State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,788 Connecticut births in 1944 across 522 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#74Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#77Jonathanoutside the national top 200
#84Kevinoutside the national top 200
#87Claireoutside the national top 200
#88Edmundoutside the national top 200
#96Dominicoutside the national top 200
#81Alexander#183 nationally
#70Christopher#170 nationally
#53Nicholas#150 nationally
#50Maryann#143 nationally
#97Michele#187 nationally
#96Leslie#182 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia622US #4
#2Barbara606US #2
#3Mary520US #1
#4Carol482US #5
#5Linda413US #3
#6Judith390US #9
#7Nancy349US #7
#8Sandra328US #6
#9Susan310US #13
#10Joan258US #22
#11Kathleen253US #20
#12Donna242US #17
#13Margaret237US #14
#14Sharon234US #8
#15Elizabeth229US #23
#16Diane206US #24
#17Karen200US #16
#18Janet185US #21
#19Joyce164US #18
#20Elaine160US #46
#21Gail143US #56
#22Ann136US #39
#23Beverly136US #35
#24Dorothy135US #19
#25Marilyn131US #27
#26Carolyn127US #11
#27Virginia124US #26
#28Jean114US #37
#29Jane113US #41
#30Marie113US #48
#31Joanne110US #55
#32Janice108US #28
#33Pamela107US #44
#34Cheryl104US #36
#35Frances100US #33
#36Carole94US #43
#37Geraldine92US #53
#38Joann92US #65
#39Maureen92US #107
#40Shirley91US #15
#41Eileen88US #73
#42Catherine87US #49
#43Lorraine86US #93
#44Helen83US #31
#45Ruth83US #32
#46Gloria80US #25
#47Ellen78US #63
#48Phyllis78US #40
#49Cynthia77US #105
#50Maryann77US #143
#51Theresa76US #96
#52Anne73US #86
#53Betty73US #10
#54Lois72US #47
#55Christine71US #75
#56Rita71US #54
#57Roberta68US #70
#58Paula67US #82
#59Martha66US #29
#60Alice63US #38
#61Marcia62US #89
#62Dolores61US #92
#63Judy60US #12
#64Sheila60US #103
#65Katherine59US #77
#66Rosemary59US #99
#67Evelyn57US #57
#68Bonnie56US #34
#69Jacqueline56US #64
#70Arlene55US #101
#71Lynn55US #116
#72Sally55US #59
#73Diana52US #60
#74Irene49US #91
#75Marjorie49US #85
#76Andrea48US #128
#77Jeanne48US #108
#78Marion48US #140
#79Rose48US #52
#80Louise47US #69
#81Suzanne46US #78
#82Doris45US #42
#83Constance44US #104
#84Kathryn42US #68
#85Charlotte39US #50
#86Eleanor39US #122
#87Claire38
#88June38US #121
#89Lucille38US #132
#90Priscilla37US #157
#91Deborah36US #168
#92Marlene36US #106
#93Dianne35US #90
#94Brenda32US #30
#95Josephine31US #115
#96Leslie31US #182
#97Michele29US #187
#98Anita27US #95
#99Laura27US #119
#100Maria27US #80

Boys

#1Robert1,164US #2
#2John1,149US #3
#3Richard925US #5
#4William762US #4
#5James693US #1
#6David561US #6
#7Thomas545US #8
#8Joseph493US #13
#9Michael400US #9
#10Edward362US #18
#11George341US #14
#12Donald328US #11
#13Ronald325US #10
#14Charles322US #7
#15Paul275US #17
#16Peter272US #40
#17Raymond202US #22
#18Frank198US #21
#19Anthony197US #46
#20Kenneth194US #16
#21Gary171US #15
#22Stephen169US #28
#23Arthur142US #29
#24Bruce132US #51
#25Lawrence131US #32
#26Dennis128US #20
#27Roger124US #23
#28Walter123US #26
#29Francis120US #71
#30Daniel118US #25
#31Gerald113US #24
#32Louis111US #54
#33Frederick109US #73
#34Alan100US #55
#35Philip100US #60
#36Henry88US #35
#37Ralph87US #42
#38Douglas86US #34
#39Carl80US #36
#40Albert79US #44
#41Brian76US #116
#42Eugene73US #48
#43Wayne72US #37
#44Harold71US #27
#45Russell70US #63
#46Stanley68US #57
#47Andrew66US #81
#48Vincent66US #113
#49Leonard63US #56
#50Howard62US #53
#51Barry60US #84
#52Patrick60US #64
#53Nicholas58US #150
#54Norman58US #58
#55Theodore58US #96
#56Alfred57US #82
#57Ernest55US #59
#58Mark54US #93
#59Martin54US #91
#60Fred53US #47
#61Harry50US #49
#62Timothy45US #92
#63Victor45US #107
#64Steven44US #52
#65Jeffrey43US #101
#66Larry43US #12
#67Allan39US #141
#68Bernard35US #94
#69Lee33US #85
#70Christopher32US #170
#71Earl32US #65
#72Jack32US #30
#73Roy31US #39
#74Salvatore30
#75Allen28US #77
#76Herbert27US #90
#77Jonathan26
#78Samuel26US #62
#79Chester25US #137
#80Jon25US #122
#81Alexander24US #183
#82Arnold24US #145
#83Clifford24US #99
#84Kevin24
#85Craig23US #151
#86Jerry23US #19
#87Terry23US #43
#88Edmund22
#89Roland22US #155
#90Jerome21US #117
#91Joel21US #125
#92Neil21US #161
#93Eric20US #158
#94Gregory20US #152
#95Warren20US #100
#96Dominic19
#97Edwin19US #106
#98Glenn19US #88
#99Gordon19US #105
#100Leo19US #132

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑22Christine#55
↑20Gloria#46
↑19Martha#59
↑16Lee#69
↑16Earl#71
↑14Paula#58
↑13Geraldine#37
↑13Christopher#70

Falling

↓26Judy#63
↓22Warren#95
↓20Gordon#99
↓17Jacqueline#69
↓17Rose#79
↓17Fred#60
↓16Clifford#83
↓15Arlene#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.