brendan: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angel: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 245 babies, 3× the national rate
Angelo: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 121 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luis: 61 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Francis: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dominic: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,007	–	1
2	Lisa	488	–	3
3	Kimberly	435	–	4
4	Michelle	378	–	2
5	Amy	323	↑1	5
6	Christine	291	↓1	18
7	Melissa	291	↑2	7
8	Susan	257	↑2	17
9	Elizabeth	249	↓1	19
10	Karen	248	↑2	15
11	Dawn	240	↓4	14
12	Heather	239	↓1	12
13	Tammy	209	↑5	8
14	Tracy	203	↓1	13
15	Mary	197	–	9
16	Kelly	185	–	22
17	Laura	183	↓3	16
18	Deborah	171	↑4	33
19	Michele	167	↓2	39
20	Pamela	158	↑8	28
21	Cynthia	156	↑4	24
22	Kathleen	154	↓3	53
23	Julie	151	↓3	10
24	Nicole	148	↑8	27
25	Lori	145	↓2	25
26	Rebecca	143	↑15	23
27	Sandra	142	↑2	31
28	Wendy	133	↓4	29
29	Tina	128	↑4	20
30	Maria	127	↓3	37
31	Patricia	127	↓10	26
32	Stacey	127	↑4	41
33	Shannon	126	↑15	21
34	Sarah	124	↑15	58
35	Denise	120	↑3	36
36	Kristen	120	↑1	87
37	Stephanie	119	↑5	11
38	Nancy	117	↓8	52
39	Andrea	113	↑6	35
40	Kristin	111	–	71
41	Donna	110	↓15	38
42	Jessica	110	↑8	64
43	Christina	104	new	30
44	Cheryl	102	↓13	50
45	Sharon	102	↓10	40
46	Tracey	93	↓7	74
47	Heidi	91	new	77
48	Angela	90	↓1	6
49	Debra	90	new	57
50	Diane	90	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,139	–	1
2	David	880	–	3
3	John	775	–	4
4	Robert	756	–	5
5	Christopher	739	↑1	6
6	James	649	↓1	2
7	Scott	525	↑4	10
8	William	506	–	7
9	Jason	454	↑9	8
10	Joseph	428	–	15
11	Jeffrey	425	↑2	12
12	Richard	425	↓5	11
13	Brian	416	↑1	9
14	Mark	408	↓5	13
15	Matthew	396	↑5	19
16	Thomas	379	↓4	17
17	Kevin	358	↓2	14
18	Daniel	338	↓2	20
19	Eric	289	↑2	18
20	Steven	281	↓3	16
21	Paul	267	↓2	24
22	Peter	245	–	47
23	Anthony	237	–	23
24	Edward	234	↑2	32
25	Timothy	227	↓1	21
26	Stephen	219	↑1	27
27	Todd	199	↓2	30
28	Charles	180	↑2	22
29	Gregory	178	↑3	26
30	Keith	177	↑7	37
31	Andrew	174	↓3	33
32	Kenneth	168	↓3	25
33	Jonathan	166	–	40
34	Sean	161	↓3	36
35	Patrick	143	↓1	35
36	Shawn	136	↑10	28
37	Jose	125	↑8	55
38	Marc	121	–	70
39	Craig	120	–	43
40	Frank	120	↑1	54
41	Douglas	117	↓5	39
42	Ronald	116	↑1	31
43	George	115	↓8	42
44	Raymond	107	–	52
45	Gary	106	↓3	38
46	Adam	97	new	57
47	Donald	87	↓7	34
48	Ryan	78	new	51
49	Dennis	77	↓2	49
50	Jeremy	77	new	45

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