State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,603 Connecticut births in 1987 across 887 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#79Kate#191 nationally
#89Geoffrey#198 nationally
#57Brendan#156 nationally
#72Kaitlyn#163 nationally
#75Angel#165 nationally
#98Emma#175 nationally
#89Colleen#158 nationally
#69Caroline#135 nationally
#75Kaitlin#141 nationally
#97Louis#161 nationally
#76Colin#134 nationally
#91Marc#143 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica764US #1
#2Ashley580US #2
#3Amanda537US #3
#4Jennifer470US #4
#5Sarah440US #5
#6Nicole396US #8
#7Stephanie324US #6
#8Melissa292US #13
#9Elizabeth284US #10
#10Lauren278US #16
#11Emily260US #19
#12Danielle248US #14
#13Samantha246US #11
#14Katherine226US #28
#15Heather217US #9
#16Christina216US #20
#17Rebecca212US #25
#18Michelle203US #21
#19Laura201US #22
#20Brittany196US #7
#21Kelly193US #30
#22Rachel191US #17
#23Megan190US #12
#24Kimberly175US #23
#25Caitlin158US #63
#26Erin153US #34
#27Kristen144US #42
#28Amy143US #24
#29Erica139US #31
#30Sara139US #29
#31Allison136US #44
#32Christine136US #48
#33Lindsay135US #49
#34Alexandra125US #59
#35Shannon125US #45
#36Meghan122US #78
#37Lisa118US #40
#38Amber116US #15
#39Kathryn116US #51
#40Courtney111US #33
#41Tiffany105US #18
#42Alicia103US #46
#43Alyssa98US #60
#44Victoria96US #50
#45Katie95US #38
#46Crystal94US #26
#47Vanessa94US #43
#48Catherine93US #74
#49Chelsea89US #47
#50Jacqueline88US #54
#51Lindsey84US #41
#52Jamie83US #39
#53Jenna81US #57
#54Andrea80US #36
#55Julie79US #65
#56Kathleen79US #72
#57Kayla78US #27
#58Mary76US #37
#59Kristin74US #55
#60Kristina74US #62
#61Julia69US #86
#62Whitney66US #32
#63Maria63US #53
#64Anna61US #52
#65Monica61US #64
#66Angela59US #35
#67Kara59US #104
#68Marissa59US #109
#69Caroline58US #135
#70Jaclyn58US #116
#71Jillian58US #99
#72Kaitlyn58US #163
#73Tara58US #69
#74Cassandra56US #68
#75Kaitlin56US #141
#76Dana55US #83
#77Margaret54US #90
#78Melanie54US #102
#79Kate53US #191
#80Natasha53US #73
#81Stacey53US #103
#82Katelyn52US #127
#83Natalie52US #56
#84Alison51US #100
#85Gina51US #123
#86Casey50US #81
#87Erika50US #75
#88Kelsey50US #67
#89Colleen49US #158
#90Diana48US #85
#91Leah44US #82
#92Hannah43US #66
#93Krista43US #108
#94Jasmine42US #79
#95Molly42US #97
#96Veronica42US #80
#97Denise40US #132
#98Emma38US #175
#99April37US #58
#100Desiree37US #124

Boys

#1Michael1,185US #1
#2Christopher851US #2
#3Matthew796US #3
#4Daniel634US #7
#5David513US #5
#6Andrew506US #6
#7John484US #11
#8Ryan480US #13
#9Joseph423US #12
#10Robert410US #10
#11James398US #8
#12Nicholas386US #16
#13Joshua372US #4
#14Kevin362US #19
#15Anthony338US #17
#16William336US #15
#17Jonathan332US #18
#18Brian327US #20
#19Jason311US #23
#20Kyle311US #22
#21Thomas310US #24
#22Justin300US #9
#23Eric294US #21
#24Timothy278US #26
#25Steven256US #25
#26Jeffrey242US #32
#27Stephen241US #38
#28Adam231US #27
#29Sean224US #40
#30Alexander220US #37
#31Benjamin208US #28
#32Richard194US #30
#33Gregory186US #47
#34Scott181US #43
#35Patrick179US #41
#36Mark177US #36
#37Paul157US #46
#38Peter156US #64
#39Brandon144US #14
#40Zachary137US #33
#41Bryan125US #51
#42Jeremy120US #29
#43Aaron115US #34
#44Tyler113US #39
#45Charles110US #35
#46Samuel103US #50
#47Edward102US #61
#48Jose102US #48
#49Kenneth95US #53
#50Jesse91US #55
#51Jacob89US #31
#52Luis82US #82
#53Philip80US #84
#54Alex77US #60
#55Shawn74US #59
#56Douglas73US #85
#57Brendan72US #156
#58Keith71US #69
#59Nathan71US #45
#60Derek68US #54
#61Jordan68US #52
#62Shane66US #65
#63Travis64US #42
#64Vincent64US #95
#65Craig62US #88
#66Ian62US #81
#67Jared62US #58
#68Joel61US #75
#69Raymond61US #79
#70Brett60US #71
#71Corey58US #57
#72Frank56US #97
#73George56US #77
#74Carlos55US #74
#75Angel54US #165
#76Colin53US #134
#77Erik53US #94
#78Gary51US #87
#79Alan50US #112
#80Evan50US #83
#81Juan49US #66
#82Ronald49US #73
#83Seth47US #89
#84Antonio45US #72
#85Christian44US #90
#86Nathaniel43US #78
#87Miguel42US #110
#88Donald40US #70
#89Geoffrey40US #198
#90Marcus39US #67
#91Marc38US #143
#92Andre37US #136
#93Phillip37US #68
#94Victor37US #91
#95Chad36US #63
#96Dylan36US #141
#97Louis36US #161
#98Trevor35US #93
#99Dustin34US #44
#100Dennis33US #107

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑33Monica#65
↑26Alyssa#43
↑26Alex#54
↑25Philip#53
↑23Jaclyn#70
↑19Victoria#44
↑19Chelsea#49
↑17Julia#61

Falling

↓29Alison#84
↓25Donald#88
↓24Marc#91
↓18Dustin#99
↓17Cassandra#74
↓16Jamie#52
↓16Margaret#77
↓16Colleen#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.