State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,237 Connecticut births in 1920 across 497 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#54Angelina#193 nationally
#66Dominickoutside the national top 200
#68Dominicoutside the national top 200
#73Stevenoutside the national top 200
#71Veronica#192 nationally
#60Antoinette#180 nationally
#82Angelineoutside the national top 200
#82Roccooutside the national top 200
#83Carmellaoutside the national top 200
#85Mariooutside the national top 200
#41Salvatore#156 nationally
#90Burtonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary970US #1
#2Helen706US #3
#3Dorothy455US #2
#4Margaret354US #4
#5Anna307US #10
#6Ruth298US #5
#7Elizabeth294US #8
#8Frances244US #9
#9Rose243US #20
#10Josephine227US #28
#11Eleanor213US #25
#12Florence209US #16
#13Doris205US #14
#14Evelyn192US #12
#15Marion186US #43
#16Alice183US #15
#17Mildred183US #6
#18Virginia175US #7
#19Irene169US #17
#20Barbara164US #47
#21Marie164US #13
#22Lillian163US #18
#23Catherine148US #21
#24Ann137US #49
#25Jean137US #33
#26Julia137US #55
#27Gertrude126US #42
#28Louise123US #19
#29Rita122US #52
#30Shirley121US #56
#31Marjorie120US #24
#32Anne118US #65
#33Jennie114US #97
#34Jane112US #48
#35Sophie109US #129
#36Edith106US #32
#37Grace106US #37
#38Gladys92US #22
#39Agnes89US #54
#40Beatrice87US #41
#41Lucy85US #94
#42Theresa85US #108
#43Esther84US #39
#44Ethel81US #30
#45Pauline81US #36
#46Katherine80US #45
#47Stella80US #82
#48Olga79US #146
#49Elsie78US #51
#50Betty77US #11
#51Genevieve75US #86
#52Lena71US #98
#53Nellie69US #76
#54Angelina65US #193
#55Bernice64US #40
#56Edna64US #27
#57Bertha62US #57
#58Phyllis61US #72
#59Muriel58US #123
#60Antoinette57US #180
#61Nancy56US #95
#62Charlotte55US #79
#63Martha55US #23
#64Sylvia54US #85
#65Eileen51US #100
#66Harriet51US #112
#67Eva50US #58
#68Lucille49US #29
#69Lois46US #38
#70Norma46US #69
#71Veronica46US #192
#72Marian44US #73
#73Janet43US #124
#74Marguerite43US #93
#75Wanda43US #117
#76Madeline42US #138
#77Caroline41US #159
#78Ida41US #66
#79Viola41US #59
#80Emily40US #119
#81Adeline39US #176
#82Angeline39
#83Carmella38
#84Laura38US #63
#85Amelia37US #190
#86Constance37US #165
#87Emma37US #46
#88Jeanette37US #126
#89Estelle36US #158
#90Jeanne36US #114
#91Lorraine36US #70
#92Hazel35US #34
#93Kathleen35US #91
#94Kathryn35US #67
#95Claire34US #194
#96Victoria33US #173
#97Blanche32US #102
#98Clara32US #44
#99Anita31US #131
#100Patricia31US #104

Boys

#1John1,037US #1
#2Joseph743US #7
#3William626US #2
#4Robert543US #3
#5Edward521US #8
#6George419US #6
#7Frank352US #9
#8James348US #4
#9Charles333US #5
#10Walter243US #13
#11Anthony227US #43
#12Raymond225US #15
#13Thomas206US #11
#14Richard199US #10
#15Francis194US #34
#16Arthur192US #18
#17Albert189US #19
#18Henry186US #17
#19Michael183US #50
#20Stanley167US #40
#21Louis159US #28
#22Harold144US #12
#23Harry134US #21
#24Peter130US #57
#25Donald122US #16
#26Paul122US #14
#27Ralph105US #22
#28Andrew94US #49
#29David92US #25
#30Alfred90US #42
#31Vincent88US #73
#32Howard87US #24
#33Frederick86US #60
#34Theodore86US #63
#35Kenneth84US #23
#36Fred83US #33
#37Daniel79US #52
#38Ernest78US #37
#39Stephen77US #96
#40Eugene72US #30
#41Salvatore70US #156
#42Leonard68US #38
#43Lawrence66US #36
#44Nicholas62US #124
#45Philip62US #71
#46Victor62US #81
#47Warren62US #39
#48Carl61US #27
#49Russell61US #51
#50Norman58US #47
#51Bernard57US #46
#52Leo56US #48
#53Chester55US #55
#54Herbert55US #41
#55Alexander54US #117
#56Irving54US #116
#57Samuel50US #44
#58Edwin46US #53
#59Jack45US #20
#60Angelo43US #155
#61Milton43US #74
#62Roger43US #103
#63Clarence41US #26
#64Clifford39US #59
#65Edmund39US #138
#66Dominick35
#67Benjamin33US #83
#68Dominic33
#69Earl33US #31
#70Martin33US #78
#71Matthew31US #152
#72Leon28US #75
#73Steven28
#74Douglas27US #106
#75Julius27US #125
#76Roy27US #32
#77Sidney27US #107
#78Arnold26US #91
#79Everett26US #95
#80Gerald25US #64
#81Lewis24US #72
#82Rocco24
#83Gordon23US #85
#84Lester23US #69
#85Mario23
#86Morris23US #108
#87Elmer22US #45
#88Roland22US #114
#89Alex21US #142
#90Burton21
#91Herman21US #66
#92Tony21US #136
#93Bruno20
#94Abraham19
#95Carmen19
#96Emil19US #167
#97Leslie19US #110
#98Adam18
#99Alphonse18
#100Patrick18US #159

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑33Warren#47
↑25Wanda#75
↑25Steven#73
↑24Roger#62
↑18Norma#70
↑16Eva#67
↑16Marguerite#74
↑15Angeline#82

Falling

↓36Clara#98
↓26Lorraine#91
↓26Hazel#92
↓24Emma#87
↓21Emil#96
↓17Morris#86
↓17Elmer#87
↓17Alphonse#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.