State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,272 Connecticut births in 1989 across 952 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#54Brendan#145 nationally
#83Marc#160 nationally
#96Edwin#171 nationally
#68Angel#140 nationally
#90Carolyn#158 nationally
#84Emma#149 nationally
#64Colin#126 nationally
#99Colleen#159 nationally
#80Andre#134 nationally
#87Gina#141 nationally
#67Caroline#113 nationally
#73Alison#119 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica595US #1
#2Ashley571US #2
#3Amanda499US #4
#4Sarah424US #5
#5Nicole406US #12
#6Stephanie388US #8
#7Brittany370US #3
#8Jennifer352US #7
#9Elizabeth344US #10
#10Lauren340US #9
#11Samantha339US #6
#12Emily295US #13
#13Melissa284US #19
#14Katherine249US #26
#15Danielle245US #17
#16Michelle229US #22
#17Christina213US #23
#18Rachel210US #18
#19Megan199US #11
#20Rebecca194US #24
#21Kelly193US #37
#22Heather183US #15
#23Laura180US #25
#24Chelsea179US #27
#25Alyssa168US #33
#26Kimberly159US #28
#27Kristen149US #36
#28Alexandra148US #43
#29Caitlin146US #49
#30Sara138US #29
#31Amy134US #35
#32Christine131US #59
#33Amber129US #14
#34Allison122US #46
#35Kayla120US #20
#36Erin119US #40
#37Victoria118US #44
#38Kathryn116US #58
#39Lisa113US #55
#40Erica112US #34
#41Alicia110US #53
#42Tiffany110US #16
#43Crystal107US #32
#44Lindsay106US #63
#45Jacqueline104US #64
#46Shannon103US #61
#47Courtney97US #21
#48Vanessa94US #50
#49Mary93US #38
#50Meghan92US #80
#51Cassandra88US #54
#52Jasmine85US #30
#53Hannah83US #42
#54Jamie81US #52
#55Catherine79US #67
#56Kelsey79US #31
#57Kathleen78US #90
#58Taylor76US #75
#59Kristin75US #60
#60Lindsey74US #48
#61Andrea73US #39
#62Jillian73US #106
#63Angela72US #47
#64Kaitlyn72US #95
#65Margaret71US #97
#66Marissa69US #81
#67Caroline68US #113
#68Katie68US #45
#69Melanie68US #88
#70Jenna66US #71
#71Julia66US #96
#72Katelyn65US #76
#73Alison63US #119
#74Anna63US #51
#75Kara63US #101
#76Kristina62US #65
#77Natalie62US #62
#78Molly61US #93
#79Abigail58US #94
#80Kaitlin58US #100
#81Leah58US #83
#82Julie57US #78
#83Bianca56US #91
#84Emma54US #149
#85Gabrielle51US #112
#86Erika50US #73
#87Gina50US #141
#88Maria49US #56
#89Brittney48US #41
#90Carolyn48US #158
#91Dana48US #105
#92Morgan48US #69
#93Brianna47US #77
#94Bethany45US #102
#95Diana45US #86
#96Monica45US #68
#97Veronica44US #85
#98Rachael43US #109
#99Colleen42US #159
#100Krystal42US #82

Boys

#1Michael1,134US #1
#2Christopher814US #2
#3Matthew789US #3
#4Daniel608US #6
#5David531US #5
#6Andrew511US #7
#7John463US #12
#8Joseph452US #11
#9Robert435US #10
#10Ryan434US #13
#11Joshua426US #4
#12Nicholas415US #14
#13James411US #9
#14Kevin371US #19
#15Anthony341US #16
#16Brian335US #24
#17Thomas335US #23
#18William331US #15
#19Kyle322US #20
#20Jonathan320US #17
#21Justin317US #8
#22Alexander278US #32
#23Eric278US #21
#24Benjamin275US #29
#25Timothy238US #28
#26Zachary232US #25
#27Steven231US #22
#28Patrick229US #38
#29Richard225US #33
#30Adam218US #27
#31Mark213US #42
#32Stephen203US #40
#33Jeffrey199US #37
#34Sean198US #39
#35Peter189US #66
#36Jason181US #35
#37Gregory164US #52
#38Paul164US #49
#39Brandon158US #18
#40Tyler154US #30
#41Scott151US #51
#42Charles135US #36
#43Samuel128US #47
#44Jose125US #46
#45Aaron123US #31
#46Jacob111US #26
#47Jordan109US #44
#48Bryan107US #56
#49Luis105US #73
#50Jeremy104US #34
#51Travis98US #41
#52Alex97US #60
#53Corey94US #55
#54Brendan93US #145
#55Nathan92US #43
#56Jesse90US #50
#57Edward86US #62
#58Vincent83US #80
#59Derek82US #54
#60Ian82US #68
#61Kenneth82US #53
#62Jared79US #57
#63Evan77US #69
#64Colin73US #126
#65Keith68US #70
#66Shawn68US #65
#67Christian65US #78
#68Angel64US #140
#69Raymond63US #86
#70Douglas62US #92
#71Philip61US #101
#72Erik55US #95
#73Frank55US #109
#74Carlos53US #77
#75Brett51US #81
#76Shane51US #71
#77Craig50US #105
#78George50US #79
#79Joel50US #88
#80Andre49US #134
#81Juan49US #63
#82Taylor49US #72
#83Marc48US #160
#84Nathaniel46US #84
#85Austin45US #59
#86Ronald44US #85
#87Dennis43US #123
#88Victor43US #89
#89Alan40US #120
#90Seth40US #94
#91Antonio39US #76
#92Dustin39US #48
#93Ethan39US #87
#94Devin37US #96
#95Dylan37US #115
#96Edwin37US #171
#97Phillip36US #75
#98Cory35US #61
#99Donald35US #82
#100Garrett35US #102

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑28Caroline#67
↑26Hannah#53
↑22Cassandra#51
↑19Travis#51
↑15Jared#62
↑14Zachary#26
↑13Kayla#35
↑13Jillian#62

Falling

↓25Kaitlin#80
↓19George#78
↓17Maria#88
↓15Katelyn#72
↓13Julia#71
↓13Dana#91
↓13Kenneth#61
↓12Erika#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.