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Baby names in Connecticut, 1950s

1950–1959 · 454,414 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 1950s, with 13,515 births in the decade. The state recorded 454,414 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Pasquale82
Domenic66
Maura125
Lissie5
Rocco124
Doreen790
Salvatore306
Peter4,536

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert13,515
#2John13,379
#3Michael11,212
#4David11,074
#5James9,645
#6Richard8,940
#7William8,800
#8Susan8,233
#9Thomas8,101
#10Linda7,185
#11Mary7,052
#12Patricia6,714
#13Mark6,412
#14Deborah6,350
#15Joseph6,132
#16Nancy5,337
#17Paul5,133
#18Karen5,102
#19Donna4,920
#20Gary4,746
#21Kathleen4,593
#22Peter4,536
#23Barbara4,493
#24Diane4,006
#25Edward3,889

Other decades in Connecticut

All Connecticut names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org