State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,890 Connecticut births in 1997 across 958 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#58Jillian#166 nationally
#91Kathleen#175 nationally
#83Liam#162 nationally
#41Brendan#107 nationally
#62Colin#125 nationally
#40Peter#102 nationally
#84Casey#146 nationally
#53Meghan#113 nationally
#51Margaret#110 nationally
#64Gabriella#123 nationally
#90Maxwell#148 nationally
#49Jake#101 nationally

Girls

#1Emily373US #1
#2Sarah318US #4
#3Samantha300US #6
#4Ashley241US #3
#5Taylor233US #7
#6Amanda230US #16
#7Jessica223US #2
#8Julia217US #37
#9Megan203US #11
#10Nicole203US #21
#11Olivia194US #27
#12Lauren188US #14
#13Alexandra182US #30
#14Alyssa181US #15
#15Hannah179US #5
#16Rachel177US #13
#17Emma166US #36
#18Elizabeth165US #9
#19Kayla159US #12
#20Rebecca159US #25
#21Victoria158US #19
#22Katherine148US #32
#23Brianna139US #17
#24Alexis137US #8
#25Jennifer130US #18
#26Abigail127US #26
#27Stephanie126US #23
#28Danielle125US #34
#29Brittany111US #20
#30Anna110US #33
#31Morgan108US #22
#32Caroline104US #75
#33Madison104US #10
#34Haley95US #31
#35Amber92US #29
#36Sara92US #50
#37Erin90US #52
#38Jenna90US #76
#39Shannon86US #85
#40Courtney83US #28
#41Natalie83US #48
#42Allison82US #39
#43Gabrielle81US #51
#44Melissa81US #44
#45Sydney81US #35
#46Kelly79US #83
#47Marissa79US #60
#48Christina78US #62
#49Kaitlyn77US #41
#50Briana76US #72
#51Margaret75US #110
#52Molly75US #98
#53Meghan73US #113
#54Michelle69US #55
#55Sabrina69US #53
#56Destiny68US #42
#57Grace66US #69
#58Jillian65US #166
#59Mary65US #46
#60Jasmine64US #24
#61Brooke63US #45
#62Jordan61US #40
#63Madeline61US #59
#64Gabriella57US #123
#65Shelby56US #43
#66Amy55US #92
#67Isabella55US #114
#68Mackenzie55US #71
#69Catherine54US #96
#70Maria54US #38
#71Cassandra53US #81
#72Erica53US #84
#73Laura53US #66
#74Alicia52US #89
#75Kimberly52US #49
#76Kristen52US #82
#77Mariah52US #67
#78Paige52US #64
#79Caitlin51US #88
#80Jacqueline50US #77
#81Miranda50US #70
#82Tiffany49US #61
#83Alexa48US #106
#84Casey48US #146
#85Chelsea48US #73
#86Kathryn48US #86
#87Kelsey48US #57
#88Michaela48US #100
#89Monica48US #79
#90Angela47US #93
#91Kathleen47US #175
#92Leah47US #104
#93Sophia47US #94
#94Claire42US #108
#95Jamie42US #103
#96Heather41US #90
#97Vanessa41US #54
#98Savannah40US #47
#99Lindsay39US #149
#100Hayley38US #136

Boys

#1Michael615US #1
#2Matthew585US #3
#3Nicholas457US #6
#4Christopher422US #4
#5Daniel374US #11
#6John357US #15
#7Ryan355US #16
#8Joseph345US #12
#9Andrew321US #7
#10Zachary319US #13
#11Joshua318US #5
#12Tyler306US #10
#13Kyle293US #24
#14Anthony283US #18
#15Jacob283US #2
#16Alexander279US #22
#17David272US #14
#18William269US #19
#19Thomas256US #31
#20Justin250US #20
#21James243US #17
#22Brandon240US #8
#23Robert232US #23
#24Kevin227US #28
#25Jonathan218US #21
#26Benjamin196US #29
#27Samuel195US #27
#28Austin183US #9
#29Christian178US #25
#30Patrick176US #50
#31Jordan159US #26
#32Timothy158US #43
#33Eric150US #35
#34Connor148US #52
#35Dylan147US #30
#36Brian144US #37
#37Sean136US #48
#38Jason121US #41
#39Richard115US #51
#40Peter111US #102
#41Brendan110US #107
#42Charles107US #49
#43Mark104US #58
#44Adam103US #39
#45Nathan102US #34
#46Alex101US #55
#47Jack99US #76
#48Steven98US #40
#49Jake96US #101
#50Ian89US #70
#51Paul89US #79
#52Noah88US #38
#53Jose86US #32
#54Evan85US #61
#55Luis85US #53
#56Stephen85US #68
#57Aaron84US #33
#58Jeffrey82US #84
#59Jeremy77US #64
#60Cameron76US #45
#61Ethan70US #46
#62Colin69US #125
#63Trevor68US #62
#64Devin66US #59
#65Gregory66US #103
#66Jared66US #56
#67Isaiah62US #60
#68Angel61US #86
#69Lucas58US #98
#70Nathaniel58US #65
#71Scott58US #113
#72Vincent58US #118
#73Bryan57US #69
#74Cody57US #36
#75Gabriel57US #57
#76Mitchell56US #96
#77Edward55US #100
#78Elijah55US #74
#79Luke55US #78
#80Carlos54US #67
#81Shawn54US #109
#82Derek49US #106
#83Liam48US #162
#84Victor48US #105
#85Hunter47US #44
#86Corey45US #110
#87George45US #121
#88Alec44US #123
#89Antonio44US #75
#90Maxwell44US #148
#91Spencer44US #104
#92Cole43US #72
#93Kenneth41US #83
#94Travis41US #81
#95Devon40US #119
#96Jesse40US #63
#97Tristan40US #92
#98Juan39US #54
#99Malik39US #111
#100Marcus39US #93

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑34Destiny#56
↑27Shelby#65
↑23Molly#52
↑22Trevor#63
↑21Amy#66
↑20Haley#34
↑20Alicia#74
↑20Vincent#72

Falling

↓40Kathryn#86
↓35Kelsey#87
↓33Jacqueline#80
↓31Jesse#96
↓30Kimberly#75
↓29Heather#96
↓27Spencer#91
↓25Chelsea#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.