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Baby names in Connecticut, 1930s

1930–1939 · 199,327 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 1930s, with 8,773 births in the decade. The state recorded 199,327 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 1930s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Sebastian10912×
Pasquale114
Salvatore432
Alphonse83
Dominic159
Concetta113
Rocco91
Normand81

Top 25 in the 1930s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert8,773
#2John7,492
#3Richard5,519
#4William5,171
#5Barbara4,869
#6Mary4,717
#7Joseph4,140
#8James3,758
#9Joan3,746
#10Patricia3,294
#11Donald3,221
#12Edward3,052
#13George2,672
#14Thomas2,469
#15Charles2,407
#16Dorothy2,320
#17Nancy2,057
#18David1,989
#19Frank1,906
#20Shirley1,894
#21Raymond1,866
#22Carol1,860
#23Elizabeth1,838
#24Jean1,817
#25Margaret1,750

Other decades in Connecticut

All Connecticut names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org