State roster

Top names in Connecticut

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Connecticut birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,351 Connecticut births in 2000 across 995 distinct names.

Distinctively Connecticut

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

#74Carly#169 nationally
#89Ava#180 nationally
#72Sophie#160 nationally
#60Liam#140 nationally
#75Shannon#152 nationally
#77Owen#145 nationally
#60Lily#124 nationally
#57Jillian#120 nationally
#62Peter#125 nationally
#50Kelly#111 nationally
#85Isabelle#144 nationally
#79Meghan#134 nationally

Girls

#1Emily335US #1
#2Sarah258US #5
#3Samantha254US #7
#4Olivia252US #16
#5Hannah241US #2
#6Julia219US #29
#7Ashley203US #4
#8Madison199US #3
#9Jessica197US #8
#10Emma193US #17
#11Elizabeth190US #9
#12Lauren183US #11
#13Alyssa178US #12
#14Grace173US #19
#15Kayla171US #13
#16Amanda168US #32
#17Victoria165US #20
#18Brianna164US #15
#19Abigail162US #14
#20Alexandra158US #36
#21Nicole155US #31
#22Katherine151US #33
#23Taylor149US #10
#24Alexis143US #6
#25Megan140US #18
#26Rachel135US #21
#27Caroline125US #65
#28Sydney124US #23
#29Sophia112US #42
#30Anna111US #22
#31Rebecca111US #39
#32Isabella108US #45
#33Erin100US #61
#34Destiny99US #24
#35Morgan98US #25
#36Gabrielle92US #49
#37Kaitlyn90US #30
#38Jennifer87US #26
#39Natalie87US #34
#40Jenna83US #63
#41Stephanie83US #40
#42Alexa81US #87
#43Allison81US #44
#44Haley80US #28
#45Caitlin75US #76
#46Molly74US #96
#47Danielle73US #48
#48Christina72US #73
#49Madeline72US #56
#50Kelly71US #111
#51Gabriella70US #98
#52Brooke68US #51
#53Sara67US #57
#54Mary66US #46
#55Catherine65US #81
#56Jasmine61US #27
#57Jillian61US #120
#58Mackenzie61US #43
#59Marissa61US #78
#60Lily60US #124
#61Margaret59US #110
#62Chloe58US #38
#63Maria58US #41
#64Paige56US #69
#65Ariana55US #109
#66Hailey55US #35
#67Amber54US #47
#68Kathryn53US #89
#69Michelle53US #52
#70Sierra53US #53
#71Cassandra52US #100
#72Sophie52US #160
#73Claire51US #86
#74Carly50US #169
#75Shannon50US #152
#76Courtney49US #59
#77Erica49US #102
#78Katelyn48US #54
#79Meghan48US #134
#80Vanessa47US #62
#81Heather46US #125
#82Isabel46US #94
#83Leah45US #97
#84Melissa45US #71
#85Isabelle43US #144
#86Jacqueline43US #64
#87Laura43US #85
#88Maya43US #113
#89Ava42US #180
#90Jordan42US #50
#91Briana41US #83
#92Kelsey41US #88
#93Lindsey41US #103
#94Savannah41US #37
#95Zoe41US #82
#96Hayley40US #149
#97Sabrina40US #92
#98Angela39US #79
#99Melanie39US #114
#100Kaylee38US #72

Boys

#1Michael553US #2
#2Matthew461US #3
#3Nicholas440US #6
#4Christopher384US #5
#5Ryan369US #13
#6Jacob326US #1
#7John325US #14
#8Joshua322US #4
#9Joseph321US #8
#10William308US #11
#11Alexander300US #20
#12Zachary293US #15
#13Andrew292US #7
#14Daniel282US #9
#15Tyler273US #10
#16Anthony267US #17
#17James247US #18
#18Thomas229US #33
#19David228US #16
#20Justin228US #19
#21Benjamin226US #26
#22Kyle209US #37
#23Jonathan199US #21
#24Robert191US #29
#25Kevin187US #32
#26Brandon180US #12
#27Christian179US #22
#28Dylan176US #24
#29Jack176US #46
#30Samuel159US #28
#31Noah157US #27
#32Nathan154US #30
#33Sean153US #57
#34Jason146US #39
#35Cameron140US #31
#36Jordan140US #36
#37Ethan137US #25
#38Brian129US #43
#39Connor129US #50
#40Evan128US #55
#41Eric117US #42
#42Timothy115US #58
#43Patrick108US #68
#44Alex103US #62
#45Jared103US #56
#46Adam100US #45
#47Austin99US #23
#48Charles99US #51
#49Steven97US #54
#50Jake94US #96
#51Richard94US #65
#52Gabriel89US #44
#53Elijah88US #52
#54Brendan86US #101
#55Luke86US #59
#56Hunter83US #35
#57Jeremy79US #84
#58Jose78US #34
#59Isaiah77US #47
#60Liam76US #140
#61Nathaniel76US #61
#62Peter72US #125
#63Mark71US #79
#64Shane71US #116
#65Stephen70US #95
#66Aaron69US #41
#67Ian69US #73
#68Luis69US #49
#69Colin67US #117
#70Aidan66US #114
#71Trevor65US #75
#72Angel63US #67
#73Henry62US #126
#74Logan62US #40
#75Maxwell60US #113
#76Spencer59US #98
#77Owen58US #145
#78Lucas57US #83
#79Derek56US #121
#80Bryan55US #70
#81Carlos54US #66
#82Cole53US #71
#83Sebastian53US #81
#84Caleb52US #38
#85Seth52US #63
#86Vincent50US #120
#87Garrett49US #74
#88Jackson49US #72
#89Julian49US #87
#90Mason49US #64
#91Edward48US #108
#92Joel48US #112
#93Dominic47US #118
#94Kenneth47US #94
#95Antonio46US #82
#96Cody46US #60
#97Devin46US #69
#98Paul45US #100
#99Xavier45US #103
#100Nicolas44US #137

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑39Caitlin#45
↑35Sophia#29
↑27Sophie#72
↑25Maria#63
↑24Brooke#52
↑22Claire#73
↑22Gabriel#52
↑19Lucas#78

Falling

↓44Jordan#90
↓32Courtney#76
↓29Briana#91
↓26Shannon#75
↓25Lindsey#93
↓24Sabrina#97
↓24Melanie#99
↓23Paul#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.