Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1979

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (730 babies) and Michael for boys (1,071). Social Security records list 32,010 babies born in Connecticut in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1979

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

Girls

Madeline: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Meaghan: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alexandra: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kate: 43 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Tania: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meghan: 76 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Katharine: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristen: 122 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Maureen: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jennie: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 23 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Alexis: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marc: 73 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brendan: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francis: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 169 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angel: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Daryl: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Luis: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dana: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	730	–	1
2	Melissa	510	↑1	2
3	Jessica	425	↓1	4
4	Sarah	340	–	6
5	Elizabeth	297	↑2	11
6	Amy	270	↓1	5
7	Nicole	262	↑3	9
8	Michelle	253	–	10
9	Heather	233	↓3	7
10	Lisa	225	↑1	13
11	Amanda	221	↑6	3
12	Kelly	216	↓3	16
13	Rebecca	207	↓1	17
14	Christina	202	↓1	14
15	Kimberly	191	↑1	12
16	Danielle	164	↑3	33
17	Laura	161	↑1	20
18	Erin	157	↓3	21
19	Stephanie	148	↑2	15
20	Katherine	147	–	36
21	Christine	144	↓7	35
22	Megan	141	↑8	31
23	Lauren	133	↑3	45
24	Rachel	126	–	27
25	Kristen	122	↑2	62
26	Shannon	118	↓4	25
27	Sara	110	↓4	30
28	Julie	103	↑7	29
29	Erica	100	↑9	32
30	Karen	98	↓1	46
31	Kathryn	97	↓3	50
32	Andrea	95	–	26
33	Tara	93	↑7	38
34	Angela	86	↓9	8
35	Jamie	85	↑2	19
36	Emily	84	–	34
37	Allison	82	new	70
38	Crystal	82	↑8	18
39	Kristin	80	↑9	73
40	Mary	80	↓7	24
41	Jill	79	↓7	52
42	Kathleen	77	↑7	84
43	Meghan	76	new	>100
44	Catherine	72	↓1	78
45	Stacy	72	new	43
46	Tiffany	71	new	28
47	April	70	↓2	23
48	Melanie	70	new	53
49	Alison	69	new	>100
50	Stacey	67	↓19	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,071	–	1
2	Christopher	703	↑1	2
3	Jason	598	↓1	3
4	David	538	–	4
5	Matthew	468	–	6
6	Brian	431	–	10
7	Robert	420	↑3	8
8	John	419	–	7
9	Daniel	410	–	12
10	James	406	↓3	5
11	Joseph	375	–	11
12	William	287	–	13
13	Jeffrey	275	↑1	24
14	Kevin	265	↓1	19
15	Thomas	261	↑3	26
16	Joshua	249	↑10	9
17	Ryan	248	–	14
18	Nicholas	244	↑7	15
19	Timothy	238	↓3	18
20	Eric	231	↓5	17
21	Richard	214	↓1	25
22	Andrew	206	↑1	20
23	Scott	206	↓4	29
24	Adam	205	↑6	23
25	Anthony	201	↓4	21
26	Jonathan	200	↑3	31
27	Mark	194	↓5	30
28	Justin	189	↑6	22
29	Steven	179	↓2	27
30	Peter	169	↓2	53
31	Gregory	163	–	42
32	Paul	163	↓8	34
33	Stephen	159	↓1	40
34	Jeremy	152	↓1	16
35	Patrick	149	↑6	39
36	Benjamin	136	↑1	33
37	Sean	128	↓2	49
38	Charles	118	↓2	28
39	Jose	115	↑4	44
40	Kenneth	106	↑9	41
41	Aaron	99	↑3	32
42	Keith	96	↓2	52
43	Bryan	95	↑5	46
44	Shawn	90	↓6	43
45	Edward	85	↓6	48
46	Frank	79	↑4	78
47	Todd	79	↓5	60
48	Raymond	78	new	70
49	Jesse	77	↓3	50
50	Jared	76	new	65

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