Connecticut · 1916

Top 100 names in Connecticut, 1916, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,078
#2	Helen	698
#3	Anna	421
#4	Margaret	363
#5	Dorothy	343
#6	Rose	318
#7	Elizabeth	295
#8	Ruth	286
#9	Josephine	250
#10	Frances	238
#11	Lillian	199
#12	Florence	198
#13	Marion	172
#14	Ann	170
#15	Catherine	169
#16	Eleanor	162
#17	Alice	157
#18	Mildred	157
#19	Evelyn	150
#20	Marie	143
#21	Anne	142
#22	Doris	135
#23	Virginia	126
#24	Louise	126
#25	Jennie	126
#26	Irene	125
#27	Grace	120
#28	Sophie	113
#29	Edith	110
#30	Julia	109
#31	Gertrude	108
#32	Stella	105
#33	Ethel	95
#34	Beatrice	94
#35	Elsie	92
#36	Jean	92
#37	Lucy	91
#38	Katherine	89
#39	Marjorie	89
#40	Pauline	88
#41	Rita	88
#42	Barbara	85
#43	Esther	83
#44	Edna	81
#45	Jane	79
#46	Gladys	77
#47	Bertha	73
#48	Theresa	71
#49	Antoinette	70
#50	Olga	69
#51	Genevieve	68
#52	Bernice	63
#53	Lena	62
#54	Martha	61
#55	Emma	61
#56	Agnes	60
#57	Viola	52
#58	Nellie	51
#59	Charlotte	51
#60	Betty	50
#61	Laura	50
#62	Sylvia	50
#63	Hazel	49
#64	Eva	48
#65	Kathryn	44
#66	Lucille	43
#67	Nancy	42
#68	Ida	41
#69	Emily	41
#70	Loretta	41
#71	Muriel	41
#72	Shirley	40
#73	Phyllis	40
#74	Adeline	39
#75	Winifred	38
#76	Victoria	38
#77	Angelina	38
#78	Constance	37
#79	Clara	37
#80	Harriet	37
#81	Estelle	37
#82	Marian	35
#83	Madeline	35
#84	Caroline	34
#85	Anita	34
#86	Amelia	33
#87	Ellen	33
#88	Geraldine	33
#89	Pearl	32
#90	Thelma	31
#91	Lois	31
#92	Marguerite	31
#93	Sarah	30
#94	Olive	30
#95	Vera	30
#96	Wanda	29
#97	Adele	28
#98	Claire	27
#99	Carmela	27
#100	Eileen	27

Uniquely popular in Connecticut

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Philomena	25	19	3
Concetta	24	18	3
Antoinette	70	54	10
Carmela	27	21	4
Natalie	25	19	4
Sophie	113	86	21
Constance	37	28	8
Angelina	38	29	8
Elinor	25	19	6
Jennie	126	96	29
Olga	69	53	16
Teresa	23	18	6

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.