Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1945

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Patricia	594
2	Barbara	567
3	Mary	532
4	Carol	503
5	Linda	415
6	Judith	379
7	Susan	360
8	Sandra	354
9	Nancy	305
10	Kathleen	271
11	Donna	249
12	Joan	246
13	Karen	235
14	Elizabeth	223
15	Diane	221
16	Sharon	219
17	Margaret	212
18	Janet	206
19	Gail	156
20	Joyce	146
21	Janice	144
22	Jean	133
23	Frances	132
24	Elaine	130
25	Jane	122
26	Marilyn	118
27	Beverly	116
28	Ann	114
29	Pamela	108
29	Virginia	108
31	Shirley	102
32	Dorothy	99
33	Carolyn	98
34	Marie	96
35	Lorraine	95
36	Maureen	91
37	Gloria	90
38	Joanne	89
39	Cheryl	87
40	Ruth	82
41	Carole	81
41	Eileen	81
41	Ellen	81
44	Cynthia	79
45	Maryann	78
46	Betty	77
47	Paula	76
48	Judy	75
49	Geraldine	74
50	Bonnie	71

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,163
2	John	1,031
3	Richard	916
4	William	761
5	James	671
6	Thomas	542
7	David	486
8	Joseph	485
9	Edward	384
10	Michael	366
11	Paul	319
12	Peter	318
13	Donald	309
14	George	296
15	Charles	290
16	Ronald	278
17	Kenneth	221
18	Frank	203
19	Anthony	194
20	Raymond	192
21	Gary	171
22	Stephen	156
23	Daniel	151
24	Dennis	136
25	Arthur	131
26	Alan	130
27	Roger	127
28	Bruce	119
28	Walter	119
30	Francis	118
31	Lawrence	114
32	Henry	109
33	Frederick	105
34	Gerald	99
35	Louis	95
36	Philip	94
37	Albert	87
38	Jeffrey	86
39	Wayne	85
40	Douglas	83
41	Mark	82
42	Carl	80
43	Ralph	79
44	Brian	72
45	Leonard	71
46	Andrew	63
47	Stanley	61
48	Eugene	60
48	Vincent	60
50	Harry	58