State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,095 Connecticut births in 1943 across 548 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#72Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#84Claireoutside the national top 200
#91Kevinoutside the national top 200
#96Angelaoutside the national top 200
#96Edmundoutside the national top 200
#75Alexander#178 nationally
#98Gerardoutside the national top 200
#83Christopher#184 nationally
#90Leslie#191 nationally
#61Nicholas#148 nationally
#100Marianne#185 nationally
#82Craig#164 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia768US #3
#2Barbara702US #2
#3Carol591US #5
#4Mary589US #1
#5Judith500US #7
#6Linda475US #4
#7Sandra395US #6
#8Susan361US #18
#9Nancy349US #9
#10Joan304US #21
#11Elizabeth259US #23
#12Margaret253US #14
#13Diane241US #24
#14Kathleen238US #22
#15Sharon234US #8
#16Donna221US #17
#17Karen218US #15
#18Joyce208US #16
#19Janet202US #20
#20Gail175US #55
#21Elaine174US #46
#22Dorothy173US #19
#23Beverly166US #32
#24Ann160US #37
#25Carolyn155US #11
#26Shirley151US #12
#27Virginia142US #25
#28Jean139US #36
#29Marilyn136US #27
#30Frances129US #31
#31Carole127US #42
#32Janice124US #26
#33Jane120US #44
#34Joanne119US #49
#35Marie118US #45
#36Maureen113US #105
#37Judy106US #13
#38Lorraine102US #94
#39Phyllis96US #39
#40Joann95US #60
#41Pamela94US #54
#42Betty93US #10
#43Eileen93US #68
#44Cynthia91US #101
#45Catherine90US #48
#46Lois90US #43
#47Ruth90US #33
#48Helen89US #28
#49Anne88US #80
#50Geraldine88US #51
#51Sheila88US #92
#52Jacqueline86US #65
#53Theresa85US #100
#54Rita82US #52
#55Arlene81US #90
#56Maryann81US #135
#57Rosemary78US #97
#58Alice77US #38
#59Ellen77US #67
#60Roberta77US #66
#61Irene76US #85
#62Rose76US #50
#63Bonnie75US #34
#64Dolores75US #74
#65Sally72US #57
#66Gloria71US #30
#67Marcia71US #96
#68Katherine69US #78
#69Louise69US #70
#70Marion69US #129
#71Eleanor63US #107
#72Paula63US #93
#73Suzanne62US #86
#74Evelyn60US #53
#75Jeanne60US #113
#76Marjorie60US #79
#77Christine59US #84
#78Martha56US #29
#79June53US #111
#80Lynn52US #134
#81Pauline51US #112
#82Diana50US #62
#83Doris48US #40
#84Claire45
#85Lucille43US #125
#86Charlotte42US #47
#87Andrea41US #169
#88Dianne41US #88
#89Priscilla40US #146
#90Leslie39US #191
#91Anita38US #98
#92Brenda38US #35
#93Constance37US #109
#94Kathryn37US #75
#95Florence36US #124
#96Angela35
#97Annette34US #142
#98Grace34US #130
#99Harriet33US #165
#100Marianne32US #185

Boys

#1Robert1,310US #2
#2John1,251US #3
#3Richard1,007US #5
#4William893US #4
#5James784US #1
#6David593US #6
#7Thomas590US #8
#8Joseph568US #13
#9Michael455US #10
#10Ronald408US #9
#11George395US #14
#12Edward376US #18
#13Charles357US #7
#14Peter349US #39
#15Donald334US #11
#16Paul313US #19
#17Raymond243US #22
#18Kenneth236US #15
#19Anthony235US #44
#20Frank234US #21
#21Arthur171US #30
#22Gerald167US #23
#23Stephen164US #29
#24Dennis148US #20
#25Gary148US #16
#26Daniel146US #25
#27Roger144US #24
#28Louis142US #53
#29Francis139US #64
#30Walter133US #26
#31Bruce131US #51
#32Albert123US #43
#33Philip123US #57
#34Andrew114US #79
#35Stanley112US #54
#36Henry111US #31
#37Lawrence109US #32
#38Frederick105US #70
#39Ralph105US #40
#40Douglas102US #28
#41Alan96US #67
#42Carl96US #33
#43Fred95US #45
#44Harold93US #27
#45Theodore88US #96
#46Norman84US #56
#47Brian77US #120
#48Vincent77US #106
#49Eugene76US #47
#50Howard74US #48
#51Alfred73US #78
#52Ernest72US #61
#53Wayne70US #41
#54Russell69US #73
#55Leonard63US #55
#56Barry62US #82
#57Steven61US #58
#58Mark60US #101
#59Jeffrey58US #116
#60Patrick58US #69
#61Nicholas56US #148
#62Timothy55US #99
#63Allan54US #136
#64Harry52US #50
#65Martin51US #83
#66Victor46US #97
#67Clifford44US #94
#68Samuel40US #62
#69Roy39US #38
#70Allen38US #76
#71Jack37US #34
#72Salvatore37
#73Warren37US #102
#74Jerry36US #17
#75Alexander34US #178
#76Leon33US #103
#77Larry32US #12
#78Bernard31US #92
#79Gordon30US #98
#80Herbert29US #86
#81Joel29US #128
#82Craig28US #164
#83Christopher26US #184
#84Gilbert26US #123
#85Lee26US #91
#86Edwin25US #107
#87Earl24US #60
#88Leroy24US #74
#89Maurice24US #165
#90Benjamin23US #130
#91Kevin23
#92Leo23US #133
#93Neil23US #162
#94Phillip23US #81
#95Clarence22US #68
#96Edmund21
#97Gene21US #89
#98Gerard21
#99Gregory21US #163
#100Jerome21US #109

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑40Pamela#41
↑25Warren#73
↑22Joann#40
↑21Suzanne#73
↑21Samuel#68
↑17Sharon#15
↑17Eileen#43
↑16Judy#37

Falling

↓22Dolores#64
↓20Marjorie#76
↓19Gloria#66
↓18Lucille#85
↓18Gerard#98
↓13Charlotte#86
↓13Bernard#78
↓13Herbert#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.