Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1949

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	906
2	Susan	663
3	Patricia	589
4	Mary	586
5	Barbara	578
6	Kathleen	516
7	Nancy	438
8	Carol	389
9	Donna	369
10	Deborah	340
11	Karen	314
12	Sandra	307
13	Sharon	294
14	Judith	292
15	Diane	281
16	Margaret	260
17	Elizabeth	223
18	Christine	222
19	Pamela	208
20	Joan	203
21	Gail	184
22	Janet	183
23	Cynthia	179
24	Ann	166
25	Janice	146
26	Catherine	139
27	Joanne	135
28	Cheryl	131
29	Marilyn	127
30	Beverly	121
30	Joyce	121
32	Elaine	120
32	Ellen	120
34	Lynn	117
35	Jane	115
36	Maureen	114
37	Jean	112
38	Paula	110
39	Shirley	105
40	Lorraine	102
41	Suzanne	101
42	Marie	96
43	Virginia	94
44	Carolyn	93
44	Katherine	93
46	Frances	92
47	Martha	90
48	Anne	89
48	Dorothy	89
50	Laura	87

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	1,302
2	John	1,238
3	William	859
4	Richard	854
5	James	823
6	David	732
7	Michael	709
8	Thomas	675
9	Joseph	550
10	Paul	400
11	Edward	380
12	Peter	347
13	Charles	341
14	Donald	316
15	Ronald	310
16	Gary	303
17	George	288
18	Kenneth	254
18	Stephen	254
20	Mark	244
21	Frank	215
22	Anthony	211
23	Bruce	210
24	Dennis	200
25	Raymond	199
26	Daniel	198
27	Steven	162
28	Lawrence	155
29	Philip	144
30	Jeffrey	135
31	Francis	134
32	Timothy	132
33	Alan	129
34	Douglas	128
34	Walter	128
36	Gregory	125
37	Frederick	121
38	Arthur	118
38	Gerald	118
40	Wayne	117
41	Roger	114
42	Brian	106
43	Albert	99
44	Kevin	96
45	Louis	92
46	Carl	91
46	Ralph	91
48	Henry	87
49	Vincent	86
50	Christopher	83