State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,152 Connecticut births in 1998 across 963 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#87Danteoutside the national top 200
#91Griffinoutside the national top 200
#80Owen#179 nationally
#62Liam#155 nationally
#74Jillian#158 nationally
#89Lindsay#161 nationally
#44Peter#111 nationally
#96Max#159 nationally
#54Gabriella#116 nationally
#59Meghan#121 nationally
#36Alexa#93 nationally
#66Colin#122 nationally

Girls

#1Emily347US #1
#2Sarah325US #4
#3Samantha267US #3
#4Ashley236US #5
#5Julia221US #32
#6Jessica211US #8
#7Olivia211US #21
#8Nicole209US #24
#9Alyssa203US #11
#10Amanda202US #19
#11Elizabeth201US #10
#12Hannah198US #2
#13Taylor198US #7
#14Alexis189US #6
#15Rachel188US #15
#16Brianna179US #17
#17Megan175US #13
#18Lauren174US #14
#19Emma169US #22
#20Victoria168US #16
#21Alexandra164US #27
#22Madison161US #9
#23Kayla150US #12
#24Abigail141US #18
#25Rebecca141US #30
#26Katherine135US #33
#27Morgan125US #23
#28Jennifer112US #20
#29Allison102US #38
#30Natalie102US #40
#31Kaitlyn101US #35
#32Danielle100US #41
#33Anna98US #31
#34Stephanie98US #29
#35Jenna95US #65
#36Alexa92US #93
#37Caroline92US #75
#38Erin90US #57
#39Haley88US #36
#40Kelly86US #90
#41Brittany85US #25
#42Sara85US #48
#43Gabrielle84US #47
#44Destiny82US #34
#45Grace82US #53
#46Madeline82US #50
#47Melissa79US #59
#48Brooke78US #46
#49Christina78US #69
#50Amber76US #37
#51Cassandra75US #85
#52Catherine75US #101
#53Mackenzie74US #64
#54Gabriella73US #116
#55Shannon72US #104
#56Jasmine71US #26
#57Courtney70US #39
#58Mary68US #44
#59Meghan67US #121
#60Sophia67US #73
#61Sydney66US #28
#62Isabella65US #84
#63Laura65US #74
#64Briana64US #79
#65Jordan64US #42
#66Kelsey64US #56
#67Kathryn63US #89
#68Caitlin61US #78
#69Paige60US #63
#70Michelle59US #55
#71Marissa58US #66
#72Sabrina58US #68
#73Molly57US #108
#74Jillian56US #158
#75Amy54US #96
#76Kristen54US #102
#77Maria54US #43
#78Claire52US #91
#79Mariah52US #62
#80Kimberly50US #54
#81Leah50US #106
#82Erica49US #92
#83Heather48US #99
#84Katelyn48US #58
#85Lindsey47US #97
#86Isabel45US #118
#87Caitlyn44US #115
#88Jamie44US #112
#89Lindsay44US #161
#90Tiffany44US #67
#91Angela42US #100
#92Hailey41US #70
#93Jacqueline41US #95
#94Margaret41US #114
#95Vanessa40US #52
#96Chelsea39US #94
#97Melanie39US #135
#98Sierra39US #51
#99Alexandria38US #81
#100Carly38US #141

Boys

#1Michael636US #1
#2Matthew532US #3
#3Nicholas422US #6
#4Christopher396US #5
#5Ryan382US #17
#6Andrew359US #9
#7Joseph341US #11
#8Tyler338US #8
#9John333US #15
#10Daniel323US #12
#11Joshua308US #4
#12William306US #14
#13Jacob305US #2
#14Zachary295US #16
#15James286US #18
#16Anthony280US #19
#17Kyle274US #24
#18Alexander270US #22
#19Justin247US #20
#20David241US #13
#21Brandon232US #7
#22Jonathan229US #21
#23Benjamin215US #30
#24Thomas213US #31
#25Kevin207US #32
#26Jordan182US #27
#27Robert180US #23
#28Dylan165US #25
#29Samuel165US #28
#30Austin161US #10
#31Christian160US #26
#32Jack157US #61
#33Patrick155US #57
#34Connor147US #47
#35Jason137US #40
#36Noah137US #29
#37Eric132US #39
#38Brian131US #41
#39Timothy130US #49
#40Sean128US #50
#41Adam126US #45
#42Nathan109US #34
#43Cameron105US #35
#44Peter104US #111
#45Aaron102US #37
#46Richard102US #56
#47Ethan99US #38
#48Luis97US #53
#49Evan95US #63
#50Jake95US #102
#51Alex91US #55
#52Charles91US #48
#53Jose90US #33
#54Luke90US #75
#55Steven89US #46
#56Hunter88US #36
#57Nathaniel85US #60
#58Ian84US #73
#59Brendan82US #99
#60Stephen82US #78
#61Mark81US #64
#62Liam75US #155
#63Angel74US #81
#64Jared74US #51
#65Jeremy74US #68
#66Colin72US #122
#67Devin72US #62
#68Jeffrey72US #91
#69Paul71US #89
#70Elijah69US #66
#71Trevor63US #58
#72Isaiah61US #59
#73Gregory60US #109
#74Gabriel59US #54
#75Scott59US #123
#76Cody57US #43
#77Lucas57US #93
#78Spencer57US #84
#79Edward56US #105
#80Owen56US #179
#81Bryan54US #74
#82Vincent51US #121
#83Shawn50US #113
#84George48US #125
#85Mitchell48US #103
#86Maxwell47US #136
#87Dante46
#88Kenneth45US #87
#89Carlos43US #69
#90Juan43US #52
#91Griffin41
#92Henry41US #135
#93Shane41US #118
#94Victor41US #97
#95Jesse40US #70
#96Max40US #159
#97Raymond40US #141
#98Caleb39US #42
#99Chase39US #67
#100Cole39US #77

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑47Alexa#36
↑33Sophia#60
↑29Hunter#56
↑25Luke#54
↑21Kelsey#66
↑21Liam#62
↑20Cassandra#51
↑19Kathryn#67

Falling

↓43Margaret#94
↓24Marissa#71
↓21Molly#73
↓18Brendan#59
↓18Mark#61
↓18Paul#69
↓17Courtney#57
↓17Sabrina#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.