Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1947

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1947 were Linda for girls (1,155 babies) and Robert for boys (1,624). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,433 babies born in Connecticut in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1947

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

Girls

Doreen: 53 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Noreen: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lauren: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Betsy: 37 babies, 4× the national rate
Wendy: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Holly: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Roseann: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maryann: 63 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lorraine: 145 babies, 3× the national rate
Denise: 56 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peter: 409 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelo: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Geoffrey: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 73 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kevin: 58 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jonathan: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Vincent: 98 babies, 3× the national rate
Edmund: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brian: 109 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Linda	1,155	↑3	1
2	Patricia	797	↓1	3
3	Barbara	701	↓1	4
4	Mary	665	↓1	2
5	Carol	590	–	6
6	Susan	558	–	8
7	Nancy	505	–	7
8	Kathleen	458	↑2	11
9	Sandra	421	↓1	5
10	Judith	403	↓1	12
11	Donna	356	↑2	10
12	Sharon	331	↓1	9
13	Karen	330	↑1	13
14	Diane	329	↓2	18
15	Margaret	296	↑1	16
16	Elizabeth	248	↓1	25
17	Joan	227	–	30
18	Janice	212	↑1	22
19	Janet	205	↓1	23
20	Gail	197	–	49
21	Cynthia	185	↑8	33
22	Pamela	179	↑4	28
23	Cheryl	171	–	24
24	Ann	168	–	41
25	Elaine	165	↑3	50
26	Joyce	162	↓5	20
27	Marilyn	151	–	29
28	Joanne	148	↑10	56
29	Jane	145	↓7	36
30	Lorraine	145	↑7	84
31	Lynn	145	↑14	75
32	Deborah	141	new	62
33	Christine	137	↑7	45
34	Jean	137	↓4	40
35	Maureen	131	↓1	98
36	Ellen	129	↓1	61
37	Paula	128	new	54
38	Beverly	125	↓13	31
39	Catherine	123	↑2	46
40	Shirley	123	↓1	19
41	Dorothy	120	↓9	26
42	Marie	120	–	57
43	Carolyn	116	↓10	15
44	Anne	113	–	95
45	Virginia	110	↓14	34
46	Frances	108	↓10	39
47	Suzanne	93	–	53
48	Eileen	92	↓5	91
49	Joann	90	new	89
50	Gloria	89	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Robert	1,624	–	2
2	John	1,485	–	3
3	Richard	1,033	–	5
4	William	1,027	–	4
5	James	918	–	1
6	Thomas	781	–	8
7	David	776	–	6
8	Joseph	624	↑1	14
9	Michael	619	↓1	7
10	Paul	453	–	18
11	Ronald	414	↑1	11
12	Peter	409	↑2	36
13	Edward	406	↓2	19
14	George	372	↓1	16
15	Charles	371	–	9
16	Donald	361	–	13
17	Frank	279	–	23
18	Kenneth	275	–	15
19	Gary	266	↑2	12
20	Dennis	240	–	17
21	Anthony	234	↑2	41
22	Raymond	234	↓3	27
23	Daniel	225	↓1	22
24	Stephen	220	–	21
25	Bruce	191	–	29
26	Alan	163	–	45
27	Walter	161	↑1	34
28	Lawrence	156	↑6	32
29	Gregory	152	↑14	33
30	Mark	151	↑5	47
31	Louis	148	↑5	64
32	Gerald	143	↓1	28
33	Wayne	143	↑9	30
34	Roger	142	↓7	25
35	Philip	139	↑5	57
36	Arthur	131	↓7	38
37	Francis	125	↓7	84
38	Jeffrey	125	–	66
39	Douglas	124	↓7	31
40	Steven	122	↑7	24
41	Albert	111	↓8	55
42	Brian	109	↓1	95
43	Henry	109	↑3	46
44	Carl	104	↓7	40
45	Frederick	104	↓6	78
46	Vincent	98	new	>100
47	Andrew	97	↓3	82
48	Ralph	96	↓3	50
49	Howard	93	new	62
50	Leonard	88	new	71

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