State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,629 Connecticut births in 1921 across 480 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#66Mariooutside the national top 200
#67Dominicoutside the national top 200
#49Antoinette#180 nationally
#70Patsyoutside the national top 200
#71Dominickoutside the national top 200
#80Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#72Angelina#192 nationally
#65Claire#182 nationally
#84Roccooutside the national top 200
#86Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#46Salvatore#159 nationally
#88Sebastianoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,010US #1
#2Helen640US #3
#3Dorothy443US #2
#4Margaret336US #4
#5Anna305US #11
#6Ruth302US #5
#7Elizabeth280US #10
#8Frances250US #9
#9Rose244US #20
#10Josephine239US #28
#11Evelyn204US #12
#12Florence195US #17
#13Alice192US #15
#14Eleanor192US #29
#15Marion190US #43
#16Doris188US #13
#17Virginia187US #6
#18Mildred186US #7
#19Lillian183US #19
#20Irene179US #18
#21Shirley175US #44
#22Barbara173US #40
#23Catherine160US #23
#24Jean158US #25
#25Marjorie154US #16
#26Marie145US #14
#27Louise125US #22
#28Rita125US #48
#29Grace124US #35
#30Ann122US #53
#31Anne118US #70
#32Beatrice116US #41
#33Gertrude111US #46
#34Julia106US #58
#35Jane99US #47
#36Jennie98US #99
#37Edith97US #33
#38Sophie91US #136
#39Theresa90US #107
#40Betty89US #8
#41Pauline89US #37
#42Ethel85US #32
#43Phyllis81US #60
#44Katherine77US #49
#45Lucy77US #93
#46Genevieve75US #90
#47Stella74US #86
#48Gladys73US #24
#49Antoinette71US #180
#50Agnes69US #56
#51Edna69US #27
#52Lena69US #104
#53Clara68US #45
#54Muriel67US #119
#55Elsie66US #55
#56Olga65US #153
#57Bernice61US #39
#58Nancy61US #87
#59Emily58US #121
#60Lois58US #38
#61Lucille58US #31
#62Martha57US #21
#63Charlotte56US #79
#64Esther56US #42
#65Claire55US #182
#66Harriet55US #114
#67Sylvia53US #88
#68Laura52US #71
#69Gloria49US #102
#70Marguerite49US #98
#71Norma49US #51
#72Angelina48US #192
#73Bertha48US #59
#74Janet48US #124
#75Loretta48US #122
#76Lorraine47US #61
#77Eva44US #63
#78Viola43US #66
#79Wanda43US #101
#80Jeanette42US #125
#81Constance40US #149
#82Eileen40US #100
#83Ida40US #67
#84Madeline39US #139
#85Veronica39US #194
#86June38US #50
#87Patricia38US #84
#88Victoria38US #179
#89Angeline37
#90Anita37US #134
#91Vivian37US #68
#92Kathleen36US #83
#93Marian36US #69
#94Arline35
#95Nellie35US #80
#96Amelia34US #200
#97Adeline32US #177
#98Annette32
#99Caroline32US #162
#100Emma32US #52

Boys

#1John1,045US #1
#2Joseph732US #7
#3William657US #3
#4Robert598US #2
#5Edward529US #8
#6George442US #6
#7James385US #4
#8Frank384US #9
#9Charles315US #5
#10Walter261US #15
#11Anthony235US #40
#12Thomas234US #11
#13Richard222US #10
#14Raymond220US #16
#15Albert203US #20
#16Henry203US #17
#17Louis202US #29
#18Michael197US #47
#19Francis182US #35
#20Arthur174US #19
#21Stanley173US #41
#22Donald163US #13
#23Harold153US #12
#24Peter142US #57
#25Paul131US #14
#26Vincent128US #70
#27Harry126US #21
#28Ralph114US #23
#29David104US #25
#30Alfred98US #43
#31Nicholas97US #114
#32Andrew96US #51
#33Theodore96US #65
#34Ernest94US #38
#35Daniel90US #49
#36Frederick90US #61
#37Stephen89US #97
#38Howard87US #27
#39Kenneth87US #22
#40Fred83US #33
#41Lawrence76US #37
#42Herbert69US #42
#43Samuel69US #44
#44Warren69US #24
#45Eugene66US #26
#46Salvatore63US #159
#47Philip62US #72
#48Russell59US #52
#49Norman57US #46
#50Angelo56US #148
#51Leonard55US #39
#52Bernard53US #45
#53Jack53US #18
#54Chester52US #56
#55Leo50US #50
#56Carl48US #30
#57Alexander45US #116
#58Edwin45US #54
#59Earl43US #31
#60Clifford42US #62
#61Victor42US #83
#62Edmund41US #142
#63Irving39US #124
#64Milton37US #75
#65Clarence35US #28
#66Mario35
#67Dominic34
#68Gordon34US #84
#69Maurice34US #101
#70Patsy34
#71Dominick32
#72Martin31US #78
#73Leon30US #74
#74Everett28US #95
#75Julius27US #128
#76Matthew27US #161
#77Sidney27US #110
#78Benjamin26US #82
#79Roger26US #99
#80Pasquale25
#81Douglas24US #111
#82Gerald24US #60
#83Morris24US #104
#84Rocco24
#85Tony24US #134
#86Alphonse23
#87Roy23US #32
#88Sebastian22
#89Lewis20US #71
#90Roland20US #107
#91Arnold19US #91
#92Herman19US #64
#93Wilfred19US #189
#94Elmer18US #48
#95Felix17
#96Leslie17US #106
#97Lester17US #66
#98Carmen16
#99Franklin16US #126
#100Gilbert16US #103

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑45Clara#53
↑30Claire#65
↑21Emily#59
↑19Mario#66
↑16Laura#68
↑15Phyllis#43
↑15Lorraine#76
↑15Gordon#68

Falling

↓42Nellie#95
↓22Caroline#99
↓21Esther#64
↓21Marian#93
↓18Angelina#72
↓17Eileen#82
↓17Roger#79
↓16Bertha#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.