Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1973

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (959 babies) and Michael for boys (992). Social Security records list 31,445 babies born in Connecticut in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1973

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

Girls

Madeline: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maritza: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Doreen: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Meghan: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marisol: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lauren: 42 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alison: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maureen: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristen: 137 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Audra: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angel: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 202 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angelo: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Seth: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 93 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Luis: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Alexander: 51 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	959	–	1
2	Amy	381	↑2	2
3	Lisa	329	↓1	5
4	Heather	293	↑3	8
5	Michelle	289	↓2	3
6	Melissa	284	–	6
7	Kimberly	272	↓2	4
8	Elizabeth	235	↑2	13
9	Nicole	214	↓1	11
10	Christine	196	↓1	17
11	Rebecca	193	↑4	10
12	Dawn	155	↓1	21
13	Kelly	153	↑4	18
14	Karen	150	↓2	23
15	Laura	145	↑1	19
16	Tracy	144	↑8	20
17	Sarah	142	↑13	35
18	Jessica	138	↑9	34
19	Kristen	137	↑22	58
20	Susan	130	↓6	25
21	Mary	124	–	14
22	Michele	121	↓9	44
23	Julie	120	↓4	12
24	Stephanie	117	↓4	9
25	Tina	113	↑7	24
26	Shannon	110	↑5	22
27	Tara	110	↑18	37
28	Denise	108	↑11	38
29	Stacey	108	↑6	41
30	Christina	104	↑10	16
31	Cynthia	101	↓8	26
32	Andrea	100	↑14	30
33	Patricia	98	↓7	27
34	Lori	96	↓5	28
35	Maria	96	↓2	31
36	Tammy	96	↓14	15
37	Kathleen	94	↓19	68
38	Wendy	90	↓13	29
39	Angela	88	↓2	7
40	Sandra	85	↓2	39
41	Danielle	82	↑3	49
42	Deborah	81	↓14	56
43	Carrie	79	new	46
44	Stacy	79	↑4	32
45	Kristin	78	↓11	78
46	Melanie	78	new	43
47	Rachel	77	↓5	42
48	Catherine	73	new	67
49	Erin	73	new	79
50	Donna	70	↓7	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	992	–	1
2	Christopher	651	–	2
3	David	649	–	5
4	Jason	602	↑4	3
5	John	559	↓1	6
6	Robert	497	↓1	7
7	James	480	↓1	4
8	Brian	463	↓1	8
9	Matthew	382	–	10
10	William	350	–	9
11	Daniel	349	↑5	11
12	Joseph	334	–	12
13	Scott	314	↓2	18
14	Mark	303	↑1	15
15	Jeffrey	297	↓2	17
16	Thomas	282	↑1	19
17	Richard	266	↓3	16
18	Eric	263	↑1	13
19	Kevin	256	↓1	14
20	Steven	203	–	20
21	Peter	202	↑1	52
22	Paul	198	↓1	24
23	Timothy	184	↑2	22
24	Jonathan	181	↑4	31
25	Anthony	170	↓2	21
26	Andrew	165	↑7	29
27	Stephen	165	↓1	32
28	Gregory	157	↓1	26
29	Todd	155	↓5	35
30	Sean	148	–	36
31	Keith	145	↑1	41
32	Edward	140	↓1	39
33	Kenneth	126	↓4	28
34	Shawn	114	↑3	27
35	Patrick	110	↑3	37
36	Charles	109	↓2	23
37	Joshua	107	new	42
38	Craig	105	↓3	48
39	Adam	97	↑3	45
40	Ryan	96	↑8	30
41	Marc	93	↑2	81
42	Aaron	85	↑8	34
43	Douglas	84	↑1	47
44	Frank	84	↓3	61
45	George	82	↑1	46
46	Jose	82	↓7	49
47	Raymond	81	↓2	60
48	Donald	77	↓12	38
49	Justin	77	new	51
50	Ronald	76	↓10	40

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