Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1975

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (816 babies) and Michael for boys (986). Social Security records list 30,111 babies born in Connecticut in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1975

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: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Meghan: 50 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marisol: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kate: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Luz: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Allyson: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lauren: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Darcy: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dina: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kirsten: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Brendan: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marc: 97 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Evan: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gregg: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angel: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 153 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Seth: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Edwin: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Geoffrey: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	816	–	1
2	Amy	390	–	2
3	Heather	347	↑2	3
4	Melissa	347	–	4
5	Michelle	264	↓2	6
6	Nicole	248	↑4	10
7	Kimberly	245	–	7
8	Jessica	229	–	13
9	Lisa	227	↓3	8
10	Elizabeth	213	↑2	15
11	Rebecca	191	↓2	11
12	Sarah	188	↑1	17
13	Kelly	174	↑2	16
14	Christine	166	↓3	22
15	Stephanie	143	↑2	9
16	Dawn	139	↓2	23
17	Karen	131	↓1	27
18	Erin	123	↑12	38
19	Rachel	122	↑13	26
20	Tara	114	↑4	41
21	Danielle	112	↑2	42
22	Susan	110	↓2	32
23	Tracy	109	↑2	24
24	Kristen	108	↓6	60
25	Laura	108	↓6	20
26	Christina	107	↓4	12
27	Shannon	106	↓6	21
28	Amanda	104	↑17	14
29	Jill	98	↑14	46
30	Stacey	98	↑16	44
31	Carrie	94	↑13	29
32	Julie	94	↓4	18
33	Katherine	89	↑5	58
34	Maria	89	↓7	30
35	Mary	89	↑1	19
36	Wendy	89	↑13	33
37	Emily	88	new	48
38	Tammy	85	↓7	31
39	Stacy	83	↑3	34
40	Michele	81	↓14	56
41	Kristin	80	↓2	74
42	Andrea	78	↓13	28
43	Megan	76	new	69
44	Sandra	76	↑3	51
45	Sara	76	new	54
46	Tanya	74	↓12	50
47	Tina	72	↓10	35
48	Angela	71	↓15	5
49	Melanie	70	new	52
50	Catherine	69	↓10	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	986	–	1
2	Christopher	673	–	3
3	Jason	638	–	2
4	David	539	–	5
5	John	468	–	7
6	Robert	448	–	6
7	Matthew	444	↑1	9
8	James	399	↓1	4
9	Brian	389	–	8
10	Daniel	341	–	11
11	Joseph	330	↑2	12
12	Jeffrey	309	↓1	14
13	Eric	282	↑6	13
14	William	270	↓2	10
15	Kevin	258	↑2	15
16	Richard	257	–	16
17	Scott	253	↓2	17
18	Thomas	231	–	20
19	Steven	218	↑2	18
20	Mark	198	↓6	19
21	Timothy	195	↑6	22
22	Anthony	191	↑3	21
23	Paul	174	↓3	29
24	Jonathan	171	↑2	30
25	Andrew	163	↓2	28
26	Ryan	160	↑9	23
27	Stephen	155	↓3	34
28	Peter	153	↓6	54
29	Joshua	147	↑3	26
30	Todd	145	↑1	43
31	Sean	141	↓1	40
32	Adam	131	↓4	38
33	Gregory	131	↓4	33
34	Shawn	130	↑2	31
35	Edward	121	↓2	41
36	Jeremy	119	↑5	24
37	Keith	118	↓3	49
38	Charles	115	–	25
39	Patrick	110	↑1	39
40	Benjamin	106	↑2	36
41	Justin	106	↓2	37
42	Kenneth	97	↓5	35
43	Marc	97	–	89
44	Jose	93	–	48
45	George	86	–	53
46	Ronald	85	new	46
47	Donald	82	new	42
48	Craig	80	↑1	58
49	Aaron	78	↓3	32
50	Raymond	78	new	63

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