Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1940

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1940 were Patricia for girls (565 babies) and Robert for boys (948). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 21,766 babies born in Connecticut in 1940 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1940

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

Girls

Denise: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maryann: 57 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Valerie: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Maureen: 65 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cynthia: 63 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angela: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Betsy: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosemarie: 34 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lorraine: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Claire: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Nicholas: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Edmund: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peter: 201 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brian: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Salvatore: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eric: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Anthony: 147 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Frederick: 96 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alexander: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christopher: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1940

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Patricia	565	↑1	3
2	Barbara	486	↓1	2
3	Mary	450	–	1
4	Judith	420	–	4
5	Carol	373	–	6
6	Joan	322	–	14
7	Nancy	254	–	7
8	Sandra	189	↑2	10
9	Margaret	186	↓1	11
10	Linda	172	↑7	8
11	Elizabeth	164	↓2	20
12	Joyce	153	↑1	13
13	Jean	150	↑2	29
14	Ann	148	↓2	35
15	Susan	142	↑6	36
16	Dorothy	136	↓5	12
17	Marie	136	↑1	41
18	Beverly	121	↓4	27
19	Frances	120	↑3	28
20	Janet	116	↓4	19
21	Janice	110	↑17	22
22	Marilyn	108	↓3	25
23	Shirley	107	–	9
24	Virginia	105	↑2	21
25	Elaine	101	↓5	50
26	Kathleen	92	↑13	40
27	Gail	90	↓2	65
28	Carolyn	88	↑3	15
29	Jane	87	↑12	47
30	Joanne	83	↑19	54
31	Helen	81	↓1	18
32	Phyllis	81	–	33
33	Geraldine	80	↑10	46
34	Diane	79	↑3	45
35	Ruth	79	↓2	24
36	Betty	78	↓12	5
37	Lorraine	75	↓10	95
38	Lois	72	new	38
39	Dolores	66	↑3	67
40	Eleanor	66	↓12	68
41	Judy	66	↓12	16
42	Maureen	65	↑8	>100
43	Cynthia	63	new	>100
44	Rosemary	63	new	85
45	Gloria	61	new	30
46	Theresa	61	new	>100
47	Donna	60	↓7	23
48	Doris	60	new	31
49	Arlene	59	↓13	75
50	June	59	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1939	US rank
1	Robert	948	–	2
2	John	821	–	3
3	Richard	718	–	5
4	William	578	–	4
5	Joseph	416	↑1	12
6	James	415	↓1	1
7	David	368	↑1	7
8	Thomas	320	↓1	8
9	Edward	280	–	16
10	Donald	260	–	9
11	George	247	↑1	11
12	Michael	221	↑2	18
13	Charles	219	↓2	6
14	Ronald	214	↓1	10
15	Paul	201	↑4	17
16	Peter	201	–	43
17	Raymond	183	–	22
18	Frank	175	↓3	20
19	Anthony	147	↓1	46
20	Kenneth	119	–	15
21	Arthur	117	↑2	33
22	Francis	105	↓1	61
23	Roger	101	↑3	26
24	Frederick	96	↑11	68
25	Walter	94	↓3	25
26	Gerald	90	↓2	21
27	Stephen	90	↑7	49
28	Louis	88	↓1	50
29	Bruce	86	↑4	55
30	Lawrence	85	↑1	36
31	Albert	84	↓6	41
32	Daniel	84	↓3	34
33	Henry	77	↓3	31
34	Ralph	75	↓6	37
35	Philip	64	↑7	60
36	Carl	63	↑13	32
37	Ernest	58	new	58
38	Andrew	57	↑3	84
39	Howard	56	↑7	45
40	Dennis	55	↑8	24
41	Harry	55	new	47
42	Eugene	54	↓5	38
43	Norman	53	↓4	48
44	Vincent	53	↓1	>100
45	Alan	52	↓9	88
46	Fred	52	↓8	40
47	Harold	51	↓15	23
48	Leonard	49	↓1	54
49	Theodore	47	new	90
50	Wayne	47	↓5	39

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