Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1937

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Barbara	523
2	Mary	438
3	Patricia	422
4	Joan	355
5	Carol	260
6	Nancy	229
7	Elizabeth	198
8	Shirley	177
9	Beverly	162
10	Margaret	154
11	Dorothy	152
12	Ann	149
13	Judith	134
14	Jean	130
15	Joyce	124
16	Janet	118
17	Marie	115
18	Frances	112
19	Helen	110
20	Elaine	105
21	Sandra	99
22	Betty	97
23	Marilyn	93
24	Dolores	90
24	Gloria	90
24	Virginia	90
27	Eleanor	88
27	Gail	88
27	Lorraine	88
30	Phyllis	85
31	Alice	84
32	Jane	80
32	Theresa	80
34	Rose	76
35	Ruth	75
36	Janice	73
37	Kathleen	66
37	Maureen	66
39	Carolyn	65
40	Anne	63
40	Lois	63
42	Irene	62
43	Catherine	60
43	Diane	60
45	Josephine	58
46	Louise	56
47	Doris	54
48	Marjorie	53
49	Arlene	51
49	Roberta	51

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	932
2	John	728
3	Richard	584
4	William	515
5	Joseph	381
6	James	380
7	Edward	304
8	Donald	283
9	David	279
10	Thomas	252
11	Charles	244
12	George	206
13	Raymond	193
14	Michael	174
14	Ronald	174
16	Frank	165
17	Paul	163
18	Anthony	161
19	Peter	148
20	Arthur	114
21	Kenneth	102
22	Walter	99
23	Francis	93
24	Louis	91
25	Ralph	78
26	Gerald	77
27	Albert	76
28	Lawrence	75
29	Daniel	73
30	Roger	70
31	Henry	68
32	Frederick	65
32	Harold	65
34	Philip	64
35	Eugene	61
36	Howard	58
37	Alfred	57
38	Vincent	56
39	Carl	55
40	Norman	54
41	Fred	52
42	Stephen	50
43	Leonard	49
44	Ernest	48
45	Bruce	47
45	Harry	47
45	Russell	47
48	Stanley	44
49	Martin	43
50	Andrew	42