Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1972

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,038 babies) and Michael for boys (965). Social Security records list 33,660 babies born in Connecticut in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1972

Names given at least 15 times in Connecticut that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Annmarie: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marisol: 31 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Abigail: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Meghan: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Luz: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lauren: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kirsten: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 71 babies, 3× the national rate
Eileen: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marianne: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Brendan: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Seth: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Angel: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 215 babies, 3× the national rate
Geoffrey: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 92 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colin: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,038	–	1
2	Lisa	392	–	3
3	Michelle	370	↑1	2
4	Amy	347	↑1	5
5	Kimberly	345	↓2	4
6	Melissa	284	↑1	7
7	Heather	256	↑5	9
8	Nicole	241	↑16	10
9	Christine	240	↓3	16
10	Elizabeth	223	↓1	15
11	Dawn	198	–	20
12	Karen	186	↓2	21
13	Michele	186	↑6	36
14	Susan	175	↓6	24
15	Rebecca	173	↑11	14
16	Laura	165	↑1	17
17	Kelly	152	↓1	23
18	Kathleen	146	↑4	57
19	Julie	139	↑4	12
20	Stephanie	137	↑17	8
21	Mary	136	↓6	13
22	Tammy	135	↓9	11
23	Cynthia	129	↓2	25
24	Tracy	127	↓10	19
25	Wendy	127	↑3	29
26	Patricia	126	↑5	27
27	Jessica	124	↑15	46
28	Deborah	120	↓10	43
29	Lori	120	↓4	28
30	Sarah	120	↑4	49
31	Shannon	113	↑2	22
32	Tina	112	↓3	18
33	Maria	110	↓3	32
34	Kristin	108	↑6	67
35	Stacey	104	↓3	41
36	Cheryl	95	↑8	56
37	Angela	94	↑11	6
38	Sandra	94	↓11	31
39	Denise	93	↓4	35
40	Christina	92	↑3	26
41	Kristen	90	↓5	85
42	Rachel	85	new	40
43	Donna	84	↓2	45
44	Danielle	81	new	73
45	Tara	81	new	38
46	Andrea	80	↓7	30
47	Jill	80	new	62
48	Stacy	80	new	33
49	Nancy	78	↓11	63
50	Heidi	76	↓3	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	965	–	1
2	Christopher	787	↑3	2
3	David	687	↓1	4
4	John	648	↓1	5
5	Robert	547	↓1	6
6	James	521	–	3
7	Brian	448	↑6	8
8	Jason	444	↑1	7
9	Matthew	383	↑6	10
10	William	383	↓2	9
11	Scott	375	↓4	11
12	Joseph	370	↓2	12
13	Jeffrey	329	↓2	17
14	Richard	326	↓2	14
15	Mark	311	↓1	18
16	Daniel	309	↑2	15
17	Thomas	309	↓1	20
18	Kevin	287	↓1	13
19	Eric	280	–	16
20	Steven	263	–	19
21	Paul	242	–	24
22	Peter	215	–	48
23	Anthony	212	–	22
24	Todd	210	↑3	31
25	Timothy	184	–	21
26	Stephen	172	–	29
27	Gregory	171	↑2	26
28	Jonathan	168	↑5	37
29	Kenneth	162	↑3	27
30	Sean	156	↑4	33
31	Edward	155	↓7	34
32	Keith	146	↓2	38
33	Andrew	142	↓2	30
34	Charles	132	↓6	23
35	Craig	119	↑4	46
36	Donald	118	↑11	36
37	Shawn	118	↓1	28
38	Patrick	111	↓3	35
39	Jose	100	↓2	50
40	Ronald	98	↑2	32
41	Frank	96	↓1	56
42	Adam	92	↑4	51
43	Marc	92	↓5	83
44	Douglas	89	↓3	43
45	Raymond	87	↓1	54
46	George	86	↓3	44
47	Gary	80	↓2	41
48	Ryan	76	–	39
49	Erik	75	new	86
50	Aaron	71	new	40

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