Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1940

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	565
2	Barbara	486
3	Mary	450
4	Judith	420
5	Carol	373
6	Joan	322
7	Nancy	254
8	Sandra	189
9	Margaret	186
10	Linda	172
11	Elizabeth	164
12	Joyce	153
13	Jean	150
14	Ann	148
15	Susan	142
16	Dorothy	136
16	Marie	136
18	Beverly	121
19	Frances	120
20	Janet	116
21	Janice	110
22	Marilyn	108
23	Shirley	107
24	Virginia	105
25	Elaine	101
26	Kathleen	92
27	Gail	90
28	Carolyn	88
29	Jane	87
30	Joanne	83
31	Helen	81
31	Phyllis	81
33	Geraldine	80
34	Diane	79
34	Ruth	79
36	Betty	78
37	Lorraine	75
38	Lois	72
39	Dolores	66
39	Eleanor	66
39	Judy	66
42	Maureen	65
43	Cynthia	63
43	Rosemary	63
45	Gloria	61
45	Theresa	61
47	Donna	60
47	Doris	60
49	Arlene	59
49	June	59

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	948
2	John	821
3	Richard	718
4	William	578
5	Joseph	416
6	James	415
7	David	368
8	Thomas	320
9	Edward	280
10	Donald	260
11	George	247
12	Michael	221
13	Charles	219
14	Ronald	214
15	Paul	201
15	Peter	201
17	Raymond	183
18	Frank	175
19	Anthony	147
20	Kenneth	119
21	Arthur	117
22	Francis	105
23	Roger	101
24	Frederick	96
25	Walter	94
26	Gerald	90
26	Stephen	90
28	Louis	88
29	Bruce	86
30	Lawrence	85
31	Albert	84
31	Daniel	84
33	Henry	77
34	Ralph	75
35	Philip	64
36	Carl	63
37	Ernest	58
38	Andrew	57
39	Howard	56
40	Dennis	55
40	Harry	55
42	Eugene	54
43	Norman	53
43	Vincent	53
45	Alan	52
45	Fred	52
47	Harold	51
48	Leonard	49
49	Theodore	47
49	Wayne	47