Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1949

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1949 were Linda for girls (906 babies) and Robert for boys (1,302). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 35,900 babies born in Connecticut in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1949

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: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marylou: 15 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Faith: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maryann: 62 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Noreen: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Holly: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Claire: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Doreen: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dale: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Maureen: 114 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dominic: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Salvatore: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Peter: 347 babies, 4× the national rate
Jonathan: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Francis: 134 babies, 3× the national rate
Nicholas: 64 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradford: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kevin: 96 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Vincent: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexander: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	906	–	1
2	Susan	663	↑3	5
3	Patricia	589	↓1	3
4	Mary	586	↓1	2
5	Barbara	578	↓1	4
6	Kathleen	516	↑2	9
7	Nancy	438	–	7
8	Carol	389	↓2	8
9	Donna	369	↑1	12
10	Deborah	340	↑7	15
11	Karen	314	↑3	11
12	Sandra	307	↓3	6
13	Sharon	294	↓2	10
14	Judith	292	↓2	16
15	Diane	281	↓2	19
16	Margaret	260	–	14
17	Elizabeth	223	↓2	25
18	Christine	222	↑2	30
19	Pamela	208	↓1	21
20	Joan	203	↑1	36
21	Gail	184	↑1	51
22	Janet	183	↑1	23
23	Cynthia	179	↓4	27
24	Ann	166	–	44
25	Janice	146	↑2	24
26	Catherine	139	↑8	37
27	Joanne	135	↑4	61
28	Cheryl	131	↓3	28
29	Marilyn	127	↑7	33
30	Beverly	121	↑7	31
31	Joyce	121	↑1	26
32	Elaine	120	↓6	57
33	Ellen	120	↑7	64
34	Lynn	117	↑15	74
35	Jane	115	↓5	41
36	Maureen	114	↓3	89
37	Jean	112	↓9	45
38	Paula	110	↓3	55
39	Shirley	105	↑6	18
40	Lorraine	102	new	>100
41	Suzanne	101	new	62
42	Marie	96	↑1	67
43	Virginia	94	↓4	39
44	Carolyn	93	↓15	17
45	Katherine	93	↓4	59
46	Frances	92	↓4	49
47	Martha	90	new	34
48	Anne	89	↓1	86
49	Dorothy	89	↓11	32
50	Laura	87	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	1,302	–	2
2	John	1,238	–	3
3	William	859	–	4
4	Richard	854	–	7
5	James	823	–	1
6	David	732	↑1	6
7	Michael	709	↑1	5
8	Thomas	675	↓2	8
9	Joseph	550	–	14
10	Paul	400	–	17
11	Edward	380	–	21
12	Peter	347	–	38
13	Charles	341	–	9
14	Donald	316	↑1	13
15	Ronald	310	↑1	11
16	Gary	303	↑1	12
17	George	288	↓3	18
18	Kenneth	254	–	15
19	Stephen	254	↑1	19
20	Mark	244	↑6	24
21	Frank	215	↓2	27
22	Anthony	211	–	36
23	Bruce	210	↓2	26
24	Dennis	200	–	16
25	Raymond	199	–	30
26	Daniel	198	↓3	22
27	Steven	162	↑2	20
28	Lawrence	155	↓1	32
29	Philip	144	↑2	55
30	Jeffrey	135	↑3	48
31	Francis	134	↑4	78
32	Timothy	132	↑16	34
33	Alan	129	↓5	45
34	Douglas	128	↑5	29
35	Walter	128	↑1	37
36	Gregory	125	↓2	31
37	Frederick	121	↑5	70
38	Arthur	118	↓8	44
39	Gerald	118	↑1	33
40	Wayne	117	↓2	35
41	Roger	114	↓4	25
42	Brian	106	↓1	86
43	Albert	99	↑1	56
44	Kevin	96	↑6	95
45	Louis	92	↓13	64
46	Carl	91	–	43
47	Ralph	91	↑2	50
48	Henry	87	↓3	46
49	Vincent	86	↓2	>100
50	Christopher	83	new	81

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