Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1956

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Susan	888
2	Mary	750
3	Deborah	686
4	Patricia	666
5	Linda	659
6	Karen	656
7	Donna	589
8	Nancy	555
9	Debra	480
10	Barbara	464
11	Kathleen	461
12	Diane	444
13	Cynthia	427
14	Sharon	359
15	Cheryl	347
16	Elizabeth	323
17	Carol	319
18	Sandra	294
19	Pamela	278
20	Margaret	249
21	Lynn	239
22	Kim	222
23	Lisa	221
24	Janet	208
25	Laura	205
26	Catherine	196
27	Denise	194
28	Ann	186
28	Gail	186
30	Robin	179
31	Judith	176
32	Joan	173
33	Jane	166
34	Christine	154
35	Laurie	152
36	Lori	147
37	Darlene	141
38	Maureen	140
39	Ellen	139
40	Wendy	138
41	Kathy	134
42	Jean	133
42	Joanne	133
44	Theresa	129
45	Doreen	128
46	Janice	126
47	Joyce	125
47	Paula	125
49	Anne	121
50	Cathy	117

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,378
2	John	1,289
3	David	1,231
4	Michael	1,199
5	James	982
6	Richard	870
7	William	844
8	Mark	795
9	Thomas	783
10	Joseph	608
11	Paul	550
12	Gary	521
13	Peter	493
14	Edward	421
15	Steven	392
16	Stephen	358
17	Brian	352
17	Kevin	352
19	Jeffrey	346
20	Donald	330
21	Daniel	318
22	Charles	311
23	Ronald	301
24	Kenneth	289
25	Timothy	279
26	George	261
27	Anthony	256
28	Frank	245
29	Bruce	238
30	Raymond	232
31	Gregory	207
32	Scott	200
33	Douglas	195
34	Christopher	178
35	Dennis	168
36	Keith	160
37	Lawrence	150
37	Philip	150
39	Alan	148
40	Wayne	145
41	Andrew	127
42	Roger	124
43	Arthur	115
44	Walter	113
45	Glenn	110
45	Louis	110
47	Patrick	107
47	Russell	107
49	Frederick	103
50	Craig	102