State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,346 Connecticut births in 1937 across 422 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#57Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#72Matthewoutside the national top 200
#63Alexander#191 nationally
#79Brianoutside the national top 200
#80Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#38Maureen#155 nationally
#90Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#92Angelooutside the national top 200
#91Stuart#198 nationally
#96Dominicoutside the national top 200
#63Maryann#167 nationally
#88Claire#191 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara523US #2
#2Mary438US #1
#3Patricia422US #3
#4Joan355US #9
#5Carol260US #6
#6Nancy229US #7
#7Elizabeth198US #17
#8Shirley177US #4
#9Beverly162US #14
#10Margaret154US #10
#11Dorothy152US #8
#12Ann149US #30
#13Judith134US #34
#14Jean130US #23
#15Joyce124US #11
#16Janet118US #18
#17Marie115US #35
#18Frances112US #19
#19Helen110US #12
#20Elaine105US #45
#21Sandra99US #26
#22Betty97US #5
#23Marilyn93US #13
#24Dolores90US #37
#25Gloria90US #32
#26Virginia90US #16
#27Eleanor88US #53
#28Gail88US #99
#29Lorraine88US #83
#30Phyllis85US #27
#31Alice84US #28
#32Jane80US #42
#33Theresa80US #95
#34Rose76US #38
#35Ruth75US #15
#36Janice73US #25
#37Kathleen66US #61
#38Maureen66US #155
#39Carolyn65US #20
#40Anne63US #92
#41Lois63US #29
#42Irene62US #62
#43Catherine60US #47
#44Diane60US #76
#45Josephine58US #82
#46Louise56US #48
#47Doris54US #22
#48Marjorie53US #57
#49Arlene51US #60
#50Roberta51US #66
#51Susan51US #97
#52Carole50US #56
#53Florence50US #81
#54June49US #71
#55Geraldine48US #44
#56Lucille46US #98
#57Sheila46US #142
#58Lillian45US #84
#59Jacqueline44US #70
#60Rita44US #69
#61Sally44US #59
#62Audrey43US #85
#63Maryann42US #167
#64Grace41US #94
#65Linda41US #49
#66Marion41US #109
#67Anna39US #39
#68Annette39US #115
#69Joanne39US #51
#70Katherine39US #103
#71Ellen38US #102
#72Evelyn38US #36
#73Marcia38US #124
#74Constance37US #118
#75Charlotte36US #67
#76Eileen35US #107
#77Rosemary35US #110
#78Marlene34US #40
#79Martha34US #24
#80Antoinette33
#81Sylvia32US #50
#82Loretta31US #63
#83Jeanne29US #149
#84Rosemarie29US #171
#85Beatrice28US #120
#86Cynthia28US #170
#87Judy28US #91
#88Claire27US #191
#89Diana26US #157
#90Donna26US #21
#91Pauline26US #87
#92Gertrude25US #159
#93Julia25US #112
#94Bernice24US #104
#95Anita23US #93
#96Jeanette23US #90
#97Norma23US #33
#98Jeannette22US #189
#99Laura22US #105
#100Mildred21US #43

Boys

#1Robert932US #1
#2John728US #3
#3Richard584US #5
#4William515US #4
#5Joseph381US #12
#6James380US #2
#7Edward304US #13
#8Donald283US #7
#9David279US #8
#10Thomas252US #9
#11Charles244US #6
#12George206US #10
#13Raymond193US #19
#14Michael174US #27
#15Ronald174US #11
#16Frank165US #18
#17Paul163US #15
#18Anthony161US #47
#19Peter148US #52
#20Arthur114US #31
#21Kenneth102US #14
#22Walter99US #26
#23Francis93US #55
#24Louis91US #46
#25Ralph78US #34
#26Gerald77US #20
#27Albert76US #37
#28Lawrence75US #38
#29Daniel73US #39
#30Roger70US #36
#31Henry68US #30
#32Frederick65US #68
#33Harold65US #21
#34Philip64US #62
#35Eugene61US #33
#36Howard58US #42
#37Alfred57US #60
#38Vincent56US #105
#39Carl55US #28
#40Norman54US #43
#41Fred52US #35
#42Stephen50US #92
#43Leonard49US #58
#44Ernest48US #53
#45Bruce47US #70
#46Harry47US #41
#47Russell47US #67
#48Stanley44US #57
#49Martin43US #87
#50Andrew42US #79
#51Theodore40US #86
#52Alan38US #103
#53Leo30US #97
#54Allen29US #76
#55Clifford29US #90
#56Roland28US #126
#57Salvatore28
#58Bernard27US #73
#59Nicholas27US #159
#60Edwin26US #89
#61Allan25US #124
#62Samuel25US #66
#63Alexander23US #191
#64Chester23US #129
#65Herbert23US #65
#66Jack23US #23
#67Wayne23US #44
#68Gordon22US #75
#69Patrick22US #94
#70Warren22US #106
#71Harvey20US #95
#72Matthew20
#73Roy20US #40
#74Victor20US #117
#75Arnold19US #111
#76Douglas19US #74
#77Jerry19US #17
#78Gary18US #29
#79Brian17
#80Larry17US #16
#81Leon17US #85
#82Lewis17US #104
#83Benjamin16US #119
#84Clarence16US #54
#85Earl15US #48
#86Gene15US #61
#87Joel15US #139
#88Jon15US #150
#89Jerome14US #100
#90Pasquale14
#91Stuart14US #198
#92Angelo13
#93Dennis13US #63
#94Maurice13US #144
#95Wesley13US #146
#96Dominic12
#97Franklin12US #77
#98Gerard12
#99Irving12
#100Lee12US #78

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑30Annette#68
↑28Diane#44
↑28Maryann#63
↑24Maureen#38
↑23Patrick#69
↑22Kathleen#37
↑16Allen#54
↑16Allan#61

Falling

↓34Norma#97
↓30Marion#66
↓26Evelyn#72
↓25Earl#85
↓23Claire#88
↓19Anna#67
↓19Cynthia#86
↓16Gary#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.