State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,031 Connecticut births in 1948 across 559 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#76Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#88Doreenoutside the national top 200
#88Gerardoutside the national top 200
#67Jonathan#173 nationally
#65Maryann#170 nationally
#94Marianne#192 nationally
#79Marc#175 nationally
#87Alexander#183 nationally
#95Stuart#188 nationally
#55Nicholas#142 nationally
#50Kevin#127 nationally
#84Michele#159 nationally

Girls

#1Linda1,095US #1
#2Patricia649US #4
#3Mary619US #2
#4Barbara618US #3
#5Susan596US #5
#6Carol500US #8
#7Nancy464US #7
#8Kathleen449US #10
#9Sandra360US #6
#10Donna352US #11
#11Sharon349US #9
#12Judith320US #15
#13Diane297US #19
#14Karen287US #12
#15Elizabeth252US #26
#16Margaret230US #13
#17Deborah217US #30
#18Pamela193US #22
#19Cynthia177US #27
#20Christine171US #35
#21Joan169US #37
#22Gail166US #51
#23Janet164US #24
#24Ann162US #44
#25Cheryl157US #25
#26Elaine151US #53
#27Janice148US #23
#28Jean142US #47
#29Carolyn132US #14
#30Jane131US #39
#31Joanne131US #65
#32Joyce129US #21
#33Maureen128US #88
#34Catherine124US #41
#35Paula119US #52
#36Marilyn118US #33
#37Beverly116US #31
#38Dorothy113US #29
#39Virginia110US #36
#40Ellen104US #67
#41Katherine104US #68
#42Frances102US #42
#43Marie100US #60
#44Bonnie98US #34
#45Shirley98US #20
#46Theresa97US #63
#47Anne95US #87
#48Joann94US #94
#49Lynn93US #80
#50Eileen88US #91
#51Laura87US #73
#52Lorraine86US #96
#53Jacqueline85US #58
#54Helen77US #40
#55Rosemary76US #90
#56Marcia74US #79
#57Suzanne73US #66
#58Diana71US #48
#59Phyllis71US #46
#60Sheila70US #71
#61Ruth69US #45
#62Gloria67US #28
#63Louise67US #99
#64Sally66US #72
#65Maryann65US #170
#66Kathryn64US #54
#67Andrea61US #128
#68Geraldine61US #83
#69Jo60US #56
#70Leslie60US #131
#71Rose58US #62
#72Jeanne57US #95
#73Kathy56US #55
#74Alice55US #49
#75Constance54US #93
#76Martha53US #32
#77Roberta53US #101
#78Lois52US #70
#79Valerie52US #135
#80Betty50US #18
#81Judy50US #16
#82June50US #127
#83Charlene49US #105
#84Michele49US #159
#85Rita48US #59
#86Evelyn47US #74
#87Lucille47US #154
#88Doreen46
#89Irene46US #111
#90Marsha46US #76
#91Brenda45US #17
#92Cathy45US #104
#93Dianne44US #86
#94Marianne43US #192
#95Marjorie43US #110
#96Claudia42US #122
#97Denise41US #147
#98Maria41US #75
#99Anita40US #102
#100Charlotte40US #69

Boys

#1Robert1,375US #2
#2John1,294US #3
#3William910US #4
#4Richard882US #7
#5James877US #1
#6Thomas737US #8
#7David708US #5
#8Michael628US #6
#9Joseph580US #13
#10Paul396US #18
#11Edward390US #19
#12Peter388US #37
#13Charles359US #9
#14George341US #16
#15Donald311US #14
#16Ronald309US #10
#17Gary292US #12
#18Kenneth270US #15
#19Frank264US #25
#20Stephen263US #20
#21Bruce236US #28
#22Anthony234US #41
#23Daniel222US #22
#24Dennis215US #17
#25Raymond213US #27
#26Mark202US #29
#27Lawrence153US #31
#28Alan149US #46
#29Steven146US #23
#30Arthur144US #44
#31Philip139US #54
#32Louis138US #64
#33Jeffrey135US #58
#34Gregory134US #32
#35Francis131US #80
#36Walter130US #35
#37Roger123US #24
#38Wayne123US #34
#39Douglas118US #33
#40Gerald115US #30
#41Brian109US #95
#42Frederick109US #75
#43Andrew98US #77
#44Albert93US #55
#45Henry93US #45
#46Carl92US #42
#47Vincent89US #106
#48Timothy86US #38
#49Ralph84US #51
#50Kevin76US #127
#51Stanley75US #65
#52Fred73US #66
#53Leonard72US #71
#54Howard69US #63
#55Nicholas69US #142
#56Russell69US #67
#57Eugene67US #61
#58Harold67US #36
#59Patrick65US #48
#60Larry64US #11
#61Glenn63US #73
#62Christopher61US #102
#63Martin60US #88
#64Theodore60US #104
#65Craig58US #82
#66Harry58US #57
#67Jonathan56US #173
#68Barry54US #74
#69Ernest54US #76
#70Alfred53US #96
#71Clifford49US #105
#72Allen47US #72
#73Roy43US #49
#74Edwin40US #116
#75Norman40US #85
#76Salvatore39
#77Lee38US #93
#78Eric34US #114
#79Marc34US #175
#80Victor34US #115
#81Jay33US #123
#82Keith33US #89
#83Allan32US #132
#84Bernard31US #107
#85Warren31US #109
#86Samuel30US #70
#87Alexander29US #183
#88Gerard29
#89Leo29US #151
#90Chester27US #158
#91Gordon27US #112
#92Jack27US #43
#93Jon27US #128
#94Phillip27US #69
#95Stuart27US #188
#96Earl26US #83
#97Herbert26US #103
#98Leon26US #119
#99Jerry25US #21
#100Joel25US #137

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑19Jo#69
↑19Kevin#50
↑17Katherine#41
↑16Theresa#46
↑16Laura#51
↑16Diana#58
↑15Deborah#17
↑14Carolyn#29

Falling

↓22Lorraine#52
↓20Roberta#77
↓20Judy#81
↓19Jeanne#72
↓19Anita#99
↓18Lynn#49
↓18Norman#75
↓17Marjorie#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.