State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,046 Connecticut births in 1931 across 429 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#59Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#64Irvingoutside the national top 200
#58Angelo#194 nationally
#75Maureenoutside the national top 200
#54Salvatore#176 nationally
#80Mariooutside the national top 200
#86Dominicoutside the national top 200
#87Patsyoutside the national top 200
#88Alphonseoutside the national top 200
#93Armandoutside the national top 200
#77Edmund#184 nationally
#95Natalieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary553US #1
#2Barbara421US #4
#3Joan375US #5
#4Dorothy327US #3
#5Jean234US #13
#6Elizabeth214US #16
#7Helen203US #6
#8Patricia201US #8
#9Nancy185US #17
#10Margaret176US #7
#11Shirley172US #9
#12Ann165US #35
#13Lorraine154US #49
#14Betty152US #2
#15Marie148US #27
#16Dolores140US #14
#17Ruth136US #11
#18Frances130US #18
#19Rose129US #30
#20Anna126US #25
#21Irene126US #37
#22Joyce124US #15
#23Theresa122US #59
#24Eleanor121US #40
#25Virginia119US #12
#26Doris111US #10
#27Gloria107US #23
#28Janet106US #45
#29Evelyn105US #24
#30Rita103US #48
#31Marilyn102US #19
#32Marion101US #66
#33Alice97US #21
#34Lois96US #20
#35Josephine95US #51
#36Jane94US #50
#37Catherine93US #36
#38Lillian86US #47
#39Phyllis85US #29
#40Carol84US #46
#41Beverly81US #31
#42Louise81US #33
#43Claire80US #139
#44Anne78US #80
#45June77US #44
#46Grace75US #70
#47Florence74US #43
#48Elaine72US #72
#49Lucille72US #62
#50Marjorie72US #34
#51Mildred63US #26
#52Norma58US #22
#53Pauline56US #56
#54Jeanne51US #98
#55Edith47US #65
#56Jacqueline47US #78
#57Geraldine46US #38
#58Audrey44US #64
#59Antoinette43
#60Beatrice42US #85
#61Carolyn42US #60
#62Constance42US #118
#63Arlene41US #77
#64Charlotte39US #75
#65Gertrude39US #115
#66Sally39US #97
#67Jeanette38US #105
#68Lucy36US #126
#69Ethel35US #67
#70Kathleen35US #87
#71Anita34US #117
#72Katherine34US #92
#73Gladys33US #55
#74Loretta33US #96
#75Maureen33
#76Rosemary33US #88
#77Judith32US #168
#78Laura32US #89
#79Sylvia32US #123
#80Bernice31US #63
#81Harriet31US #143
#82Janice31US #104
#83Ellen30US #99
#84Jeannette30US #185
#85Marguerite30US #157
#86Julia29US #91
#87Elsie28US #86
#88Muriel28US #172
#89Rosemarie28US #194
#90Agnes27US #103
#91Marian27US #84
#92Vivian27US #82
#93Eileen26US #106
#94Genevieve26US #145
#95Natalie26
#96Roberta26US #121
#97Angela25
#98Clara25US #61
#99Esther23US #79
#100Jennie23US #150

Boys

#1Robert926US #1
#2John752US #3
#3William587US #4
#4Richard493US #5
#5Joseph446US #9
#6Donald345US #7
#7James342US #2
#8Edward337US #11
#9George330US #8
#10Thomas252US #10
#11Charles248US #6
#12Frank229US #16
#13Raymond219US #17
#14Anthony174US #46
#15Walter158US #20
#16Arthur147US #23
#17Paul146US #12
#18David138US #13
#19Francis136US #42
#20Michael135US #55
#21Louis133US #37
#22Henry124US #22
#23Kenneth119US #14
#24Harold106US #18
#25Albert104US #24
#26Peter97US #61
#27Eugene88US #21
#28Ronald83US #27
#29Alfred80US #50
#30Lawrence77US #38
#31Fred76US #33
#32Vincent75US #86
#33Harry73US #30
#34Daniel72US #44
#35Roger70US #53
#36Norman68US #36
#37Philip68US #71
#38Ralph68US #25
#39Frederick67US #73
#40Stanley65US #49
#41Theodore59US #70
#42Herbert58US #41
#43Ernest57US #47
#44Nicholas55US #145
#45Andrew54US #65
#46Howard54US #34
#47Stephen54US #130
#48Carl50US #28
#49Alan49US #120
#50Jack48US #15
#51Leonard48US #48
#52Bernard46US #54
#53Roland46US #107
#54Salvatore43US #176
#55Gerald41US #26
#56Edwin35US #67
#57Russell35US #63
#58Angelo34US #194
#59Leo34US #69
#60Warren33US #100
#61Clifford31US #75
#62Martin31US #91
#63Bruce26US #101
#64Irving25
#65Chester24US #106
#66Douglas24US #85
#67Gilbert23US #92
#68Harvey23US #93
#69Samuel23US #56
#70Lewis22US #87
#71Maurice22US #117
#72Patrick22US #111
#73Victor22US #109
#74Alexander20US #172
#75Arnold20US #98
#76Earl20US #40
#77Edmund20US #184
#78Marvin20US #45
#79Rudolph20US #146
#80Mario19
#81Milton19US #99
#82Benjamin18US #113
#83Clarence18US #39
#84Roy18US #35
#85Allan17US #151
#86Dominic17
#87Patsy17
#88Alphonse16
#89Gordon16US #76
#90Jerome16US #103
#91Jerry16US #43
#92Allen15US #79
#93Armand15
#94Leon15US #84
#95Matthew15
#96Pasquale15
#97Carmen14
#98Dominick14
#99Everett14US #136
#100Guy14US #174

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑32Harvey#68
↑21Ethel#69
↑20Judith#77
↑18Joyce#22
↑17Maureen#75
↑15Patrick#72
↑14Herbert#42
↑13Lawrence#30

Falling

↓32Gordon#89
↓30Agnes#90
↓24Julia#86
↓21Bernice#80
↓18Allen#92
↓16Earl#76
↓16Clarence#83
↓15Salvatore#54

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.