Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1978

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (805 babies) and Michael for boys (991). Social Security records list 30,637 babies born in Connecticut in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1978

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

Girls

Meghan: 57 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lauren: 109 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kate: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eileen: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marisol: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Diane: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Kerry: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
Elisabeth: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristen: 108 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alison: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Wilfredo: 19 babies, 11× the national rate
Salvatore: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brendan: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nelson: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Marc: 83 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lamar: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 172 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Julio: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angelo: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	805	–	1
2	Jessica	401	–	3
3	Melissa	389	–	2
4	Sarah	344	↑2	8
5	Amy	310	↓1	4
6	Heather	302	↓1	5
7	Elizabeth	279	↑1	14
8	Michelle	260	↑1	9
9	Kelly	228	↓2	12
10	Nicole	228	–	10
11	Lisa	226	↑1	11
12	Rebecca	189	↑1	17
13	Christina	184	↑1	15
14	Christine	182	↑2	29
15	Erin	171	–	21
16	Kimberly	164	↓5	13
17	Amanda	147	↑3	6
18	Laura	144	–	19
19	Danielle	140	↑4	31
20	Katherine	138	↑4	38
21	Stephanie	131	↓2	16
22	Shannon	123	↓5	22
23	Sara	117	↓2	28
24	Rachel	116	↑4	25
25	Angela	111	↑17	7
26	Lauren	109	↑24	80
27	Kristen	108	↑3	62
28	Kathryn	102	new	57
29	Karen	101	↓7	39
30	Megan	99	↓4	41
31	Stacey	99	↑5	53
32	Andrea	95	↑16	23
33	Mary	95	↑7	24
34	Jill	92	↑5	46
35	Julie	91	–	26
36	Emily	83	↓11	33
37	Jamie	83	↓10	20
38	Erica	82	↓4	34
39	Susan	81	↑6	49
40	Tara	81	↓9	40
41	Carrie	78	–	35
42	Jaime	78	↓13	70
43	Catherine	77	new	72
44	Maria	76	↓7	36
45	April	70	new	27
46	Crystal	69	new	18
47	Dawn	69	↓14	52
48	Kristin	69	↑1	78
49	Kathleen	68	↓11	79
50	Jacqueline	63	new	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	991	–	1
2	Jason	610	↑1	2
3	Christopher	608	↓1	3
4	David	557	–	4
5	Matthew	449	–	6
6	Brian	421	↑2	9
7	James	412	↑2	5
8	John	408	↓2	7
9	Daniel	398	↑1	11
10	Robert	394	↓3	8
11	Joseph	332	–	10
12	William	296	↑1	13
13	Kevin	278	↓1	15
14	Jeffrey	277	↑1	19
15	Eric	257	↓1	16
16	Timothy	232	↑4	17
17	Ryan	223	↑5	14
18	Thomas	213	–	23
19	Scott	210	–	30
20	Richard	208	↓4	21
21	Anthony	206	↑5	20
22	Mark	206	↓5	26
23	Andrew	202	↓2	22
24	Paul	188	–	33
25	Nicholas	187	↑25	25
26	Joshua	184	↓3	12
27	Steven	177	↑1	24
28	Peter	172	↓3	54
29	Jonathan	170	–	31
30	Adam	164	↑2	29
31	Gregory	154	↑2	38
32	Stephen	151	↓2	37
33	Jeremy	135	↓2	18
34	Justin	135	↓7	28
35	Sean	128	↓1	45
36	Charles	121	↑6	27
37	Benjamin	118	↓1	34
38	Shawn	108	↑1	39
39	Edward	105	↓4	47
40	Keith	105	↓3	49
41	Patrick	98	–	42
42	Todd	97	↓4	56
43	Jose	94	↑1	44
44	Aaron	86	↓1	32
45	Marc	83	↑3	>100
46	Jesse	82	↑1	51
47	Shaun	81	new	52
48	Bryan	73	↓3	43
49	Kenneth	73	↓9	41
50	Frank	72	new	77

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