Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1950

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1950 were Linda for girls (888 babies) and Robert for boys (1,253). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 36,056 babies born in Connecticut in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1950

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

Girls

Alison: 21 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maryellen: 15 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Doreen: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Holly: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Roseann: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Betsy: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Noreen: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Marguerite: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosemarie: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Peter: 338 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jonathan: 57 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nicholas: 74 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Francis: 129 babies, 3× the national rate
Vincent: 91 babies, 3× the national rate
Bradford: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Brian: 134 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kevin: 132 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Frederick: 125 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	888	–	1
2	Susan	677	–	5
3	Patricia	657	–	3
4	Mary	614	–	2
5	Barbara	539	–	4
6	Kathleen	512	–	10
7	Nancy	462	–	6
8	Deborah	451	↑2	7
9	Donna	395	–	13
10	Carol	377	↓2	9
11	Sharon	333	↑2	11
12	Diane	314	↑3	16
13	Karen	294	↓2	12
14	Elizabeth	289	↑3	24
15	Sandra	281	↓3	8
16	Margaret	268	–	15
17	Judith	222	↓3	21
18	Gail	221	↑3	42
19	Pamela	213	–	17
20	Christine	207	↓2	28
21	Janet	202	↑1	18
22	Cynthia	188	↑1	23
23	Joan	184	↓3	40
24	Janice	174	↑1	22
25	Ann	154	↓1	45
26	Jane	150	↑9	39
27	Cheryl	146	↑1	29
28	Joyce	132	↑3	27
29	Joanne	129	↓2	67
30	Jean	126	↑7	48
31	Elaine	121	↑1	60
32	Catherine	118	↓6	34
33	Maureen	114	↑3	89
34	Paula	112	↑4	54
35	Marilyn	109	↓6	37
36	Ellen	105	↓3	66
37	Laura	105	↑13	63
38	Beverly	104	↓8	31
39	Lynn	103	↓5	76
40	Marie	102	↑2	72
41	Katherine	101	↑4	58
42	Virginia	99	↑1	43
43	Anne	97	↑5	84
44	Denise	92	new	82
45	Kathryn	89	new	46
46	Shirley	87	↓7	19
47	Carolyn	86	↓3	20
48	Wendy	83	new	>100
49	Dorothy	81	–	35
50	Eileen	80	new	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Robert	1,253	–	2
2	John	1,200	–	3
3	William	859	–	6
4	Richard	820	–	7
5	David	801	↑1	5
6	James	767	↓1	1
7	Michael	700	–	4
8	Thomas	686	–	8
9	Joseph	546	–	13
10	Paul	425	–	18
11	Edward	388	–	22
12	Gary	349	↑4	10
13	Charles	341	–	9
14	Peter	338	↓2	37
15	Mark	321	↑5	23
16	Ronald	306	↓1	12
17	Donald	296	↓3	14
18	George	261	↓1	20
19	Stephen	231	–	19
20	Kenneth	228	↓2	15
21	Dennis	214	↑3	17
22	Bruce	212	↑1	26
23	Anthony	207	↓1	36
24	Daniel	204	↑2	21
25	Raymond	187	–	31
26	Frank	179	↓5	29
27	Alan	176	↑6	41
28	Steven	170	↓1	16
29	Douglas	149	↑5	28
30	Lawrence	147	↓2	33
31	Jeffrey	142	↓1	43
32	Brian	134	↑10	79
33	Kevin	132	↑11	73
34	Francis	129	↓3	86
35	Gregory	128	↑1	25
36	Frederick	125	↑1	75
37	Roger	124	↑4	27
38	Timothy	120	↓6	32
39	Wayne	116	↑1	35
40	Philip	114	↓11	53
41	Arthur	112	↓3	46
42	Louis	111	↑3	66
43	Andrew	96	new	68
44	Gerald	96	↓5	34
45	Walter	95	↓10	40
46	Vincent	91	↑3	>100
47	Christopher	87	↑3	72
48	Henry	85	–	47
49	Ralph	84	↓2	52
50	Albert	83	↓7	56

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