Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1977

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (787 babies) and Michael for boys (947). Social Security records list 30,239 babies born in Connecticut in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1977

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

Girls

Katharine: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Meghan: 48 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marissa: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Abigail: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marilyn: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 68 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lynn: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Alexandra: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Lauren: 67 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aimee: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Salvatore: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Angel: 45 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Peter: 178 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marc: 77 babies, 3× the national rate
Colin: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Neal: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alexander: 64 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Luis: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Geoffrey: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	787	–	1
2	Jessica	464	↑1	4
3	Melissa	390	↑2	2
4	Amy	331	↓2	3
5	Heather	296	↓1	5
6	Sarah	285	–	11
7	Kelly	269	↑7	10
8	Elizabeth	266	↓1	13
9	Michelle	231	↑1	7
10	Nicole	218	↑2	15
11	Kimberly	208	↓3	8
12	Lisa	197	↓3	12
13	Rebecca	189	↓2	17
14	Christina	167	↑5	16
15	Erin	162	↑1	23
16	Christine	149	↓3	30
17	Shannon	147	↑3	19
18	Laura	144	–	20
19	Stephanie	140	↓2	14
20	Amanda	134	↑4	9
21	Sara	124	–	27
22	Karen	119	↑1	32
23	Danielle	113	↓1	31
24	Katherine	109	↑14	44
25	Emily	106	↑20	37
26	Megan	103	↑17	54
27	Jamie	102	–	18
28	Rachel	97	↑5	26
29	Jaime	96	↓14	46
30	Kristen	93	↓1	72
31	Tara	93	↑10	35
32	Allison	92	↑12	66
33	Dawn	92	↓8	43
34	Erica	92	↑14	38
35	Julie	92	↓4	22
36	Stacey	92	↓1	56
37	Maria	90	–	36
38	Kathleen	89	↑2	80
39	Jill	84	new	41
40	Mary	83	↓12	21
41	Carrie	81	↓15	28
42	Angela	80	↓8	6
43	Melanie	76	↑4	53
44	Patricia	74	new	47
45	Susan	69	↓15	45
46	Alison	68	new	>100
47	Michele	68	↓15	77
48	Andrea	67	↓6	24
49	Kristin	67	–	82
50	Lauren	67	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	947	–	1
2	Christopher	664	–	3
3	Jason	651	–	2
4	David	512	–	4
5	Matthew	458	–	9
6	John	447	↑2	7
7	Robert	427	↑3	6
8	Brian	423	↓1	8
9	James	389	↓3	5
10	Daniel	378	↓1	11
11	Joseph	337	–	10
12	Kevin	310	↑5	13
13	William	278	↓1	12
14	Eric	265	–	17
15	Jeffrey	259	↓2	19
16	Richard	239	–	20
17	Mark	221	↑2	25
18	Thomas	220	↓3	22
19	Scott	210	↓1	27
20	Timothy	208	–	18
21	Andrew	197	↑8	24
22	Ryan	195	↑4	16
23	Joshua	184	↑4	14
24	Paul	179	↓3	31
25	Peter	178	↓2	55
26	Anthony	177	↓1	21
27	Justin	163	↑13	30
28	Steven	156	↓6	23
29	Jonathan	153	↓5	28
30	Stephen	150	↑1	38
31	Jeremy	147	↓3	15
32	Adam	144	↑3	33
33	Gregory	135	↓3	35
34	Sean	135	↑3	43
35	Edward	115	↓3	47
36	Benjamin	110	–	29
37	Keith	110	↓3	48
38	Todd	99	↓5	50
39	Shawn	98	↓1	37
40	Kenneth	97	↑4	39
41	Patrick	97	↑2	40
42	Charles	91	–	26
43	Aaron	88	↓2	32
44	Jose	86	↓5	45
45	Bryan	82	new	42
46	Donald	82	↑2	46
47	Jesse	77	new	54
48	Marc	77	↓3	>100
49	Douglas	70	new	59
50	Nicholas	67	↓3	51

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