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Baby names in Connecticut, 1960s

1960–1969 · 477,170 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 1960s, with 13,798 births in the decade. The state recorded 477,170 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 1960s

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
Pasquale96
Maura249
Salvatore343
Domenic56
Sebastian71
Maryellen159
Peter3,788
Wilfredo89

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael13,798
#2John12,785
#3David11,813
#4Robert11,319
#5James9,267
#6Lisa8,609
#7Mark7,000
#8William6,942
#9Richard6,832
#10Thomas6,361
#11Susan6,054
#12Joseph5,876
#13Christopher5,338
#14Karen5,015
#15Mary4,876
#16Paul4,813
#17Jeffrey4,655
#18Scott4,474
#19Steven4,173
#20Brian4,071
#21Kevin3,963
#22Daniel3,898
#23Peter3,788
#24Donna3,750
#25Elizabeth3,731

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