Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1945

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1945 were Patricia for girls (594 babies) and Robert for boys (1,163). Patricia ranked #4 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,326 babies born in Connecticut in 1945 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1945

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

Girls

Noreen: 28 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maryann: 78 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Holly: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Doreen: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Wendy: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Betsy: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maureen: 91 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deborah: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Claire: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Denise: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 318 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kevin: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Nicholas: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jonathan: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brian: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Anthony: 194 babies, 3× the national rate
Francis: 118 babies, 3× the national rate
Gerard: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Edmund: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Patricia	594	–	4
2	Barbara	567	–	3
3	Mary	532	–	1
4	Carol	503	–	5
5	Linda	415	–	2
6	Judith	379	–	9
7	Susan	360	↑2	10
8	Sandra	354	–	6
9	Nancy	305	↓2	7
10	Kathleen	271	↑1	19
11	Donna	249	↑1	17
12	Joan	246	↓2	25
13	Karen	235	↑4	16
14	Elizabeth	223	↑1	26
15	Diane	221	↑1	22
16	Sharon	219	↓2	8
17	Margaret	212	↓4	15
18	Janet	206	–	20
19	Gail	156	↑2	52
20	Joyce	146	↓1	18
21	Janice	144	↑11	24
22	Jean	133	↑6	38
23	Frances	132	↑12	34
24	Elaine	130	↓4	44
25	Jane	122	↑4	36
26	Marilyn	118	↓1	27
27	Beverly	116	↓4	37
28	Ann	114	↓6	39
29	Pamela	108	↑4	42
30	Virginia	108	↓3	28
31	Shirley	102	↑9	14
32	Dorothy	99	↓8	21
33	Carolyn	98	↓7	12
34	Marie	96	↓4	49
35	Lorraine	95	↑8	87
36	Maureen	91	↑3	>100
37	Gloria	90	↑9	23
38	Joanne	89	↓7	53
39	Cheryl	87	↓5	32
40	Ruth	82	↑5	33
41	Carole	81	↓5	51
42	Eileen	81	↓1	70
43	Ellen	81	↑4	61
44	Cynthia	79	↑5	90
45	Maryann	78	↑5	>100
46	Betty	77	new	11
47	Paula	76	new	67
48	Judy	75	new	13
49	Geraldine	74	↓12	56
50	Bonnie	71	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Robert	1,163	–	2
2	John	1,031	–	3
3	Richard	916	–	5
4	William	761	–	4
5	James	671	–	1
6	Thomas	542	↑1	8
7	David	486	↓1	6
8	Joseph	485	–	14
9	Edward	384	↑1	18
10	Michael	366	↓1	9
11	Paul	319	↑4	17
12	Peter	318	↑4	38
13	Donald	309	↓1	12
14	George	296	↓3	15
15	Charles	290	↓1	7
16	Ronald	278	↓3	10
17	Kenneth	221	↑3	16
18	Frank	203	–	21
19	Anthony	194	–	46
20	Raymond	192	↓3	23
21	Gary	171	–	13
22	Stephen	156	–	26
23	Daniel	151	↑7	24
24	Dennis	136	↑2	19
25	Arthur	131	↓2	34
26	Alan	130	↑8	52
27	Roger	127	–	22
28	Bruce	119	↓4	48
29	Walter	119	↓1	27
30	Francis	118	↓1	76
31	Lawrence	114	↓6	30
32	Henry	109	↑4	37
33	Frederick	105	–	77
34	Gerald	99	↓3	25
35	Louis	95	↓3	55
36	Philip	94	↓1	58
37	Albert	87	↑3	49
38	Jeffrey	86	new	91
39	Wayne	85	↑4	35
40	Douglas	83	↓2	29
41	Mark	82	new	72
42	Carl	80	↓3	39
43	Ralph	79	↓6	44
44	Brian	72	↓3	>100
45	Leonard	71	↑4	57
46	Andrew	63	↑1	86
47	Stanley	61	↓1	59
48	Eugene	60	↓6	50
49	Vincent	60	↓1	>100
50	Harry	58	new	47

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