Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1974

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (920 babies) and Michael for boys (848). Social Security records list 30,815 babies born in Connecticut in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1974

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

Girls

Marisol: 21 babies, 4× the national rate
Elisabeth: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 43 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Abigail: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Eileen: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Lynn: 45 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nina: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alison: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kirsten: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kim: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Brendan: 28 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angel: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Evan: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 175 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marc: 91 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dean: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dana: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Seth: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colin: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	920	–	1
2	Amy	335	–	2
3	Michelle	305	↑2	3
4	Melissa	295	↑2	7
5	Heather	286	↓1	4
6	Lisa	266	↓3	8
7	Kimberly	263	–	6
8	Jessica	229	↑10	17
9	Rebecca	206	↑2	10
10	Nicole	202	↓1	11
11	Christine	201	↓1	19
12	Elizabeth	198	↓4	12
13	Sarah	162	↑4	20
14	Dawn	156	↓2	22
15	Kelly	153	↓2	15
16	Karen	146	↓2	26
17	Stephanie	141	↑7	9
18	Kristen	140	↑1	45
19	Laura	140	↓4	21
20	Susan	131	–	27
21	Shannon	126	↑5	18
22	Christina	113	↑8	16
23	Danielle	105	↑18	40
24	Tara	104	↑3	39
25	Tracy	103	↓9	23
26	Michele	101	↓4	50
27	Maria	98	↑8	31
28	Julie	97	↓5	14
29	Andrea	95	↑3	35
30	Erin	95	↑19	47
31	Tammy	94	↑5	24
32	Rachel	93	↑15	36
33	Angela	91	↑6	5
34	Tanya	91	new	46
35	Patricia	89	↓2	29
36	Mary	88	↓15	13
37	Tina	88	↓12	25
38	Katherine	86	new	62
39	Kristin	85	↑6	72
40	Catherine	84	↑8	73
41	Kathleen	84	↓4	76
42	Stacy	84	↑2	38
43	Jill	83	new	58
44	Carrie	81	↓1	42
45	Amanda	79	new	34
46	Stacey	79	↓17	48
47	Sandra	78	↓7	44
48	Lori	77	↓14	30
49	Wendy	76	↓11	32
50	Cynthia	72	↓19	33

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	848	–	1
2	Christopher	672	–	3
3	Jason	650	↑1	2
4	David	648	↓1	4
5	John	508	–	6
6	Robert	481	–	7
7	James	432	–	5
8	Matthew	426	↑1	9
9	Brian	425	↓1	8
10	Daniel	356	↑1	11
11	Jeffrey	330	↑4	15
12	William	326	↓2	10
13	Joseph	323	↓1	12
14	Mark	298	–	16
15	Scott	289	↓2	18
16	Richard	281	↑1	17
17	Kevin	269	↑2	14
18	Thomas	269	↓2	20
19	Eric	265	↓1	13
20	Paul	202	↑2	27
21	Steven	193	↓1	19
22	Peter	175	↓1	50
23	Andrew	164	↑3	28
24	Stephen	162	↑3	35
25	Anthony	161	–	21
26	Jonathan	158	↓2	33
27	Timothy	155	↓4	22
28	Adam	151	↑11	36
29	Gregory	151	↓1	31
30	Sean	151	–	37
31	Todd	133	↓2	39
32	Joshua	132	↑5	29
33	Edward	130	↓1	40
34	Keith	129	↓3	44
35	Ryan	125	↑5	25
36	Shawn	116	↓2	30
37	Kenneth	114	↓4	34
38	Charles	110	↓2	23
39	Justin	108	↑10	43
40	Patrick	105	↓5	38
41	Jeremy	104	new	24
42	Benjamin	92	new	46
43	Marc	91	↓2	85
44	Jose	88	↑2	47
45	George	86	–	49
46	Aaron	84	↓4	32
47	Bryan	82	new	45
48	Frank	82	↓4	65
49	Craig	78	↓11	57
50	Douglas	77	↓7	53

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