State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,666 Connecticut births in 1990 across 960 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#87Connoroutside the national top 200
#59Brendan#155 nationally
#85Louis#168 nationally
#82Marc#163 nationally
#95Carolyn#169 nationally
#91Colleen#160 nationally
#61Colin#122 nationally
#72Angel#133 nationally
#62Jillian#122 nationally
#74Alison#132 nationally
#76Emma#130 nationally
#63Caroline#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica565US #1
#2Ashley515US #2
#3Amanda444US #4
#4Nicole401US #13
#5Stephanie398US #7
#6Samantha379US #5
#7Sarah362US #6
#8Brittany345US #3
#9Jennifer342US #8
#10Emily329US #12
#11Lauren325US #10
#12Elizabeth285US #9
#13Melissa256US #20
#14Rebecca253US #21
#15Rachel236US #16
#16Katherine225US #26
#17Danielle224US #18
#18Chelsea214US #24
#19Michelle211US #22
#20Alyssa204US #27
#21Megan197US #11
#22Kelly184US #41
#23Christina179US #25
#24Heather171US #19
#25Laura164US #29
#26Victoria164US #33
#27Kayla155US #14
#28Alexandra149US #37
#29Courtney149US #17
#30Hannah140US #30
#31Sara138US #34
#32Amber135US #15
#33Amy132US #38
#34Erica130US #36
#35Kimberly126US #31
#36Erin120US #43
#37Christine117US #62
#38Kathryn116US #57
#39Caitlin111US #50
#40Kristen110US #42
#41Shannon108US #68
#42Kelsey107US #32
#43Tiffany106US #23
#44Allison105US #48
#45Jasmine102US #28
#46Meghan102US #91
#47Jacqueline96US #67
#48Mary96US #35
#49Alicia94US #54
#50Lisa94US #64
#51Kaitlyn93US #78
#52Taylor90US #46
#53Angela89US #52
#54Cassandra87US #49
#55Catherine87US #71
#56Andrea84US #40
#57Anna81US #45
#58Lindsay81US #69
#59Kathleen80US #92
#60Jamie78US #55
#61Molly78US #80
#62Jillian76US #122
#63Caroline74US #116
#64Olivia73US #72
#65Lindsey71US #51
#66Julia70US #83
#67Crystal69US #39
#68Maria67US #47
#69Marissa66US #87
#70Melanie66US #86
#71Katelyn65US #75
#72Vanessa64US #56
#73Kaitlin63US #101
#74Alison62US #132
#75Margaret62US #102
#76Emma61US #130
#77Brittney60US #44
#78Jenna60US #81
#79Katie60US #53
#80Kristin59US #65
#81Monica59US #76
#82Bianca58US #84
#83Julie58US #93
#84Paige58US #79
#85Abigail56US #90
#86Brianna56US #61
#87Natalie56US #63
#88Erika55US #74
#89Natasha55US #105
#90Kristina53US #77
#91Colleen52US #160
#92Jordan52US #59
#93Leah52US #82
#94Morgan51US #58
#95Carolyn50US #169
#96Alexa49US #146
#97Gabrielle49US #99
#98Dana48US #114
#99Jaclyn48US #143
#100Casey47US #106

Boys

#1Michael1,127US #1
#2Christopher761US #2
#3Matthew739US #3
#4Daniel565US #5
#5Ryan518US #11
#6Nicholas510US #14
#7Joseph491US #10
#8David480US #6
#9Andrew478US #7
#10John471US #12
#11Joshua447US #4
#12James437US #8
#13Robert391US #13
#14William378US #16
#15Kyle365US #18
#16Thomas364US #26
#17Anthony361US #15
#18Kevin360US #23
#19Jonathan344US #17
#20Justin323US #9
#21Brian304US #27
#22Alexander284US #28
#23Eric280US #24
#24Steven263US #25
#25Timothy246US #30
#26Sean241US #37
#27Tyler241US #21
#28Zachary234US #22
#29Jeffrey226US #43
#30Benjamin216US #33
#31Patrick216US #36
#32Stephen207US #39
#33Richard204US #35
#34Adam203US #32
#35Gregory185US #51
#36Mark169US #47
#37Peter163US #74
#38Paul159US #49
#39Jason158US #46
#40Jordan149US #29
#41Samuel149US #45
#42Charles140US #38
#43Scott133US #53
#44Brandon130US #19
#45Jose130US #41
#46Jacob111US #20
#47Bryan108US #57
#48Aaron105US #34
#49Edward100US #68
#50Luis98US #66
#51Evan95US #71
#52Ian95US #70
#53Jesse94US #48
#54Kenneth92US #52
#55Jeremy88US #40
#56Corey83US #56
#57Alex82US #59
#58Travis80US #42
#59Brendan79US #155
#60Vincent77US #78
#61Colin75US #122
#62Nathan73US #44
#63Shawn72US #69
#64Raymond70US #92
#65Derek69US #54
#66Christian63US #60
#67Cody63US #31
#68Douglas62US #103
#69Shane62US #73
#70Ethan61US #58
#71George61US #79
#72Angel60US #133
#73Carlos60US #75
#74Dylan60US #83
#75Jared60US #63
#76Frank57US #109
#77Marcus56US #72
#78Spencer55US #105
#79Taylor55US #64
#80Keith54US #80
#81Philip50US #111
#82Marc49US #163
#83Devin47US #98
#84Juan45US #61
#85Louis45US #168
#86Joel44US #95
#87Connor43
#88Craig43US #117
#89Erik43US #96
#90Trevor43US #76
#91Brett42US #84
#92Casey42US #89
#93Donald42US #87
#94Miguel42US #101
#95Austin41US #55
#96Carl41US #145
#97Gary41US #114
#98Nathaniel41US #86
#99Victor39US #82
#100Cameron38US #62

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑23Hannah#30
↑23Ethan#70
↑21Dylan#74
↑20Maria#68
↑18Courtney#29
↑17Anna#57
↑17Molly#61
↑15Monica#81

Falling

↓24Crystal#67
↓24Vanessa#72
↓21Kristin#80
↓17Erik#89
↓16Brett#91
↓15Keith#80
↓14Lindsay#58
↓14Kristina#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.