State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,304 Connecticut births in 1938 across 433 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#56Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#79Brianoutside the national top 200
#80Edmundoutside the national top 200
#81Gerardoutside the national top 200
#74Alexander#193 nationally
#52Maryann#168 nationally
#68Claire#184 nationally
#87Matthewoutside the national top 200
#88Pasqualeoutside the national top 200
#50Nicholas#161 nationally
#90Dominicoutside the national top 200
#93Angelooutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Barbara544US #2
#2Patricia421US #3
#3Mary390US #1
#4Carol315US #6
#5Joan308US #10
#6Judith235US #12
#7Nancy223US #7
#8Dorothy171US #8
#9Ann166US #32
#10Elizabeth166US #17
#11Margaret165US #9
#12Sandra159US #14
#13Beverly142US #18
#14Joyce139US #11
#15Shirley132US #5
#16Jean126US #27
#17Elaine122US #42
#18Marilyn121US #19
#19Gail117US #77
#20Janet111US #16
#21Marie111US #37
#22Eleanor108US #60
#23Frances108US #23
#24Betty107US #4
#25Lorraine95US #93
#26Carolyn85US #15
#27Virginia83US #22
#28Helen82US #13
#29Phyllis82US #28
#30Theresa80US #92
#31Anne79US #84
#32Janice79US #24
#33Ruth77US #21
#34Dolores76US #43
#35Susan74US #71
#36Rose72US #39
#37Jane71US #44
#38Maureen70US #144
#39Alice68US #29
#40Irene67US #72
#41Kathleen64US #58
#42Lois63US #33
#43Marion63US #118
#44Gloria62US #36
#45Arlene61US #63
#46Catherine61US #48
#47Diane61US #64
#48Jacqueline61US #69
#49Rosalie61US #66
#50Joanne60US #57
#51Louise59US #59
#52Maryann59US #168
#53Roberta58US #73
#54Lucille57US #106
#55Donna53US #20
#56Linda53US #31
#57Carole52US #46
#58Evelyn52US #38
#59Ellen51US #89
#60Josephine51US #83
#61Judy51US #41
#62Anna50US #40
#63Doris50US #25
#64Rita50US #74
#65Sally49US #54
#66Sheila49US #136
#67June48US #79
#68Claire46US #184
#69Cynthia43US #160
#70Florence40US #90
#71Charlotte39US #70
#72Geraldine39US #45
#73Anita38US #99
#74Marjorie38US #53
#75Grace37US #100
#76Sylvia37US #56
#77Audrey36US #87
#78Rosemary34US #95
#79Marcia31US #116
#80Katherine30US #105
#81Lillian30US #88
#82Eileen29US #113
#83Jeanne29US #148
#84Loretta29US #62
#85Annette28US #119
#86Harriet28US #158
#87Rosemarie28US #176
#88Suzanne27US #133
#89Diana26US #151
#90Jeanette26US #91
#91Priscilla26US #188
#92Karen25US #50
#93Norma25US #34
#94Sharon25US #30
#95Constance24US #117
#96Marlene24US #51
#97Martha24US #26
#98Paula24US #163
#99Beatrice23US #125
#100Valerie23

Boys

#1Robert946US #1
#2John761US #3
#3Richard584US #5
#4William524US #4
#5James430US #2
#6Joseph401US #12
#7David308US #8
#8Donald279US #7
#9Thomas269US #9
#10Edward265US #13
#11George254US #11
#12Charles236US #6
#13Ronald213US #10
#14Michael209US #21
#15Anthony184US #46
#16Raymond170US #20
#17Paul169US #15
#18Frank167US #18
#19Peter166US #48
#20Kenneth115US #14
#21Francis110US #51
#22Arthur103US #32
#23Walter92US #26
#24Albert90US #37
#25Daniel90US #39
#26Louis89US #47
#27Roger84US #31
#28Lawrence80US #36
#29Gerald76US #19
#30Alfred72US #69
#31Henry71US #30
#32Philip69US #64
#33Frederick68US #71
#34Ralph68US #35
#35Stephen63US #74
#36Vincent63US #110
#37Carl62US #29
#38Andrew59US #82
#39Fred59US #38
#40Harold57US #23
#41Norman57US #43
#42Eugene54US #33
#43Ernest53US #55
#44Howard52US #42
#45Martin52US #87
#46Stanley52US #59
#47Bruce51US #66
#48Theodore50US #84
#49Leonard49US #57
#50Nicholas47US #161
#51Alan46US #91
#52Harry45US #44
#53Russell35US #70
#54Jack34US #25
#55Douglas32US #60
#56Salvatore30
#57Wayne30US #40
#58Gary29US #22
#59Herbert29US #68
#60Clifford28US #89
#61Bernard26US #75
#62Warren26US #102
#63Leo25US #104
#64Roy25US #41
#65Samuel25US #62
#66Allan24US #119
#67Dennis23US #49
#68Edwin23US #90
#69Roland23US #124
#70Larry22US #16
#71Allen21US #73
#72Earl21US #50
#73Victor21US #117
#74Alexander20US #193
#75Gordon20US #78
#76Patrick20US #88
#77Arnold19US #111
#78Benjamin17US #125
#79Brian17
#80Edmund16
#81Gerard16
#82Harvey16US #99
#83Jerry16US #17
#84Joel16US #134
#85Jon16US #126
#86Mark16US #166
#87Matthew16
#88Pasquale16
#89Barry15US #155
#90Dominic15
#91Karl15US #162
#92Timothy15US #167
#93Angelo14
#94Neil14US #152
#95Nelson14US #182
#96Phillip14US #95
#97Rodney14US #133
#98Jerome13US #93
#99Lee13US #80
#100Leroy13US #61

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑35Donna#55
↑26Judy#61
↑26Dennis#67
↑23Marion#43
↑22Anita#73
↑21Douglas#55
↑20Claire#68
↑20Gary#58

Falling

↓26Marjorie#74
↓23Lillian#81
↓21Constance#95
↓19Gloria#44
↓18Marlene#96
↓18Martha#97
↓17Florence#70
↓17Geraldine#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.