State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,996 Connecticut births in 1935 across 427 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#52Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#72Angelooutside the national top 200
#48Claire#171 nationally
#80Maryannoutside the national top 200
#76Matthew#195 nationally
#83Edmundoutside the national top 200
#67Cynthia#179 nationally
#92Dominicoutside the national top 200
#93Dominickoutside the national top 200
#51Nicholas#158 nationally
#79Jeannette#186 nationally
#79Alexander#186 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara494US #3
#2Mary428US #1
#3Joan397US #7
#4Patricia379US #5
#5Shirley335US #2
#6Dorothy214US #6
#7Nancy197US #9
#8Carol183US #11
#9Jean172US #18
#10Margaret164US #8
#11Ann160US #30
#12Elizabeth155US #17
#13Janet135US #22
#14Judith124US #54
#15Beverly120US #20
#16Eleanor119US #48
#17Lorraine117US #68
#18Dolores114US #26
#19Helen114US #10
#20Marie114US #33
#21Joyce111US #12
#22Marilyn106US #14
#23Lois104US #21
#24Frances97US #19
#25Betty93US #4
#26Elaine85US #51
#27Virginia80US #16
#28Phyllis78US #27
#29Rose78US #37
#30Irene77US #52
#31Ruth76US #15
#32Alice75US #25
#33Gloria74US #32
#34Marion74US #88
#35Anna70US #34
#36Anne69US #84
#37Theresa69US #86
#38Jane68US #43
#39Sandra68US #50
#40Doris67US #13
#41Florence65US #74
#42Catherine63US #42
#43Evelyn60US #31
#44Marjorie60US #46
#45Lucille57US #85
#46Josephine56US #75
#47Audrey55US #64
#48Claire54US #171
#49Carolyn53US #28
#50Jacqueline53US #79
#51Joanne53US #44
#52Carole52US #93
#53Gail52US #127
#54Geraldine52US #40
#55Sally51US #58
#56Maureen50US #162
#57Rita49US #63
#58Kathleen45US #71
#59Roberta45US #77
#60Janice44US #47
#61June44US #55
#62Arlene43US #59
#63Jeanne43US #133
#64Louise43US #45
#65Grace42US #83
#66Charlotte41US #65
#67Cynthia41US #179
#68Lillian41US #66
#69Susan38US #126
#70Eileen37US #108
#71Rosemary36US #97
#72Anita35US #119
#73Diane35US #109
#74Katherine33US #103
#75Marlene33US #39
#76Norma33US #29
#77Pauline32US #80
#78Edith30US #87
#79Jeannette29US #186
#80Maryann29
#81Mildred29US #35
#82Harriet28US #157
#83Loretta28US #69
#84Sheila28US #151
#85Sylvia28US #60
#86Jeanette27US #104
#87Constance26US #125
#88Rosemarie26US #191
#89Ellen25US #95
#90Lucy25US #141
#91Beatrice23US #107
#92Esther23US #94
#93Laura23US #101
#94Martha23US #24
#95Gertrude22US #145
#96Clara21US #81
#97Donna20US #23
#98Marcia20US #149
#99Marian20US #105
#100Vivian20US #112

Boys

#1Robert822US #1
#2John718US #3
#3Richard560US #5
#4William462US #4
#5Joseph392US #10
#6James357US #2
#7Donald341US #7
#8Edward291US #13
#9George250US #8
#10Charles215US #6
#11Thomas207US #9
#12Frank176US #16
#13Raymond175US #17
#14David174US #11
#15Ronald167US #12
#16Anthony147US #52
#17Paul139US #14
#18Arthur122US #29
#19Michael119US #41
#20Walter118US #23
#21Louis115US #42
#22Peter109US #59
#23Francis102US #53
#24Albert90US #31
#25Kenneth85US #15
#26Daniel82US #43
#27Frederick80US #73
#28Henry80US #27
#29Ralph73US #32
#30Eugene68US #26
#31Roger67US #36
#32Gerald66US #21
#33Philip64US #65
#34Norman62US #38
#35Vincent62US #106
#36Harold61US #20
#37Stephen60US #113
#38Fred57US #34
#39Alfred55US #63
#40Carl55US #28
#41Stanley55US #56
#42Lawrence54US #35
#43Andrew51US #85
#44Howard50US #39
#45Leonard50US #54
#46Theodore49US #79
#47Ernest47US #55
#48Harry41US #37
#49Russell40US #68
#50Douglas39US #75
#51Nicholas38US #158
#52Salvatore38
#53Gordon37US #70
#54Herbert35US #58
#55Roy31US #40
#56Bernard30US #67
#57Bruce30US #77
#58Jack30US #18
#59Leo29US #92
#60Edwin28US #89
#61Martin28US #93
#62Clifford24US #88
#63Wayne24US #49
#64Roland23US #119
#65Warren23US #97
#66Victor22US #116
#67Samuel21US #62
#68Alan20US #122
#69Benjamin20US #123
#70Clarence20US #48
#71Allan19US #150
#72Angelo19
#73Chester19US #121
#74Earl19US #46
#75Lewis19US #98
#76Matthew18US #195
#77Barry17US #183
#78Leon17US #86
#79Alexander16US #186
#80Dennis16US #72
#81Jerry16US #22
#82Arnold15US #103
#83Edmund15
#84Gary15US #44
#85Jay15US #147
#86Larry15US #33
#87Lee15US #80
#88Leroy15US #50
#89Maurice15US #130
#90Gilbert14US #111
#91Jerome14US #96
#92Dominic13
#93Dominick13
#94Irving13
#95Melvin13US #57
#96Stuart13
#97Wesley13US #148
#98Allen12US #83
#99Gene12US #66
#100Nelson12

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑40Gail#53
↑22Roberta#59
↑21Judith#14
↑21Samuel#67
↑20Sandra#39
↑19Claire#48
↑19Jeannette#79
↑19Victor#66

Falling

↓32Allen#98
↓29Lillian#68
↓29Constance#87
↓25Dominic#92
↓24Norma#76
↓23Jerry#81
↓19Sylvia#85
↓18June#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.