State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 30,642 Connecticut births in 1978 across 785 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#73Brendanoutside the national top 200
#56Meghan#164 nationally
#94Francisoutside the national top 200
#84Angel#189 nationally
#79Diane#181 nationally
#95Hector#191 nationally
#53Alison#123 nationally
#83Louis#149 nationally
#45Marc#107 nationally
#84Meredith#146 nationally
#93Bruce#151 nationally
#26Lauren#80 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer805US #1
#2Jessica401US #3
#3Melissa389US #2
#4Sarah344US #8
#5Amy310US #4
#6Heather302US #5
#7Elizabeth279US #14
#8Michelle260US #9
#9Kelly228US #12
#10Nicole228US #10
#11Lisa226US #11
#12Rebecca189US #17
#13Christina184US #15
#14Christine182US #29
#15Erin171US #21
#16Kimberly164US #13
#17Amanda147US #6
#18Laura144US #19
#19Danielle140US #31
#20Katherine138US #38
#21Stephanie131US #16
#22Shannon123US #22
#23Sara117US #28
#24Rachel116US #25
#25Angela111US #7
#26Lauren109US #80
#27Kristen108US #62
#28Kathryn102US #57
#29Karen101US #39
#30Megan99US #41
#31Stacey99US #53
#32Andrea95US #23
#33Mary95US #24
#34Jill92US #46
#35Julie91US #26
#36Emily83US #33
#37Jamie83US #20
#38Erica82US #34
#39Susan81US #49
#40Tara81US #40
#41Carrie78US #35
#42Jaime78US #70
#43Catherine77US #72
#44Maria76US #36
#45April70US #27
#46Crystal69US #18
#47Dawn69US #52
#48Kristin69US #78
#49Kathleen68US #79
#50Jacqueline63US #81
#51Melanie63US #54
#52Stacy62US #44
#53Alison60US #123
#54Kristy58US #51
#55Tracy58US #47
#56Meghan57US #164
#57Allison56US #75
#58Tina54US #45
#59Gina52US #93
#60Kristina52US #64
#61Dana50US #71
#62Monica50US #42
#63Michele48US #86
#64Sandra48US #69
#65Alicia47US #58
#66Katie47US #90
#67Tanya47US #82
#68Cynthia46US #50
#69Diana46US #102
#70Beth45US #107
#71Courtney45US #68
#72Denise45US #85
#73Amber44US #30
#74Patricia44US #48
#75Tammy44US #67
#76Lindsay43US #95
#77Lori43US #60
#78Suzanne43US #117
#79Diane40US #181
#80Margaret40US #110
#81Robin40US #89
#82Samantha40US #74
#83Vanessa40US #76
#84Meredith39US #146
#85Sabrina39US #91
#86Holly38US #55
#87Wendy38US #56
#88Carolyn37US #130
#89Erika37US #104
#90Anne36US #119
#91Brenda36US #103
#92Cheryl36US #94
#93Leslie36US #63
#94Theresa36US #101
#95Tiffany36US #32
#96Melinda35US #84
#97Renee35US #99
#98Brooke34US #115
#99Colleen34US #133
#100Deborah34US #118

Boys

#1Michael992US #1
#2Jason610US #2
#3Christopher608US #3
#4David557US #4
#5Matthew449US #6
#6Brian421US #9
#7James412US #5
#8John408US #7
#9Daniel398US #11
#10Robert393US #8
#11Joseph332US #10
#12William296US #13
#13Kevin278US #15
#14Jeffrey277US #19
#15Eric257US #16
#16Timothy232US #17
#17Ryan223US #14
#18Thomas213US #23
#19Scott210US #30
#20Richard208US #21
#21Mark207US #26
#22Anthony206US #20
#23Andrew202US #22
#24Paul188US #33
#25Nicholas187US #25
#26Joshua184US #12
#27Steven177US #24
#28Peter172US #54
#29Jonathan170US #31
#30Adam164US #29
#31Gregory154US #38
#32Stephen151US #37
#33Jeremy135US #18
#34Justin135US #28
#35Sean129US #45
#36Charles121US #27
#37Benjamin118US #34
#38Shawn108US #39
#39Edward105US #47
#40Keith105US #49
#41Patrick98US #42
#42Todd97US #56
#43Jose94US #44
#44Aaron86US #32
#45Marc83US #107
#46Jesse82US #51
#47Shaun81US #52
#48Bryan73US #43
#49Kenneth73US #41
#50Frank72US #77
#51George72US #58
#52Douglas70US #59
#53Erik68US #85
#54Nathan68US #36
#55Alexander65US #98
#56Philip63US #84
#57Vincent61US #105
#58Kyle57US #63
#59Luis54US #110
#60Gary53US #60
#61Samuel51US #57
#62Seth51US #106
#63Craig50US #66
#64Ronald49US #55
#65Dennis48US #71
#66Donald47US #48
#67Jared47US #72
#68Raymond46US #69
#69Antonio44US #79
#70Carlos43US #78
#71Corey43US #61
#72Jacob42US #50
#73Brendan40
#74Christian40US #116
#75Brandon39US #40
#76Ian39US #117
#77Juan39US #62
#78Carl37US #100
#79Chad37US #35
#80Victor36US #103
#81Lawrence35US #113
#82Shane35US #65
#83Louis33US #149
#84Angel32US #189
#85Jamie32US #95
#86Wayne32US #138
#87Arthur31US #141
#88Derek31US #75
#89Alan30US #122
#90Travis30US #46
#91Lee29US #133
#92Brett28US #112
#93Bruce28US #151
#94Francis28
#95Hector28US #191
#96Jay28US #119
#97Russell27US #93
#98Zachary27US #89
#99Henry26US #127
#100Walter26US #131

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑34Kristina#60
↑31April#45
↑31Shaun#47
↑29Kathryn#28
↑27Kristy#54
↑25Nicholas#25
↑24Lauren#26
↑24Gina#59

Falling

↓30Patricia#74
↓28Colleen#99
↓25Allison#57
↓25Tiffany#95
↓24Wendy#87
↓20Courtney#71
↓20Deborah#100
↓20Donald#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.