State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,768 Connecticut births in 1940 across 450 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#71Edmundoutside the national top 200
#81Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#70Alexander#188 nationally
#82Stuart#195 nationally
#91Valerieoutside the national top 200
#91Ericoutside the national top 200
#83Guy#192 nationally
#55Brian#163 nationally
#96Christopheroutside the national top 200
#51Nicholas#154 nationally
#54Maryann#156 nationally
#95Claire#194 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia565US #3
#2Barbara486US #2
#3Mary450US #1
#4Judith420US #4
#5Carol373US #6
#6Joan322US #14
#7Nancy254US #7
#8Sandra189US #10
#9Margaret186US #11
#10Linda172US #8
#11Elizabeth164US #20
#12Joyce153US #13
#13Jean150US #29
#14Ann148US #35
#15Susan142US #36
#16Dorothy136US #12
#17Marie136US #41
#18Beverly121US #27
#19Frances120US #28
#20Janet116US #19
#21Janice110US #22
#22Marilyn108US #25
#23Shirley107US #9
#24Virginia105US #21
#25Elaine101US #50
#26Kathleen92US #40
#27Gail90US #65
#28Carolyn88US #15
#29Jane87US #47
#30Joanne83US #54
#31Helen81US #18
#32Phyllis81US #33
#33Geraldine80US #46
#34Diane79US #45
#35Ruth79US #24
#36Betty78US #5
#37Lorraine75US #95
#38Lois72US #38
#39Dolores66US #67
#40Eleanor66US #68
#41Judy66US #16
#42Maureen65US #135
#43Cynthia63US #133
#44Rosemary63US #85
#45Gloria61US #30
#46Theresa61US #102
#47Donna60US #23
#48Doris60US #31
#49Arlene59US #75
#50June59US #82
#51Anne58US #84
#52Rose58US #44
#53Karen57US #34
#54Maryann57US #156
#55Alice56US #32
#56Catherine54US #53
#57Brenda53US #42
#58Josephine53US #89
#59Louise53US #59
#60Marion53US #120
#61Carole51US #49
#62Jacqueline51US #76
#63Marcia51US #112
#64Roberta51US #71
#65Sally50US #61
#66Evelyn49US #48
#67Lucille49US #113
#68Irene47US #73
#69Rita47US #70
#70Sheila45US #130
#71Ellen41US #74
#72Priscilla41US #127
#73Anna40US #51
#74Marjorie40US #64
#75Martha40US #26
#76Florence39US #100
#77Anita38US #87
#78Suzanne37US #109
#79Loretta36US #69
#80Sharon36US #17
#81Katherine35US #92
#82Lillian34US #97
#83Mildred34US #58
#84Rosemarie34US #173
#85Charlotte33US #55
#86Constance31US #124
#87Joann31US #63
#88Rosalie31US #139
#89Eileen30US #125
#90Pauline30US #104
#91Valerie30
#92Annette28US #126
#93Diana27US #117
#94Sylvia27US #62
#95Claire26US #194
#96Sarah26US #60
#97Audrey25US #99
#98Christine25US #118
#99Beatrice24US #140
#100Julia24US #91

Boys

#1Robert948US #2
#2John821US #3
#3Richard719US #5
#4William578US #4
#5Joseph416US #12
#6James415US #1
#7David368US #7
#8Thomas320US #8
#9Edward280US #16
#10Donald260US #9
#11George247US #11
#12Michael221US #18
#13Charles219US #6
#14Ronald214US #10
#15Paul201US #17
#16Peter201US #43
#17Raymond183US #22
#18Frank175US #20
#19Anthony147US #46
#20Kenneth119US #15
#21Arthur117US #33
#22Francis105US #61
#23Roger101US #26
#24Frederick96US #68
#25Walter94US #25
#26Gerald90US #21
#27Stephen90US #49
#28Louis88US #50
#29Bruce86US #55
#30Lawrence85US #36
#31Albert84US #41
#32Daniel84US #34
#33Henry77US #31
#34Ralph75US #37
#35Philip64US #60
#36Carl63US #32
#37Ernest58US #58
#38Andrew57US #84
#39Howard56US #45
#40Dennis55US #24
#41Harry55US #47
#42Eugene54US #38
#43Norman53US #48
#44Vincent53US #104
#45Alan52US #88
#46Fred52US #40
#47Harold51US #23
#48Leonard49US #54
#49Theodore47US #90
#50Wayne47US #39
#51Nicholas46US #154
#52Stanley46US #59
#53Alfred45US #69
#54Gary45US #19
#55Brian41US #163
#56Jack38US #29
#57Russell38US #72
#58Allan35US #115
#59Douglas35US #56
#60Barry34US #109
#61Martin34US #85
#62Larry30US #13
#63Clifford29US #94
#64Bernard26US #82
#65Mark26US #149
#66Samuel26US #65
#67Timothy26US #135
#68Patrick25US #74
#69Roy24US #42
#70Alexander23US #188
#71Edmund21
#72Edwin21US #96
#73Jerry21US #14
#74Leo21US #112
#75Victor21US #120
#76Arnold20US #118
#77Joel20US #140
#78Neil20US #156
#79Roland20US #141
#80Herbert19US #75
#81Salvatore19
#82Stuart19US #195
#83Guy18US #192
#84Maurice18US #161
#85Steven18US #119
#86Warren18US #110
#87Clarence17US #64
#88Gordon17US #91
#89Jon17US #123
#90Allen16US #71
#91Eric16
#92Gilbert16US #124
#93Jeffrey16US #183
#94Jerome16US #95
#95Leon16US #89
#96Christopher15
#97Gregory15US #189
#98Lewis15US #107
#99Glenn14US #83
#100Lee14US #80

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑44Doris#48
↑29Mark#65
↑25Rosemary#44
↑24Larry#62
↑24Timothy#67
↑22Lois#38
↑19Joanne#30
↑19Ernest#37

Falling

↓33Lee#100
↓28Salvatore#81
↓22Irene#68
↓21Allen#90
↓20Alice#55
↓20Sally#65
↓18Warren#86
↓18Leon#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.