State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 29,569 Connecticut births in 1976 across 749 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Connecticut more than they say America.

#69Brendanoutside the national top 200
#88Lynnoutside the national top 200
#89Angel#197 nationally
#94Meghanoutside the national top 200
#73Kerry#176 nationally
#85Neil#173 nationally
#81Jermaine#164 nationally
#78Diane#155 nationally
#50Lauren#125 nationally
#53Alison#118 nationally
#76Kara#138 nationally
#82Louis#142 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer837US #1
#2Amy389US #2
#3Jessica357US #8
#4Heather316US #4
#5Melissa314US #3
#6Sarah248US #15
#7Elizabeth227US #16
#8Kimberly225US #7
#9Lisa220US #9
#10Michelle217US #6
#11Rebecca212US #12
#12Nicole189US #13
#13Christine178US #26
#14Kelly175US #19
#15Jaime153US #29
#16Erin147US #24
#17Stephanie147US #11
#18Laura146US #20
#19Christina140US #14
#20Shannon135US #17
#21Sara134US #27
#22Danielle120US #33
#23Karen119US #31
#24Amanda115US #10
#25Dawn105US #35
#26Carrie103US #28
#27Jamie103US #18
#28Mary103US #22
#29Kristen102US #73
#30Susan99US #40
#31Julie98US #21
#32Michele95US #63
#33Rachel94US #23
#34Angela92US #5
#35Stacey88US #51
#36Tammy81US #41
#37Maria79US #34
#38Katherine77US #57
#39Tina77US #48
#40Kathleen76US #82
#41Tara76US #42
#42Andrea74US #25
#43Megan74US #62
#44Allison73US #67
#45Emily72US #50
#46Tanya71US #61
#47Melanie70US #53
#48Erica68US #54
#49Kristin68US #74
#50Lauren66US #125
#51Lori65US #47
#52Tracy65US #37
#53Alison63US #118
#54Catherine62US #72
#55Jill62US #52
#56Wendy62US #39
#57Deborah60US #96
#58Sandra60US #59
#59Dana59US #64
#60Patricia58US #43
#61Stacy56US #38
#62Courtney55US #76
#63Cynthia55US #44
#64Beth53US #114
#65Denise52US #69
#66Holly49US #56
#67April48US #30
#68Gina47US #94
#69Heidi47US #70
#70Renee47US #86
#71Sharon47US #81
#72Brenda46US #77
#73Kerry46US #176
#74Kathryn45US #88
#75Monica45US #45
#76Kara44US #138
#77Robin44US #75
#78Diane43US #155
#79Alicia42US #71
#80Jacqueline42US #99
#81Cheryl41US #105
#82Diana41US #101
#83Amber40US #49
#84Suzanne39US #126
#85Aimee38US #123
#86Carolyn37US #129
#87Lindsay37US #133
#88Lynn36
#89Margaret36US #103
#90Tiffany36US #32
#91Colleen35US #136
#92Kristina35US #97
#93Tracey35US #140
#94Meghan34
#95Pamela34US #84
#96Anne33US #124
#97Laurie33US #137
#98Leslie33US #65
#99Linda33US #90
#100Jodi32US #102

Boys

#1Michael950US #1
#2Christopher633US #3
#3Jason594US #2
#4David593US #4
#5Matthew415US #9
#6James403US #5
#7Brian398US #8
#8John392US #6
#9Daniel375US #10
#10Robert368US #7
#11Joseph333US #12
#12William310US #11
#13Jeffrey295US #17
#14Eric267US #13
#15Thomas264US #23
#16Richard244US #19
#17Kevin233US #15
#18Scott218US #24
#19Mark216US #25
#20Timothy205US #21
#21Paul195US #28
#22Steven193US #20
#23Peter187US #54
#24Jonathan183US #31
#25Anthony175US #22
#26Ryan171US #16
#27Joshua155US #18
#28Jeremy147US #14
#29Andrew146US #27
#30Gregory146US #35
#31Stephen139US #37
#32Edward133US #45
#33Todd132US #50
#34Keith130US #48
#35Adam123US #36
#36Benjamin123US #32
#37Sean123US #42
#38Shawn115US #34
#39Jose104US #44
#40Justin102US #33
#41Aaron100US #30
#42Charles96US #26
#43Patrick93US #41
#44Kenneth86US #38
#45Marc83US #99
#46Craig78US #61
#47Nicholas75US #77
#48Donald74US #47
#49George74US #53
#50Frank72US #68
#51Jesse70US #55
#52Ronald63US #49
#53Bryan62US #43
#54Douglas61US #56
#55Raymond60US #65
#56Jamie57US #62
#57Nathan55US #39
#58Shane54US #57
#59Samuel50US #59
#60Christian49US #112
#61Gary49US #52
#62Erik48US #94
#63Carl44US #95
#64Luis43US #110
#65Alexander42US #107
#66Antonio42US #71
#67Chad41US #29
#68Kyle40US #80
#69Brendan39
#70Dennis39US #66
#71Philip39US #89
#72Vincent39US #106
#73Brett38US #109
#74Carlos38US #70
#75Juan38US #58
#76Corey35US #64
#77Brandon34US #40
#78Ian34US #135
#79Andre33US #125
#80Jared33US #90
#81Jermaine33US #164
#82Louis32US #142
#83Roger32US #103
#84Joel29US #72
#85Neil29US #173
#86Seth29US #128
#87Derek28US #84
#88Troy28US #73
#89Angel27US #197
#90Bruce27US #148
#91Nathaniel27US #114
#92Gabriel26US #81
#93Jacob26US #63
#94Jeffery26US #76
#95Lawrence26US #113
#96Randy26US #79
#97Walter26US #127
#98Wayne26US #131
#99Roberto25US #156
#100Victor25US #100

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑69Jamie#27
↑25Shane#58
↑24Sara#21
↑24Brendan#69
↑22Beth#64
↑22Renee#70
↑22Nicholas#47
↑20Erica#48

Falling

↓35Jodi#100
↓31Tiffany#90
↓29Tracy#52
↓26Jill#55
↓25Meghan#94
↓24Cheryl#81
↓24Colleen#91
↓22Stacy#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.