State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,899 Connecticut births in 1949 across 572 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#67Maryann#184 nationally
#85Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#92Claireoutside the national top 200
#81Alexander#180 nationally
#66Jonathan#164 nationally
#90Stuart#178 nationally
#96Matthew#177 nationally
#84Neil#161 nationally
#62Nicholas#136 nationally
#93Marc#167 nationally
#76Allan#143 nationally
#96Lucille#163 nationally

Girls

#1Linda906US #1
#2Susan663US #5
#3Patricia589US #3
#4Mary586US #2
#5Barbara578US #4
#6Kathleen516US #9
#7Nancy438US #7
#8Carol389US #8
#9Donna369US #12
#10Deborah340US #15
#11Karen314US #11
#12Sandra307US #6
#13Sharon294US #10
#14Judith292US #16
#15Diane281US #19
#16Margaret260US #14
#17Elizabeth223US #25
#18Christine222US #30
#19Pamela208US #21
#20Joan203US #36
#21Gail184US #51
#22Janet183US #23
#23Cynthia179US #27
#24Ann166US #44
#25Janice146US #24
#26Catherine139US #37
#27Joanne135US #61
#28Cheryl131US #28
#29Marilyn127US #33
#30Beverly121US #31
#31Joyce121US #26
#32Elaine120US #57
#33Ellen120US #64
#34Lynn117US #74
#35Jane115US #41
#36Maureen114US #89
#37Jean112US #45
#38Paula110US #55
#39Shirley105US #18
#40Lorraine102US #102
#41Suzanne101US #62
#42Marie96US #67
#43Virginia94US #39
#44Carolyn93US #17
#45Katherine93US #59
#46Frances92US #49
#47Martha90US #34
#48Anne89US #86
#49Dorothy89US #32
#50Laura87US #65
#51Joann86US #101
#52Gloria85US #29
#53Valerie79US #108
#54Kathryn77US #52
#55Brenda73US #13
#56Rosemary73US #98
#57Jacqueline72US #58
#58Eileen71US #95
#59Theresa67US #63
#60Wendy65US #122
#61Geraldine64US #90
#62Bonnie63US #35
#63Diana63US #48
#64Helen63US #46
#65Marcia63US #78
#66Jeanne62US #92
#67Maryann62US #184
#68Ruth61US #47
#69Alice60US #53
#70Judy58US #20
#71Sally57US #77
#72Rita55US #54
#73Arlene54US #133
#74Roberta53US #97
#75Sheila53US #76
#76Phyllis51US #50
#77Irene48US #111
#78Leslie48US #132
#79Dianne47US #85
#80Rose47US #66
#81Kathy45US #42
#82Sarah45US #84
#83Jo44US #60
#84Louise44US #104
#85Betty43US #22
#86Lois43US #73
#87Lynda43US #93
#88Charlene42US #100
#89June42US #138
#90Michele41US #135
#91Priscilla41US #154
#92Claire40
#93Constance40US #83
#94Darlene39US #75
#95Denise39US #140
#96Lucille39US #163
#97Charlotte38US #71
#98Marjorie38US #116
#99Andrea37US #144
#100Anna36US #91

Boys

#1Robert1,302US #2
#2John1,238US #3
#3William859US #4
#4Richard854US #7
#5James823US #1
#6David732US #6
#7Michael709US #5
#8Thomas675US #8
#9Joseph550US #14
#10Paul400US #17
#11Edward380US #21
#12Peter347US #38
#13Charles341US #9
#14Donald316US #13
#15Ronald310US #11
#16Gary303US #12
#17George288US #18
#18Kenneth254US #15
#19Stephen254US #19
#20Mark244US #24
#21Frank215US #27
#22Anthony211US #36
#23Bruce210US #26
#24Dennis200US #16
#25Raymond199US #30
#26Daniel198US #22
#27Steven162US #20
#28Lawrence155US #32
#29Philip144US #55
#30Jeffrey135US #48
#31Francis134US #78
#32Timothy132US #34
#33Alan129US #45
#34Douglas128US #29
#35Walter128US #37
#36Gregory125US #31
#37Frederick121US #70
#38Arthur118US #44
#39Gerald118US #33
#40Wayne117US #35
#41Roger114US #25
#42Brian106US #86
#43Albert99US #56
#44Kevin96US #95
#45Louis92US #64
#46Carl91US #43
#47Ralph91US #50
#48Henry87US #46
#49Vincent86US #102
#50Christopher83US #81
#51Harold78US #42
#52Stanley77US #60
#53Howard73US #63
#54Barry70US #73
#55Leonard70US #74
#56Patrick70US #39
#57Russell68US #69
#58Theodore68US #100
#59Andrew64US #75
#60Eugene64US #58
#61Larry64US #10
#62Nicholas64US #136
#63Harry63US #59
#64Martin63US #83
#65Glenn53US #61
#66Jonathan52US #164
#67Craig51US #77
#68Ernest47US #76
#69Norman46US #90
#70Alfred44US #96
#71Allen44US #71
#72Jack41US #47
#73Eric37US #105
#74Keith37US #85
#75Samuel37US #62
#76Allan36US #143
#77Clifford35US #103
#78Roy35US #51
#79Warren35US #115
#80Fred34US #72
#81Alexander33US #180
#82Lee33US #93
#83Scott32US #99
#84Neil31US #161
#85Salvatore30
#86Jay29US #118
#87Leo28US #153
#88Leon27US #121
#89Gordon26US #113
#90Stuart26US #178
#91Bernard25US #111
#92Lewis25US #132
#93Marc24US #167
#94Arnold23US #158
#95Leslie23US #126
#96Matthew23US #177
#97Victor23US #116
#98Randall22US #79
#99Dale21US #54
#100Herbert21US #107

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑36Brenda#55
↑29Martha#47
↑26Valerie#53
↑20Jack#72
↑16Suzanne#41
↑16Timothy#32
↑15Lynn#34
↑14Dianne#79

Falling

↓32Andrea#99
↓28Fred#80
↓21Louise#84
↓18Bonnie#62
↓18Constance#93
↓17Phyllis#76
↓17Victor#97
↓16Andrew#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.