State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,969 Connecticut births in 1926 across 472 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#64Dominicoutside the national top 200
#49Antoinette#182 nationally
#70Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#71Sophieoutside the national top 200
#74Patsyoutside the national top 200
#78Roccooutside the national top 200
#42Salvatore#158 nationally
#85Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#58Angelo#172 nationally
#88Burtonoutside the national top 200
#89Carmenoutside the national top 200
#91Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary751US #1
#2Dorothy426US #2
#3Helen420US #4
#4Shirley288US #14
#5Barbara275US #16
#6Ruth245US #6
#7Margaret241US #5
#8Jean231US #12
#9Elizabeth228US #11
#10Anna214US #15
#11Rose197US #25
#12Doris196US #7
#13Frances191US #10
#14Eleanor189US #32
#15Irene183US #21
#16Marie174US #18
#17Virginia168US #8
#18Theresa165US #64
#19Josephine159US #37
#20Florence152US #26
#21Gloria151US #20
#22Alice144US #17
#23Betty138US #3
#24Lillian137US #28
#25Rita137US #50
#26Marion133US #47
#27Mildred130US #9
#28Ann126US #55
#29Jane122US #56
#30Evelyn117US #13
#31Lois112US #19
#32Marjorie107US #22
#33Catherine106US #31
#34Lorraine101US #53
#35Phyllis96US #33
#36Louise94US #27
#37Anne90US #86
#38Patricia90US #23
#39Nancy88US #57
#40Grace83US #46
#41Jennie80US #132
#42Joan78US #51
#43Gertrude77US #71
#44June74US #40
#45Edith73US #42
#46Elaine67US #68
#47Gladys67US #35
#48Lucille66US #43
#49Antoinette63US #182
#50Jeanne63US #88
#51Beatrice61US #58
#52Norma59US #29
#53Katherine58US #72
#54Julia57US #75
#55Bernice56US #45
#56Lucy56US #106
#57Muriel56US #129
#58Claire55US #144
#59Elsie55US #69
#60Marilyn55US #65
#61Ethel50US #41
#62Kathleen49US #83
#63Joyce47US #44
#64Bertha46US #76
#65Pauline45US #39
#66Sylvia45US #107
#67Beverly44US #74
#68Stella43US #121
#69Edna42US #38
#70Genevieve42US #128
#71Sophie42
#72Agnes41US #77
#73Dolores41US #49
#74Harriet40US #133
#75Marguerite40US #137
#76Martha40US #24
#77Laura38US #81
#78Arlene37US #108
#79Audrey37US #60
#80Eileen37US #92
#81Esther37US #62
#82Jacqueline37US #119
#83Janet37US #110
#84Marian37US #70
#85Angelina35
#86Clara35US #61
#87Constance35US #146
#88Olga35US #183
#89Charlotte34US #78
#90Emily34US #142
#91Lena33US #123
#92Carolyn32US #114
#93Geraldine31US #54
#94Rosemary31US #95
#95Jeanette30US #136
#96Ellen29US #100
#97Eva29US #79
#98Teresa29US #181
#99Eunice27US #134
#100Pearl27US #96

Boys

#1John952US #2
#2Robert741US #1
#3William643US #4
#4Joseph622US #8
#5Edward471US #10
#6George403US #6
#7James390US #3
#8Richard343US #7
#9Frank278US #12
#10Charles272US #5
#11Thomas256US #11
#12Anthony235US #42
#13Donald223US #9
#14Raymond216US #15
#15Walter210US #17
#16Henry170US #19
#17Francis164US #35
#18Arthur158US #20
#19Albert156US #21
#20Michael155US #56
#21Harold148US #14
#22Louis139US #30
#23Paul131US #13
#24Stanley117US #43
#25David105US #22
#26Peter103US #58
#27Alfred97US #45
#28Ralph93US #24
#29Frederick91US #64
#30Vincent90US #77
#31Eugene88US #23
#32Andrew86US #59
#33Ernest82US #37
#34Kenneth80US #18
#35Harry78US #25
#36Daniel76US #46
#37Nicholas76US #133
#38Lawrence73US #36
#39Norman72US #39
#40Howard68US #27
#41Leonard67US #38
#42Salvatore65US #158
#43Theodore63US #63
#44Fred58US #31
#45Bernard57US #49
#46Jack51US #16
#47Philip51US #70
#48Herbert48US #44
#49Carl47US #26
#50Roger45US #89
#51Stephen45US #130
#52Leo44US #54
#53Samuel43US #48
#54Warren42US #71
#55Alexander41US #146
#56Russell41US #52
#57Earl40US #32
#58Angelo39US #172
#59Gerald37US #41
#60Chester36US #79
#61Rudolph35US #111
#62Edmund34US #156
#63Edwin34US #55
#64Dominic32
#65Clarence31US #29
#66Irving31US #144
#67Ronald31US #88
#68Clifford30US #62
#69Roy29US #34
#70Pasquale28
#71Wallace28US #95
#72Arnold26US #99
#73Martin26US #80
#74Patsy26
#75Roland26US #107
#76Victor26US #94
#77Leon25US #73
#78Rocco25
#79Benjamin24US #98
#80Harvey24US #90
#81Gordon23US #76
#82Leroy23US #51
#83Alan20US #174
#84Edgar20US #109
#85Jerry20US #97
#86Milton20US #83
#87Patrick20US #141
#88Burton19
#89Carmen18
#90Elmer18US #61
#91Gerard18
#92Lester18US #78
#93Mario18
#94Maurice18US #110
#95Steve18US #151
#96Tony18US #157
#97Alvin17US #72
#98Dominick17
#99Herman17US #69
#100Sidney17US #129

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑36Rudolph#61
↑27Sylvia#66
↑23Beverly#67
↑22Rocco#78
↑20Elaine#46
↑20Claire#58
↑19Edna#69
↑18Pasquale#70

Falling

↓34Janet#83
↓24Pauline#65
↓23Genevieve#70
↓23Marian#84
↓19Gordon#81
↓17Charlotte#89
↓17Clifford#68
↓17Milton#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.