State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,234 Connecticut births in 1977 across 767 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#66Meghanoutside the national top 200
#64Angel#189 nationally
#82Brendanoutside the national top 200
#96Hector#199 nationally
#98Marissaoutside the national top 200
#86Geoffrey#185 nationally
#92Edwin#180 nationally
#46Alison#122 nationally
#53Aimee#127 nationally
#71Colleen#145 nationally
#77Louis#143 nationally
#50Lauren#114 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer787US #1
#2Jessica464US #4
#3Melissa390US #2
#4Amy331US #3
#5Heather296US #5
#6Sarah285US #11
#7Kelly269US #10
#8Elizabeth266US #13
#9Michelle231US #7
#10Nicole218US #15
#11Kimberly208US #8
#12Lisa197US #12
#13Rebecca189US #17
#14Christina167US #16
#15Erin162US #23
#16Christine149US #30
#17Shannon147US #19
#18Laura144US #20
#19Stephanie140US #14
#20Amanda134US #9
#21Sara124US #27
#22Karen119US #32
#23Danielle113US #31
#24Katherine109US #44
#25Emily106US #37
#26Megan103US #54
#27Jamie102US #18
#28Rachel97US #26
#29Jaime96US #46
#30Kristen93US #72
#31Tara93US #35
#32Allison92US #66
#33Dawn92US #43
#34Erica92US #38
#35Julie92US #22
#36Stacey92US #56
#37Maria90US #36
#38Kathleen89US #80
#39Jill84US #41
#40Mary83US #21
#41Carrie81US #28
#42Angela80US #6
#43Melanie76US #53
#44Patricia74US #47
#45Susan69US #45
#46Alison68US #122
#47Michele68US #77
#48Andrea67US #24
#49Kristin67US #82
#50Lauren67US #114
#51Courtney63US #76
#52Catherine61US #75
#53Aimee58US #127
#54Heidi57US #81
#55Stacy57US #42
#56Tracy57US #50
#57Kathryn56US #70
#58Tina56US #58
#59Tammy54US #55
#60Cynthia53US #48
#61Sandra51US #61
#62Monica50US #39
#63Wendy49US #49
#64Denise48US #78
#65Jacqueline48US #92
#66Meghan48
#67Tanya48US #67
#68Alicia47US #60
#69Crystal47US #25
#70Tiffany47US #34
#71Colleen46US #145
#72Lori46US #57
#73Suzanne46US #121
#74Margaret45US #111
#75Robin45US #84
#76April44US #29
#77Samantha44US #85
#78Sharon43US #95
#79Dana42US #62
#80Deborah42US #109
#81Kristy42US #68
#82Beth41US #97
#83Gina41US #88
#84Holly41US #52
#85Kara40US #120
#86Nancy40US #89
#87Theresa40US #98
#88Carolyn39US #129
#89Amber38US #33
#90Anna38US #74
#91Tamara38US #93
#92Anne36US #123
#93Diana36US #100
#94Kristina36US #83
#95Lindsay36US #110
#96Cheryl35US #135
#97Marie35US #149
#98Marissa35
#99Brenda34US #91
#100Erika34US #103

Boys

#1Michael947US #1
#2Christopher663US #3
#3Jason651US #2
#4David512US #4
#5Matthew458US #9
#6John447US #7
#7Robert427US #6
#8Brian423US #8
#9James389US #5
#10Daniel378US #11
#11Joseph337US #10
#12Kevin310US #13
#13William278US #12
#14Eric265US #17
#15Jeffrey259US #19
#16Richard239US #20
#17Mark221US #25
#18Thomas220US #22
#19Scott210US #27
#20Timothy208US #18
#21Andrew197US #24
#22Ryan195US #16
#23Joshua184US #14
#24Paul179US #31
#25Peter178US #55
#26Anthony177US #21
#27Justin163US #30
#28Steven156US #23
#29Jonathan153US #28
#30Stephen150US #38
#31Jeremy147US #15
#32Adam144US #33
#33Gregory135US #35
#34Sean135US #43
#35Edward115US #47
#36Benjamin110US #29
#37Keith110US #48
#38Todd99US #50
#39Shawn98US #37
#40Kenneth97US #39
#41Patrick97US #40
#42Charles91US #26
#43Aaron88US #32
#44Jose86US #45
#45Bryan82US #42
#46Donald82US #46
#47Jesse77US #54
#48Marc77US #101
#49Douglas70US #59
#50Nicholas67US #51
#51Frank66US #71
#52Raymond66US #65
#53Alexander64US #96
#54Gary63US #58
#55Nathan62US #36
#56George61US #57
#57Ronald61US #53
#58Erik59US #94
#59Luis58US #108
#60Craig49US #64
#61Jared49US #76
#62Christian48US #116
#63Corey46US #52
#64Angel45US #189
#65Vincent45US #110
#66Dennis44US #68
#67Philip44US #90
#68Chad40US #34
#69Kyle40US #79
#70Wesley40US #66
#71Carlos39US #74
#72Ian39US #119
#73Seth39US #118
#74Shane39US #61
#75Juan36US #63
#76Jacob35US #56
#77Louis35US #143
#78Shaun35US #103
#79Samuel34US #60
#80Victor34US #104
#81Antonio33US #77
#82Brendan33
#83Jamie33US #82
#84Derek31US #84
#85Brett30US #109
#86Geoffrey30US #185
#87Joel30US #73
#88Lawrence29US #115
#89Walter29US #123
#90Russell28US #89
#91Brandon27US #41
#92Edwin27US #180
#93Jeremiah27US #69
#94Wayne27US #138
#95Andre26US #134
#96Hector25US #199
#97Nathaniel25US #107
#98Alan24US #126
#99Arthur24US #135
#100Carl24US #99

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑32Aimee#53
↑28Meghan#66
↑25Angel#64
↑20Emily#25
↑20Tiffany#70
↑20Colleen#71
↑20Victor#80
↑19Jared#61

Falling

↓37Carl#100
↓27Brenda#99
↓27Jamie#83
↓23Tammy#59
↓23Deborah#80
↓21Tanya#67
↓21Lori#72
↓20Dana#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.