State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,568 Connecticut births in 1929 across 459 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#60Antoinette#199 nationally
#67Dominicoutside the national top 200
#72Dominickoutside the national top 200
#81Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Sophieoutside the national top 200
#43Salvatore#160 nationally
#61Angelo#176 nationally
#89Sebastianoutside the national top 200
#90Priscillaoutside the national top 200
#91Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#91Mariooutside the national top 200
#92Jeannetteoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary624US #1
#2Barbara382US #7
#3Dorothy369US #3
#4Jean283US #12
#5Helen271US #4
#6Elizabeth221US #15
#7Shirley220US #9
#8Margaret214US #5
#9Doris185US #6
#10Marie183US #22
#11Eleanor181US #38
#12Lorraine180US #42
#13Ruth179US #8
#14Irene175US #29
#15Dolores169US #14
#16Joan166US #13
#17Anna165US #20
#18Patricia163US #10
#19Betty147US #2
#20Frances147US #16
#21Theresa144US #49
#22Florence141US #35
#23Rose128US #26
#24Ann126US #46
#25Marion126US #53
#26Gloria124US #28
#27Rita124US #52
#28Josephine121US #45
#29Lois115US #17
#30Evelyn111US #19
#31Nancy111US #32
#32Alice107US #21
#33Catherine107US #34
#34Virginia100US #11
#35Louise99US #31
#36Jane97US #62
#37Lillian95US #40
#38Phyllis95US #24
#39Beverly94US #39
#40Marilyn83US #33
#41Marjorie82US #30
#42Mildred80US #18
#43Anne78US #91
#44Carol68US #63
#45Joyce68US #23
#46Janet67US #82
#47June67US #48
#48Audrey66US #58
#49Jeanne65US #92
#50Elaine62US #67
#51Claire60US #134
#52Edith60US #59
#53Norma60US #25
#54Lucille59US #57
#55Grace55US #54
#56Rosemary54US #80
#57Gertrude51US #95
#58Pauline51US #50
#59Lucy49US #116
#60Antoinette46US #199
#61Charlotte46US #73
#62Katherine46US #84
#63Muriel46US #149
#64Sally46US #112
#65Julia43US #88
#66Carolyn42US #77
#67Geraldine42US #43
#68Jacqueline42US #87
#69Beatrice41US #72
#70Gladys40US #44
#71Ethel39US #56
#72Agnes37US #94
#73Ellen37US #97
#74Esther37US #71
#75Arlene36US #105
#76Jennie36US #152
#77Kathleen35US #89
#78Madeline35US #173
#79Bernice33US #55
#80Genevieve32US #142
#81Loretta32US #127
#82Sophie32
#83Vivian32US #81
#84Eileen31US #98
#85Harriet31US #135
#86Laura31US #90
#87Constance30US #159
#88Clara29US #65
#89Marian29US #75
#90Priscilla29
#91Angelina28
#92Jeannette28
#93Olga28
#94Teresa28US #192
#95Elsie27US #78
#96Martha27US #27
#97Christine26US #123
#98Jeanette26US #131
#99Carmela25
#100Edna25US #51

Boys

#1John889US #3
#2Robert822US #1
#3William579US #4
#4Joseph529US #9
#5Richard427US #6
#6James386US #2
#7Edward374US #10
#8George340US #8
#9Donald317US #7
#10Charles276US #5
#11Raymond254US #15
#12Frank253US #12
#13Thomas220US #11
#14Anthony183US #44
#15Francis177US #39
#16Walter160US #19
#17Arthur156US #22
#18Michael144US #54
#19Albert143US #24
#20Paul140US #13
#21David139US #17
#22Louis133US #32
#23Henry124US #21
#24Alfred110US #41
#25Peter110US #55
#26Kenneth105US #18
#27Harold103US #16
#28Ralph101US #26
#29Harry100US #27
#30Andrew92US #59
#31Eugene89US #20
#32Ernest78US #43
#33Norman78US #40
#34Stanley77US #48
#35Frederick76US #67
#36Daniel74US #47
#37Fred74US #34
#38Lawrence73US #38
#39Theodore71US #65
#40Herbert70US #25
#41Vincent70US #82
#42Leonard67US #42
#43Salvatore66US #160
#44Roger61US #64
#45Howard58US #31
#46Philip58US #76
#47Nicholas57US #142
#48Carl54US #28
#49Bernard53US #52
#50Russell50US #56
#51Gerald45US #33
#52Roland45US #104
#53Stephen42US #126
#54Ronald41US #45
#55Clarence40US #37
#56Leo40US #60
#57Alexander39US #156
#58Gordon38US #79
#59Victor38US #100
#60Chester36US #96
#61Angelo34US #176
#62Jack34US #14
#63Earl33US #36
#64Samuel33US #53
#65Edmund31US #171
#66Martin31US #83
#67Dominic30
#68Roy30US #35
#69Edwin29US #66
#70Leon29US #81
#71Leroy27US #51
#72Dominick25
#73Allan24US #161
#74Clifford24US #72
#75Bruce23US #112
#76Milton23US #94
#77Warren23US #92
#78Allen22US #86
#79Douglas22US #97
#80Alan21US #146
#81Gerard20
#82Benjamin19US #107
#83Gilbert19US #91
#84Irving19US #185
#85Arnold18US #95
#86Herman18US #75
#87Marvin18US #46
#88Maurice18US #125
#89Sebastian18
#90Elmer17US #70
#91Mario17
#92Pasquale17
#93Rocco17
#94Wallace17US #106
#95Armand16
#96Leslie16US #136
#97Lester16US #88
#98Vito16
#99Alvin15US #77
#100Everett15US #130

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑22Carolyn#66
↑22Geraldine#67
↑20Dolores#15
↑20Sally#64
↑20Esther#74
↑20Dominic#67
↑19Rosemary#56
↑17Muriel#63

Falling

↓29Elsie#95
↓26Martha#96
↓25Mario#91
↓23Edna#100
↓21Beatrice#69
↓21Jennie#76
↓21Everett#100
↓20Marian#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.