State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,026 Connecticut births in 1932 across 432 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#58Maureenoutside the national top 200
#43Salvatore#181 nationally
#66Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#69Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#70Angelooutside the national top 200
#76Irvingoutside the national top 200
#77Dominicoutside the national top 200
#67Edmund#190 nationally
#78Mariooutside the national top 200
#47Nicholas#163 nationally
#85Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#87Gerardoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary494US #1
#2Barbara471US #3
#3Joan457US #5
#4Dorothy273US #4
#5Patricia247US #6
#6Jean221US #15
#7Margaret205US #7
#8Elizabeth204US #17
#9Nancy191US #13
#10Helen161US #8
#11Shirley160US #9
#12Dolores151US #18
#13Marie149US #31
#14Ruth148US #11
#15Marilyn145US #16
#16Ann144US #34
#17Betty137US #2
#18Lorraine131US #55
#19Eleanor126US #45
#20Rose124US #33
#21Beverly122US #28
#22Doris118US #10
#23Gloria117US #25
#24Janet113US #35
#25Theresa112US #60
#26Lois105US #20
#27Anna103US #24
#28Alice102US #21
#29Frances102US #19
#30Irene101US #43
#31Joyce101US #12
#32Carol97US #32
#33Catherine96US #39
#34Marion96US #73
#35Virginia94US #14
#36Jane87US #49
#37June87US #44
#38Evelyn83US #23
#39Lillian81US #48
#40Rita81US #53
#41Josephine80US #57
#42Florence74US #47
#43Phyllis74US #30
#44Anne67US #81
#45Marjorie65US #37
#46Elaine63US #68
#47Carolyn61US #46
#48Lucille61US #63
#49Louise60US #36
#50Audrey58US #61
#51Claire58US #140
#52Mildred56US #26
#53Jeanne54US #112
#54Constance53US #99
#55Grace53US #72
#56Norma51US #22
#57Pauline50US #59
#58Maureen46
#59Sally46US #84
#60Geraldine43US #42
#61Charlotte40US #74
#62Edith40US #69
#63Jacqueline38US #85
#64Janice37US #94
#65Jeanette36US #106
#66Rosemarie36
#67Sylvia36US #96
#68Eileen35US #114
#69Antoinette34
#70Arlene33US #80
#71Harriet33US #149
#72Bernice32US #71
#73Jeannette32US #175
#74Kathleen32US #83
#75Laura32US #88
#76Roberta32US #109
#77Anita31US #116
#78Beatrice31US #87
#79Elsie31US #97
#80Martha31US #27
#81Loretta30US #89
#82Lucy30US #128
#83Ellen29US #104
#84Marlene28US #78
#85Judith27US #144
#86Susan27US #158
#87Joanne26US #62
#88Julia26US #92
#89Gertrude25US #124
#90Rosemary25US #100
#91Diane24US #142
#92Genevieve24US #167
#93Gladys24US #54
#94Ethel23US #66
#95Katherine23US #95
#96Teresa23
#97Vivian22US #90
#98Madeline21
#99Priscilla21
#100Agnes20US #115

Boys

#1Robert830US #1
#2John757US #3
#3Richard491US #5
#4William491US #4
#5Joseph433US #9
#6James389US #2
#7Donald355US #7
#8Edward316US #11
#9George300US #8
#10Charles235US #6
#11Thomas232US #10
#12Frank212US #15
#13Raymond192US #19
#14Anthony157US #45
#15Ronald145US #16
#16David127US #12
#17Louis126US #39
#18Paul124US #13
#19Peter123US #62
#20Walter120US #21
#21Arthur112US #25
#22Henry112US #23
#23Michael107US #54
#24Francis106US #43
#25Kenneth100US #14
#26Albert92US #26
#27Norman79US #37
#28Eugene78US #22
#29Lawrence78US #35
#30Harold77US #18
#31Vincent71US #93
#32Daniel66US #42
#33Ralph66US #27
#34Alfred65US #49
#35Frederick60US #73
#36Roger59US #50
#37Stanley59US #52
#38Philip58US #70
#39Fred57US #33
#40Ernest56US #47
#41Gerald56US #24
#42Andrew55US #69
#43Salvatore53US #181
#44Theodore53US #67
#45Carl51US #28
#46Harry49US #32
#47Nicholas46US #163
#48Jack45US #17
#49Leonard44US #48
#50Howard41US #36
#51Stephen41US #124
#52Bernard37US #60
#53Clifford37US #84
#54Herbert37US #44
#55Alan36US #127
#56Bruce36US #98
#57Russell35US #63
#58Edwin33US #72
#59Douglas32US #85
#60Leo31US #74
#61Roland30US #111
#62Allen28US #80
#63Earl27US #41
#64Gordon27US #81
#65Samuel26US #56
#66Roy25US #38
#67Edmund24US #190
#68Alexander23US #178
#69Allan22US #153
#70Angelo22
#71Patrick21US #114
#72Victor21US #110
#73Arnold20US #100
#74Clarence20US #40
#75Chester19US #112
#76Irving19
#77Dominic18
#78Mario18
#79Warren18US #102
#80Everett17US #140
#81Martin17US #88
#82Maurice17US #122
#83Matthew16US #188
#84Milton16US #106
#85Pasquale16
#86Benjamin15US #115
#87Gerard15
#88Melvin15US #51
#89Conrad14
#90Franklin14US #66
#91Gilbert14US #97
#92Harvey14US #95
#93Jerome14US #107
#94Jerry14US #34
#95Leon14US #83
#96Stuart13
#97Dominick12
#98Patsy12
#99Burton11
#100Lewis11US #92

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑30Allen#62
↑25Eileen#68
↑25Gordon#64
↑23Rosemarie#66
↑20Beverly#21
↑20Roberta#76
↑19Everett#80
↑18Janice#64

Falling

↓30Lewis#100
↓25Ethel#94
↓24Gertrude#89
↓24Gilbert#91
↓24Harvey#92
↓23Katherine#95
↓20Gladys#93
↓19Warren#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.