Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1943

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1943 were Patricia for girls (768 babies) and Robert for boys (1,310). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 34,096 babies born in Connecticut in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1943

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: 19 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Corinne: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Ruthann: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Noreen: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marylou: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Holly: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Adele: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Maryanne: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Claire: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Maureen: 113 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Pasquale: 17 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Rocco: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 37 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dominic: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Peter: 349 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mario: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angelo: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brian: 77 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Anthony: 235 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Patricia	768	–	3
2	Barbara	702	–	2
3	Carol	591	↑1	5
4	Mary	589	↓1	1
5	Judith	500	–	7
6	Linda	475	↑2	4
7	Sandra	395	–	6
8	Susan	361	↑2	18
9	Nancy	349	–	9
10	Joan	304	↓4	21
11	Elizabeth	259	–	23
12	Margaret	253	–	14
13	Diane	241	↑1	24
14	Kathleen	238	↓1	22
15	Sharon	234	↑17	8
16	Donna	221	↑5	17
17	Karen	218	↑6	15
18	Joyce	208	↓1	16
19	Janet	202	↑3	20
20	Gail	175	↓2	55
21	Elaine	174	↓1	46
22	Dorothy	173	↑2	19
23	Beverly	166	↓8	32
24	Ann	160	↓5	37
25	Carolyn	155	↓9	11
26	Shirley	151	↑8	12
27	Virginia	142	–	25
28	Jean	139	↓3	36
29	Marilyn	136	–	27
30	Frances	129	↑1	31
31	Carole	127	↓3	42
32	Janice	124	↑5	26
33	Jane	120	↑8	44
34	Joanne	119	↓4	49
35	Marie	118	↓9	45
36	Maureen	113	↑2	>100
37	Judy	106	new	13
38	Lorraine	102	↓5	94
39	Phyllis	96	↑4	39
40	Joann	95	new	60
41	Pamela	94	new	54
42	Betty	93	↑6	10
43	Eileen	93	new	68
44	Cynthia	91	–	>100
45	Catherine	90	↓5	48
46	Lois	90	new	43
47	Ruth	90	↓12	33
48	Helen	89	↓12	28
49	Anne	88	↓3	80
50	Geraldine	88	↓11	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Robert	1,310	–	2
2	John	1,251	–	3
3	Richard	1,007	–	5
4	William	893	–	4
5	James	784	–	1
6	David	593	↑2	6
7	Thomas	590	–	8
8	Joseph	568	↓2	13
9	Michael	455	↑1	10
10	Ronald	408	↑2	9
11	George	395	–	14
12	Edward	376	↓3	18
13	Charles	357	–	7
14	Peter	349	↑1	39
15	Donald	334	↑1	11
16	Paul	313	↓2	19
17	Raymond	243	–	22
18	Kenneth	236	↑2	15
19	Anthony	235	–	44
20	Frank	234	↓2	21
21	Arthur	171	–	30
22	Gerald	167	↑5	23
23	Stephen	164	↓1	29
24	Dennis	148	↑4	20
25	Gary	148	↑4	16
26	Daniel	146	↓1	25
27	Roger	144	↑3	24
28	Louis	142	↑4	53
29	Francis	139	↓5	64
30	Walter	133	↓7	26
31	Bruce	131	↑2	51
32	Albert	123	↓1	43
33	Philip	123	↓7	57
34	Andrew	115	↑9	79
35	Stanley	112	↑9	54
36	Henry	111	↓1	31
37	Lawrence	109	↓3	32
38	Frederick	105	↓2	70
39	Ralph	105	↓2	40
40	Douglas	102	↓1	28
41	Alan	96	↑4	67
42	Carl	96	↓2	33
43	Fred	95	↓5	45
44	Harold	93	↓2	27
45	Theodore	88	new	96
46	Norman	84	–	56
47	Brian	77	new	>100
48	Vincent	77	↓7	>100
49	Eugene	76	–	47
50	Howard	74	↓3	48

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