State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,890 Connecticut births in 1927 across 458 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#54Antoinette#196 nationally
#68Sophieoutside the national top 200
#72Mariooutside the national top 200
#73Patsyoutside the national top 200
#79Dominicoutside the national top 200
#83Roccooutside the national top 200
#88Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#88Dominickoutside the national top 200
#37Salvatore#149 nationally
#56Angelo#168 nationally
#90Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#92Pasqualeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary668US #1
#2Dorothy426US #2
#3Helen368US #4
#4Barbara331US #10
#5Shirley280US #9
#6Jean278US #14
#7Margaret254US #5
#8Elizabeth239US #13
#9Anna219US #16
#10Ruth219US #6
#11Marie193US #20
#12Theresa192US #52
#13Rose187US #23
#14Doris179US #7
#15Frances173US #12
#16Irene172US #21
#17Florence169US #28
#18Virginia166US #8
#19Eleanor165US #33
#20Marion159US #51
#21Evelyn156US #15
#22Josephine156US #39
#23Gloria153US #22
#24Alice147US #17
#25Betty136US #3
#26Lillian135US #32
#27Lorraine126US #44
#28Patricia121US #18
#29Jane110US #60
#30Lois110US #19
#31Mildred109US #11
#32Ann107US #59
#33Rita105US #54
#34Catherine104US #31
#35Joan97US #41
#36Phyllis93US #29
#37Nancy86US #56
#38Anne85US #92
#39Louise85US #27
#40Marjorie83US #25
#41Beverly80US #57
#42Grace72US #50
#43June70US #43
#44Lucille70US #45
#45Marilyn69US #46
#46Norma69US #26
#47Jennie68US #135
#48Pauline68US #42
#49Dolores64US #34
#50Jeanne62US #85
#51Beatrice61US #67
#52Claire61US #136
#53Edith60US #48
#54Antoinette58US #196
#55Ethel57US #47
#56Gladys57US #37
#57Lucy55US #112
#58Agnes53US #81
#59Janet52US #111
#60Joyce50US #35
#61Katherine50US #73
#62Genevieve48US #126
#63Audrey47US #62
#64Martha47US #24
#65Gertrude46US #78
#66Charlotte45US #75
#67Julia45US #76
#68Sophie45
#69Elaine43US #69
#70Harriet43US #132
#71Esther41US #65
#72Geraldine41US #58
#73Marguerite41US #143
#74Muriel41US #138
#75Madeline39US #163
#76Bernice38US #49
#77Elsie38US #72
#78Edna35US #40
#79Jacqueline35US #115
#80Arlene34US #108
#81Ellen34US #93
#82Kathleen34US #83
#83Constance33US #155
#84Blanche32US #151
#85Lena32US #130
#86Rosemary32US #86
#87Teresa32US #174
#88Angelina31
#89Carolyn31US #99
#90Priscilla31
#91Sylvia31US #116
#92Anita30US #148
#93Carmella30
#94Emily30US #146
#95Laura30US #82
#96Stella30US #123
#97Viola30US #101
#98Caroline29US #179
#99Eileen29US #91
#100Hazel29US #53

Boys

#1John902US #2
#2Robert774US #1
#3William654US #4
#4Joseph614US #9
#5Edward490US #10
#6George405US #7
#7Richard350US #6
#8James344US #3
#9Charles332US #5
#10Donald300US #8
#11Raymond266US #15
#12Frank251US #12
#13Thomas243US #11
#14Anthony209US #43
#15Francis174US #36
#16Louis171US #29
#17Arthur167US #22
#18Albert166US #23
#19Harold156US #14
#20Henry156US #19
#21Walter154US #17
#22Paul145US #13
#23Michael138US #52
#24Kenneth116US #18
#25David115US #21
#26Stanley114US #44
#27Vincent107US #77
#28Alfred103US #45
#29Peter102US #59
#30Eugene91US #20
#31Ralph90US #24
#32Frederick83US #64
#33Andrew80US #56
#34Ernest80US #41
#35Howard79US #28
#36Lawrence77US #37
#37Salvatore77US #149
#38Norman76US #39
#39Harry74US #25
#40Leonard72US #40
#41Daniel70US #46
#42Theodore70US #62
#43Fred64US #35
#44Nicholas61US #137
#45Bernard60US #50
#46Carl59US #26
#47Stephen56US #125
#48Herbert54US #42
#49Earl53US #33
#50Roger51US #84
#51Leo50US #55
#52Philip46US #75
#53Russell46US #54
#54Chester43US #85
#55Edwin43US #57
#56Angelo41US #168
#57Jack41US #16
#58Clifford40US #65
#59Gerald39US #38
#60Ronald38US #63
#61Leon36US #78
#62Roland36US #109
#63Samuel35US #49
#64Milton32US #88
#65Benjamin31US #101
#66Irving31US #155
#67Warren31US #79
#68Alexander30US #146
#69Arnold30US #97
#70Martin30US #87
#71Clarence29US #32
#72Mario27
#73Patsy27
#74Roy25US #34
#75Victor25US #98
#76Wallace25US #96
#77Edmund24US #160
#78Rudolph24US #110
#79Dominic23
#80Elmer23US #61
#81Gordon23US #74
#82Marvin23US #47
#83Rocco22
#84Lewis21US #82
#85Matthew21US #183
#86Alan20US #178
#87Gilbert20US #99
#88Dominick19
#89Maurice19US #122
#90Wilfred19US #194
#91Harvey18US #94
#92Pasquale18
#93Sidney18US #127
#94Allen17US #95
#95Herman17US #70
#96Bruce16US #123
#97Leroy16US #51
#98Burton15
#99Carmine15
#100Everett15US #120

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑26Beverly#41
↑24Dolores#49
↑24Janet#59
↑23Charlotte#66
↑22Milton#64
↑21Geraldine#72
↑21Mario#72
↑17Pauline#48

Falling

↓28Stella#96
↓25Sylvia#91
↓23Elaine#69
↓22Gertrude#65
↓22Pasquale#92
↓21Bernice#76
↓20Kathleen#82
↓19Eileen#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.