State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,424 Connecticut births in 1983 across 768 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#55Brendan#191 nationally
#94Kate#199 nationally
#52Caitlin#153 nationally
#86Angel#185 nationally
#72Colin#166 nationally
#98Aimee#184 nationally
#66Colleen#144 nationally
#95Marissa#170 nationally
#85Louis#156 nationally
#89Jaime#158 nationally
#88Abigail#151 nationally
#90Meredith#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer677US #1
#2Jessica599US #2
#3Sarah408US #5
#4Nicole369US #7
#5Melissa351US #6
#6Elizabeth294US #10
#7Stephanie286US #8
#8Ashley280US #4
#9Heather265US #9
#10Amanda251US #3
#11Michelle244US #13
#12Lauren225US #24
#13Amy218US #12
#14Rebecca208US #19
#15Erin205US #18
#16Kelly198US #26
#17Kimberly191US #15
#18Danielle181US #29
#19Katherine175US #34
#20Kristen173US #37
#21Megan172US #21
#22Christina167US #16
#23Laura167US #23
#24Lisa166US #27
#25Rachel165US #20
#26Emily162US #25
#27Sara143US #31
#28Erica139US #33
#29Lindsay129US #36
#30Crystal127US #11
#31Jamie121US #28
#32Tiffany119US #14
#33Meghan118US #75
#34Kristin112US #42
#35Shannon112US #38
#36Christine108US #47
#37Kathryn107US #50
#38Lindsey99US #35
#39Mary99US #32
#40Samantha94US #40
#41Kathleen92US #73
#42Vanessa87US #49
#43Allison86US #59
#44Katie84US #45
#45Catherine80US #66
#46Courtney80US #44
#47Amber79US #17
#48Andrea79US #30
#49Angela79US #22
#50Jacqueline77US #53
#51Julie77US #46
#52Caitlin76US #153
#53Maria76US #43
#54Tara74US #51
#55Stacy67US #61
#56Alicia63US #41
#57Karen62US #77
#58Stacey60US #76
#59Victoria59US #58
#60Jillian58US #115
#61Dana57US #72
#62Julia55US #85
#63Alison54US #116
#64Holly54US #48
#65Gina53US #121
#66Colleen52US #144
#67Diana52US #69
#68Natasha52US #71
#69April51US #39
#70Kara51US #101
#71Jaclyn47US #126
#72Sandra47US #88
#73Susan47US #86
#74Alexis44US #83
#75Anna44US #55
#76Anne44US #130
#77Kristina44US #63
#78Melanie44US #79
#79Bethany41US #99
#80Carrie41US #65
#81Erika41US #80
#82Patricia41US #60
#83Leah40US #82
#84Natalie40US #52
#85Pamela40US #91
#86Stefanie40US #105
#87Veronica38US #68
#88Abigail37US #151
#89Jaime37US #158
#90Meredith37US #148
#91Barbara36US #143
#92Chelsea36US #102
#93Jill36US #98
#94Kate36US #199
#95Marissa36US #170
#96Monica36US #54
#97Tina36US #100
#98Aimee35US #184
#99Dawn35US #106
#100Tanya35US #134

Boys

#1Michael1,069US #1
#2Christopher828US #2
#3Matthew719US #3
#4David574US #4
#5Daniel534US #8
#6John463US #9
#7Jason438US #7
#8Joseph428US #11
#9Brian421US #14
#10Ryan409US #13
#11James408US #6
#12Robert393US #10
#13Justin334US #12
#14William311US #16
#15Andrew302US #15
#16Jonathan301US #19
#17Thomas290US #24
#18Jeffrey289US #28
#19Eric282US #20
#20Nicholas278US #21
#21Joshua277US #5
#22Adam270US #18
#23Anthony243US #22
#24Timothy240US #26
#25Kevin229US #25
#26Mark227US #31
#27Richard222US #27
#28Stephen206US #35
#29Steven193US #23
#30Gregory185US #42
#31Patrick168US #37
#32Sean168US #44
#33Paul164US #39
#34Peter161US #59
#35Kyle153US #34
#36Benjamin149US #32
#37Scott146US #38
#38Aaron115US #29
#39Edward114US #55
#40Jeremy114US #30
#41Brandon108US #17
#42Charles105US #33
#43Kenneth103US #45
#44Bryan100US #47
#45Jose94US #48
#46Jesse92US #46
#47Alexander82US #63
#48Craig74US #70
#49George73US #65
#50Todd73US #87
#51Shawn72US #53
#52Keith71US #61
#53Luis66US #88
#54Jared64US #56
#55Brendan63US #191
#56Zachary63US #50
#57Donald62US #60
#58Frank61US #86
#59Nathan61US #40
#60Travis61US #41
#61Douglas57US #69
#62Ian57US #77
#63Derek56US #51
#64Philip55US #82
#65Tyler53US #57
#66Evan52US #93
#67Raymond52US #71
#68Jacob50US #36
#69Erik49US #80
#70Gary49US #68
#71Samuel49US #54
#72Colin47US #166
#73Brett45US #73
#74Carlos45US #75
#75Vincent44US #97
#76Marc43US #125
#77Alan42US #102
#78Corey42US #74
#79Dennis41US #92
#80Ronald40US #64
#81Victor39US #95
#82Jordan38US #72
#83Antonio37US #76
#84Carl36US #106
#85Louis36US #156
#86Angel35US #185
#87Christian34US #112
#88Joel34US #67
#89Mathew32US #146
#90Miguel32US #114
#91Luke31US #105
#92Shane31US #84
#93Chad30US #49
#94Dustin30US #43
#95Lawrence30US #132
#96Marcus30US #58
#97Nathaniel30US #79
#98Henry29US #136
#99Seth29US #98
#100Shaun29US #111

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑45Stacy#55
↑24Ashley#8
↑24Zachary#56
↑22Caitlin#52
↑21Samantha#40
↑21Vincent#75
↑20Natasha#68
↑18Brendan#55

Falling

↓28Jill#93
↓28Shaun#100
↓22Marissa#95
↓22Seth#99
↓19Melanie#78
↓18Dawn#99
↓17Jaime#89
↓16Stacey#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.