Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1976

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (837 babies) and Michael for boys (950). Social Security records list 29,563 babies born in Connecticut in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1976

Names given at least 15 times in Connecticut that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kate: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Meghan: 34 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Eileen: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Alexandra: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kerry: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lynn: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marisol: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Allyson: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lauren: 66 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kristen: 102 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Peter: 187 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gregg: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dana: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nelson: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jermaine: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angel: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nicholas: 75 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	837	–	1
2	Amy	389	–	2
3	Jessica	357	↑5	8
4	Heather	316	↓1	4
5	Melissa	314	↓1	3
6	Sarah	248	↑6	15
7	Elizabeth	227	↑3	16
8	Kimberly	225	↓1	7
9	Lisa	219	–	9
10	Michelle	217	↓5	6
11	Rebecca	212	–	12
12	Nicole	189	↓6	13
13	Christine	178	↑1	26
14	Kelly	175	↓1	19
15	Jaime	153	new	29
16	Erin	147	↑2	24
17	Stephanie	147	↓2	11
18	Laura	146	↑7	20
19	Christina	140	↑7	14
20	Shannon	135	↑7	17
21	Sara	134	↑24	27
22	Danielle	120	↓1	33
23	Karen	119	↓6	31
24	Amanda	115	↑4	10
25	Dawn	105	↓9	35
26	Carrie	103	↑5	28
27	Jamie	103	new	18
28	Mary	103	↑7	22
29	Kristen	102	↓5	73
30	Susan	99	↓8	40
31	Julie	98	↑1	21
32	Michele	95	↑8	63
33	Rachel	94	↓14	23
34	Angela	92	↑14	5
35	Stacey	88	↓5	51
36	Tammy	81	↑2	41
37	Maria	79	↓3	34
38	Katherine	77	↓5	57
39	Tina	77	↑8	48
40	Kathleen	76	new	82
41	Tara	76	↓21	42
42	Andrea	74	–	25
43	Megan	74	–	62
44	Allison	73	new	67
45	Emily	72	↓8	50
46	Tanya	71	–	61
47	Melanie	70	↑2	53
48	Erica	68	new	54
49	Kristin	68	↓8	74
50	Lauren	66	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	950	–	1
2	Christopher	632	–	3
3	Jason	594	–	2
4	David	593	–	4
5	Matthew	415	↑2	9
6	James	403	↑2	5
7	Brian	398	↑2	8
8	John	392	↓3	6
9	Daniel	375	↑1	10
10	Robert	368	↓4	7
11	Joseph	333	–	12
12	William	310	↑2	11
13	Jeffrey	295	↓1	17
14	Eric	267	↓1	13
15	Thomas	264	↑3	23
16	Richard	244	–	19
17	Kevin	233	↓2	15
18	Scott	218	↓1	24
19	Mark	216	↑1	25
20	Timothy	205	↑1	21
21	Paul	195	↑2	28
22	Steven	193	↓3	20
23	Peter	187	↑5	54
24	Jonathan	183	–	31
25	Anthony	175	↓3	22
26	Ryan	171	–	16
27	Joshua	155	↑2	18
28	Jeremy	147	↑8	14
29	Andrew	146	↓4	27
30	Gregory	146	↑3	35
31	Stephen	139	↓4	37
32	Edward	133	↑3	45
33	Todd	132	↓3	50
34	Keith	130	↑3	48
35	Adam	123	↓3	36
36	Benjamin	123	↑4	32
37	Sean	123	↓6	42
38	Shawn	114	↓4	34
39	Jose	104	↑5	44
40	Justin	102	↑1	33
41	Aaron	100	↑8	30
42	Charles	95	↓4	26
43	Patrick	93	↓4	41
44	Kenneth	86	↓2	38
45	Marc	83	↓2	99
46	Craig	78	↑2	61
47	Nicholas	75	new	77
48	Donald	74	↓1	47
49	George	74	↓4	53
50	Frank	72	new	68

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