State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,519 Connecticut births in 1919 across 488 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#65Dominicoutside the national top 200
#68Angelina#199 nationally
#72Dominickoutside the national top 200
#53Antoinette#180 nationally
#41Salvatore#160 nationally
#82Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#83Adolphoutside the national top 200
#85Mariooutside the national top 200
#93Patsyoutside the national top 200
#94Concettaoutside the national top 200
#81Veronica#187 nationally
#96Pasqualeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary969US #1
#2Helen727US #2
#3Dorothy434US #3
#4Margaret378US #4
#5Anna361US #10
#6Elizabeth287US #8
#7Ruth281US #5
#8Rose264US #19
#9Josephine249US #26
#10Frances237US #9
#11Florence214US #14
#12Eleanor197US #30
#13Alice182US #13
#14Marion181US #44
#15Mildred175US #6
#16Doris168US #18
#17Lillian164US #17
#18Virginia162US #7
#19Irene158US #16
#20Evelyn156US #11
#21Ann154US #49
#22Catherine151US #23
#23Marie142US #12
#24Louise134US #20
#25Jennie126US #93
#26Rita124US #54
#27Jean123US #37
#28Julia122US #48
#29Marjorie122US #33
#30Anne119US #63
#31Gertrude119US #39
#32Grace117US #34
#33Barbara114US #60
#34Sophie106US #109
#35Edith103US #29
#36Stella97US #70
#37Esther91US #38
#38Pauline91US #36
#39Shirley90US #89
#40Beatrice89US #41
#41Agnes88US #50
#42Jane87US #53
#43Lucy87US #91
#44Theresa87US #102
#45Ethel86US #28
#46Gladys85US #21
#47Katherine82US #51
#48Edna81US #22
#49Genevieve80US #88
#50Bertha74US #52
#51Bernice72US #42
#52Elsie69US #47
#53Antoinette67US #180
#54Nellie67US #69
#55Betty66US #15
#56Martha65US #25
#57Olga64US #137
#58Lena61US #94
#59Sylvia61US #77
#60Phyllis57US #84
#61Charlotte54US #79
#62Clara54US #43
#63Emma52US #45
#64Emily51US #105
#65Lorraine51US #62
#66Hazel47US #32
#67Muriel47US #133
#68Angelina45US #199
#69Nancy45US #100
#70Lucille43US #27
#71Adeline42US #172
#72Marian42US #82
#73Harriet41US #113
#74Lois41US #40
#75Viola41US #58
#76Eileen40US #103
#77Madeline40US #139
#78Ida39US #57
#79Caroline38US #169
#80Laura38US #71
#81Veronica38US #187
#82Ellen37US #92
#83Eva37US #55
#84Janet37US #126
#85June37US #64
#86Kathryn37US #66
#87Victoria37US #154
#88Norma36US #83
#89Loretta35US #118
#90Marguerite35US #96
#91Constance34US #182
#92Amelia33US #181
#93Claire33US #197
#94Concetta33
#95Patricia33US #114
#96Vivian33US #72
#97Angeline31
#98Christine31US #116
#99Jeanette31US #135
#100Wanda31US #128

Boys

#1John1,005US #1
#2Joseph706US #7
#3William589US #2
#4Robert492US #4
#5Edward474US #8
#6George396US #6
#7Frank376US #9
#8James339US #3
#9Charles308US #5
#10Walter255US #11
#11Anthony215US #41
#12Michael202US #46
#13Thomas202US #10
#14Albert201US #18
#15Richard199US #12
#16Henry195US #16
#17Louis191US #28
#18Stanley188US #37
#19Raymond184US #14
#20Harold168US #13
#21Arthur167US #19
#22Francis166US #34
#23Peter146US #57
#24Donald138US #17
#25Paul135US #15
#26Harry115US #20
#27Ralph106US #22
#28Andrew105US #47
#29Alfred95US #42
#30Ernest94US #36
#31David92US #27
#32Howard89US #24
#33Theodore88US #54
#34Vincent83US #72
#35Nicholas82US #122
#36Kenneth78US #26
#37Frederick74US #64
#38Leonard71US #39
#39Fred68US #30
#40Herbert68US #40
#41Salvatore66US #160
#42Stephen66US #97
#43Lawrence65US #38
#44Victor64US #68
#45Russell62US #50
#46Edwin59US #52
#47Chester56US #53
#48Alexander55US #113
#49Daniel54US #51
#50Philip54US #71
#51Norman53US #48
#52Bernard52US #45
#53Leo52US #49
#54Eugene51US #33
#55Carl50US #29
#56Earl47US #31
#57Edmund47US #144
#58Samuel47US #43
#59Angelo44US #161
#60Irving41US #111
#61Jack40US #21
#62Clarence38US #25
#63Milton36US #73
#64Benjamin35US #79
#65Dominic35
#66Clifford34US #60
#67Martin33US #81
#68Leon32US #80
#69Morris31US #100
#70Elmer30US #44
#71Julius26US #123
#72Dominick25
#73Matthew25US #152
#74Sidney25US #96
#75Emil24US #159
#76Lester24US #62
#77Tony24US #136
#78Douglas23US #121
#79Herman23US #61
#80Warren23US #83
#81Alex22US #137
#82Alphonse22
#83Adolph21
#84Gordon21US #86
#85Mario21
#86Roger21US #124
#87Wallace21US #107
#88Maurice20US #108
#89Arnold19US #94
#90Edgar19US #89
#91Felix19US #180
#92Franklin19US #129
#93Patsy19
#94Lewis18US #74
#95Wesley18US #135
#96Pasquale17
#97Roland17US #119
#98Steven17
#99Abraham16US #176
#100Carmen16

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑21Emil#75
↑20Martha#56
↑18Clara#62
↑18Lester#76
↑15Elmer#70
↑14Bernice#51
↑13Herbert#40
↑12Louise#24

Falling

↓26Marguerite#90
↓20Maurice#88
↓18Ida#78
↓17Laura#80
↓16Roger#86
↓15Carl#55
↓14Victoria#87
↓14Angeline#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.