Name Legacy

Baby names in Connecticut, 1940s

1940–1949 · 322,413 recorded births

Robert was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 1940s, with 12,682 births in the decade. The state recorded 322,413 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 1940s

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
Pasquale13910×
Domenic51
Sebastian44
Annmarie83
Maryjane113
Alphonse62
Rocco88
Salvatore287

Top 25 in the 1940s

RankNameBirths
#1Robert12,682
#2John11,652
#3Richard9,101
#4William8,270
#5James7,276
#6Patricia6,809
#7Barbara6,190
#8David5,821
#9Linda5,797
#10Thomas5,768
#11Mary5,694
#12Joseph5,257
#13Carol4,968
#14Michael4,613
#15Susan4,034
#16Judith4,003
#17Edward3,750
#18Nancy3,702
#19Sandra3,429
#20Paul3,371
#21Ronald3,309
#22George3,308
#23Charles3,249
#24Peter3,239
#25Donald3,117

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