State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,234 Connecticut births in 1981 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.

#61Brendanoutside the national top 200
#69Angel#194 nationally
#71Kate#192 nationally
#90Colinoutside the national top 200
#80Marissa#187 nationally
#95Marisaoutside the national top 200
#85Edwin#187 nationally
#99Alexandraoutside the national top 200
#98Hector#177 nationally
#94Frederick#170 nationally
#50Meghan#116 nationally
#68Marc#134 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer680US #1
#2Jessica624US #2
#3Sarah420US #4
#4Melissa393US #5
#5Elizabeth316US #9
#6Nicole289US #7
#7Amy268US #6
#8Michelle236US #11
#9Kimberly230US #13
#10Heather222US #10
#11Amanda219US #3
#12Rebecca217US #12
#13Laura205US #21
#14Erin196US #19
#15Stephanie191US #8
#16Lisa188US #18
#17Kelly186US #23
#18Christina182US #17
#19Danielle182US #30
#20Sara176US #26
#21Katherine167US #39
#22Emily160US #29
#23Lauren160US #35
#24Kristen150US #38
#25Kristin131US #31
#26Christine125US #42
#27Rachel125US #22
#28Crystal124US #16
#29Megan118US #33
#30Shannon115US #32
#31Tiffany115US #14
#32Kathryn113US #48
#33Erica110US #36
#34Mary105US #27
#35Jamie99US #28
#36Julie96US #37
#37Angela94US #15
#38Courtney93US #43
#39Tara93US #45
#40Katie92US #44
#41Allison87US #57
#42Andrea87US #24
#43Lindsay85US #47
#44Karen84US #64
#45Jacqueline79US #67
#46Kathleen78US #82
#47Amber77US #20
#48Maria72US #40
#49Ashley71US #34
#50Meghan70US #116
#51Catherine69US #73
#52Alicia65US #46
#53Diana64US #75
#54Stacey62US #83
#55Tracy62US #77
#56April60US #25
#57Susan60US #71
#58Alison59US #113
#59Kristina59US #72
#60Lindsey59US #58
#61Margaret59US #107
#62Jill56US #78
#63Vanessa56US #62
#64Patricia55US #53
#65Samantha55US #51
#66Carrie52US #55
#67Melanie52US #66
#68Victoria52US #87
#69Dana50US #70
#70Leah50US #81
#71Kate49US #192
#72Dawn46US #79
#73Jillian46US #137
#74Michele46US #127
#75Gina45US #106
#76Julia45US #88
#77Kara45US #121
#78Sandra42US #74
#79Bethany41US #114
#80Marissa40US #187
#81Pamela40US #76
#82Renee40US #98
#83Stacy40US #65
#84Brooke39US #52
#85Holly39US #63
#86Colleen38US #138
#87Tina38US #80
#88Cynthia37US #59
#89Tanya37US #92
#90Anna36US #54
#91Anne36US #105
#92Natalie36US #60
#93Theresa36US #100
#94Heidi35US #84
#95Marisa35
#96Suzanne35US #161
#97Erika34US #93
#98Latoya34US #69
#99Alexandra33
#100Cheryl33US #134

Boys

#1Michael1,089US #1
#2Christopher666US #2
#3Matthew621US #3
#4Jason549US #4
#5David542US #5
#6John464US #8
#7Robert446US #9
#8Daniel419US #10
#9James408US #7
#10Brian381US #14
#11Joseph380US #11
#12Ryan323US #13
#13Jonathan314US #16
#14Joshua302US #6
#15Thomas297US #26
#16Justin286US #12
#17Jeffrey271US #29
#18William267US #15
#19Eric257US #17
#20Kevin246US #25
#21Adam244US #20
#22Timothy240US #24
#23Richard238US #27
#24Andrew234US #18
#25Anthony221US #23
#26Nicholas206US #21
#27Mark205US #33
#28Paul192US #35
#29Scott188US #34
#30Peter176US #55
#31Steven173US #28
#32Sean160US #44
#33Stephen160US #39
#34Benjamin153US #32
#35Jesse144US #37
#36Gregory142US #46
#37Patrick135US #38
#38Jeremy132US #22
#39Edward117US #51
#40Aaron115US #30
#41Charles110US #31
#42Kenneth104US #41
#43Jose100US #45
#44Bryan96US #48
#45Keith91US #58
#46Brandon84US #19
#47Shawn83US #49
#48Alexander72US #70
#49Craig71US #72
#50Luis71US #92
#51Kyle69US #52
#52Douglas67US #64
#53Frank67US #82
#54Raymond64US #68
#55Nathan63US #36
#56Derek62US #53
#57Erik62US #76
#58Todd62US #74
#59Donald57US #56
#60Samuel56US #54
#61Brendan53
#62Jared53US #57
#63Travis49US #40
#64Carlos48US #71
#65Ian48US #101
#66Brett47US #79
#67Gary47US #62
#68Marc47US #134
#69Angel46US #194
#70George46US #61
#71Shaun44US #86
#72Chad42US #47
#73Dennis41US #83
#74Joel41US #65
#75Ronald41US #59
#76Alan39US #112
#77Juan39US #60
#78Philip39US #84
#79Jacob38US #43
#80Seth38US #95
#81Zachary36US #63
#82Christian35US #121
#83Vincent35US #107
#84Andre34US #133
#85Edwin34US #187
#86Nathaniel34US #80
#87Corey33US #69
#88Lawrence32US #125
#89Miguel32US #116
#90Colin31
#91Antonio30US #75
#92Jordan30US #102
#93Louis30US #151
#94Frederick29US #170
#95Jamie29US #118
#96Carl28US #106
#97Evan28US #139
#98Hector28US #177
#99Shane28US #81
#100Tyler28US #96

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑37Lindsey#60
↑25Samantha#65
↑23Jillian#73
↑22Kristina#59
↑22Patricia#64
↑20Joel#74
↑16Brett#66
↑15Courtney#38

Falling

↓31Stacy#83
↓31Cheryl#100
↓27Juan#77
↓26Erika#97
↓22Heidi#94
↓21Tanya#89
↓18Holly#85
↓18Evan#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.