Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1942

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1942 were Patricia for girls (820 babies) and Robert for boys (1,241). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,341 babies born in Connecticut in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1942

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

Girls

Maryjane: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Doreen: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Wendy: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Maryann: 83 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gail: 172 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lorraine: 116 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 101 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deborah: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cynthia: 94 babies, 3× the national rate
Rosemarie: 43 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Pasquale: 18 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Armand: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dominic: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dominick: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Peter: 300 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kevin: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alexander: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angelo: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brian: 65 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Patricia	820	–	3
2	Barbara	718	–	2
3	Mary	581	–	1
4	Carol	576	↑1	5
5	Judith	458	↓1	7
6	Joan	411	–	18
7	Sandra	380	–	6
8	Linda	366	↑1	4
9	Nancy	344	↓1	8
10	Susan	276	↑1	21
11	Elizabeth	239	↑2	22
12	Margaret	235	↓2	14
13	Kathleen	194	↑14	24
14	Diane	192	↑7	28
15	Beverly	185	↑3	32
16	Carolyn	185	↑3	10
17	Joyce	185	↓5	13
18	Gail	172	↑7	60
19	Ann	166	↓3	38
20	Elaine	166	↓6	45
21	Donna	164	↑10	20
22	Janet	161	–	19
23	Karen	161	↑7	16
24	Dorothy	159	↓9	17
25	Jean	158	↓8	36
26	Marie	144	↓3	43
27	Virginia	141	↓3	23
28	Carole	140	↑8	35
29	Marilyn	137	↓9	27
30	Joanne	136	↑2	48
31	Frances	131	↓5	30
32	Sharon	131	new	11
33	Lorraine	116	↑6	91
34	Shirley	115	↓5	12
35	Ruth	112	↑11	33
36	Helen	103	↑9	26
37	Janice	102	↓9	25
38	Maureen	101	↑9	>100
39	Geraldine	98	↑2	47
40	Catherine	97	↑2	49
41	Jane	96	↓3	46
42	Dolores	95	↓7	63
43	Phyllis	95	↓10	37
44	Cynthia	94	↓7	>100
45	Jacqueline	94	new	69
46	Anne	92	new	76
47	Gloria	91	↓3	31
48	Betty	89	↓8	9
49	Sheila	87	new	94
50	Ellen	86	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Robert	1,241	–	2
2	John	1,138	–	3
3	Richard	966	–	5
4	William	854	–	4
5	James	719	–	1
6	Joseph	562	–	11
7	Thomas	558	↑1	8
8	David	530	↓1	6
9	Edward	429	–	17
10	Michael	390	↑6	13
11	George	362	–	14
12	Ronald	362	↓2	9
13	Charles	353	–	7
14	Paul	315	↑1	19
15	Peter	300	↓3	39
16	Donald	293	↓2	10
17	Raymond	256	↑1	24
18	Frank	251	↓1	21
19	Anthony	224	–	44
20	Kenneth	202	–	15
21	Arthur	174	↑1	29
22	Stephen	164	↑3	32
23	Walter	164	↑6	26
24	Francis	152	↑4	58
25	Daniel	146	↓4	28
26	Philip	142	↑9	54
27	Gerald	134	↓3	22
28	Dennis	130	↑9	20
29	Gary	127	↑10	18
30	Roger	125	↑1	25
31	Albert	120	↓5	40
32	Louis	117	↓9	51
33	Bruce	113	↓1	50
34	Lawrence	111	–	30
35	Henry	105	↓5	31
36	Frederick	104	↓9	68
37	Ralph	100	↑5	38
38	Fred	98	↑3	46
39	Douglas	93	↑8	23
40	Carl	92	↓4	36
41	Vincent	89	↓3	>100
42	Harold	82	↓9	27
43	Andrew	81	↑6	80
44	Stanley	81	↓4	56
45	Alan	72	↑1	81
46	Norman	72	↑2	53
47	Howard	70	↓4	49
48	Russell	70	new	70
49	Eugene	68	↓4	45
50	Alfred	66	–	76

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