State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,452 Connecticut births in 1988 across 902 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#51Brendan#153 nationally
#95Devon#190 nationally
#92Edwin#182 nationally
#71Angel#151 nationally
#89Colleen#167 nationally
#78Marc#149 nationally
#69Colin#131 nationally
#100Carolyn#159 nationally
#90Gina#142 nationally
#55Kaitlin#98 nationally
#97Dylan#137 nationally
#67Kaitlyn#106 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica686US #1
#2Ashley596US #2
#3Amanda511US #3
#4Sarah433US #4
#5Nicole418US #9
#6Jennifer397US #5
#7Stephanie347US #7
#8Elizabeth341US #10
#9Lauren334US #11
#10Samantha293US #8
#11Melissa280US #16
#12Brittany272US #6
#13Emily272US #18
#14Danielle260US #17
#15Katherine237US #27
#16Michelle236US #21
#17Rachel216US #19
#18Megan215US #12
#19Christina194US #22
#20Laura193US #23
#21Kelly192US #32
#22Rebecca189US #26
#23Heather188US #14
#24Kimberly172US #25
#25Caitlin170US #44
#26Alexandra167US #49
#27Sara149US #30
#28Erin146US #37
#29Kristen145US #36
#30Allison140US #46
#31Chelsea140US #33
#32Christine139US #51
#33Tiffany139US #13
#34Alyssa137US #47
#35Shannon129US #56
#36Courtney127US #24
#37Erica127US #31
#38Amy120US #29
#39Jacqueline118US #62
#40Kathryn114US #55
#41Lindsay112US #57
#42Amber107US #15
#43Lisa106US #43
#44Alicia102US #50
#45Vanessa99US #41
#46Victoria99US #42
#47Crystal98US #28
#48Kayla97US #20
#49Mary94US #34
#50Catherine92US #69
#51Jamie89US #45
#52Angela87US #38
#53Meghan84US #81
#54Kristin79US #58
#55Kaitlin74US #98
#56Margaret74US #93
#57Katelyn72US #84
#58Julia71US #88
#59Lindsey70US #48
#60Kathleen68US #75
#61Kelsey68US #64
#62Andrea67US #35
#63Jasmine66US #53
#64Katie66US #40
#65Jenna64US #66
#66Melanie63US #99
#67Kaitlyn62US #106
#68Molly62US #86
#69Kristina61US #68
#70Tara61US #67
#71Maria60US #60
#72Natalie59US #63
#73Cassandra58US #59
#74Erika58US #76
#75Jillian57US #104
#76Marissa57US #101
#77Anna53US #54
#78Dana53US #90
#79Hannah53US #61
#80Natasha53US #73
#81Alison50US #113
#82Julie50US #71
#83Kara49US #95
#84Leah49US #82
#85Monica49US #70
#86Rachael49US #100
#87Diana48US #85
#88Jaclyn48US #114
#89Colleen46US #167
#90Gina46US #142
#91Holly46US #72
#92Patricia46US #77
#93Brittney43US #52
#94Alexis42US #97
#95Caroline42US #122
#96Krystal41US #74
#97Morgan41US #78
#98Casey40US #92
#99Whitney40US #39
#100Carolyn39US #159

Boys

#1Michael1,152US #1
#2Christopher845US #2
#3Matthew789US #3
#4Daniel633US #8
#5David526US #6
#6John483US #11
#7Joseph472US #12
#8Andrew471US #5
#9Ryan453US #13
#10James452US #9
#11Robert428US #10
#12Nicholas395US #14
#13William394US #16
#14Joshua383US #4
#15Brian375US #22
#16Kevin363US #20
#17Justin350US #7
#18Jonathan342US #15
#19Anthony338US #18
#20Thomas332US #23
#21Timothy314US #25
#22Kyle301US #21
#23Eric294US #19
#24Steven254US #24
#25Jason248US #27
#26Alexander246US #34
#27Jeffrey242US #36
#28Stephen222US #40
#29Benjamin209US #30
#30Sean208US #38
#31Adam207US #26
#32Richard199US #32
#33Gregory196US #50
#34Patrick187US #42
#35Mark180US #39
#36Peter178US #64
#37Paul165US #46
#38Scott157US #47
#39Tyler157US #33
#40Zachary151US #29
#41Brandon142US #17
#42Charles124US #37
#43Jeremy120US #35
#44Jose115US #49
#45Samuel110US #45
#46Bryan105US #54
#47Aaron97US #31
#48Kenneth95US #51
#49Jacob93US #28
#50Luis92US #75
#51Brendan89US #153
#52Edward87US #62
#53Nathan85US #44
#54Jesse82US #55
#55Corey80US #56
#56Derek79US #53
#57Alex76US #58
#58Jordan75US #52
#59George74US #78
#60Raymond74US #84
#61Keith71US #70
#62Evan70US #74
#63Ian68US #77
#64Shawn68US #61
#65Vincent67US #82
#66Frank63US #99
#67Craig62US #96
#68Erik59US #92
#69Colin58US #131
#70Travis57US #41
#71Angel56US #151
#72Brett55US #73
#73Douglas55US #88
#74Juan55US #68
#75Carlos53US #80
#76Philip53US #94
#77Jared51US #60
#78Marc49US #149
#79Christian45US #86
#80Joel43US #85
#81Ronald41US #79
#82Victor40US #89
#83Antonio39US #72
#84Gary39US #100
#85Trevor39US #87
#86Shane38US #67
#87Spencer38US #114
#88Taylor38US #91
#89Austin37US #63
#90Cory37US #59
#91Cameron36US #69
#92Edwin36US #182
#93Nathaniel36US #81
#94Carl35US #126
#95Devon35US #190
#96Donald35US #76
#97Dylan35US #137
#98Alan34US #110
#99Phillip34US #71
#100Dennis33US #116

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑31Jasmine#63
↑27Kelsey#61
↑27Molly#68
↑25Katelyn#57
↑21Margaret#56
↑20Kaitlin#55
↑18Chelsea#31
↑18Evan#62

Falling

↓37Whitney#99
↓27Julie#82
↓26Caroline#95
↓24Shane#86
↓23Philip#76
↓20Monica#85
↓19Katie#64
↓19Alan#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.