State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,326 Connecticut births in 1945 across 508 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#79Kevinoutside the national top 200
#90Gerardoutside the national top 200
#73Jonathan#179 nationally
#95Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#94Matthew#198 nationally
#98Claireoutside the national top 200
#45Maryann#144 nationally
#56Nicholas#151 nationally
#72Deborah#161 nationally
#89Alexander#178 nationally
#75Christopher#160 nationally
#80Roland#158 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia594US #4
#2Barbara567US #3
#3Mary532US #1
#4Carol503US #5
#5Linda415US #2
#6Judith379US #9
#7Susan360US #10
#8Sandra354US #6
#9Nancy305US #7
#10Kathleen271US #19
#11Donna249US #17
#12Joan246US #25
#13Karen235US #16
#14Elizabeth223US #26
#15Diane221US #22
#16Sharon219US #8
#17Margaret212US #15
#18Janet206US #20
#19Gail156US #52
#20Joyce146US #18
#21Janice144US #24
#22Jean133US #38
#23Frances132US #34
#24Elaine130US #44
#25Jane122US #36
#26Marilyn118US #27
#27Beverly116US #37
#28Ann114US #39
#29Pamela108US #42
#30Virginia108US #28
#31Shirley102US #14
#32Dorothy99US #21
#33Carolyn98US #12
#34Marie96US #49
#35Lorraine95US #87
#36Maureen91US #105
#37Gloria90US #23
#38Joanne89US #53
#39Cheryl87US #32
#40Ruth82US #33
#41Carole81US #51
#42Eileen81US #70
#43Ellen81US #61
#44Cynthia79US #90
#45Maryann78US #144
#46Betty77US #11
#47Paula76US #67
#48Judy75US #13
#49Geraldine74US #56
#50Bonnie71US #35
#51Catherine71US #50
#52Jacqueline71US #63
#53Roberta71US #75
#54Anne69US #81
#55Jeanne69US #98
#56Lynn68US #102
#57Christine66US #62
#58Diana66US #43
#59Joann65US #80
#60Theresa64US #96
#61Alice63US #41
#62Phyllis63US #40
#63Rosemary62US #79
#64Sally61US #64
#65Helen58US #31
#66Marcia57US #88
#67Sheila57US #89
#68Suzanne57US #68
#69Rita53US #59
#70Katherine52US #82
#71Rose52US #54
#72Deborah51US #161
#73Louise51US #78
#74Lois50US #48
#75Marjorie50US #94
#76Martha49US #30
#77Charlotte46US #55
#78Andrea45US #126
#79Arlene45US #99
#80Leslie45US #142
#81Victoria45US #106
#82Irene44US #97
#83Dolores43US #103
#84June43US #121
#85Kathryn43US #65
#86Evelyn40US #57
#87Lynne39US #153
#88Marion38US #145
#89Marlene38US #110
#90Eleanor36US #130
#91Laura36US #77
#92Dianne35US #72
#93Lucille35US #129
#94Constance32US #109
#95Doris32US #46
#96Anita31US #100
#97Brenda31US #29
#98Claire31
#99Lillian31US #124
#100Charlene30US #114

Boys

#1Robert1,163US #2
#2John1,031US #3
#3Richard916US #5
#4William761US #4
#5James671US #1
#6Thomas542US #8
#7David486US #6
#8Joseph485US #14
#9Edward384US #18
#10Michael366US #9
#11Paul319US #17
#12Peter318US #38
#13Donald309US #12
#14George296US #15
#15Charles290US #7
#16Ronald278US #10
#17Kenneth221US #16
#18Frank203US #21
#19Anthony194US #46
#20Raymond192US #23
#21Gary171US #13
#22Stephen156US #26
#23Daniel151US #24
#24Dennis136US #19
#25Arthur131US #34
#26Alan130US #52
#27Roger127US #22
#28Bruce119US #48
#29Walter119US #27
#30Francis118US #76
#31Lawrence114US #30
#32Henry109US #37
#33Frederick105US #77
#34Gerald99US #25
#35Louis95US #55
#36Philip94US #58
#37Albert87US #49
#38Jeffrey86US #91
#39Wayne85US #35
#40Douglas83US #29
#41Mark82US #72
#42Carl80US #39
#43Ralph79US #44
#44Brian72US #113
#45Leonard71US #57
#46Andrew63US #86
#47Stanley61US #59
#48Eugene60US #50
#49Vincent60US #110
#50Harry58US #47
#51Harold57US #28
#52Larry57US #11
#53Russell57US #64
#54Steven57US #43
#55Theodore56US #101
#56Nicholas52US #151
#57Alfred49US #88
#58Fred49US #51
#59Martin48US #90
#60Timothy48US #70
#61Patrick47US #63
#62Barry46US #84
#63Ernest46US #60
#64Roy46US #40
#65Howard45US #54
#66Allen42US #74
#67Norman42US #65
#68Gregory41US #96
#69Allan39US #137
#70Edwin39US #117
#71Clifford38US #99
#72Gordon36US #109
#73Jonathan33US #179
#74Bernard32US #98
#75Christopher32US #160
#76Jack31US #32
#77Samuel31US #62
#78Victor31US #95
#79Kevin30
#80Roland30US #158
#81Terry30US #33
#82Craig29US #134
#83Eric28US #153
#84Warren27US #106
#85Earl26US #71
#86Joel25US #135
#87Gene24US #100
#88Jerry24US #20
#89Alexander23US #178
#90Gerard23
#91Lee22US #87
#92Leslie22US #115
#93Lewis22US #123
#94Matthew22US #198
#95Salvatore21
#96Keith20US #108
#97Leo20US #139
#98Neil20US #157
#99Arnold19US #147
#100Benjamin19US #140

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑27Jeffrey#38
↑27Edwin#70
↑27Gordon#72
↑26Gregory#68
↑22Jeanne#55
↑19Deborah#72
↑18Bonnie#50
↑17Jacqueline#52

Falling

↓22Lee#91
↓21Joann#59
↓21Helen#65
↓21Dolores#83
↓21Salvatore#95
↓20Lois#74
↓19Evelyn#86
↓17Martha#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.