Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1934

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1934 were Mary for girls (459 babies) and Robert for boys (839). Social Security records list 18,817 babies born in Connecticut in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1934

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

Girls

Maureen: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angelina: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cynthia: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Antoinette: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rosemarie: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Natalie: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Judith: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lorraine: 112 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Claire: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Annette: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Rocco: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Dominic: 22 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Salvatore: 48 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Angelo: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Anthony: 137 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 110 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gerard: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Frederick: 70 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Vincent: 54 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	459	↑1	1
2	Barbara	450	↓1	3
3	Joan	394	–	7
4	Patricia	313	–	6
5	Dorothy	250	–	5
6	Jean	214	↑1	16
7	Nancy	212	↓1	10
8	Shirley	198	↑3	4
9	Ann	176	–	32
10	Elizabeth	176	↓2	18
11	Carol	163	↑2	14
12	Marie	146	↑2	34
13	Margaret	141	↓3	8
14	Janet	131	↓2	21
15	Beverly	126	↑11	22
16	Helen	122	↓1	9
17	Betty	120	↑2	2
18	Ruth	120	↓1	13
19	Lorraine	112	↓3	56
20	Eleanor	105	↓2	44
21	Frances	105	↓1	19
22	Marilyn	101	↑1	17
23	Dolores	100	↓2	26
24	Lois	92	↓2	20
25	Phyllis	88	↑14	28
26	Gloria	86	↑10	30
27	Doris	83	–	11
28	Joyce	83	↓4	12
29	Rose	83	↓4	37
30	Jane	78	–	48
31	Virginia	78	↑2	15
32	Alice	77	↑3	25
33	Irene	77	↓4	49
34	Elaine	76	↑14	54
35	Judith	76	↑14	94
36	Theresa	74	↓8	77
37	Florence	73	↑7	61
38	Marion	73	↓7	86
39	Lillian	66	↑6	52
40	Anna	65	↓6	31
41	Rita	65	↑1	63
42	Evelyn	62	↓4	29
43	June	62	↓11	46
44	Arlene	59	new	53
45	Janice	58	new	68
46	Catherine	56	–	42
47	Lucille	56	↓4	84
48	Josephine	55	↓8	60
49	Marjorie	54	↓8	41
50	Jacqueline	53	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	839	–	1
2	John	703	–	3
3	Richard	549	–	5
4	William	459	–	4
5	Joseph	408	–	10
6	Donald	356	–	6
7	James	351	–	2
8	Edward	281	–	13
9	George	263	↑1	8
10	Thomas	223	↑1	9
11	Charles	206	↓2	7
12	Ronald	196	↑1	11
13	Raymond	192	↑1	19
14	Frank	184	↓2	16
15	David	165	↑2	12
16	Paul	144	–	14
17	Anthony	137	↓2	52
18	Michael	114	↑1	47
19	Arthur	113	↑1	29
20	Peter	110	↑2	61
21	Francis	108	–	49
22	Albert	104	↑1	32
23	Henry	101	↑3	27
24	Louis	98	–	40
25	Kenneth	93	–	15
26	Walter	92	↓8	21
27	Harold	82	↑2	18
28	Ralph	80	↓1	31
29	Eugene	79	↓1	24
30	Norman	72	↑3	38
31	Frederick	70	–	77
32	Leonard	68	↑13	53
33	Lawrence	65	↓1	34
34	Roger	63	–	39
35	Philip	62	↑6	69
36	Fred	61	↑7	33
37	Ernest	58	↑11	51
38	Gerald	58	–	22
39	Carl	57	↑1	28
40	Daniel	55	↓10	42
41	Vincent	54	↑1	>100
42	Alfred	52	↓7	64
43	Salvatore	48	↑4	>100
44	Harry	46	↓7	36
45	Howard	44	new	37
46	Stanley	43	↓7	58
47	Andrew	39	↓11	76
48	Edwin	39	new	80
49	Bruce	38	new	78
50	Gordon	37	new	71

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