State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,058 Connecticut births in 1950 across 558 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#78Salvatoreoutside the national top 200
#95Doreenoutside the national top 200
#96Maryann#200 nationally
#86Alexander#189 nationally
#100Hollyoutside the national top 200
#65Jonathan#163 nationally
#90Stuart#186 nationally
#89Guy#179 nationally
#98Roland#187 nationally
#87Matthew#174 nationally
#99Karl#172 nationally
#53Nicholas#124 nationally

Girls

#1Linda888US #1
#2Susan677US #5
#3Patricia657US #3
#4Mary614US #2
#5Barbara539US #4
#6Kathleen512US #10
#7Nancy462US #6
#8Deborah451US #7
#9Donna395US #13
#10Carol377US #9
#11Sharon333US #11
#12Diane314US #16
#13Karen294US #12
#14Elizabeth289US #24
#15Sandra281US #8
#16Margaret268US #15
#17Judith222US #21
#18Gail221US #42
#19Pamela213US #17
#20Christine207US #28
#21Janet202US #18
#22Cynthia188US #23
#23Joan184US #40
#24Janice174US #22
#25Ann154US #45
#26Jane150US #39
#27Cheryl146US #29
#28Joyce132US #27
#29Joanne129US #67
#30Jean126US #48
#31Elaine121US #60
#32Catherine118US #34
#33Maureen114US #89
#34Paula112US #54
#35Marilyn109US #37
#36Ellen105US #66
#37Laura105US #63
#38Beverly104US #31
#39Lynn103US #76
#40Marie102US #72
#41Katherine101US #58
#42Virginia99US #43
#43Anne97US #84
#44Denise92US #82
#45Kathryn89US #46
#46Shirley87US #19
#47Carolyn86US #20
#48Wendy83US #114
#49Dorothy81US #35
#50Eileen80US #91
#51Bonnie78US #33
#52Lorraine76US #105
#53Frances75US #51
#54Rosemary73US #101
#55Jacqueline70US #55
#56Martha70US #32
#57Marcia68US #77
#58Suzanne66US #71
#59Joann65US #98
#60Valerie65US #116
#61Kathy64US #38
#62Gloria62US #30
#63Alice61US #57
#64Ruth61US #49
#65Brenda60US #14
#66Theresa59US #65
#67Louise58US #109
#68Sally58US #78
#69Diana54US #47
#70Irene54US #92
#71Charlene52US #103
#72Jeanne51US #95
#73Sheila51US #70
#74Andrea50US #141
#75Evelyn50US #86
#76Rita49US #56
#77Darlene48US #79
#78Marjorie48US #121
#79Marlene48US #112
#80Helen47US #50
#81Lois47US #83
#82Michele47US #128
#83Dianne46US #90
#84Phyllis46US #53
#85Arlene45US #132
#86Judy45US #25
#87Rose44US #69
#88Constance43US #85
#89Debra43US #59
#90Lynne43US #153
#91Roberta42US #96
#92Jo41US #64
#93Maria39US #73
#94Betty38US #26
#95Doreen38
#96Maryann38US #200
#97Victoria38US #94
#98Anita37US #99
#99Dolores37US #139
#100Holly37

Boys

#1Robert1,253US #2
#2John1,200US #3
#3William859US #6
#4Richard820US #7
#5David801US #5
#6James767US #1
#7Michael700US #4
#8Thomas686US #8
#9Joseph546US #13
#10Paul425US #18
#11Edward388US #22
#12Gary349US #10
#13Charles341US #9
#14Peter338US #37
#15Mark321US #23
#16Ronald306US #12
#17Donald296US #14
#18George261US #20
#19Stephen231US #19
#20Kenneth228US #15
#21Dennis214US #17
#22Bruce212US #26
#23Anthony208US #36
#24Daniel204US #21
#25Raymond187US #31
#26Frank179US #29
#27Alan176US #41
#28Steven170US #16
#29Douglas150US #28
#30Lawrence147US #33
#31Jeffrey142US #43
#32Brian134US #79
#33Kevin132US #73
#34Francis129US #86
#35Gregory128US #25
#36Frederick125US #75
#37Roger124US #27
#38Timothy120US #32
#39Wayne116US #35
#40Philip114US #53
#41Arthur112US #46
#42Louis111US #66
#43Andrew96US #68
#44Gerald96US #34
#45Walter95US #40
#46Vincent91US #101
#47Christopher87US #72
#48Henry85US #47
#49Ralph84US #52
#50Albert83US #56
#51Stanley82US #60
#52Carl79US #44
#53Nicholas74US #124
#54Russell69US #67
#55Leonard68US #77
#56Barry65US #74
#57Martin65US #85
#58Alfred62US #96
#59Harold62US #45
#60Patrick62US #38
#61Howard61US #63
#62Eugene60US #58
#63Keith58US #78
#64Glenn57US #59
#65Jonathan57US #163
#66Larry57US #11
#67Craig56US #69
#68Theodore56US #99
#69Scott54US #82
#70Harry53US #61
#71Norman51US #90
#72Eric45US #98
#73Clifford40US #100
#74Ernest38US #81
#75Roy38US #51
#76Allen37US #71
#77Fred37US #84
#78Salvatore36
#79Lee35US #91
#80Victor35US #106
#81Edwin34US #117
#82Gordon33US #108
#83Jack33US #48
#84Warren31US #118
#85Neil30US #156
#86Alexander28US #189
#87Matthew28US #174
#88Samuel28US #62
#89Guy27US #179
#90Stuart27US #186
#91Bernard26US #110
#92Dale26US #49
#93Allan25US #142
#94Jon25US #138
#95Gene24US #122
#96Randall24US #70
#97Earl23US #92
#98Roland23US #187
#99Karl22US #172
#100Dean21US #120

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑51Denise#44
↑25Andrea#74
↑20Kathy#61
↑20Marjorie#78
↑17Louise#67
↑17Charlene#71
↑17Darlene#77
↑17Victor#80

Falling

↓29Maryann#96
↓17Suzanne#58
↓17Roberta#91
↓17Allan#93
↓16Helen#80
↓16Judy#86
↓13Samuel#88
↓12Lorraine#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.