Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1926

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1926 were Mary for girls (751 babies) and John for boys (952). John ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,969 babies born in Connecticut in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1926

Names given at least 15 times in Connecticut that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Philomena: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 63 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Carmella: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carmela: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Concetta: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sophie: 42 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Arline: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jennie: 80 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Angelina: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Yolanda: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Pasquale: 28 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Patsy: 26 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Rocco: 25 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Dominic: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Salvatore: 65 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 76 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Carmen: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Anthony: 235 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelo: 39 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Michael: 155 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	751	–	1
2	Dorothy	426	↑1	2
3	Helen	420	↓1	4
4	Shirley	288	↑3	14
5	Barbara	275	↑4	16
6	Ruth	245	–	6
7	Margaret	241	↓3	5
8	Jean	231	↑3	12
9	Elizabeth	228	↓4	11
10	Anna	214	↓2	15
11	Rose	197	↑1	25
12	Doris	196	↑1	7
13	Frances	191	↑2	10
14	Eleanor	189	↓4	32
15	Irene	183	↓1	21
16	Marie	174	↑1	18
17	Virginia	168	↑3	8
18	Theresa	165	↑14	64
19	Josephine	159	–	37
20	Florence	152	↓2	26
21	Gloria	151	↓5	20
22	Alice	144	↑3	17
23	Betty	138	↑3	3
24	Lillian	137	↓1	28
25	Rita	137	↑3	50
26	Marion	133	↓5	47
27	Mildred	130	↓5	9
28	Ann	126	↓1	55
29	Jane	122	↑1	56
30	Evelyn	117	↓6	13
31	Lois	112	↑8	19
32	Marjorie	107	↓3	22
33	Catherine	106	↓2	31
34	Lorraine	101	↑3	53
35	Phyllis	96	–	33
36	Louise	94	↓3	27
37	Anne	90	↓3	86
38	Patricia	90	↑5	23
39	Nancy	88	↑5	57
40	Grace	83	↓2	46
41	Jennie	80	↓1	>100
42	Joan	78	–	51
43	Gertrude	77	new	71
44	June	74	new	40
45	Edith	73	–	42
46	Elaine	67	new	68
47	Gladys	67	new	35
48	Lucille	66	↓12	43
49	Antoinette	63	↑1	>100
50	Jeanne	63	new	88

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	John	952	–	2
2	Robert	741	–	1
3	William	643	–	4
4	Joseph	622	–	8
5	Edward	471	–	10
6	George	403	–	6
7	James	390	–	3
8	Richard	343	↑2	7
9	Frank	278	–	12
10	Charles	272	↓2	5
11	Thomas	256	–	11
12	Anthony	235	↑3	42
13	Donald	223	↓1	9
14	Raymond	216	–	15
15	Walter	210	↓2	17
16	Henry	170	↑1	19
17	Francis	164	↓1	35
18	Arthur	158	↑1	20
19	Albert	156	↓1	21
20	Michael	155	–	56
21	Harold	148	↑2	14
22	Louis	139	–	30
23	Paul	131	↓2	13
24	Stanley	117	↑2	43
25	David	105	↑2	22
26	Peter	103	↓2	58
27	Alfred	97	↑4	45
28	Ralph	93	↑8	24
29	Frederick	91	–	64
30	Vincent	90	–	77
31	Eugene	88	↓6	23
32	Andrew	86	↑12	59
33	Ernest	82	↑7	37
34	Kenneth	80	↓6	18
35	Harry	78	↑3	25
36	Daniel	76	↓4	46
37	Nicholas	76	↑8	>100
38	Lawrence	73	↑12	36
39	Norman	72	↑4	39
40	Howard	68	↓1	27
41	Leonard	67	↓6	38
42	Salvatore	65	↓1	>100
43	Theodore	63	↓9	63
44	Fred	58	↓11	31
45	Bernard	57	↑3	49
46	Jack	51	↑1	16
47	Philip	51	new	70
48	Herbert	48	↓6	44
49	Carl	47	↓12	26
50	Roger	45	new	89

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