State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,009 Connecticut births in 1979 across 810 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#82Kateoutside the national top 200
#89Alexandraoutside the national top 200
#89Brendanoutside the national top 200
#82Angel#185 nationally
#100Francisoutside the national top 200
#43Meghan#121 nationally
#87Frederick#158 nationally
#51Marc#119 nationally
#90Louis#148 nationally
#87Meredith#143 nationally
#93Wayne#149 nationally
#49Alison#102 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer731US #1
#2Melissa510US #2
#3Jessica425US #4
#4Sarah340US #6
#5Elizabeth297US #11
#6Amy270US #5
#7Nicole262US #9
#8Michelle253US #10
#9Heather233US #7
#10Lisa225US #13
#11Amanda221US #3
#12Kelly216US #16
#13Rebecca207US #17
#14Christina202US #14
#15Kimberly191US #12
#16Danielle164US #33
#17Laura161US #20
#18Erin157US #21
#19Stephanie148US #15
#20Katherine147US #36
#21Christine144US #35
#22Megan141US #31
#23Lauren133US #45
#24Rachel126US #27
#25Kristen122US #62
#26Shannon118US #25
#27Sara110US #30
#28Julie103US #29
#29Erica100US #32
#30Karen98US #46
#31Kathryn97US #50
#32Andrea95US #26
#33Tara93US #38
#34Angela86US #8
#35Jamie85US #19
#36Emily84US #34
#37Allison82US #70
#38Crystal82US #18
#39Kristin80US #73
#40Mary80US #24
#41Jill79US #52
#42Kathleen77US #84
#43Meghan76US #121
#44Catherine72US #78
#45Stacy72US #43
#46Tiffany71US #28
#47April70US #23
#48Melanie70US #53
#49Alison69US #102
#50Stacey67US #60
#51Maria65US #37
#52Tracy65US #49
#53Susan64US #51
#54Cheryl63US #94
#55Courtney63US #71
#56Jacqueline62US #80
#57Kristy59US #56
#58Alicia58US #47
#59Dawn57US #57
#60Monica57US #40
#61Tanya57US #93
#62Patricia55US #44
#63Amber54US #22
#64Jaime53US #97
#65Dana51US #54
#66Cynthia47US #55
#67Margaret47US #108
#68Michele47US #105
#69Anne46US #115
#70Carrie46US #41
#71Holly46US #48
#72Kristina46US #74
#73Lindsay46US #88
#74Sandra46US #77
#75Ashley45US #67
#76Tina45US #58
#77Beth44US #118
#78Gina44US #96
#79Samantha44US #66
#80Vanessa44US #75
#81Kara43US #125
#82Kate43
#83Anna42US #59
#84Heidi42US #83
#85Katie42US #63
#86Colleen41US #133
#87Meredith41US #143
#88Theresa41US #100
#89Alexandra39
#90Victoria39US #119
#91Wendy39US #64
#92Pamela38US #90
#93Renee38US #101
#94Diana37US #111
#95Erika37US #91
#96Lori37US #69
#97Carolyn36US #138
#98Sharon35US #117
#99Bethany34US #135
#100Krista34US #130

Boys

#1Michael1,072US #1
#2Christopher703US #2
#3Jason598US #3
#4David538US #4
#5Matthew468US #6
#6Brian431US #10
#7Robert421US #8
#8John419US #7
#9Daniel410US #12
#10James406US #5
#11Joseph375US #11
#12William288US #13
#13Jeffrey275US #24
#14Kevin265US #19
#15Thomas261US #26
#16Joshua249US #9
#17Ryan248US #14
#18Nicholas244US #15
#19Timothy238US #18
#20Eric231US #17
#21Richard214US #25
#22Andrew206US #20
#23Scott206US #29
#24Adam205US #23
#25Anthony201US #21
#26Jonathan200US #31
#27Mark194US #30
#28Justin189US #22
#29Steven180US #27
#30Peter169US #53
#31Gregory163US #42
#32Paul163US #34
#33Stephen159US #40
#34Jeremy152US #16
#35Patrick149US #39
#36Benjamin136US #33
#37Sean128US #49
#38Charles118US #28
#39Jose115US #44
#40Kenneth106US #41
#41Aaron99US #32
#42Keith96US #52
#43Bryan95US #46
#44Shawn90US #43
#45Edward85US #48
#46Frank79US #78
#47Todd79US #60
#48Raymond78US #70
#49Jesse77US #50
#50Jared76US #65
#51Marc73US #119
#52George72US #57
#53Luis67US #102
#54Donald65US #51
#55Douglas64US #58
#56Erik64US #66
#57Gary64US #59
#58Craig63US #77
#59Ronald55US #54
#60Kyle53US #56
#61Chad50US #38
#62Nathan50US #37
#63Shaun50US #64
#64Dennis49US #75
#65Travis48US #36
#66Vincent47US #109
#67Alexander45US #94
#68Jacob45US #45
#69Jamie45US #88
#70Joel45US #71
#71Seth43US #101
#72Samuel42US #55
#73Brandon41US #35
#74Carlos41US #73
#75Christian38US #120
#76Ian38US #107
#77Juan38US #61
#78Lawrence37US #122
#79Antonio36US #79
#80Philip36US #83
#81Shane36US #67
#82Angel35US #185
#83Carl35US #100
#84Nathaniel35US #95
#85Brett34US #98
#86Derek34US #72
#87Frederick34US #158
#88Corey33US #63
#89Brendan32
#90Louis31US #148
#91Randy31US #86
#92Victor30US #105
#93Wayne30US #149
#94Zachary30US #74
#95Alan29US #116
#96Andre29US #141
#97Miguel29US #137
#98Russell29US #92
#99Arthur28US #144
#100Francis28

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑49Tiffany#46
↑38Cheryl#54
↑25Travis#65
↑21Anne#69
↑20Allison#37
↑20Raymond#48
↑18Chad#61
↑17Jared#50

Falling

↓29Carrie#70
↓25Diana#94
↓24Philip#80
↓22Jaime#64
↓19Stacey#50
↓19Gina#78
↓19Katie#85
↓19Lori#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.