State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,297 Connecticut births in 1939 across 438 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#53Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#72Angelooutside the national top 200
#76Edmundoutside the national top 200
#65Brian#176 nationally
#90Matthewoutside the national top 200
#79Alexander#186 nationally
#62Maryann#167 nationally
#84Claire#189 nationally
#97Craigoutside the national top 200
#98Valerieoutside the national top 200
#54Cynthia#152 nationally
#50Maureen#146 nationally

Girls

#1Barbara530US #2
#2Patricia489US #3
#3Mary419US #1
#4Judith342US #8
#5Carol340US #6
#6Joan337US #11
#7Nancy239US #7
#8Margaret172US #10
#9Elizabeth171US #18
#10Sandra167US #13
#11Dorothy150US #9
#12Ann145US #33
#13Joyce139US #12
#14Beverly131US #25
#15Jean126US #32
#16Janet111US #17
#17Linda109US #15
#18Marie106US #37
#19Marilyn103US #19
#20Elaine100US #45
#21Susan100US #44
#22Frances99US #26
#23Shirley95US #5
#24Betty94US #4
#25Gail90US #73
#26Virginia89US #21
#27Lorraine88US #95
#28Eleanor87US #63
#29Judy87US #28
#30Helen86US #16
#31Carolyn80US #14
#32Phyllis74US #30
#33Ruth73US #22
#34Anne69US #85
#35Alice68US #31
#36Arlene68US #69
#37Diane66US #51
#38Janice64US #24
#39Kathleen64US #48
#40Donna61US #20
#41Jane60US #46
#42Dolores59US #58
#43Geraldine59US #41
#44Rose59US #42
#45Sally59US #52
#46Irene58US #74
#47Louise58US #59
#48Marion55US #120
#49Joanne53US #53
#50Maureen52US #146
#51Carole50US #47
#52Jacqueline50US #72
#53June50US #83
#54Cynthia49US #152
#55Lucille49US #110
#56Catherine48US #49
#57Josephine48US #84
#58Sheila48US #125
#59Gloria46US #36
#60Lois46US #35
#61Martha46US #27
#62Maryann46US #167
#63Theresa46US #94
#64Ellen45US #80
#65Evelyn45US #40
#66Katherine45US #101
#67Priscilla44US #148
#68Anna43US #43
#69Rosemary43US #93
#70Karen42US #39
#71Marjorie42US #60
#72Roberta42US #71
#73Brenda41US #86
#74Marcia41US #109
#75Lillian40US #99
#76Loretta39US #65
#77Rita35US #78
#78Charlotte33US #66
#79Grace33US #108
#80Edith32US #102
#81Florence32US #96
#82Jeanne31US #147
#83Anita29US #97
#84Claire29US #189
#85Eileen29US #115
#86Rosemarie29US #175
#87Constance27US #123
#88Jeannette27US #184
#89Marlene27US #64
#90Audrey26US #98
#91Christine26US #124
#92Doris26US #29
#93Joann26US #57
#94Norma26US #38
#95Mildred25US #55
#96Diana24US #138
#97Sylvia24US #62
#98Valerie24
#99Jeanette23US #82
#100Pauline22US #105

Boys

#1Robert878US #1
#2John760US #3
#3Richard663US #5
#4William540US #4
#5James417US #2
#6Joseph394US #12
#7Thomas300US #9
#8David296US #7
#9Edward279US #15
#10Donald268US #8
#11Charles241US #6
#12George240US #11
#13Ronald213US #10
#14Michael190US #18
#15Frank189US #20
#16Peter182US #46
#17Raymond175US #22
#18Anthony148US #48
#19Paul139US #17
#20Kenneth113US #13
#21Francis112US #53
#22Walter99US #25
#23Arthur95US #32
#24Gerald94US #19
#25Albert90US #41
#26Roger88US #28
#27Louis84US #49
#28Ralph78US #35
#29Daniel75US #38
#30Henry73US #31
#31Lawrence70US #36
#32Harold66US #23
#33Bruce65US #64
#34Stephen64US #65
#35Frederick62US #71
#36Alan61US #85
#37Eugene58US #37
#38Fred56US #40
#39Norman55US #44
#40Stanley55US #57
#41Andrew54US #84
#42Philip54US #66
#43Vincent54US #110
#44Alfred53US #70
#45Wayne51US #39
#46Howard48US #47
#47Leonard48US #54
#48Dennis47US #34
#49Carl46US #30
#50Gary44US #21
#51Harry44US #45
#52Theodore43US #90
#53Salvatore38
#54Patrick37US #79
#55Russell36US #73
#56Ernest34US #55
#57Bernard30US #76
#58Allan29US #125
#59Jack29US #26
#60Martin28US #91
#61Earl27US #50
#62Nicholas27US #156
#63Victor27US #119
#64Arnold26US #113
#65Brian26US #176
#66Douglas25US #58
#67Lee25US #78
#68Warren25US #104
#69Allen24US #72
#70Jerry24US #16
#71Roy24US #42
#72Angelo22
#73Clifford22US #88
#74Herbert22US #68
#75Barry20US #127
#76Edmund20
#77Leon20US #86
#78Samuel20US #63
#79Alexander19US #186
#80Edwin17US #96
#81Joel17US #135
#82Jon17US #121
#83Steven17US #144
#84Gordon16US #82
#85Harvey16US #102
#86Larry16US #14
#87Roland16US #131
#88Jerome15US #93
#89Leo15US #108
#90Matthew15
#91Timothy15US #153
#92Benjamin14US #124
#93Glenn14US #87
#94Mark14US #170
#95Melvin14US #51
#96Rodney14US #122
#97Craig13
#98Dale13US #59
#99Gene13US #69
#100Guy13US #187

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑39Linda#17
↑36Martha#61
↑32Judy#29
↑32Lee#67
↑29Geraldine#43
↑24Priscilla#67
↑22Karen#70
↑22Patrick#54

Falling

↓33Theresa#63
↓29Doris#92
↓26Leo#89
↓21Sylvia#97
↓19Roberta#72
↓18Lois#60
↓18Roland#87
↓16Claire#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.