State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,817 Connecticut births in 1934 across 400 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#43Salvatore#195 nationally
#67Dominicoutside the national top 200
#74Angelooutside the national top 200
#78Alexander#200 nationally
#80Gerardoutside the national top 200
#82Rosemarieoutside the national top 200
#83Edmundoutside the national top 200
#84Roccooutside the national top 200
#89Annetteoutside the national top 200
#54Nicholas#165 nationally
#90Irvingoutside the national top 200
#69Cynthia#179 nationally

Girls

#1Mary459US #1
#2Barbara450US #3
#3Joan394US #7
#4Patricia313US #6
#5Dorothy250US #5
#6Jean214US #16
#7Nancy212US #10
#8Shirley198US #4
#9Ann176US #32
#10Elizabeth176US #18
#11Carol163US #14
#12Marie146US #34
#13Margaret141US #8
#14Janet131US #21
#15Beverly126US #22
#16Helen122US #9
#17Betty120US #2
#18Ruth120US #13
#19Lorraine112US #56
#20Eleanor105US #44
#21Frances105US #19
#22Marilyn101US #17
#23Dolores100US #26
#24Lois92US #20
#25Phyllis88US #28
#26Gloria86US #30
#27Doris83US #11
#28Joyce83US #12
#29Rose83US #37
#30Jane78US #48
#31Virginia78US #15
#32Alice77US #25
#33Irene77US #49
#34Elaine76US #54
#35Judith76US #94
#36Theresa74US #77
#37Florence73US #61
#38Marion73US #86
#39Lillian66US #52
#40Anna65US #31
#41Rita65US #63
#42Evelyn62US #29
#43June62US #46
#44Arlene59US #53
#45Janice58US #68
#46Catherine56US #42
#47Lucille56US #84
#48Josephine55US #60
#49Marjorie54US #41
#50Jacqueline53US #80
#51Louise53US #40
#52Norma53US #24
#53Anne52US #88
#54Kathleen51US #74
#55Sally50US #62
#56Audrey49US #69
#57Eileen47US #109
#58Constance45US #117
#59Sandra45US #93
#60Joanne43US #45
#61Carole42US #89
#62Carolyn42US #33
#63Geraldine42US #43
#64Maureen42US #171
#65Susan40US #138
#66Sylvia39US #70
#67Claire38US #155
#68Grace38US #79
#69Cynthia37US #179
#70Edith37US #81
#71Katherine36US #101
#72Charlotte34US #72
#73Loretta34US #83
#74Jeanne33US #131
#75Mildred33US #35
#76Agnes32US #120
#77Anita32US #130
#78Ellen31US #95
#79Marlene31US #57
#80Martha31US #27
#81Roberta31US #104
#82Rosemarie30
#83Harriet28US #156
#84Pauline28US #71
#85Marcia27US #157
#86Rosemary27US #111
#87Diane26US #124
#88Lucy26US #134
#89Annette24
#90Bernice24US #82
#91Edna24US #55
#92Suzanne24US #153
#93Gail23US #164
#94Gertrude23US #135
#95Laura23US #96
#96Vivian23US #98
#97Clara22US #76
#98Jeannette22US #195
#99Antoinette21
#100Caroline21US #174

Boys

#1Robert839US #1
#2John703US #3
#3Richard549US #5
#4William459US #4
#5Joseph408US #10
#6Donald356US #6
#7James351US #2
#8Edward281US #13
#9George263US #8
#10Thomas223US #9
#11Charles206US #7
#12Ronald196US #11
#13Raymond192US #19
#14Frank184US #16
#15David165US #12
#16Paul144US #14
#17Anthony137US #52
#18Michael114US #47
#19Arthur113US #29
#20Peter110US #61
#21Francis108US #49
#22Albert104US #32
#23Henry101US #27
#24Louis98US #40
#25Kenneth93US #15
#26Walter92US #21
#27Harold82US #18
#28Ralph80US #31
#29Eugene79US #24
#30Norman72US #38
#31Frederick70US #77
#32Leonard68US #53
#33Lawrence65US #34
#34Roger63US #39
#35Philip62US #69
#36Fred61US #33
#37Ernest58US #51
#38Gerald58US #22
#39Carl57US #28
#40Daniel55US #42
#41Vincent54US #101
#42Alfred52US #64
#43Salvatore48US #195
#44Harry46US #36
#45Howard44US #37
#46Stanley43US #58
#47Andrew39US #76
#48Edwin39US #80
#49Bruce38US #78
#50Gordon37US #71
#51Russell36US #70
#52Bernard35US #65
#53Jack34US #17
#54Nicholas34US #165
#55Stephen34US #121
#56Theodore33US #74
#57Alan31US #124
#58Jerry31US #25
#59Leo29US #86
#60Douglas27US #72
#61Herbert27US #57
#62Martin26US #91
#63Roy25US #35
#64Patrick23US #109
#65Roland23US #119
#66Allen22US #88
#67Dominic22
#68Warren22US #96
#69Wayne22US #48
#70Allan20US #151
#71Arnold20US #105
#72Franklin20US #46
#73Clifford19US #85
#74Angelo18
#75Chester18US #123
#76Jerome18US #107
#77Lewis18US #94
#78Alexander17US #200
#79Clarence17US #45
#80Gerard17
#81Benjamin16US #117
#82Earl16US #41
#83Edmund16
#84Rocco16
#85Victor16US #122
#86Leslie15US #134
#87Milton15US #115
#88Samuel15US #66
#89Harvey14US #99
#90Irving14
#91Larry14US #43
#92Leon14US #87
#93Neil14US #153
#94Gene13US #67
#95Leroy13US #54
#96Sebastian13
#97Gilbert12US #106
#98Marcel12
#99Maurice12US #132
#100Patsy12

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑27Dominic#67
↑26Susan#65
↑23Eileen#57
↑21Janice#45
↑21Carole#61
↑21Loretta#73
↑19Wayne#69
↑16Martha#80

Falling

↓31Antoinette#99
↓28Earl#82
↓25Victor#85
↓23Maurice#99
↓19Rosemary#86
↓18Milton#87
↓18Samuel#88
↓16Anne#53

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.