State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 32,294 Connecticut births in 1980 across 759 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#64Brendanoutside the national top 200
#74Kate#197 nationally
#88Geoffrey#200 nationally
#66Angel#172 nationally
#95Alexandraoutside the national top 200
#98Colinoutside the national top 200
#99Edwin#188 nationally
#79Evan#159 nationally
#37Meghan#114 nationally
#96Jillian#171 nationally
#95Hector#169 nationally
#91Bruce#157 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer732US #1
#2Jessica466US #3
#3Melissa452US #4
#4Sarah400US #5
#5Elizabeth314US #9
#6Nicole298US #7
#7Amy270US #8
#8Michelle243US #10
#9Rebecca235US #17
#10Heather228US #6
#11Amanda219US #2
#12Kimberly214US #11
#13Lisa205US #16
#14Kelly199US #19
#15Christina185US #15
#16Erin176US #20
#17Stephanie171US #13
#18Laura167US #21
#19Christine154US #41
#20Sara153US #27
#21Katherine151US #35
#22Danielle147US #33
#23Kristen147US #39
#24Megan142US #30
#25Erica137US #34
#26Emily129US #31
#27Shannon125US #29
#28Rachel121US #23
#29Mary120US #25
#30Kristin112US #37
#31Tiffany107US #14
#32Lauren104US #38
#33Katie98US #44
#34Julie91US #32
#35Kathryn90US #50
#36Allison86US #59
#37Meghan86US #114
#38Angela85US #12
#39Tara82US #43
#40Andrea78US #28
#41Crystal78US #18
#42Karen77US #54
#43Kathleen77US #82
#44Maria73US #36
#45Jamie72US #24
#46Alison70US #101
#47Catherine68US #77
#48Jacqueline67US #81
#49Jill67US #66
#50Melanie67US #60
#51Lindsay66US #71
#52Stacy66US #53
#53Courtney65US #48
#54Dana65US #68
#55Amber63US #22
#56Stacey63US #74
#57Alicia62US #47
#58Ashley62US #40
#59Tracy61US #56
#60Carrie57US #46
#61Dawn57US #67
#62Vanessa54US #69
#63April52US #26
#64Michele52US #126
#65Sandra52US #80
#66Susan52US #62
#67Holly51US #52
#68Tanya50US #88
#69Cheryl49US #119
#70Kara47US #127
#71Erika46US #87
#72Heidi46US #79
#73Monica46US #45
#74Kate45US #197
#75Margaret45US #105
#76Bethany44US #124
#77Colleen44US #137
#78Cynthia44US #64
#79Gina44US #100
#80Tammy44US #96
#81Kristina43US #73
#82Monique43US #93
#83Tina43US #72
#84Anne42US #112
#85Leah42US #84
#86Patricia42US #51
#87Brooke41US #57
#88Denise41US #95
#89Robin41US #109
#90Samantha41US #58
#91Anna40US #55
#92Krista39US #121
#93Meredith39US #140
#94Beth38US #106
#95Alexandra37
#96Jillian36US #171
#97Lindsey36US #91
#98Carolyn34US #147
#99Leslie34US #61
#100Natasha34US #89

Boys

#1Michael1,035US #1
#2Christopher707US #2
#3Jason581US #3
#4David557US #4
#5Matthew509US #6
#6John474US #8
#7Daniel438US #11
#8Robert420US #9
#9Joseph410US #10
#10Brian400US #12
#11James399US #5
#12Eric305US #16
#13Justin299US #13
#14Ryan286US #15
#15William275US #14
#16Jeffrey274US #27
#17Thomas274US #25
#18Joshua264US #7
#19Jonathan260US #21
#20Nicholas240US #17
#21Andrew231US #19
#22Kevin230US #23
#23Timothy220US #20
#24Mark205US #30
#25Anthony194US #24
#26Scott194US #33
#27Adam193US #22
#28Richard190US #26
#29Paul187US #35
#30Steven176US #28
#31Stephen163US #40
#32Benjamin161US #32
#33Peter156US #55
#34Sean140US #48
#35Gregory131US #42
#36Jeremy122US #18
#37Patrick115US #38
#38Charles110US #29
#39Shawn108US #47
#40Aaron97US #34
#41Edward97US #52
#42Jose97US #46
#43Kenneth95US #41
#44Bryan89US #49
#45Jesse86US #45
#46Derek76US #50
#47Erik69US #64
#48Keith68US #56
#49Craig67US #73
#50Juan67US #59
#51Kyle67US #57
#52Todd67US #75
#53George66US #60
#54Nathan66US #36
#55Alexander63US #91
#56Douglas61US #62
#57Luis60US #88
#58Raymond60US #66
#59Donald59US #53
#60Marc58US #119
#61Brandon55US #31
#62Frank55US #81
#63Samuel55US #54
#64Brendan52
#65Jared52US #61
#66Angel51US #172
#67Gary51US #63
#68Travis50US #37
#69Chad48US #39
#70Shaun47US #79
#71Carlos46US #78
#72Ian46US #104
#73Dennis45US #80
#74Christian42US #118
#75Corey42US #68
#76Ronald42US #58
#77Andre41US #133
#78Philip41US #82
#79Evan39US #159
#80Seth39US #99
#81Alan38US #112
#82Brett38US #96
#83Russell38US #92
#84Derrick36US #74
#85Nathaniel36US #86
#86Shane36US #69
#87Jacob34US #43
#88Geoffrey33US #200
#89Carl32US #103
#90Victor31US #107
#91Bruce30US #157
#92Vincent30US #111
#93Antonio29US #77
#94Joel29US #67
#95Hector28US #169
#96Luke28US #97
#97Wayne28US #146
#98Colin27
#99Edwin27US #188
#100Lawrence27US #129

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑52Katie#33
↑40Derek#46
↑27Juan#50
↑25Brendan#64
↑24Erika#71
↑23Bethany#76
↑22Lindsay#51
↑19Andre#77

Falling

↓26Vincent#92
↓24Patricia#86
↓24Joel#94
↓22Lawrence#100
↓19Jacob#87
↓17Beth#94
↓17Ronald#76
↓16April#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.