Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1946

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1946 were Patricia for girls (779 babies) and Robert for boys (1,472). Patricia ranked #3 nationally for girls. Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,523 babies born in Connecticut in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1946

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

Girls

Maryellen: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Doreen: 46 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Maryanne: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lauren: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Holly: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maryann: 66 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Noreen: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maureen: 123 babies, 3× the national rate
Claire: 37 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Peter: 368 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brian: 104 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jonathan: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 137 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vincent: 77 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Salvatore: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Nicholas: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Anthony: 201 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alexander: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Patricia	779	–	3
2	Barbara	670	–	4
3	Mary	643	–	1
4	Linda	564	↑1	2
5	Carol	563	↓1	5
6	Susan	559	↑1	8
7	Nancy	425	↑2	7
8	Sandra	413	–	6
9	Judith	398	↓3	10
10	Kathleen	379	–	16
11	Sharon	317	↑5	9
12	Diane	310	↑3	19
13	Donna	299	↓2	13
14	Karen	284	↓1	15
15	Elizabeth	260	↓1	25
16	Margaret	246	↑1	17
17	Joan	244	↓5	28
18	Janet	208	–	21
19	Janice	170	↑2	22
20	Gail	169	↓1	49
21	Joyce	168	↓1	20
22	Jane	164	↑3	35
23	Cheryl	161	↑16	27
24	Ann	156	↑4	40
25	Beverly	154	↑2	30
26	Pamela	154	↑3	34
27	Marilyn	151	↓1	29
28	Elaine	148	↓4	47
29	Cynthia	145	↑15	46
30	Jean	143	↓8	37
31	Virginia	142	↓1	31
32	Dorothy	128	–	23
33	Carolyn	123	–	12
34	Maureen	123	↑2	95
35	Ellen	122	↑8	58
36	Frances	117	↓13	39
37	Lorraine	115	↓2	93
38	Joanne	113	–	57
39	Shirley	113	↓8	18
40	Christine	111	new	50
41	Catherine	107	new	48
42	Marie	107	↓8	54
43	Eileen	104	↓1	80
44	Anne	98	new	81
45	Lynn	93	new	94
46	Ruth	93	↓6	38
47	Suzanne	93	new	52
48	Betty	90	↓2	14
49	Judy	90	↓1	11
50	Sheila	89	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Robert	1,472	–	2
2	John	1,357	–	3
3	Richard	1,072	–	5
4	William	964	–	4
5	James	871	–	1
6	Thomas	648	–	8
7	David	643	–	6
8	Michael	566	↑2	7
9	Joseph	543	↓1	14
10	Paul	432	↑1	18
11	Edward	410	↓2	19
12	Ronald	391	↑4	10
13	George	375	↑1	16
14	Peter	368	↓2	38
15	Charles	362	–	9
16	Donald	335	↓3	13
17	Frank	251	↑1	22
18	Kenneth	241	↓1	15
19	Raymond	238	↑1	25
20	Dennis	217	↑4	17
21	Gary	217	–	12
22	Daniel	207	↑1	21
23	Anthony	201	↓4	44
24	Stephen	195	↓2	24
25	Bruce	190	↑3	32
26	Alan	140	–	49
27	Roger	140	–	23
28	Walter	140	↑1	30
29	Arthur	138	↓4	36
30	Francis	137	–	80
31	Gerald	137	↑3	27
32	Douglas	134	↑8	34
33	Albert	123	↑4	52
34	Lawrence	120	↓3	31
35	Mark	112	↑6	58
36	Louis	111	↓1	63
37	Carl	109	↑5	39
38	Jeffrey	109	–	78
39	Frederick	107	↓6	75
40	Philip	106	↓4	61
41	Brian	104	↑3	>100
42	Wayne	103	↓3	29
43	Gregory	100	new	56
44	Andrew	89	↑2	84
45	Ralph	88	↓2	48
46	Henry	85	↓14	41
47	Steven	85	new	28
48	Barry	82	new	68
49	Stanley	81	↓2	65
50	Russell	77	new	66

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