State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,524 Connecticut births in 1946 across 567 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#87Doreenoutside the national top 200
#83Alexander#188 nationally
#96Claireoutside the national top 200
#71Jonathan#173 nationally
#98Marianne#195 nationally
#87Kevin#179 nationally
#68Christopher#150 nationally
#70Maryann#152 nationally
#80Neil#161 nationally
#99Stuart#180 nationally
#64Nicholas#144 nationally
#100Denise#169 nationally

Girls

#1Patricia779US #3
#2Barbara670US #4
#3Mary643US #1
#4Linda564US #2
#5Carol563US #5
#6Susan559US #8
#7Nancy425US #7
#8Sandra414US #6
#9Judith398US #10
#10Kathleen379US #16
#11Sharon317US #9
#12Diane310US #19
#13Donna299US #13
#14Karen284US #15
#15Elizabeth260US #25
#16Margaret246US #17
#17Joan244US #28
#18Janet208US #21
#19Janice170US #22
#20Gail169US #49
#21Joyce168US #20
#22Jane164US #35
#23Cheryl161US #27
#24Ann156US #40
#25Beverly154US #30
#26Pamela154US #34
#27Marilyn151US #29
#28Elaine148US #47
#29Cynthia145US #46
#30Jean143US #37
#31Virginia142US #31
#32Dorothy128US #23
#33Carolyn123US #12
#34Maureen123US #95
#35Ellen122US #58
#36Frances117US #39
#37Lorraine115US #93
#38Joanne113US #57
#39Shirley113US #18
#40Christine111US #50
#41Catherine107US #48
#42Marie107US #54
#43Eileen104US #80
#44Anne98US #81
#45Lynn93US #94
#46Ruth93US #38
#47Suzanne93US #52
#48Betty90US #14
#49Judy90US #11
#50Sheila89US #70
#51Rosemary87US #74
#52Bonnie85US #33
#53Geraldine85US #66
#54Marcia85US #89
#55Helen84US #36
#56Gloria83US #26
#57Phyllis83US #41
#58Lois82US #55
#59Jacqueline75US #62
#60Paula75US #69
#61Deborah73US #119
#62Martha72US #32
#63Roberta72US #86
#64Katherine71US #78
#65Louise71US #91
#66Theresa70US #96
#67Alice67US #44
#68Arlene67US #113
#69Joann67US #90
#70Maryann66US #152
#71Diana65US #42
#72Rita65US #56
#73Carole62US #72
#74Jeanne62US #83
#75Kathryn61US #63
#76Laura61US #75
#77Andrea58US #125
#78Marjorie58US #106
#79Rose58US #60
#80Lucille57US #137
#81Doris51US #51
#82Sally51US #67
#83Claudia48US #124
#84Dianne48US #76
#85Irene48US #102
#86Charlotte47US #64
#87Doreen46
#88Dolores45US #104
#89Anita43US #84
#90Leslie43US #130
#91Eleanor41US #139
#92Evelyn41US #65
#93June41US #116
#94Marion41US #155
#95Jo40US #53
#96Claire37
#97Kathy36US #79
#98Marianne35US #195
#99Darlene34US #71
#100Denise34US #169

Boys

#1Robert1,472US #2
#2John1,357US #3
#3Richard1,072US #5
#4William964US #4
#5James871US #1
#6Thomas648US #8
#7David643US #6
#8Michael566US #7
#9Joseph543US #14
#10Paul432US #18
#11Edward410US #19
#12Ronald391US #10
#13George375US #16
#14Peter368US #38
#15Charles362US #9
#16Donald335US #13
#17Frank251US #22
#18Kenneth241US #15
#19Raymond238US #25
#20Dennis217US #17
#21Gary217US #12
#22Daniel207US #21
#23Anthony201US #44
#24Stephen195US #24
#25Bruce190US #32
#26Alan140US #49
#27Roger140US #23
#28Walter140US #30
#29Arthur138US #36
#30Francis137US #80
#31Gerald137US #27
#32Douglas134US #34
#33Albert123US #52
#34Lawrence120US #31
#35Mark112US #58
#36Louis111US #63
#37Carl109US #39
#38Jeffrey109US #78
#39Frederick107US #75
#40Philip106US #61
#41Brian104US #103
#42Wayne103US #29
#43Gregory100US #56
#44Andrew89US #84
#45Ralph88US #48
#46Henry85US #41
#47Steven85US #28
#48Barry82US #68
#49Stanley81US #65
#50Russell77US #66
#51Vincent77US #110
#52Fred74US #51
#53Timothy73US #60
#54Alfred70US #94
#55Eugene70US #57
#56Leonard70US #67
#57Howard67US #55
#58Harry65US #50
#59Patrick65US #59
#60Harold59US #33
#61Martin54US #92
#62Larry53US #11
#63Theodore52US #101
#64Nicholas50US #144
#65Norman50US #76
#66Allen49US #74
#67Samuel48US #70
#68Christopher45US #150
#69Roy44US #43
#70Allan43US #124
#71Jonathan43US #173
#72Ernest42US #71
#73Craig40US #108
#74Clifford39US #100
#75Glenn38US #81
#76Bernard36US #102
#77Jack33US #35
#78Terry33US #26
#79Eric32US #134
#80Neil31US #161
#81Gordon30US #111
#82Lee29US #91
#83Alexander28US #188
#84Dale28US #62
#85Herbert28US #97
#86Jay28US #115
#87Kevin28US #179
#88Leslie28US #119
#89Chester27US #149
#90Jerry27US #20
#91Leo27US #147
#92Victor27US #120
#93Edwin25US #112
#94Joel25US #127
#95Warren24US #105
#96Leon23US #113
#97Lewis23US #118
#98Scott23US #155
#99Stuart23US #180
#100Keith22US #96

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑25Gregory#43
↑21Suzanne#47
↑18Neil#80
↑17Christine#40
↑17Sheila#50
↑16Cheryl#23
↑16Lois#58
↑15Cynthia#29

Falling

↓32Carole#73
↓25Maryann#70
↓23Edwin#93
↓19Gloria#56
↓19Jeanne#74
↓18Sally#82
↓14Henry#46
↓14Victor#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.