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Baby names in Connecticut, 1970s

1970–1979 · 331,469 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 1970s, with 10,246 births in the decade. The state recorded 331,469 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 1970s

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
Tylon1710×
Pasquale82
Sebastiano12
Salvatore227
Giuseppe59
Paulo41
Wilfredo91
Maura110

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael10,246
#2Jennifer8,741
#3Christopher6,856
#4David6,637
#5Jason5,598
#6John5,569
#7Robert5,188
#8James4,837
#9Brian4,282
#10Matthew4,172
#11Joseph3,649
#12Daniel3,614
#13William3,531
#14Amy3,423
#15Melissa3,408
#16Jeffrey3,271
#17Lisa3,147
#18Scott3,092
#19Michelle3,020
#20Richard3,002
#21Kevin2,934
#22Thomas2,919
#23Heather2,869
#24Kimberly2,854
#25Mark2,843

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