Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1948

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1948 were Linda for girls (1,095 babies) and Robert for boys (1,375). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,031 babies born in Connecticut in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1948

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: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Marylou: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Doreen: 46 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maryann: 65 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Betsy: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rosemarie: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dale: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lauren: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Holly: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Noreen: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 39 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Peter: 388 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jonathan: 56 babies, 4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nicholas: 69 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Edmund: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kevin: 76 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brian: 109 babies, 3× the national rate
Vincent: 89 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 131 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Linda	1,095	–	1
2	Patricia	649	–	4
3	Mary	619	↑1	2
4	Barbara	618	↓1	3
5	Susan	596	↑1	5
6	Carol	500	↓1	8
7	Nancy	464	–	7
8	Kathleen	449	–	10
9	Sandra	360	–	6
10	Donna	352	↑1	11
11	Sharon	349	↑1	9
12	Judith	320	↓2	15
13	Diane	297	↑1	19
14	Karen	287	↓1	12
15	Elizabeth	252	↑1	26
16	Margaret	230	↓1	13
17	Deborah	217	↑15	30
18	Pamela	193	↑4	22
19	Cynthia	177	↑2	27
20	Christine	171	↑13	35
21	Joan	169	↓4	37
22	Gail	166	↓2	51
23	Janet	164	↓4	24
24	Ann	162	–	44
25	Cheryl	157	↓2	25
26	Elaine	151	↓1	53
27	Janice	148	↓9	23
28	Jean	142	↑6	47
29	Carolyn	132	↑14	14
30	Jane	131	↓1	39
31	Joanne	131	↓3	65
32	Joyce	129	↓6	21
33	Maureen	128	↑2	88
34	Catherine	124	↑5	41
35	Paula	119	↑2	52
36	Marilyn	118	↓9	33
37	Beverly	116	↑1	31
38	Dorothy	113	↑3	29
39	Virginia	110	↑6	36
40	Ellen	104	↓4	67
41	Katherine	104	new	68
42	Frances	102	↑4	42
43	Marie	100	↓1	60
44	Bonnie	98	new	34
45	Shirley	98	↓5	20
46	Theresa	97	new	63
47	Anne	95	↓3	87
48	Joann	94	↑1	94
49	Lynn	93	↓18	80
50	Eileen	88	↓2	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Robert	1,375	–	2
2	John	1,294	–	3
3	William	910	↑1	4
4	Richard	882	↓1	7
5	James	877	–	1
6	Thomas	738	–	8
7	David	708	–	5
8	Michael	628	↑1	6
9	Joseph	580	↓1	13
10	Paul	396	–	18
11	Edward	390	↑2	19
12	Peter	388	–	37
13	Charles	359	↑2	9
14	George	341	–	16
15	Donald	311	↑1	14
16	Ronald	309	↓5	10
17	Gary	292	↑2	12
18	Kenneth	270	–	15
19	Frank	264	↓2	25
20	Stephen	263	↑4	20
21	Bruce	236	↑4	28
22	Anthony	234	↓1	41
23	Daniel	222	–	22
24	Dennis	215	↓4	17
25	Raymond	213	↓3	27
26	Mark	202	↑4	29
27	Lawrence	153	↑1	31
28	Alan	149	↓2	46
29	Steven	146	↑11	23
30	Arthur	144	↑6	44
31	Philip	139	↑4	54
32	Louis	138	↓1	64
33	Jeffrey	135	↑5	58
34	Gregory	134	↓5	32
35	Francis	131	↑2	80
36	Walter	130	↓9	35
37	Roger	123	↓3	24
38	Wayne	123	↓5	34
39	Douglas	118	–	33
40	Gerald	115	↓8	30
41	Brian	109	↑1	95
42	Frederick	109	↑3	75
43	Andrew	98	↑4	77
44	Albert	93	↓3	55
45	Henry	93	↓2	45
46	Carl	92	↓2	42
47	Vincent	89	↓1	>100
48	Timothy	86	new	38
49	Ralph	84	↓1	51
50	Kevin	76	new	>100

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