State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,660 Connecticut births in 1928 across 466 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#57Antoinette#196 nationally
#66Mariooutside the national top 200
#81Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#81Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#59Angelo#177 nationally
#83Dominickoutside the national top 200
#85Sophieoutside the national top 200
#85Burtonoutside the national top 200
#87Dominicoutside the national top 200
#45Salvatore#158 nationally
#88Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#89Sebastianoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary643US #1
#2Dorothy396US #3
#3Barbara349US #8
#4Helen308US #4
#5Shirley277US #10
#6Jean271US #12
#7Margaret248US #5
#8Elizabeth227US #14
#9Ruth207US #6
#10Frances202US #13
#11Marie201US #21
#12Doris191US #7
#13Lorraine181US #39
#14Theresa176US #49
#15Eleanor175US #36
#16Irene173US #28
#17Rose169US #24
#18Anna163US #16
#19Patricia155US #11
#20Florence152US #32
#21Marion151US #47
#22Alice143US #19
#23Betty141US #2
#24Gloria140US #25
#25Josephine137US #42
#26Evelyn136US #17
#27Joan136US #27
#28Virginia134US #9
#29Ann126US #54
#30Nancy125US #43
#31Catherine111US #33
#32Jane110US #62
#33Lois109US #18
#34Rita109US #57
#35Dolores106US #20
#36Lillian105US #35
#37Mildred102US #15
#38Phyllis101US #26
#39Louise95US #31
#40Marjorie93US #29
#41Anne86US #93
#42Grace75US #52
#43June73US #44
#44Lucille72US #51
#45Edith68US #56
#46Beverly66US #46
#47Norma66US #23
#48Beatrice64US #70
#49Marilyn63US #38
#50Claire60US #136
#51Gertrude59US #86
#52Jeanne59US #90
#53Joyce59US #30
#54Pauline59US #48
#55Jennie58US #143
#56Janet56US #95
#57Antoinette55US #196
#58Carol54US #77
#59Elaine53US #68
#60Agnes52US #85
#61Audrey51US #60
#62Lucy51US #112
#63Bernice50US #53
#64Gladys46US #41
#65Katherine46US #75
#66Elsie45US #73
#67Julia45US #80
#68Ethel42US #55
#69Marian42US #71
#70Martha42US #22
#71Charlotte41US #72
#72Eileen40US #102
#73Clara39US #65
#74Jacqueline39US #97
#75Rosemary37US #88
#76Constance36US #162
#77Edna36US #45
#78Genevieve36US #134
#79Kathleen36US #82
#80Muriel35US #139
#81Angelina33
#82Laura33US #83
#83Janice31US #149
#84Sally31US #128
#85Sophie31
#86Teresa31US #172
#87Vivian31US #78
#88Carolyn29US #91
#89Geraldine29US #50
#90Madeline29US #167
#91Olga29
#92Arlene28US #106
#93Carmela27
#94Esther27US #66
#95Jeanette26US #126
#96Loretta26US #123
#97Rosemarie26
#98Sylvia26US #119
#99Therese26
#100Anita25US #137

Boys

#1John948US #2
#2Robert831US #1
#3William674US #4
#4Joseph602US #9
#5Edward463US #10
#6Richard402US #6
#7George354US #8
#8James350US #3
#9Raymond285US #16
#10Donald276US #7
#11Charles274US #5
#12Frank270US #12
#13Thomas223US #11
#14Anthony221US #44
#15Francis184US #40
#16Walter173US #18
#17Henry163US #21
#18Albert150US #23
#19Louis144US #32
#20Michael143US #53
#21Arthur142US #22
#22Alfred136US #33
#23Paul136US #13
#24Harold118US #14
#25David115US #19
#26Eugene102US #20
#27Kenneth97US #17
#28Harry94US #26
#29Frederick90US #67
#30Lawrence86US #38
#31Peter86US #56
#32Ralph85US #24
#33Stanley84US #45
#34Carl78US #28
#35Daniel77US #47
#36Howard73US #31
#37Vincent72US #82
#38Ernest69US #43
#39Norman67US #39
#40Andrew66US #60
#41Herbert66US #25
#42Theodore65US #66
#43Nicholas62US #140
#44Philip62US #73
#45Salvatore62US #158
#46Roger60US #71
#47Stephen60US #130
#48Bernard59US #49
#49Russell53US #55
#50Leonard49US #42
#51Gerald47US #41
#52Leo47US #61
#53Earl46US #37
#54Fred46US #36
#55Ronald45US #50
#56Samuel45US #52
#57Edwin43US #58
#58Alexander40US #152
#59Angelo39US #177
#60Edmund35US #163
#61Jack34US #15
#62Gordon33US #77
#63Chester32US #88
#64Clifford32US #68
#65Roland32US #107
#66Mario30
#67Warren30US #85
#68Rudolph28US #134
#69Martin27US #83
#70Roy27US #34
#71Victor27US #99
#72Clarence26US #35
#73Allen25US #93
#74Douglas25US #102
#75Irving25US #166
#76Maurice25US #119
#77Milton25US #92
#78Arnold24US #98
#79Everett23US #123
#80Leroy23US #51
#81Alphonse22
#82Alan21US #157
#83Dominick21
#84Gilbert21US #96
#85Burton20
#86Leon20US #81
#87Dominic19
#88Pasquale19
#89Sebastian19
#90Carmen18
#91Elmer18US #63
#92Gene18US #62
#93Herman18US #78
#94Lester18US #89
#95Patrick18US #132
#96Armand17
#97Carmine17
#98Matthew17US #182
#99Lionel16
#100Tony16US #160

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑27Eileen#72
↑21Allen#73
↑21Everett#79
↑19Gordon#62
↑17Edmund#60
↑17Leroy#80
↑14Lorraine#13
↑14Dolores#35

Falling

↓25Leon#86
↓23Esther#94
↓17Sophie#85
↓17Geraldine#89
↓16Genevieve#78
↓15Madeline#90
↓13Ethel#68
↓13Milton#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.