State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,080 Connecticut births in 1917 across 510 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#63Dominicoutside the national top 200
#72Dominickoutside the national top 200
#80Mariooutside the national top 200
#83Roccooutside the national top 200
#84Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#85Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#86Claire#200 nationally
#70Veronica#183 nationally
#45Salvatore#155 nationally
#92Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#94Patsyoutside the national top 200
#64Antoinette#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,138US #1
#2Helen792US #2
#3Anna408US #7
#4Dorothy395US #3
#5Margaret361US #4
#6Elizabeth347US #8
#7Ruth324US #5
#8Rose316US #16
#9Josephine260US #21
#10Frances252US #9
#11Florence219US #14
#12Alice212US #13
#13Lillian211US #15
#14Eleanor191US #26
#15Marion188US #45
#16Catherine187US #18
#17Mildred180US #6
#18Evelyn176US #11
#19Anne165US #53
#20Doris150US #25
#21Jennie150US #81
#22Marie147US #12
#23Irene144US #17
#24Virginia142US #10
#25Julia139US #47
#26Rita137US #63
#27Gertrude135US #37
#28Louise134US #19
#29Edith132US #28
#30Marjorie132US #36
#31Sophie129US #100
#32Beatrice127US #39
#33Ann125US #44
#34Stella123US #62
#35Barbara122US #67
#36Grace119US #30
#37Jean114US #40
#38Katherine109US #49
#39Theresa101US #97
#40Ethel99US #24
#41Agnes93US #48
#42Pauline90US #33
#43Lucy86US #88
#44Bernice82US #42
#45Lena81US #85
#46Edna80US #20
#47Elsie79US #50
#48Charlotte78US #76
#49Genevieve77US #77
#50Gladys77US #23
#51Jane75US #55
#52Olga71US #131
#53Esther69US #38
#54Phyllis69US #92
#55Nellie66US #64
#56Bertha63US #51
#57Harriet63US #104
#58Martha62US #22
#59Hazel61US #31
#60Sylvia61US #69
#61Betty60US #34
#62Emma59US #46
#63Ida57US #56
#64Antoinette55US #170
#65Lucille54US #29
#66Marguerite53US #78
#67Victoria52US #158
#68Eva50US #54
#69Muriel50US #128
#70Veronica48US #183
#71Clara46US #41
#72Nancy46US #98
#73Christine45US #120
#74Amelia44US #173
#75Emily44US #103
#76Vera44US #66
#77Shirley42US #123
#78Blanche41US #91
#79Laura40US #65
#80Lois40US #43
#81Madeline40US #127
#82Janet39US #136
#83Thelma39US #32
#84Loretta38US #114
#85Viola38US #59
#86Claire37US #200
#87Ellen36US #90
#88Kathryn36US #60
#89Sarah36US #52
#90Angeline35US #196
#91Eileen35US #106
#92Angelina33
#93Estelle33US #129
#94Marian32US #74
#95Adeline31US #163
#96Anita31US #137
#97Helene31
#98Adele30US #192
#99Kathleen30US #101
#100Winifred30US #141

Boys

#1John1,076US #1
#2Joseph788US #5
#3William651US #2
#4Edward471US #8
#5George445US #6
#6Robert401US #4
#7Frank392US #9
#8Charles345US #7
#9James322US #3
#10Walter286US #11
#11Anthony252US #38
#12Michael231US #44
#13Stanley230US #34
#14Louis202US #23
#15Henry199US #15
#16Thomas196US #10
#17Francis181US #30
#18Paul177US #13
#19Peter176US #50
#20Raymond170US #16
#21Albert162US #18
#22Arthur153US #17
#23Harold153US #12
#24Richard131US #14
#25Harry122US #19
#26Donald108US #20
#27Frederick100US #51
#28Stephen98US #89
#29Ernest97US #37
#30Alexander90US #97
#31David90US #28
#32Vincent90US #65
#33Andrew89US #48
#34Alfred87US #43
#35Nicholas87US #109
#36Ralph87US #21
#37Russell80US #52
#38Theodore80US #63
#39Lawrence79US #36
#40Daniel78US #54
#41Howard77US #26
#42Kenneth71US #27
#43Leonard70US #41
#44Philip70US #66
#45Salvatore70US #155
#46Samuel67US #42
#47Carl59US #24
#48Fred58US #29
#49Bernard57US #49
#50Herbert56US #40
#51Chester53US #56
#52Leo53US #47
#53Norman52US #46
#54Eugene50US #39
#55Irving50US #106
#56Edwin49US #55
#57Jack49US #22
#58Benjamin47US #76
#59Clifford47US #59
#60Victor44US #78
#61Earl43US #32
#62Clarence41US #25
#63Dominic41
#64Angelo39US #152
#65Steve36US #112
#66Edmund34US #135
#67Julius34US #113
#68Milton33US #75
#69Alex32US #132
#70Martin31US #77
#71Maurice30US #101
#72Dominick29
#73Elmer29US #45
#74Gerald29US #69
#75Roger29US #119
#76Emil28US #137
#77Leon28US #82
#78Everett27US #94
#79Herman27US #58
#80Mario27
#81Sidney27US #95
#82Lester26US #61
#83Rocco25
#84Pasquale24
#85Alphonse23
#86Franklin23US #124
#87Arnold22US #91
#88Warren22US #93
#89Felix21US #185
#90Matthew21US #149
#91Patrick21US #154
#92Roland21US #117
#93Morris20US #99
#94Patsy20
#95Steven20
#96Allen19US #100
#97Lewis19US #70
#98Sebastian19
#99Wesley19US #136
#100Gordon18US #84

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑25Marguerite#66
↑24Harriet#57
↑23Gerald#74
↑21Steve#65
↑20Jack#57
↑20Maurice#71
↑19Vera#76
↑19Roger#75

Falling

↓28Viola#85
↓23Kathryn#88
↓23Winifred#100
↓21Adeline#95
↓20Morris#93
↓20Gordon#100
↓19Ann#33
↓19Matthew#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.