State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,341 Connecticut births in 1942 across 551 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#76Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#87Kevinoutside the national top 200
#80Gerard#193 nationally
#72Alexander#184 nationally
#84Christopher#195 nationally
#93Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#95Claire#199 nationally
#88Rosemarie#179 nationally
#53Nicholas#142 nationally
#51Maryann#138 nationally
#52Brian#139 nationally
#96Marianne#182 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia820US #3
#2Barbara718US #2
#3Mary581US #1
#4Carol576US #5
#5Judith458US #7
#6Joan411US #18
#7Sandra380US #6
#8Linda366US #4
#9Nancy344US #8
#10Susan276US #21
#11Elizabeth239US #22
#12Margaret235US #14
#13Kathleen194US #24
#14Diane192US #28
#15Beverly185US #32
#16Carolyn185US #10
#17Joyce185US #13
#18Gail172US #60
#19Ann166US #38
#20Elaine166US #45
#21Donna164US #20
#22Janet161US #19
#23Karen161US #16
#24Dorothy159US #17
#25Jean158US #36
#26Marie144US #43
#27Virginia141US #23
#28Carole140US #35
#29Marilyn137US #27
#30Joanne136US #48
#31Frances131US #30
#32Sharon131US #11
#33Lorraine116US #91
#34Shirley115US #12
#35Ruth112US #33
#36Helen103US #26
#37Janice102US #25
#38Maureen101US #102
#39Geraldine98US #47
#40Catherine97US #49
#41Jane96US #46
#42Dolores95US #63
#43Phyllis95US #37
#44Cynthia94US #101
#45Jacqueline94US #69
#46Anne92US #76
#47Gloria91US #31
#48Betty89US #9
#49Sheila87US #94
#50Ellen86US #64
#51Maryann83US #138
#52Bonnie81US #34
#53Judy81US #15
#54Alice78US #39
#55Arlene77US #83
#56Marjorie75US #74
#57Roberta71US #66
#58Theresa69US #98
#59Lois68US #44
#60Eileen67US #88
#61Eleanor66US #87
#62Joann66US #58
#63Rosemary65US #92
#64Irene63US #80
#65Louise63US #61
#66Marion63US #130
#67Lucille59US #118
#68Rose59US #50
#69Sally59US #56
#70Rita58US #55
#71Katherine56US #81
#72Martha55US #29
#73Charlotte54US #51
#74Marcia54US #105
#75Doris53US #41
#76Diana51US #68
#77Evelyn51US #53
#78June48US #107
#79Jeanne47US #119
#80Josephine47US #100
#81Pamela47US #106
#82Priscilla47US #135
#83Lynn45US #149
#84Anita44US #93
#85Paula44US #136
#86Pauline44US #112
#87Florence43US #110
#88Rosemarie43US #179
#89Christine42US #96
#90Norma41US #52
#91Anna39US #59
#92Kathryn39US #82
#93Constance38US #116
#94Suzanne38US #103
#95Claire36US #199
#96Marianne36US #182
#97Grace35US #129
#98Lillian35US #111
#99Loretta35US #79
#100Brenda33US #40

Boys

#1Robert1,241US #2
#2John1,138US #3
#3Richard966US #5
#4William854US #4
#5James719US #1
#6Joseph562US #11
#7Thomas558US #8
#8David530US #6
#9Edward429US #17
#10Michael390US #13
#11George362US #14
#12Ronald362US #9
#13Charles353US #7
#14Paul315US #19
#15Peter300US #39
#16Donald293US #10
#17Raymond256US #24
#18Frank251US #21
#19Anthony224US #44
#20Kenneth202US #15
#21Arthur174US #29
#22Stephen164US #32
#23Walter164US #26
#24Francis152US #58
#25Daniel146US #28
#26Philip142US #54
#27Gerald134US #22
#28Dennis130US #20
#29Gary127US #18
#30Roger125US #25
#31Albert120US #40
#32Louis117US #51
#33Bruce113US #50
#34Lawrence111US #30
#35Henry105US #31
#36Frederick104US #68
#37Ralph100US #38
#38Fred98US #46
#39Douglas93US #23
#40Carl92US #36
#41Vincent89US #101
#42Harold82US #27
#43Andrew81US #80
#44Stanley81US #56
#45Alan72US #81
#46Norman72US #53
#47Howard70US #49
#48Russell70US #70
#49Eugene68US #45
#50Alfred66US #76
#51Theodore66US #91
#52Brian65US #139
#53Nicholas64US #142
#54Wayne64US #41
#55Harry61US #48
#56Martin60US #85
#57Barry59US #79
#58Jeffrey59US #116
#59Allen48US #71
#60Ernest48US #61
#61Jack48US #34
#62Mark47US #117
#63Leonard45US #57
#64Steven45US #75
#65Bernard42US #90
#66Timothy42US #108
#67Herbert40US #83
#68Roy40US #42
#69Jerry39US #16
#70Patrick39US #64
#71Victor39US #99
#72Alexander37US #184
#73Allan37US #124
#74Larry34US #12
#75Clifford33US #95
#76Salvatore33
#77Edwin32US #105
#78Lee30US #87
#79Gordon29US #92
#80Gerard28US #193
#81Leon27US #93
#82Roland27US #143
#83Joel26US #134
#84Christopher24US #195
#85Earl24US #62
#86Gene24US #82
#87Kevin24
#88Phillip24US #77
#89Samuel24US #59
#90Jon23US #125
#91Leo23US #120
#92Leroy23US #69
#93Malcolm23
#94Jerome22US #104
#95Everett21US #161
#96Franklin21US #103
#97Harvey21US #107
#98Warren21US #97
#99Arnold20US #130
#100Chester20US #137

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑33Sharon#32
↑27Sheila#49
↑23Bonnie#52
↑22Victor#71
↑20Eileen#60
↑20Herbert#67
↑18Steven#64
↑17Anne#46

Falling

↓21Warren#98
↓20Leo#91
↓19Judy#53
↓19Joann#62
↓19Martha#72
↓19Leonard#63
↓16Louise#65
↓15Rita#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.