State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 25,208 Connecticut births in 1941 across 485 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#64Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#72Edmundoutside the national top 200
#74Gerard#200 nationally
#89Christopheroutside the national top 200
#91Jonathanoutside the national top 200
#97Deborahoutside the national top 200
#97Kevinoutside the national top 200
#99Angelooutside the national top 200
#54Brian#153 nationally
#85Alexander#184 nationally
#99Claire#196 nationally
#54Maryann#147 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia621US #3
#2Barbara544US #2
#3Mary509US #1
#4Judith443US #6
#5Carol401US #4
#6Joan314US #17
#7Sandra282US #9
#8Nancy269US #8
#9Linda236US #5
#10Margaret216US #12
#11Susan209US #27
#12Joyce193US #13
#13Elizabeth187US #21
#14Elaine150US #44
#15Dorothy143US #14
#16Ann136US #37
#17Jean132US #32
#18Beverly131US #29
#19Carolyn128US #11
#20Marilyn126US #30
#21Diane123US #40
#22Janet118US #18
#23Marie112US #42
#24Virginia112US #23
#25Gail110US #68
#26Frances108US #31
#27Kathleen108US #36
#28Janice105US #22
#29Shirley104US #10
#30Karen101US #19
#31Donna100US #20
#32Joanne95US #54
#33Phyllis93US #35
#34Judy92US #16
#35Dolores86US #57
#36Carole85US #48
#37Cynthia83US #112
#38Jane83US #46
#39Lorraine82US #93
#40Betty81US #7
#41Geraldine81US #45
#42Catherine80US #51
#43Joann78US #58
#44Gloria77US #26
#45Helen76US #24
#46Ruth73US #28
#47Maureen72US #129
#48Lois70US #43
#49Louise70US #62
#50Eleanor66US #78
#51Arlene65US #77
#52Theresa65US #95
#53Martha63US #25
#54Maryann63US #147
#55Rita63US #63
#56Rose63US #49
#57Alice62US #34
#58Sally62US #61
#59Jacqueline61US #73
#60Ellen60US #67
#61Irene60US #74
#62Katherine58US #85
#63Anne56US #82
#64Doris56US #38
#65Sharon56US #15
#66Josephine54US #92
#67Lucille54US #119
#68Jeanne53US #126
#69Marion53US #130
#70Rosemary52US #94
#71Roberta50US #72
#72Marjorie49US #71
#73Priscilla49US #132
#74Marcia48US #105
#75Bonnie47US #33
#76Sheila47US #110
#77Christine45US #101
#78Evelyn44US #50
#79June44US #90
#80Eileen42US #121
#81Anna41US #56
#82Diana39US #100
#83Charlotte37US #55
#84Constance36US #114
#85Pamela36US #155
#86Florence35US #107
#87Kathryn35US #87
#88Suzanne35US #97
#89Grace32US #123
#90Lillian32US #104
#91Anita31US #91
#92Annette31US #128
#93Loretta31US #81
#94Harriet30US #158
#95Paula29US #151
#96Sylvia29US #65
#97Deborah28
#98Rosemarie28US #175
#99Claire27US #196
#100Brenda26US #41

Boys

#1Robert1,066US #2
#2John875US #3
#3Richard727US #5
#4William650US #4
#5James505US #1
#6Joseph436US #12
#7David424US #7
#8Thomas366US #8
#9Edward333US #17
#10Ronald298US #9
#11George291US #13
#12Peter287US #44
#13Charles275US #6
#14Donald270US #10
#15Paul267US #18
#16Michael259US #16
#17Frank208US #21
#18Raymond206US #22
#19Anthony182US #46
#20Kenneth167US #15
#21Daniel133US #31
#22Arthur132US #33
#23Louis122US #50
#24Gerald116US #20
#25Stephen108US #41
#26Albert105US #40
#27Frederick104US #69
#28Francis100US #60
#29Walter98US #26
#30Henry95US #28
#31Roger94US #25
#32Bruce83US #51
#33Harold82US #24
#34Lawrence80US #34
#35Philip80US #52
#36Carl78US #29
#37Dennis73US #23
#38Vincent73US #104
#39Gary72US #19
#40Stanley72US #57
#41Fred70US #43
#42Ralph70US #38
#43Howard66US #47
#44Leonard64US #54
#45Eugene61US #42
#46Alan58US #84
#47Douglas56US #53
#48Norman54US #49
#49Andrew52US #82
#50Alfred51US #74
#51Theodore51US #95
#52Wayne51US #37
#53Barry48US #91
#54Brian48US #153
#55Harry48US #48
#56Russell47US #75
#57Ernest46US #61
#58Bernard40US #87
#59Nicholas39US #146
#60Allen36US #73
#61Larry35US #11
#62Martin33US #85
#63Jeffrey32US #134
#64Salvatore32
#65Gordon30US #92
#66Edwin29US #97
#67Jack29US #32
#68Patrick29US #70
#69Timothy29US #121
#70Clifford28US #94
#71Leo28US #116
#72Edmund26
#73Allan25US #135
#74Gerard25US #200
#75Mark25US #122
#76Samuel25US #65
#77Warren25US #105
#78Lee24US #81
#79Roy24US #39
#80Gene23US #72
#81Lewis23US #109
#82Steven23US #90
#83Earl22US #58
#84Jerry22US #14
#85Alexander21US #184
#86Benjamin21US #124
#87Herbert21US #76
#88Leon21US #93
#89Christopher20
#90Joel20US #142
#91Jonathan20
#92Steve19US #112
#93Victor19US #118
#94Gilbert18US #117
#95Gregory18US #183
#96Jay18US #137
#97Kevin18
#98Stuart18US #173
#99Angelo17
#100Arnold17US #123

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑44Joann#43
↑30Allen#60
↑30Jeffrey#63
↑25Carole#36
↑23Karen#30
↑23Gordon#65
↑22Martha#53
↑22Lee#78

Falling

↓43Brenda#100
↓29June#79
↓26Rosemary#70
↓24Arnold#100
↓20Ernest#57
↓18Victor#93
↓16Doris#64
↓16Stuart#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.