State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,582 Connecticut births in 1916 across 490 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#58Dominicoutside the national top 200
#66Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#49Antoinette#175 nationally
#75Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#75Roccooutside the national top 200
#78Dominickoutside the national top 200
#79Constanceoutside the national top 200
#84Patsyoutside the national top 200
#92Burtonoutside the national top 200
#98Gerardoutside the national top 200
#99Carmelaoutside the national top 200
#97Adele#198 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,078US #1
#2Helen698US #2
#3Anna421US #7
#4Margaret363US #4
#5Dorothy343US #3
#6Rose318US #15
#7Elizabeth295US #8
#8Ruth286US #5
#9Josephine250US #21
#10Frances238US #9
#11Lillian199US #16
#12Florence198US #14
#13Marion172US #47
#14Ann170US #40
#15Catherine169US #20
#16Eleanor162US #27
#17Alice157US #13
#18Mildred157US #6
#19Evelyn150US #11
#20Marie143US #12
#21Anne142US #53
#22Doris135US #32
#23Jennie126US #79
#24Louise126US #18
#25Virginia126US #10
#26Irene125US #17
#27Grace120US #26
#28Sophie113US #101
#29Edith110US #28
#30Julia109US #46
#31Gertrude108US #35
#32Stella105US #63
#33Ethel95US #25
#34Beatrice94US #38
#35Elsie92US #48
#36Jean92US #45
#37Lucy91US #84
#38Katherine89US #51
#39Marjorie89US #37
#40Pauline88US #33
#41Rita88US #67
#42Barbara85US #74
#43Esther83US #34
#44Edna81US #19
#45Jane79US #62
#46Gladys77US #22
#47Bertha73US #49
#48Theresa71US #98
#49Antoinette70US #175
#50Olga69US #126
#51Genevieve68US #76
#52Bernice63US #42
#53Lena62US #85
#54Emma61US #41
#55Martha61US #24
#56Agnes60US #50
#57Viola52US #59
#58Charlotte51US #80
#59Nellie51US #61
#60Betty50US #44
#61Laura50US #64
#62Sylvia50US #69
#63Hazel49US #31
#64Eva48US #55
#65Kathryn44US #60
#66Lucille43US #30
#67Nancy42US #102
#68Emily41US #100
#69Ida41US #54
#70Loretta41US #113
#71Muriel41US #134
#72Phyllis40US #95
#73Shirley40US #160
#74Adeline39US #166
#75Angelina38
#76Victoria38US #150
#77Winifred38US #148
#78Clara37US #39
#79Constance37
#80Estelle37US #122
#81Harriet37US #106
#82Madeline35US #131
#83Marian35US #72
#84Anita34US #151
#85Caroline34US #144
#86Amelia33US #167
#87Ellen33US #87
#88Geraldine33US #94
#89Pearl32US #57
#90Lois31US #43
#91Marguerite31US #78
#92Thelma31US #29
#93Olive30US #132
#94Sarah30US #52
#95Vera30US #66
#96Wanda29US #138
#97Adele28US #198
#98Angeline27US #189
#99Carmela27
#100Claire27

Boys

#1John993US #1
#2Joseph737US #5
#3William556US #2
#4Edward416US #8
#5Frank387US #9
#6George365US #7
#7Robert342US #4
#8James336US #3
#9Charles323US #6
#10Anthony240US #37
#11Michael230US #44
#12Walter218US #11
#13Stanley212US #34
#14Henry207US #14
#15Louis200US #22
#16Thomas189US #10
#17Francis180US #31
#18Raymond173US #16
#19Albert170US #17
#20Arthur148US #18
#21Richard145US #15
#22Peter144US #50
#23Harry124US #19
#24Paul121US #12
#25Andrew112US #46
#26Stephen105US #87
#27Frederick99US #52
#28Ralph99US #21
#29Vincent97US #67
#30Harold95US #13
#31Donald94US #20
#32Alfred93US #43
#33Ernest93US #36
#34Daniel82US #55
#35Carl79US #23
#36Nicholas79US #107
#37Fred78US #29
#38David76US #28
#39Kenneth74US #27
#40Howard72US #25
#41Samuel68US #41
#42Philip64US #70
#43Russell64US #51
#44Bernard53US #49
#45Norman51US #48
#46Benjamin50US #79
#47Theodore50US #65
#48Alexander49US #99
#49Eugene49US #39
#50Herbert49US #40
#51Salvatore49US #150
#52Lawrence48US #38
#53Chester47US #54
#54Victor44US #78
#55Leo42US #47
#56Leonard42US #42
#57Irving40US #109
#58Dominic39
#59Angelo38US #146
#60Julius38US #111
#61Edwin37US #53
#62Milton37US #72
#63Martin36US #81
#64Clifford34US #61
#65Edmund34US #134
#66Pasquale33
#67Everett31US #91
#68Alex30US #128
#69Leon30US #85
#70Clarence29US #24
#71Matthew29US #148
#72Sidney29US #95
#73Morris28US #97
#74Elmer26US #45
#75Rocco26
#76Herman25US #56
#77Jack25US #26
#78Dominick24
#79Earl24US #32
#80Gordon24US #90
#81Lester24US #59
#82Rudolph24US #137
#83Felix23US #174
#84Patsy23
#85Arnold22US #89
#86Steve22US #108
#87Emil21US #140
#88Sam21US #74
#89Edgar19US #88
#90Lewis19US #71
#91Maurice18US #100
#92Burton17
#93Lloyd17US #58
#94Roger16US #129
#95Abraham15US #158
#96Clayton15US #159
#97Gerald15US #76
#98Gerard15
#99Gilbert15US #106
#100Jacob15US #123

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑28Lucille#66
↑26Matthew#71
↑18Nancy#67
↑18Everett#67
↑17Jane#45
↑16Rocco#75
↑16Patsy#84
↑14Virginia#25

Falling

↓31Marguerite#91
↓22Clara#78
↓20Sarah#94
↓20Gerald#97
↓17Phyllis#72
↓17Wanda#96
↓17Adele#97
↓17Maurice#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.