State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,974 Connecticut births in 1985 across 819 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#63Kaitlinoutside the national top 200
#61Brendan#185 nationally
#99Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#80Kate#179 nationally
#76Angel#172 nationally
#97Edwin#189 nationally
#77Louis#164 nationally
#98Michele#182 nationally
#69Colleen#150 nationally
#91Cristina#171 nationally
#90Caroline#164 nationally
#86Carolyn#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica653US #1
#2Jennifer551US #3
#3Ashley473US #2
#4Nicole423US #7
#5Amanda419US #4
#6Sarah377US #5
#7Stephanie334US #6
#8Melissa311US #11
#9Elizabeth297US #9
#10Lauren264US #15
#11Heather256US #8
#12Christina241US #12
#13Danielle241US #18
#14Amy219US #20
#15Megan218US #10
#16Rachel209US #13
#17Katherine204US #32
#18Emily199US #24
#19Laura198US #14
#20Kelly192US #28
#21Michelle190US #22
#22Rebecca183US #25
#23Erin177US #26
#24Kimberly171US #19
#25Christine158US #44
#26Erica149US #34
#27Kristen147US #38
#28Lisa145US #36
#29Samantha141US #29
#30Caitlin130US #77
#31Lindsay130US #40
#32Shannon127US #41
#33Allison124US #46
#34Sara124US #30
#35Brittany118US #17
#36Crystal118US #21
#37Jamie110US #27
#38Kathryn107US #48
#39Meghan101US #63
#40Kristin97US #49
#41Tiffany97US #23
#42Kathleen93US #68
#43Mary92US #35
#44Amber91US #16
#45Katie90US #39
#46Kristina90US #57
#47Vanessa89US #42
#48Catherine88US #65
#49Angela85US #31
#50Alexandra84US #92
#51Andrea83US #33
#52Alicia81US #45
#53Courtney80US #43
#54Jacqueline80US #60
#55Jenna80US #50
#56Lindsey80US #37
#57Victoria75US #59
#58Julie73US #55
#59Maria63US #52
#60Krystal61US #53
#61Leah58US #78
#62Alison57US #97
#63Kaitlin57
#64Julia55US #85
#65Tara54US #51
#66Jaclyn53US #123
#67Dana52US #82
#68Alyssa51US #130
#69Colleen50US #150
#70Karen50US #87
#71Anna49US #54
#72Margaret49US #90
#73Holly48US #56
#74Monica47US #61
#75Natasha47US #79
#76Stacey46US #89
#77Whitney46US #73
#78Cassandra44US #62
#79Jillian44US #115
#80Kate44US #179
#81Krystle44US #111
#82Alexis42US #112
#83April42US #47
#84Chelsea42US #75
#85Diana42US #74
#86Carolyn39US #155
#87Pamela39US #116
#88Rachael39US #100
#89Bethany38US #94
#90Caroline38US #164
#91Cristina38US #171
#92Patricia38US #64
#93Valerie38US #71
#94Gina37US #113
#95Kara37US #98
#96Latoya37US #81
#97Melanie37US #88
#98Michele37US #182
#99Stacy37US #67
#100Susan37US #106

Boys

#1Michael1,100US #1
#2Christopher867US #2
#3Matthew719US #3
#4Daniel615US #5
#5David569US #6
#6Robert469US #8
#7John449US #9
#8James418US #7
#9Joseph407US #10
#10Ryan394US #12
#11Brian376US #18
#12Andrew374US #11
#13Joshua344US #4
#14Jason334US #14
#15William327US #16
#16Thomas321US #25
#17Jonathan317US #17
#18Anthony304US #20
#19Nicholas293US #19
#20Timothy281US #26
#21Eric280US #21
#22Justin280US #15
#23Kevin280US #23
#24Steven262US #24
#25Jeffrey255US #29
#26Adam220US #22
#27Stephen218US #36
#28Richard217US #28
#29Mark208US #32
#30Kyle207US #27
#31Patrick207US #37
#32Sean205US #38
#33Benjamin178US #31
#34Gregory178US #45
#35Paul177US #42
#36Peter165US #60
#37Alexander158US #50
#38Scott157US #44
#39Brandon143US #13
#40Charles127US #34
#41Zachary118US #39
#42Jeremy112US #30
#43Bryan110US #48
#44Aaron107US #33
#45Jose102US #49
#46Edward100US #59
#47Kenneth95US #47
#48Tyler94US #43
#49Jesse90US #51
#50Luis89US #85
#51Shawn87US #55
#52Keith76US #64
#53Derek72US #56
#54Raymond70US #75
#55Brett69US #70
#56Jordan65US #62
#57Nathan65US #40
#58Ian63US #78
#59Douglas59US #76
#60Samuel59US #54
#61Brendan58US #185
#62Jared58US #58
#63George57US #72
#64Vincent57US #95
#65Frank56US #90
#66Craig55US #79
#67Corey54US #63
#68Philip54US #84
#69Marc53US #129
#70Dennis52US #103
#71Travis51US #46
#72Carlos50US #74
#73Donald50US #66
#74Gary50US #82
#75Todd49US #99
#76Angel48US #172
#77Louis48US #164
#78Ronald47US #71
#79Alex44US #80
#80Shane44US #68
#81Jacob43US #35
#82Joel43US #67
#83Alan42US #109
#84Erik42US #87
#85Evan42US #91
#86Seth41US #104
#87Juan40US #65
#88Chad38US #57
#89Christian38US #101
#90Colin37US #156
#91Marcus36US #61
#92Dustin35US #41
#93Miguel35US #113
#94Victor35US #88
#95Andre34US #124
#96Antonio34US #73
#97Edwin34US #189
#98Phillip34US #69
#99Theodore34
#100Trevor33US #105

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑29Kristina#46
↑25Colleen#69
↑25Monica#74
↑24Jordan#56
↑23Brittany#35
↑23Alyssa#68
↑23Raymond#54
↑22Leah#61

Falling

↓32Latoya#96
↓29Michele#98
↓29Colin#90
↓27Kara#95
↓24Diana#85
↓19Alexis#82
↓19Chelsea#84
↓19Jacob#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.