State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,822 Connecticut births in 1930 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.

#55Antoinette#197 nationally
#54Angelo#190 nationally
#71Irvingoutside the national top 200
#39Salvatore#167 nationally
#77Dominicoutside the national top 200
#80Angelinaoutside the national top 200
#62Edmund#177 nationally
#88Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#92Maureenoutside the national top 200
#92Gerardoutside the national top 200
#93Sophieoutside the national top 200
#94Normandoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary625US #1
#2Barbara407US #6
#3Dorothy360US #3
#4Joan283US #8
#5Jean250US #14
#6Shirley250US #11
#7Margaret240US #5
#8Elizabeth229US #15
#9Helen220US #4
#10Patricia202US #7
#11Nancy185US #24
#12Marie183US #26
#13Ruth170US #10
#14Dolores167US #13
#15Ann165US #41
#16Eleanor164US #39
#17Doris157US #9
#18Theresa156US #50
#19Anna152US #23
#20Betty152US #2
#21Frances149US #16
#22Lorraine140US #46
#23Irene137US #33
#24Rose132US #29
#25Gloria129US #30
#26Lois126US #17
#27Josephine125US #49
#28Evelyn122US #19
#29Marion122US #60
#30Rita121US #42
#31Virginia121US #12
#32Alice120US #20
#33Jane120US #55
#34Marilyn117US #22
#35Phyllis112US #28
#36Janet109US #53
#37Florence102US #38
#38Lillian97US #44
#39Louise91US #31
#40Joyce89US #18
#41Beverly83US #34
#42Catherine80US #35
#43Mildred80US #21
#44Anne79US #83
#45June78US #47
#46Marjorie77US #32
#47Elaine71US #69
#48Jeanne67US #92
#49Lucille66US #59
#50Norma64US #25
#51Claire63US #136
#52Carol60US #54
#53Grace57US #62
#54Audrey54US #63
#55Antoinette53US #197
#56Pauline52US #52
#57Beatrice51US #76
#58Katherine47US #85
#59Bernice46US #58
#60Agnes45US #102
#61Edith45US #61
#62Julia45US #90
#63Carolyn44US #72
#64Geraldine44US #43
#65Sally43US #98
#66Jacqueline42US #74
#67Arlene41US #103
#68Gertrude41US #96
#69Lucy41US #119
#70Jeanette40US #106
#71Anita38US #115
#72Constance38US #147
#73Rosemary38US #82
#74Gladys37US #48
#75Charlotte36US #75
#76Elsie36US #88
#77Janice35US #126
#78Vivian35US #91
#79Kathleen34US #84
#80Angelina31
#81Madeline31US #173
#82Roberta30US #125
#83Marguerite29US #159
#84Muriel29US #155
#85Harriet28US #138
#86Martha28US #27
#87Caroline27US #172
#88Ellen27US #100
#89Esther27US #77
#90Ethel27US #65
#91Jeannette27US #196
#92Maureen27
#93Sophie27
#94Eileen26US #110
#95Genevieve26US #143
#96Joanne26US #81
#97Judith25
#98Stella25US #140
#99Viola25US #116
#100Angela24

Boys

#1John882US #3
#2Robert847US #1
#3William638US #4
#4Joseph497US #9
#5Richard451US #5
#6Edward422US #10
#7James389US #2
#8Donald357US #7
#9George340US #8
#10Charles287US #6
#11Thomas243US #11
#12Frank234US #13
#13Raymond231US #16
#14Paul182US #12
#15Anthony174US #44
#16Walter160US #19
#17Albert155US #24
#18David140US #15
#19Francis138US #42
#20Henry137US #22
#21Arthur132US #23
#22Louis124US #34
#23Harold122US #18
#24Michael120US #54
#25Peter118US #56
#26Ralph107US #25
#27Eugene102US #21
#28Kenneth91US #17
#29Stanley85US #49
#30Ronald83US #37
#31Fred82US #32
#32Alfred81US #46
#33Vincent80US #84
#34Andrew79US #62
#35Frederick75US #74
#36Norman74US #40
#37Daniel69US #47
#38Harry69US #28
#39Salvatore69US #167
#40Leonard68US #45
#41Carl66US #26
#42Ernest66US #43
#43Lawrence66US #36
#44Bernard61US #52
#45Roger61US #58
#46Philip58US #75
#47Stephen58US #138
#48Gerald56US #30
#49Theodore51US #67
#50Nicholas49US #147
#51Edwin48US #66
#52Howard48US #31
#53Jack43US #14
#54Angelo42US #190
#55Russell41US #60
#56Herbert37US #35
#57Gordon36US #77
#58Leo36US #63
#59Alan34US #136
#60Earl33US #38
#61Roland33US #107
#62Edmund32US #177
#63Maurice32US #116
#64Chester30US #103
#65Martin30US #83
#66Victor30US #100
#67Clarence29US #39
#68Clifford29US #73
#69Samuel29US #55
#70Gilbert28US #90
#71Irving27
#72Bruce26US #109
#73Warren25US #96
#74Allen24US #85
#75Roy24US #33
#76Allan23US #155
#77Dominic23
#78Douglas23US #89
#79Leroy22US #53
#80Rudolph22US #140
#81Lewis21US #87
#82Marvin21US #48
#83Alexander20US #168
#84Wallace20US #112
#85Milton19US #93
#86Herman18US #78
#87Patrick18US #118
#88Alphonse17
#89Benjamin17US #115
#90Jerome17US #105
#91Leon17US #81
#92Gerard16
#93Julius16US #176
#94Normand16
#95Elmer15US #80
#96Jerry15US #51
#97Melvin15US #50
#98Wilfred15
#99Dominick14
#100Harvey14US #92

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑28Jeanette#70
↑25Maurice#63
↑24Ronald#30
↑21Alan#59
↑20Nancy#11
↑20Bernice#59
↑19Elsie#76
↑18Edwin#51

Falling

↓27Dominick#99
↓26Alexander#83
↓21Muriel#84
↓21Leon#91
↓19Ethel#90
↓17Rosemary#73
↓16Herbert#56
↓15Florence#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.