State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,957 Connecticut births in 1936 across 418 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#49Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#73Edmundoutside the national top 200
#80Dominicoutside the national top 200
#67Cynthia#184 nationally
#86Angelooutside the national top 200
#87Christopheroutside the national top 200
#46Nicholas#157 nationally
#65Claire#176 nationally
#92Arlineoutside the national top 200
#93Brianoutside the national top 200
#95Gerardoutside the national top 200
#84Jeannette#188 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara513US #3
#2Mary422US #1
#3Joan383US #7
#4Patricia372US #5
#5Carol229US #10
#6Shirley221US #2
#7Nancy208US #8
#8Dorothy202US #6
#9Margaret168US #9
#10Elizabeth150US #18
#11Jean148US #20
#12Beverly142US #17
#13Ann137US #28
#14Marilyn121US #13
#15Marie116US #33
#16Joyce113US #12
#17Lorraine113US #76
#18Janet112US #21
#19Judith109US #43
#20Helen102US #11
#21Dolores98US #30
#22Elaine91US #50
#23Frances88US #19
#24Eleanor85US #47
#25Phyllis84US #25
#26Alice81US #27
#27Ruth80US #16
#28Sandra80US #38
#29Lois79US #26
#30Gloria78US #32
#31Virginia77US #14
#32Betty76US #4
#33Rose75US #37
#34Jane69US #42
#35Gail67US #101
#36Marion67US #93
#37Theresa66US #88
#38Carolyn65US #23
#39Irene64US #57
#40Marjorie63US #49
#41Roberta63US #64
#42Louise62US #46
#43Anne60US #89
#44Doris59US #15
#45Jacqueline58US #66
#46Evelyn57US #34
#47Janice57US #31
#48Anna56US #36
#49Florence53US #80
#50Geraldine53US #41
#51Lucille52US #92
#52Catherine51US #44
#53June51US #62
#54Lillian50US #79
#55Susan49US #110
#56Arlene48US #54
#57Rita48US #69
#58Josephine47US #77
#59Kathleen47US #67
#60Audrey46US #68
#61Carole46US #73
#62Maureen46US #155
#63Norma46US #29
#64Joanne43US #48
#65Claire41US #176
#66Constance40US #133
#67Cynthia40US #184
#68Sally40US #59
#69Charlotte39US #61
#70Eileen37US #103
#71Sheila37US #157
#72Diane36US #112
#73Edith36US #87
#74Ellen36US #99
#75Grace36US #86
#76Jeanne36US #141
#77Katherine35US #100
#78Marlene35US #39
#79Pauline33US #82
#80Sylvia33US #53
#81Anita32US #104
#82Marcia31US #138
#83Rosemarie31US #158
#84Jeannette30US #188
#85Bernice29US #95
#86Loretta29US #70
#87Martha27US #24
#88Rosemary27US #111
#89Harriet24US #154
#90Jeanette24US #94
#91Maryann24US #182
#92Arline23
#93Gertrude23US #156
#94Suzanne23US #151
#95Judy22US #118
#96Laura22US #106
#97Mildred22US #40
#98Annette21US #125
#99Joann21US #55
#100Vivian21US #115

Boys

#1Robert897US #1
#2John719US #3
#3Richard601US #5
#4William503US #4
#5Joseph395US #11
#6James381US #2
#7Donald311US #7
#8Thomas273US #8
#9Edward268US #13
#10David236US #10
#11Charles234US #6
#12George226US #9
#13Ronald220US #12
#14Frank177US #16
#15Paul158US #15
#16Raymond155US #17
#17Michael146US #33
#18Anthony143US #48
#19Peter124US #56
#20Arthur118US #30
#21Walter107US #26
#22Francis104US #50
#23Louis83US #44
#24Ralph79US #31
#25Roger76US #35
#26Kenneth74US #14
#27Albert73US #34
#28Fred70US #36
#29Henry70US #28
#30Frederick68US #70
#31Gerald68US #19
#32Daniel65US #41
#33Eugene64US #29
#34Alfred60US #60
#35Harold60US #21
#36Philip60US #63
#37Norman58US #43
#38Lawrence56US #37
#39Andrew55US #83
#40Stanley55US #58
#41Howard54US #40
#42Carl53US #27
#43Harry50US #39
#44Bruce44US #73
#45Ernest42US #55
#46Nicholas42US #157
#47Stephen42US #99
#48Vincent42US #109
#49Salvatore41
#50Russell39US #69
#51Martin38US #92
#52Leonard37US #54
#53Alan35US #108
#54Theodore34US #87
#55Bernard32US #68
#56Samuel32US #67
#57Clifford31US #90
#58Roland30US #118
#59Gordon29US #75
#60Earl27US #47
#61Jack27US #20
#62Gary26US #38
#63Herbert25US #62
#64Leo25US #94
#65Wayne24US #45
#66Arnold23US #111
#67Douglas23US #78
#68Edwin23US #84
#69Leon23US #82
#70Allen22US #81
#71Victor22US #116
#72Warren22US #95
#73Edmund21
#74Jerry19US #18
#75Everett17US #154
#76Joel17US #146
#77Allan16US #138
#78Melvin16US #53
#79Benjamin15US #123
#80Dominic15
#81Leroy15US #57
#82Clarence14US #52
#83Gilbert14US #113
#84Harvey14US #97
#85Maurice14US #137
#86Angelo13
#87Christopher13
#88Dennis13US #74
#89Gene13US #66
#90Larry13US #25
#91Leslie13US #128
#92Patrick13US #100
#93Brian12
#94Franklin12US #64
#95Gerard12
#96Hugh12US #142
#97Jerome12US #98
#98Nelson12US #195
#99Barry11US #185
#100Glenn11US #80

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑28Allen#70
↑22Louise#42
↑22Gary#62
↑21Constance#66
↑18Gail#35
↑18Roberta#41
↑17Melvin#78
↑16Marcia#82

Falling

↓22Barry#99
↓17Claire#65
↓17Rosemary#88
↓17Douglas#67
↓16Mildred#97
↓14Angelo#86
↓13Anna#48
↓13Audrey#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.