Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1944

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1944 were Patricia for girls (622 babies) and Robert for boys (1,164). Patricia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,789 babies born in Connecticut in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1944

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: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Maryellen: 20 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dale: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Faith: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maryann: 77 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Noreen: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Claire: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maureen: 92 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gail: 143 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Pasquale: 15 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Dominic: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Salvatore: 30 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Peter: 272 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 58 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jonathan: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kevin: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Edmund: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brian: 76 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Anthony: 197 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Patricia	622	–	4
2	Barbara	606	–	2
3	Mary	520	↑1	1
4	Carol	482	↓1	5
5	Linda	413	↑1	3
6	Judith	390	↓1	9
7	Nancy	349	↑2	7
8	Sandra	328	↓1	6
9	Susan	310	↓1	13
10	Joan	258	–	22
11	Kathleen	253	↑3	20
12	Donna	242	↑4	17
13	Margaret	237	↓1	14
14	Sharon	234	↑1	8
15	Elizabeth	229	↓4	23
16	Diane	206	↓3	24
17	Karen	200	–	16
18	Janet	185	↑1	21
19	Joyce	164	↓1	18
20	Elaine	160	↑1	46
21	Gail	143	↓1	56
22	Ann	136	↑2	39
23	Beverly	136	–	35
24	Dorothy	135	↓2	19
25	Marilyn	131	↑4	27
26	Carolyn	127	↓1	11
27	Virginia	124	–	26
28	Jean	114	–	37
29	Jane	113	↑4	41
30	Marie	113	↑5	48
31	Joanne	110	↑3	55
32	Janice	108	–	28
33	Pamela	107	↑8	44
34	Cheryl	104	new	36
35	Frances	100	↓5	33
36	Carole	94	↓5	43
37	Geraldine	92	↑13	53
38	Joann	92	↑2	65
39	Maureen	92	↓3	>100
40	Shirley	91	↓14	15
41	Eileen	88	↑2	73
42	Catherine	87	↑3	49
43	Lorraine	86	↓5	93
44	Helen	83	↑4	31
45	Ruth	83	↑2	32
46	Gloria	80	new	25
47	Ellen	78	new	63
48	Phyllis	78	↓9	40
49	Cynthia	77	↓5	>100
50	Maryann	77	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Robert	1,164	–	2
2	John	1,149	–	3
3	Richard	925	–	5
4	William	762	–	4
5	James	693	–	1
6	David	561	–	6
7	Thomas	545	–	8
8	Joseph	493	–	13
9	Michael	400	–	9
10	Edward	362	↑2	18
11	George	341	–	14
12	Donald	328	↑3	11
13	Ronald	325	↓3	10
14	Charles	322	↓1	7
15	Paul	275	↑1	17
16	Peter	272	↓2	40
17	Raymond	202	–	22
18	Frank	198	↑2	21
19	Anthony	197	–	46
20	Kenneth	194	↓2	16
21	Gary	171	↑4	15
22	Stephen	169	↑1	28
23	Arthur	142	↓2	29
24	Bruce	132	↑7	51
25	Lawrence	131	↑12	32
26	Dennis	128	↓2	20
27	Roger	124	–	23
28	Walter	123	↑2	26
29	Francis	120	–	71
30	Daniel	118	↓4	25
31	Gerald	113	↓9	24
32	Louis	111	↓4	54
33	Frederick	109	↑5	73
34	Alan	100	↑7	55
35	Philip	100	↓2	60
36	Henry	88	–	35
37	Ralph	87	↑2	42
38	Douglas	86	↑2	34
39	Carl	80	↑3	36
40	Albert	79	↓8	44
41	Brian	76	↑6	>100
42	Eugene	73	↑7	48
43	Wayne	72	new	37
44	Harold	71	–	27
45	Russell	70	new	63
46	Stanley	68	↓11	57
47	Andrew	66	↓13	81
48	Vincent	66	–	>100
49	Leonard	63	new	56
50	Howard	62	–	53

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