State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,836 Connecticut births in 1982 across 783 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
#74Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#87Kateoutside the national top 200
#73Marissa#181 nationally
#86Geoffrey#194 nationally
#78Angel#181 nationally
#89Edwin#189 nationally
#88Colin#171 nationally
#62Marc#138 nationally
#69Colleen#139 nationally
#94Louis#162 nationally
#72Jaime#138 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer739US #1
#2Jessica634US #2
#3Melissa418US #5
#4Sarah383US #4
#5Nicole330US #6
#6Elizabeth315US #8
#7Amy252US #10
#8Amanda239US #3
#9Stephanie239US #7
#10Michelle232US #11
#11Heather224US #12
#12Rebecca215US #15
#13Lauren214US #26
#14Erin212US #20
#15Kelly209US #25
#16Emily188US #24
#17Lisa183US #23
#18Kimberly180US #14
#19Kristen178US #33
#20Christina175US #19
#21Danielle172US #31
#22Laura168US #22
#23Katherine165US #36
#24Rachel152US #21
#25Lindsay148US #39
#26Sara148US #28
#27Megan139US #34
#28Crystal132US #9
#29Christine129US #46
#30Tiffany125US #13
#31Shannon123US #38
#32Ashley119US #17
#33Kristin115US #37
#34Jamie112US #29
#35Kathryn111US #48
#36Allison109US #58
#37Mary98US #30
#38Andrea92US #27
#39Angela91US #16
#40Erica91US #35
#41Jacqueline88US #54
#42Stacey84US #85
#43Courtney81US #43
#44Tara77US #47
#45Catherine76US #73
#46Jillian76US #96
#47Meghan76US #110
#48Amber75US #18
#49Maria72US #42
#50Karen71US #68
#51Lindsey71US #40
#52Kathleen68US #77
#53Alicia67US #53
#54Julie66US #41
#55Katie64US #45
#56Diana63US #63
#57Dana62US #67
#58Vanessa62US #49
#59Melanie61US #65
#60Susan61US #76
#61Samantha59US #44
#62Alison57US #111
#63April57US #32
#64Julia57US #84
#65Jill56US #89
#66Kristina56US #70
#67Victoria56US #66
#68Carrie55US #57
#69Colleen54US #139
#70Margaret50US #97
#71Anna49US #56
#72Jaime49US #138
#73Marissa49US #181
#74Caitlin48
#75Theresa48US #109
#76Erika47US #81
#77Michele44US #135
#78Natalie44US #51
#79Pamela44US #82
#80Sandra44US #80
#81Dawn43US #95
#82Denise43US #100
#83Cynthia42US #64
#84Kara42US #113
#85Renee42US #101
#86Jaclyn41US #141
#87Kate41
#88Natasha41US #71
#89Alexis40US #93
#90Leah40US #79
#91Monica40US #52
#92Beth39US #148
#93Heidi39US #86
#94Stefanie38US #151
#95Bethany37US #112
#96Patricia37US #59
#97Ebony36US #132
#98Cassandra35US #62
#99Sharon35US #144
#100Stacy35US #72

Boys

#1Michael1,051US #1
#2Christopher828US #2
#3Matthew596US #3
#4David515US #5
#5Jason492US #4
#6Daniel452US #10
#7James441US #6
#8Joseph436US #11
#9Robert415US #9
#10John412US #8
#11Ryan357US #13
#12Brian344US #14
#13William323US #15
#14Jonathan312US #16
#15Thomas288US #23
#16Jeffrey283US #29
#17Joshua283US #7
#18Justin282US #12
#19Andrew280US #17
#20Eric264US #20
#21Kevin255US #25
#22Adam247US #19
#23Anthony239US #21
#24Nicholas235US #22
#25Steven226US #26
#26Timothy225US #24
#27Richard206US #27
#28Mark200US #32
#29Paul187US #35
#30Scott187US #34
#31Stephen180US #38
#32Gregory168US #40
#33Benjamin163US #33
#34Sean161US #44
#35Peter148US #57
#36Patrick136US #37
#37Jeremy123US #28
#38Kyle105US #47
#39Charles101US #31
#40Jose98US #46
#41Kenneth98US #45
#42Aaron95US #30
#43Alexander95US #65
#44Jesse92US #43
#45Brandon91US #18
#46Edward87US #53
#47Shawn80US #52
#48Derek76US #50
#49Bryan71US #49
#50Craig68US #73
#51Jared68US #54
#52Todd67US #82
#53George65US #62
#54Frank63US #81
#55Travis61US #39
#56Keith60US #59
#57Raymond59US #70
#58Gary58US #64
#59Samuel58US #56
#60Carlos57US #71
#61Ian57US #83
#62Marc57US #138
#63Nathan57US #36
#64Juan56US #61
#65Erik55US #80
#66Philip55US #79
#67Dennis54US #87
#68Luis54US #90
#69Douglas52US #68
#70Donald50US #58
#71Ronald50US #60
#72Shaun50US #96
#73Brendan49
#74Brett49US #72
#75Tyler48US #66
#76Jordan47US #85
#77Seth46US #102
#78Angel45US #181
#79Jacob41US #41
#80Zachary41US #55
#81Joel40US #69
#82Alan39US #107
#83Evan39US #108
#84Christian37US #114
#85Chad36US #48
#86Geoffrey36US #194
#87Corey35US #74
#88Colin34US #171
#89Edwin34US #189
#90Andre32US #124
#91Carl31US #104
#92Marcus31US #63
#93Russell31US #97
#94Louis30US #162
#95Miguel30US #110
#96Vincent29US #103
#97Walter29US #147
#98Wayne29US #159
#99Mathew28US #160
#100Alex27US #143

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑27Jillian#46
↑25Tyler#75
↑21Erika#76
↑19Anna#71
↑18Lindsay#25
↑18Theresa#75
↑17Ashley#32
↑17Colleen#69

Falling

↓32Patricia#96
↓20Leah#90
↓18Julie#54
↓18Luis#68
↓17Stacy#100
↓17Douglas#69
↓16Kate#87
↓16Bethany#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.