State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,505 Connecticut births in 1984 across 795 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#188 nationally
#72Angel#179 nationally
#94Frederick#197 nationally
#79Kate#178 nationally
#91Hector#185 nationally
#69Michele#161 nationally
#61Colin#152 nationally
#91Alyssa#180 nationally
#33Caitlin#118 nationally
#98Jaime#182 nationally
#100Edwin#184 nationally
#81Carolyn#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer651US #1
#2Jessica565US #2
#3Sarah386US #5
#4Melissa363US #8
#5Nicole349US #7
#6Ashley326US #3
#7Elizabeth305US #10
#8Stephanie305US #6
#9Amanda301US #4
#10Danielle270US #16
#11Lauren239US #21
#12Heather230US #9
#13Michelle229US #17
#14Laura221US #19
#15Emily220US #24
#16Amy205US #13
#17Megan199US #11
#18Rebecca196US #23
#19Kelly193US #27
#20Christina187US #20
#21Katherine183US #30
#22Erin182US #25
#23Rachel175US #15
#24Kimberly174US #22
#25Kristen159US #38
#26Lisa152US #29
#27Lindsay149US #36
#28Meghan149US #65
#29Christine143US #43
#30Tiffany132US #14
#31Allison125US #51
#32Shannon123US #37
#33Caitlin120US #118
#34Crystal118US #12
#35Kathryn118US #48
#36Kristin110US #47
#37Alicia107US #40
#38Erica106US #34
#39Jacqueline101US #56
#40Sara100US #32
#41Jenna97US #54
#42Andrea96US #28
#43Jamie92US #31
#44Lindsey92US #35
#45Courtney89US #46
#46Samantha88US #39
#47Amber86US #18
#48Katie85US #44
#49Victoria79US #59
#50Angela78US #26
#51Kathleen75US #71
#52Mary73US #33
#53Julie72US #52
#54Vanessa70US #45
#55Catherine69US #69
#56Tara69US #49
#57Karen62US #82
#58Brittany59US #41
#59Maria59US #50
#60Alexandra58US #96
#61Diana56US #72
#62Holly56US #53
#63Alexis55US #89
#64Latoya55US #60
#65Chelsea54US #84
#66Stacey54US #79
#67Dana53US #73
#68Kara53US #95
#69Michele53US #161
#70Stefanie52US #138
#71Julia51US #87
#72Alison50US #110
#73Bethany50US #93
#74Jillian50US #106
#75Kristina50US #68
#76Natasha50US #77
#77Cassandra49US #63
#78Joanna48US #88
#79Kate47US #178
#80Melanie47US #85
#81Carolyn45US #155
#82Gina45US #109
#83Leah45US #83
#84Anna44US #57
#85April44US #42
#86Jaclyn43US #134
#87Erika42US #81
#88Margaret41US #92
#89Patricia41US #66
#90Stacy41US #67
#91Alyssa40US #180
#92Natalie40US #55
#93Caroline39US #167
#94Colleen39US #144
#95Sandra39US #94
#96Susan38US #90
#97Tracy38US #91
#98Jaime37US #182
#99Monica37US #58
#100Rachael37US #103

Boys

#1Michael1,160US #1
#2Christopher808US #2
#3Matthew778US #3
#4Daniel536US #6
#5David513US #5
#6John459US #8
#7Joseph447US #10
#8Robert436US #9
#9James408US #7
#10Jason399US #11
#11Ryan388US #12
#12Brian376US #17
#13William341US #16
#14Andrew338US #14
#15Justin337US #13
#16Joshua328US #4
#17Jonathan320US #19
#18Nicholas302US #20
#19Thomas280US #25
#20Jeffrey277US #28
#21Kevin269US #24
#22Anthony265US #21
#23Adam260US #18
#24Eric251US #22
#25Steven237US #23
#26Timothy234US #26
#27Stephen232US #35
#28Richard222US #27
#29Mark207US #32
#30Sean191US #43
#31Patrick180US #36
#32Paul179US #40
#33Gregory171US #44
#34Benjamin160US #30
#35Peter159US #60
#36Scott159US #39
#37Kyle154US #34
#38Brandon124US #15
#39Charles123US #33
#40Alexander113US #54
#41Jose112US #49
#42Aaron103US #29
#43Edward96US #58
#44Bryan94US #48
#45Jeremy88US #31
#46Jesse85US #50
#47Nathan85US #38
#48Kenneth84US #46
#49Keith75US #61
#50Samuel72US #55
#51Tyler72US #47
#52Zachary72US #45
#53Ian70US #78
#54Derek68US #52
#55Brendan67US #188
#56Craig66US #75
#57Frank62US #86
#58Travis61US #42
#59Luis60US #88
#60George59US #68
#61Colin57US #152
#62Jacob57US #37
#63Shawn57US #56
#64Gary56US #76
#65Marc56US #131
#66Jared53US #59
#67Evan52US #98
#68Erik51US #84
#69Donald49US #63
#70Douglas49US #71
#71Todd49US #92
#72Angel48US #179
#73Brett47US #72
#74Philip47US #81
#75Vincent47US #95
#76Marcus46US #57
#77Raymond46US #73
#78Juan45US #64
#79Corey44US #69
#80Jordan43US #65
#81Chad41US #51
#82Nathaniel41US #80
#83Seth38US #99
#84Miguel37US #113
#85Ronald37US #67
#86Andre36US #119
#87Joel35US #66
#88Dennis34US #97
#89Shane34US #85
#90Alex33US #93
#91Hector33US #185
#92Carlos32US #74
#93Alan30US #105
#94Frederick30US #197
#95Gabriel30US #87
#96Mathew30US #139
#97Shaun30US #121
#98Dustin29US #41
#99Carl28US #108
#100Edwin28US #184

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑27Chelsea#65
↑21Samuel#50
↑20Marcus#76
↑19Caitlin#33
↑19Alicia#37
↑16Stefanie#70
↑16Seth#83
↑15Kate#79

Falling

↓35Stacy#90
↓28Colleen#94
↓23Sandra#95
↓23Susan#96
↓21Todd#71
↓18Carlos#92
↓17Gina#82
↓16April#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.