State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,777 Connecticut births in 1918 across 521 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#61Dominicoutside the national top 200
#52Antoinette#179 nationally
#74Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#78Dominickoutside the national top 200
#82Patsyoutside the national top 200
#83Angelineoutside the national top 200
#83Armandoutside the national top 200
#87Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#69Veronica#182 nationally
#89Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#54Angelo#162 nationally
#93Mariooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,119US #1
#2Helen833US #2
#3Anna425US #10
#4Dorothy416US #3
#5Margaret383US #4
#6Ruth316US #5
#7Elizabeth302US #9
#8Rose292US #17
#9Josephine281US #24
#10Frances267US #8
#11Evelyn205US #11
#12Florence204US #14
#13Lillian196US #15
#14Mildred195US #6
#15Marie185US #12
#16Eleanor180US #26
#17Alice177US #13
#18Marion175US #45
#19Ann165US #44
#20Doris165US #19
#21Anne160US #54
#22Virginia158US #7
#23Catherine157US #20
#24Irene157US #16
#25Sophie153US #108
#26Jennie138US #91
#27Barbara136US #60
#28Edith135US #30
#29Julia135US #48
#30Jean133US #37
#31Marjorie123US #34
#32Gertrude121US #39
#33Grace121US #31
#34Rita119US #58
#35Agnes117US #47
#36Louise112US #18
#37Ethel111US #28
#38Stella106US #67
#39Lucy103US #90
#40Pauline93US #35
#41Beatrice90US #40
#42Katherine89US #50
#43Esther85US #38
#44Theresa84US #101
#45Gladys82US #22
#46Shirley81US #97
#47Elsie78US #49
#48Jane78US #53
#49Bertha77US #51
#50Genevieve77US #81
#51Nellie73US #65
#52Antoinette72US #179
#53Edna72US #23
#54Sylvia72US #71
#55Olga69US #141
#56Betty68US #21
#57Lorraine67US #69
#58Lena64US #93
#59Charlotte62US #78
#60Ida60US #57
#61Phyllis59US #80
#62Emma58US #46
#63Laura58US #64
#64Marguerite57US #86
#65Bernice56US #41
#66Lucille56US #29
#67Lois55US #42
#68Nancy54US #102
#69Veronica54US #182
#70Harriet53US #106
#71Madeline53US #135
#72Emily52US #105
#73Victoria52US #134
#74Angelina50
#75Hazel49US #33
#76Martha49US #25
#77Muriel47US #130
#78Marian45US #76
#79Eva42US #55
#80Clara41US #43
#81Pearl39US #56
#82Viola39US #59
#83Angeline38
#84Vivian38US #72
#85Blanche37US #96
#86Claire37US #186
#87Ellen37US #92
#88Janet37US #129
#89Wanda36US #128
#90Vera35US #68
#91Loretta34US #116
#92Amelia33US #183
#93Estelle33US #139
#94Mae33US #95
#95Myrtle33US #62
#96Norma33US #98
#97Eunice32US #111
#98Patricia32US #133
#99Concetta31
#100Alma30US #73

Boys

#1John1,092US #1
#2Joseph804US #7
#3William599US #2
#4Edward497US #8
#5Robert447US #4
#6George419US #6
#7Frank403US #9
#8Charles379US #5
#9James333US #3
#10Walter273US #11
#11Stanley265US #36
#12Anthony256US #39
#13Thomas240US #10
#14Michael224US #45
#15Arthur205US #17
#16Henry202US #16
#17Raymond198US #15
#18Albert181US #19
#19Richard174US #12
#20Francis173US #30
#21Louis167US #24
#22Peter160US #53
#23Paul158US #14
#24Harold157US #13
#25Donald125US #18
#26Harry118US #20
#27Alfred105US #42
#28Ernest102US #37
#29Vincent100US #73
#30Andrew99US #46
#31Ralph99US #22
#32Howard96US #26
#33Frederick93US #59
#34Kenneth93US #27
#35Leonard87US #41
#36David82US #28
#37Philip82US #71
#38Nicholas80US #113
#39Bernard79US #47
#40Carl79US #25
#41Alexander78US #104
#42Fred77US #33
#43Theodore74US #64
#44Stephen73US #96
#45Lawrence72US #38
#46Victor68US #63
#47Daniel66US #52
#48Russell66US #50
#49Samuel64US #43
#50Salvatore61US #155
#51Leo60US #48
#52Chester57US #54
#53Herbert57US #40
#54Angelo52US #162
#55Norman50US #49
#56Edwin49US #55
#57Irving49US #108
#58Eugene46US #35
#59Clifford44US #60
#60Benjamin42US #79
#61Dominic40
#62Jack40US #21
#63Earl35US #31
#64Edmund35US #140
#65Martin35US #81
#66Morris35US #101
#67Milton34US #76
#68Maurice33US #103
#69Matthew32US #148
#70Roger32US #116
#71Leon30US #77
#72Clarence29US #23
#73Gerald29US #72
#74Julius29US #118
#75Steve28US #109
#76Herman27US #65
#77Tony27US #135
#78Dominick26
#79Gordon26US #85
#80Sidney26US #94
#81Arnold25US #92
#82Patsy25
#83Armand24
#84Douglas24US #115
#85Elmer24US #44
#86Alex23US #131
#87Alphonse23
#88Everett23US #93
#89Pasquale23
#90Roy23US #32
#91Warren23US #90
#92Jacob22US #133
#93Mario22
#94Lester21US #62
#95Adolph20
#96Emil20US #154
#97Patrick20US #161
#98Abraham19US #174
#99Franklin19US #129
#100Lloyd18US #51

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑31Shirley#46
↑27Morris#66
↑21Matthew#69
↑21Gordon#79
↑18Angelina#74
↑16Laura#63
↑16Marian#78
↑14Ann#19

Falling

↓21Bernice#65
↓20Emil#96
↓18Martha#76
↓18Amelia#92
↓17Alex#86
↓16Hazel#75
↓16Stephen#44
↓14Vera#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.