Connecticut · 1917

Top 100 names in Connecticut, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	1,138
#2	Helen	792
#3	Anna	408
#4	Dorothy	395
#5	Margaret	361
#6	Elizabeth	347
#7	Ruth	324
#8	Rose	316
#9	Josephine	260
#10	Frances	252
#11	Florence	219
#12	Alice	212
#13	Lillian	211
#14	Eleanor	191
#15	Marion	188
#16	Catherine	187
#17	Mildred	180
#18	Evelyn	176
#19	Anne	165
#20	Jennie	150
#21	Doris	150
#22	Marie	147
#23	Irene	144
#24	Virginia	142
#25	Julia	139
#26	Rita	137
#27	Gertrude	135
#28	Louise	134
#29	Marjorie	132
#30	Edith	132
#31	Sophie	129
#32	Beatrice	127
#33	Ann	125
#34	Stella	123
#35	Barbara	122
#36	Grace	119
#37	Jean	114
#38	Katherine	109
#39	Theresa	101
#40	Ethel	99
#41	Agnes	93
#42	Pauline	90
#43	Lucy	86
#44	Bernice	82
#45	Lena	81
#46	Edna	80
#47	Elsie	79
#48	Charlotte	78
#49	Genevieve	77
#50	Gladys	77
#51	Jane	75
#52	Olga	71
#53	Esther	69
#54	Phyllis	69
#55	Nellie	66
#56	Harriet	63
#57	Bertha	63
#58	Martha	62
#59	Hazel	61
#60	Sylvia	61
#61	Betty	60
#62	Emma	59
#63	Ida	57
#64	Antoinette	55
#65	Lucille	54
#66	Marguerite	53
#67	Victoria	52
#68	Muriel	50
#69	Eva	50
#70	Veronica	48
#71	Clara	46
#72	Nancy	46
#73	Christine	45
#74	Amelia	44
#75	Vera	44
#76	Emily	44
#77	Shirley	42
#78	Blanche	41
#79	Lois	40
#80	Madeline	40
#81	Laura	40
#82	Janet	39
#83	Thelma	39
#84	Viola	38
#85	Loretta	38
#86	Claire	37
#87	Sarah	36
#88	Ellen	36
#89	Kathryn	36
#90	Angeline	35
#91	Eileen	35
#92	Estelle	33
#93	Angelina	33
#94	Marian	32
#95	Helene	31
#96	Anita	31
#97	Adeline	31
#98	Kathleen	30
#99	Adele	30
#100	Winifred	30

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
Concetta	27	19	3
Carmella	28	19	4
Sophie	129	89	22
Stephanie	20	14	4
Carmela	24	17	4
Jennie	150	104	29
Antoinette	55	38	11
Veronica	48	33	10
Natalie	21	15	4
Arline	23	16	5
Helene	31	21	7
Olga	71	49	15

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.