State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,670 Connecticut births in 1912 across 307 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Connecticut more than they say America.

#54Antoinette#194 nationally
#69Dominicoutside the national top 200
#72Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#73Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#73Dominickoutside the national top 200
#81Roccooutside the national top 200
#85Patsyoutside the national top 200
#90Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#92Mariooutside the national top 200
#93Angelineoutside the national top 200
#52Salvatore#158 nationally
#54Angelo#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary471US #1
#2Helen285US #2
#3Margaret188US #4
#4Anna185US #7
#5Dorothy178US #3
#6Elizabeth136US #8
#7Rose129US #15
#8Ruth126US #5
#9Mildred119US #6
#10Alice113US #11
#11Frances109US #9
#12Lillian105US #14
#13Florence104US #12
#14Josephine103US #28
#15Marion82US #55
#16Catherine72US #21
#17Julia72US #44
#18Irene70US #22
#19Eleanor66US #39
#20Gertrude64US #30
#21Grace64US #24
#22Marie64US #10
#23Louise63US #17
#24Doris60US #48
#25Evelyn60US #13
#26Ann58US #47
#27Ethel56US #18
#28Edith54US #31
#29Katherine53US #53
#30Anne51US #58
#31Marjorie48US #56
#32Elsie46US #42
#33Bertha45US #36
#34Theresa44US #97
#35Edna43US #16
#36Esther41US #33
#37Jennie41US #81
#38Sophie41US #117
#39Stella41US #73
#40Beatrice38US #37
#41Betty38US #66
#42Virginia38US #20
#43Agnes35US #40
#44Nellie34US #59
#45Pauline34US #38
#46Hazel33US #25
#47Jean33US #64
#48Jane32US #89
#49Genevieve31US #92
#50Ida31US #45
#51Emma28US #35
#52Lucy28US #78
#53Sylvia28US #77
#54Antoinette27US #194
#55Clara27US #34
#56Charlotte26US #91
#57Barbara25US #102
#58Gladys25US #19
#59Madeline24US #124
#60Sarah24US #41
#61Viola24US #52
#62Eva23US #49
#63Kathryn23US #71
#64Martha23US #29
#65Bernice22US #51
#66Lena22US #72
#67Marguerite22US #79
#68Sally22US #136
#69Laura21US #57
#70Lucille21US #32
#71Adeline20US #172
#72Myrtle20US #50
#73Angelina19
#74Estelle19US #111
#75Harriet19US #113
#76Pearl19US #54
#77Amelia18US #160
#78Loretta18US #119
#79Mae18US #74
#80Olga18US #154
#81Winifred18US #162
#82Mabel17US #46
#83Violet17US #83
#84Blanche16US #75
#85Dorothea16US #174
#86Vera16US #68
#87Victoria16US #150
#88Ellen15US #86
#89Emily15US #105
#90Jessie15US #65
#91Marian15US #93
#92Minnie15US #60
#93Angeline14
#94Ella14US #69
#95Hilda14US #104
#96Muriel14US #156
#97Veronica14US #178
#98Caroline13US #139
#99Flora13US #128
#100Susan13US #186

Boys

#1John430US #1
#2Joseph344US #5
#3William274US #2
#4George188US #6
#5Edward173US #8
#6Frank164US #9
#7James162US #3
#8Charles129US #7
#9Robert108US #4
#10Arthur106US #15
#11Anthony105US #37
#12Walter96US #11
#13Henry87US #12
#14Louis85US #20
#15Raymond84US #18
#16Albert83US #17
#17Francis83US #35
#18Thomas83US #10
#19Stanley81US #43
#20Michael75US #42
#21Peter71US #48
#22Harry70US #16
#23Harold67US #13
#24Frederick60US #51
#25Paul60US #14
#26Andrew54US #44
#27Stephen54US #88
#28Richard53US #19
#29Samuel50US #30
#30Alfred46US #40
#31David43US #29
#32Ernest43US #32
#33Ralph41US #23
#34Vincent41US #72
#35Donald40US #27
#36Kenneth36US #33
#37Fred32US #26
#38Howard29US #25
#39Philip29US #69
#40Eugene28US #41
#41Alexander27US #97
#42Daniel27US #53
#43Carl26US #24
#44Herbert26US #39
#45Benjamin25US #67
#46Milton25US #64
#47Morris25US #82
#48Theodore25US #52
#49Bernard24US #60
#50Lawrence24US #38
#51Leo24US #49
#52Salvatore23US #158
#53Jack22US #28
#54Angelo21US #155
#55Everett21US #96
#56Leonard20US #45
#57Clarence19US #21
#58Russell18US #56
#59Chester17US #55
#60Leon17US #79
#61Abraham16US #125
#62Earl16US #34
#63Edwin16US #54
#64Julius16US #100
#65Lester16US #58
#66Patrick16US #145
#67Victor16US #81
#68Clifford15US #62
#69Dominic15
#70Irving15US #94
#71Nicholas15US #113
#72Pasquale15
#73Dominick14
#74Martin14US #75
#75Maurice13US #95
#76Edmund12US #143
#77Emil12US #146
#78Jacob12US #110
#79Matthew12US #156
#80Norman12US #61
#81Rocco12
#82Leroy11US #66
#83Leslie11US #108
#84Nathan11US #120
#85Patsy11
#86Steve11US #123
#87Alex10US #135
#88Gerald10US #87
#89Roger10US #138
#90Alphonse9
#91Lewis9US #68
#92Mario9
#93Max9US #101
#94Roy9US #31
#95Wilfred9US #185
#96Adam8US #188
#97Elmer8US #47
#98Gordon8US #93
#99Herman8US #50
#100Wallace8US #128

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑47Betty#41
↑38Jack#53
↑29Sylvia#53
↑27Eugene#40
↑27Lester#65
↑26Morris#47
↑24Genevieve#49
↑21Myrtle#72

Falling

↓50Herman#99
↓31Marian#91
↓28Edmund#76
↓26Caroline#98
↓25Nicholas#71
↓24Clifford#68
↓22Agnes#43
↓22Laura#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.