State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,513 Connecticut births in 1996 across 946 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#83Liam#184 nationally
#97Philip#185 nationally
#51Brendan#131 nationally
#93Alison#166 nationally
#41Meghan#113 nationally
#57Colin#126 nationally
#76Gabriella#139 nationally
#74Lindsay#134 nationally
#39Peter#95 nationally
#98Kathleen#152 nationally
#63Jake#114 nationally
#73Casey#121 nationally

Girls

#1Emily392US #1
#2Sarah354US #4
#3Samantha333US #5
#4Jessica299US #2
#5Nicole261US #22
#6Amanda258US #13
#7Ashley251US #3
#8Rachel246US #9
#9Taylor232US #6
#10Elizabeth211US #10
#11Megan209US #12
#12Katherine191US #31
#13Alexandra188US #26
#14Hannah188US #7
#15Alyssa174US #23
#16Rebecca174US #24
#17Brianna173US #17
#18Kayla173US #11
#19Julia172US #48
#20Lauren170US #16
#21Olivia170US #34
#22Victoria169US #18
#23Stephanie160US #20
#24Jennifer158US #19
#25Alexis149US #8
#26Emma135US #53
#27Brittany133US #14
#28Melissa125US #42
#29Danielle123US #29
#30Kelly123US #73
#31Courtney117US #21
#32Caroline116US #78
#33Morgan115US #25
#34Allison114US #38
#35Erin112US #51
#36Abigail110US #32
#37Amber101US #27
#38Michelle101US #47
#39Sara96US #50
#40Shannon95US #80
#41Meghan91US #113
#42Sydney88US #39
#43Madison87US #15
#44Jenna85US #83
#45Kimberly85US #41
#46Kathryn84US #87
#47Jacqueline83US #69
#48Kaitlyn82US #40
#49Anna80US #33
#50Gabrielle80US #54
#51Christina78US #57
#52Kelsey78US #36
#53Natalie78US #46
#54Haley77US #30
#55Marissa76US #59
#56Briana75US #72
#57Mary73US #44
#58Mackenzie72US #75
#59Margaret72US #105
#60Chelsea71US #55
#61Laura70US #66
#62Sabrina70US #58
#63Paige69US #65
#64Alexa67US #100
#65Brooke67US #45
#66Caitlin66US #84
#67Heather65US #71
#68Grace64US #94
#69Jasmine64US #28
#70Kristen64US #70
#71Catherine63US #95
#72Tiffany60US #52
#73Casey59US #121
#74Lindsay59US #134
#75Molly59US #99
#76Gabriella57US #139
#77Jordan56US #49
#78Katelyn55US #64
#79Madeline54US #67
#80Angela53US #90
#81Erica53US #79
#82Melanie52US #119
#83Maria50US #37
#84Carly49US #126
#85Jamie49US #96
#86Mariah49US #63
#87Amy48US #88
#88Rachael48US #128
#89Cassandra47US #89
#90Destiny47US #56
#91Leah47US #98
#92Shelby47US #35
#93Alison46US #166
#94Alicia44US #91
#95Andrea43US #61
#96Michaela43US #102
#97Monica42US #82
#98Kathleen41US #152
#99Vanessa41US #60
#100Claire40US #116

Boys

#1Michael663US #1
#2Matthew577US #2
#3Nicholas521US #6
#4Christopher496US #4
#5John399US #15
#6Ryan385US #16
#7Joseph367US #12
#8Daniel362US #11
#9Andrew353US #10
#10Tyler352US #7
#11Joshua336US #5
#12William306US #18
#13Zachary303US #14
#14David293US #13
#15Jacob289US #3
#16Alexander288US #22
#17Anthony276US #19
#18Kyle274US #25
#19Thomas273US #28
#20James271US #17
#21Brandon264US #8
#22Justin260US #20
#23Kevin248US #26
#24Robert240US #23
#25Jonathan213US #21
#26Benjamin210US #29
#27Austin184US #9
#28Eric184US #35
#29Samuel180US #30
#30Brian175US #36
#31Patrick170US #44
#32Jordan157US #27
#33Christian155US #24
#34Timothy151US #40
#35Sean145US #46
#36Jason138US #41
#37Adam137US #39
#38Dylan135US #33
#39Peter134US #95
#40Steven132US #38
#41Connor125US #54
#42Charles119US #43
#43Richard113US #45
#44Alex107US #53
#45Aaron105US #34
#46Stephen105US #59
#47Evan101US #65
#48Mark101US #55
#49Jack100US #89
#50Jeffrey98US #72
#51Brendan97US #131
#52Nathan95US #37
#53Jose93US #32
#54Jeremy85US #56
#55Noah85US #50
#56Ian81US #70
#57Colin80US #126
#58Paul78US #78
#59Gregory76US #98
#60Luis75US #57
#61Luke75US #75
#62Edward70US #96
#63Jake70US #114
#64Spencer69US #109
#65Jesse68US #51
#66Nathaniel67US #69
#67Cameron66US #49
#68Isaiah65US #71
#69Bryan64US #66
#70Mitchell63US #88
#71Antonio57US #80
#72Ethan57US #62
#73George57US #118
#74Cody56US #31
#75Hunter56US #47
#76Jared56US #64
#77Angel54US #102
#78Corey54US #94
#79Devin54US #60
#80Elijah54US #81
#81Alec53US #117
#82Carlos52US #67
#83Liam52US #184
#84Shawn52US #111
#85Trevor52US #63
#86Brett50US #110
#87Malik50US #97
#88Scott49US #108
#89Travis48US #73
#90Kenneth47US #77
#91Shane47US #112
#92Vincent47US #116
#93Marcus46US #87
#94Gabriel45US #61
#95Juan44US #52
#96Logan43US #42
#97Philip42US #185
#98Derek41US #101
#99Julian41US #129
#100Raymond40US #132

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑38Sabrina#62
↑29Madison#43
↑26Meghan#41
↑26Jenna#44
↑22Noah#55
↑21Spencer#64
↑21Isaiah#68
↑21Mitchell#70

Falling

↓36Scott#88
↓29Cody#74
↓27Shane#91
↓24Erica#81
↓22Kenneth#90
↓21Cassandra#89
↓20Jasmine#69
↓20Raymond#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.