State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,433 Connecticut births in 1947 across 590 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
#89Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#87Matthew#196 nationally
#93Gerardoutside the national top 200
#73Jonathan#177 nationally
#69Kevin#160 nationally
#83Denise#170 nationally
#60Nicholas#143 nationally
#76Maryann#157 nationally
#100Roland#166 nationally
#62Christopher#127 nationally
#35Maureen#98 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,155US #1
#2Patricia797US #3
#3Barbara701US #4
#4Mary665US #2
#5Carol590US #6
#6Susan558US #8
#7Nancy505US #7
#8Kathleen458US #11
#9Sandra421US #5
#10Judith403US #12
#11Donna356US #10
#12Sharon331US #9
#13Karen330US #13
#14Diane329US #18
#15Margaret296US #16
#16Elizabeth248US #25
#17Joan227US #30
#18Janice212US #22
#19Janet205US #23
#20Gail197US #49
#21Cynthia185US #33
#22Pamela179US #28
#23Cheryl171US #24
#24Ann168US #41
#25Elaine165US #50
#26Joyce162US #20
#27Marilyn151US #29
#28Joanne148US #56
#29Jane145US #36
#30Lorraine145US #84
#31Lynn145US #75
#32Deborah141US #62
#33Christine137US #45
#34Jean137US #40
#35Maureen131US #98
#36Ellen129US #61
#37Paula128US #54
#38Beverly125US #31
#39Catherine123US #46
#40Shirley123US #19
#41Dorothy120US #26
#42Marie120US #57
#43Carolyn116US #15
#44Anne113US #95
#45Virginia110US #34
#46Frances108US #39
#47Suzanne93US #53
#48Eileen92US #91
#49Joann90US #89
#50Gloria89US #27
#51Louise89US #99
#52Rosemary86US #80
#53Jeanne85US #86
#54Geraldine84US #78
#55Bonnie83US #35
#56Jacqueline83US #59
#57Roberta82US #90
#58Katherine80US #76
#59Marcia79US #81
#60Phyllis79US #37
#61Judy78US #14
#62Theresa78US #85
#63Ruth77US #44
#64Lois76US #63
#65Sheila76US #73
#66Helen74US #38
#67Laura74US #74
#68Betty71US #17
#69Kathryn71US #55
#70Sally71US #70
#71Alice69US #47
#72Martha69US #32
#73Andrea65US #126
#74Diana65US #48
#75Rita64US #60
#76Maryann63US #157
#77Dolores60US #111
#78Marjorie59US #106
#79Rose59US #65
#80Anita58US #94
#81Arlene58US #118
#82Leslie57US #132
#83Denise56US #170
#84Evelyn56US #72
#85June56US #120
#86Carole54US #102
#87Doreen53
#88Jo53US #51
#89Lucille52US #147
#90Charlene50US #105
#91Lynda47US #77
#92Maria45US #79
#93Darlene44US #71
#94Marlene44US #114
#95Michele44US #148
#96Irene42US #107
#97Charlotte40US #68
#98Lynne40US #149
#99Claudia39US #122
#100Eleanor39US #158

Boys

#1Robert1,624US #2
#2John1,485US #3
#3Richard1,033US #5
#4William1,027US #4
#5James918US #1
#6Thomas781US #8
#7David776US #6
#8Joseph624US #14
#9Michael619US #7
#10Paul453US #18
#11Ronald414US #11
#12Peter409US #36
#13Edward406US #19
#14George372US #16
#15Charles371US #9
#16Donald361US #13
#17Frank279US #23
#18Kenneth275US #15
#19Gary266US #12
#20Dennis240US #17
#21Anthony234US #41
#22Raymond234US #27
#23Daniel225US #22
#24Stephen220US #21
#25Bruce191US #29
#26Alan163US #45
#27Walter161US #34
#28Lawrence156US #32
#29Gregory152US #33
#30Mark151US #47
#31Louis148US #64
#32Gerald143US #28
#33Wayne143US #30
#34Roger142US #25
#35Philip139US #57
#36Arthur131US #38
#37Francis125US #84
#38Jeffrey125US #66
#39Douglas124US #31
#40Steven122US #24
#41Albert111US #55
#42Brian109US #95
#43Henry109US #46
#44Carl104US #40
#45Frederick104US #78
#46Vincent98US #105
#47Andrew97US #82
#48Ralph96US #50
#49Howard93US #62
#50Leonard88US #71
#51Barry85US #68
#52Harold85US #35
#53Timothy82US #52
#54Fred81US #56
#55Theodore81US #102
#56Russell80US #69
#57Norman76US #81
#58Patrick76US #53
#59Eugene75US #59
#60Nicholas73US #143
#61Harry71US #54
#62Christopher70US #127
#63Stanley70US #67
#64Glenn69US #70
#65Martin67US #90
#66Larry66US #10
#67Alfred60US #96
#68Allen58US #73
#69Kevin58US #160
#70Ernest55US #75
#71Craig53US #93
#72Roy47US #48
#73Jonathan46US #177
#74Keith45US #91
#75Allan40US #132
#76Jay40US #119
#77Jack39US #37
#78Bernard38US #100
#79Clifford38US #101
#80Samuel37US #72
#81Lee36US #92
#82Eric34US #122
#83Terry32US #26
#84Edwin31US #114
#85Leo31US #147
#86Joel30US #133
#87Matthew30US #196
#88Phillip30US #74
#89Salvatore30
#90Warren30US #108
#91Gordon29US #111
#92Earl28US #83
#93Gerard28
#94Jerome27US #110
#95Lewis27US #118
#96Scott27US #139
#97Gene26US #103
#98Jerry26US #20
#99Rodney26US #94
#100Roland26US #166

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑29Deborah#32
↑26Keith#74
↑23Paula#37
↑21Jeanne#53
↑20Joann#49
↑18Kevin#69
↑17Denise#83
↑14Lynn#31

Falling

↓20Betty#68
↓17Ruth#63
↓16Claudia#99
↓15Sheila#65
↓14Virginia#45
↓14Stanley#63
↓13Beverly#38
↓13Arlene#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.