Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1931

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1931 were Mary for girls (552 babies) and Robert for boys (926). Social Security records list 21,045 babies born in Connecticut in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1931

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

Girls

Carmella: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Concetta: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Faith: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Arline: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Claire: 80 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 43 babies, 5× the national rate
Maureen: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Natalie: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Adele: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angela: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Pasquale: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Alphonse: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Patsy: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Armand: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Salvatore: 43 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 55 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angelo: 34 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mario: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dominic: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Irving: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	552	–	1
2	Barbara	421	–	4
3	Joan	375	↑1	5
4	Dorothy	327	↓1	3
5	Jean	234	–	13
6	Elizabeth	214	↑2	16
7	Helen	203	↑2	6
8	Patricia	201	↑2	8
9	Nancy	185	↑2	17
10	Margaret	176	↓3	7
11	Shirley	172	↓5	9
12	Ann	165	↑3	35
13	Lorraine	154	↑9	49
14	Betty	152	↑6	2
15	Marie	148	↓3	27
16	Dolores	140	↓2	14
17	Ruth	136	↓4	11
18	Frances	130	↑3	18
19	Rose	129	↑5	30
20	Anna	126	↓1	25
21	Irene	126	↑2	37
22	Joyce	124	↑18	15
23	Theresa	122	↓5	59
24	Eleanor	121	↓8	40
25	Virginia	119	↑6	12
26	Doris	111	↓9	10
27	Gloria	107	↓2	23
28	Janet	106	↑8	45
29	Evelyn	105	↓1	24
30	Rita	103	–	48
31	Marilyn	102	↑3	19
32	Marion	101	↓3	66
33	Alice	97	↓1	21
34	Lois	96	↓8	20
35	Josephine	95	↓8	51
36	Jane	94	↓3	50
37	Catherine	93	↑5	36
38	Lillian	86	–	47
39	Phyllis	85	↓4	29
40	Carol	84	new	46
41	Beverly	81	–	31
42	Louise	81	↓3	33
43	Claire	80	new	>100
44	Anne	78	–	80
45	June	77	–	44
46	Grace	75	new	70
47	Florence	74	↓10	43
48	Elaine	72	↓1	72
49	Lucille	72	–	62
50	Marjorie	72	↓4	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	926	↑1	1
2	John	752	↓1	3
3	William	587	–	4
4	Richard	493	↑1	5
5	Joseph	446	↓1	9
6	Donald	345	↑2	7
7	James	342	–	2
8	Edward	337	↓2	11
9	George	330	–	8
10	Thomas	252	↑1	10
11	Charles	248	↓1	6
12	Frank	229	–	16
13	Raymond	219	–	17
14	Anthony	174	↑1	46
15	Walter	158	↑1	20
16	Arthur	147	↑5	23
17	Paul	146	↓3	12
18	David	138	–	13
19	Francis	136	–	42
20	Michael	135	↑4	55
21	Louis	133	↑1	37
22	Henry	124	↓2	22
23	Kenneth	119	↑5	14
24	Harold	106	↓1	18
25	Albert	104	↓8	24
26	Peter	97	↓1	61
27	Eugene	88	–	21
28	Ronald	83	↑2	27
29	Alfred	80	↑3	50
30	Lawrence	77	↑13	38
31	Fred	76	–	33
32	Vincent	75	↑1	86
33	Harry	73	↑5	30
34	Daniel	72	↑3	44
35	Roger	70	↑10	53
36	Norman	68	–	36
37	Philip	68	↑9	71
38	Ralph	68	↓12	25
39	Frederick	67	↓4	73
40	Stanley	65	↓11	49
41	Theodore	59	↑8	70
42	Herbert	58	new	41
43	Ernest	57	↓1	47
44	Nicholas	55	↑6	>100
45	Andrew	54	↓11	65
46	Howard	54	new	34
47	Stephen	54	–	>100
48	Carl	50	↓7	28
49	Alan	49	new	>100
50	Jack	48	new	15

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