State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,644 Connecticut births in 1986 across 834 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#56Brendan#185 nationally
#66Kaitlin#182 nationally
#87Kaitlynoutside the national top 200
#95Kate#186 nationally
#99Edwin#190 nationally
#74Angel#163 nationally
#71Caroline#157 nationally
#76Colin#158 nationally
#73Colleen#152 nationally
#85Carolyn#162 nationally
#88Louis#160 nationally
#67Marc#137 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica706US #1
#2Jennifer524US #4
#3Ashley490US #2
#4Amanda460US #3
#5Sarah419US #5
#6Nicole418US #7
#7Stephanie316US #6
#8Lauren309US #14
#9Melissa297US #12
#10Elizabeth291US #10
#11Danielle250US #16
#12Heather241US #9
#13Michelle211US #23
#14Kelly208US #29
#15Katherine201US #28
#16Rebecca199US #26
#17Emily195US #24
#18Christina192US #19
#19Amy191US #22
#20Kimberly184US #18
#21Samantha184US #21
#22Megan181US #11
#23Laura179US #20
#24Brittany165US #8
#25Rachel161US #15
#26Kristen154US #41
#27Erica152US #31
#28Erin147US #30
#29Allison145US #42
#30Christine145US #47
#31Sara144US #27
#32Lindsay127US #46
#33Caitlin124US #69
#34Crystal120US #25
#35Shannon120US #44
#36Jamie118US #34
#37Kathryn117US #48
#38Lisa115US #40
#39Tiffany114US #17
#40Courtney108US #35
#41Amber107US #13
#42Meghan103US #71
#43Vanessa103US #43
#44Alexandra96US #72
#45Catherine90US #67
#46Katie88US #38
#47Kathleen87US #68
#48Jacqueline86US #57
#49Lindsey83US #39
#50Mary81US #37
#51Alicia79US #45
#52Julie78US #58
#53Jenna76US #55
#54Kristina76US #62
#55Alison71US #96
#56Jillian71US #107
#57Cassandra66US #60
#58Angela65US #33
#59Kristin64US #50
#60Maria64US #49
#61Margaret63US #90
#62Whitney62US #32
#63Victoria60US #54
#64Andrea59US #36
#65Marissa59US #115
#66Kaitlin58US #182
#67Anna57US #51
#68Chelsea57US #73
#69Alyssa54US #85
#70Patricia52US #66
#71Caroline51US #157
#72Natalie51US #52
#73Colleen50US #152
#74Kara50US #102
#75Mallory49US #83
#76Stacey49US #94
#77Holly48US #63
#78Julia48US #88
#79Tara48US #56
#80Natasha47US #70
#81Erika46US #74
#82Dana45US #92
#83Gina45US #119
#84Melanie44US #97
#85Carolyn43US #162
#86Jasmine43US #95
#87Kaitlyn43
#88Krystal43US #61
#89Diana42US #75
#90Krista42US #93
#91Karen41US #100
#92Leah41US #78
#93Jaclyn39US #133
#94Casey38US #80
#95Kate38US #186
#96Katelyn38US #149
#97Molly38US #110
#98Monica38US #59
#99Rachael38US #103
#100Bethany37US #91

Boys

#1Michael1,154US #1
#2Christopher774US #2
#3Matthew726US #3
#4Daniel649US #6
#5David526US #5
#6John482US #10
#7Joseph447US #12
#8Andrew444US #8
#9Robert443US #9
#10Ryan421US #11
#11James394US #7
#12Brian342US #20
#13William342US #15
#14Jonathan339US #16
#15Kevin336US #21
#16Joshua332US #4
#17Anthony330US #19
#18Jason326US #18
#19Nicholas315US #17
#20Thomas307US #26
#21Kyle292US #23
#22Eric287US #22
#23Justin271US #14
#24Timothy263US #27
#25Jeffrey258US #32
#26Steven243US #25
#27Stephen233US #36
#28Richard226US #29
#29Adam221US #24
#30Sean219US #37
#31Alexander214US #41
#32Gregory196US #46
#33Patrick190US #39
#34Mark188US #35
#35Benjamin176US #30
#36Paul164US #45
#37Scott163US #44
#38Peter153US #60
#39Jeremy149US #28
#40Brandon146US #13
#41Bryan118US #47
#42Tyler114US #40
#43Zachary114US #38
#44Charles112US #34
#45Jose107US #51
#46Edward104US #61
#47Aaron100US #33
#48Jesse95US #48
#49Shawn92US #55
#50Samuel83US #52
#51Ian82US #85
#52Kenneth81US #50
#53Jacob79US #31
#54Luis78US #79
#55Keith72US #66
#56Brendan69US #185
#57Jordan69US #53
#58Derek67US #57
#59Nathan67US #43
#60Raymond67US #77
#61Craig66US #80
#62George64US #74
#63Donald63US #71
#64Frank63US #91
#65Douglas60US #82
#66Evan60US #81
#67Marc60US #137
#68Ronald59US #75
#69Travis58US #49
#70Brett56US #69
#71Corey56US #62
#72Shane54US #67
#73Christian51US #89
#74Angel50US #163
#75Carlos50US #76
#76Colin49US #158
#77Jared49US #58
#78Philip49US #86
#79Vincent49US #93
#80Alex47US #64
#81Dustin42US #42
#82Joel42US #72
#83Todd42US #110
#84Victor41US #88
#85Dennis39US #104
#86Erik39US #92
#87Gary39US #84
#88Louis39US #160
#89Seth39US #97
#90Andre38US #133
#91Nathaniel38US #78
#92Alan37US #107
#93Chad36US #59
#94Phillip36US #70
#95Luke35US #106
#96Mathew33US #141
#97Juan32US #65
#98Antonio31US #73
#99Edwin31US #190
#100Cory29US #68

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑28Jacob#53
↑23Jillian#56
↑22Patricia#70
↑21Cassandra#57
↑21Kara#74
↑19Caroline#71
↑19Evan#66
↑16Chelsea#68

Falling

↓31Leah#92
↓28Krystal#88
↓27Jaclyn#93
↓24Monica#98
↓21Karen#91
↓19Kristin#59
↓15Dana#82
↓15Kate#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.