Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1980

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (732 babies) and Michael for boys (1,035). Social Security records list 32,290 babies born in Connecticut in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1980

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

Girls

Meaghan: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Alexandra: 37 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Caitlin: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Katharine: 22 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alyson: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Larissa: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kate: 45 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Meghan: 86 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Maureen: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 22 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Brendan: 52 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Angel: 51 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dean: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Geoffrey: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 156 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marc: 58 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Evan: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karl: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colin: 27 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	732	–	1
2	Jessica	466	↑1	3
3	Melissa	452	↓1	4
4	Sarah	400	–	5
5	Elizabeth	314	–	9
6	Nicole	298	↑1	7
7	Amy	270	↓1	8
8	Michelle	243	–	10
9	Rebecca	235	↑4	17
10	Heather	228	↓1	6
11	Amanda	219	–	2
12	Kimberly	214	↑3	11
13	Lisa	205	↓3	16
14	Kelly	199	↓2	19
15	Christina	185	↓1	15
16	Erin	176	↑2	20
17	Stephanie	171	↑2	13
18	Laura	167	↓1	21
19	Christine	154	↑2	41
20	Sara	153	↑7	27
21	Katherine	151	↓1	35
22	Danielle	147	↓6	33
23	Kristen	147	↑2	39
24	Megan	142	↓2	30
25	Erica	137	↑4	34
26	Emily	129	↑10	31
27	Shannon	125	↓1	29
28	Rachel	121	↓4	23
29	Mary	120	↑11	25
30	Kristin	112	↑9	37
31	Tiffany	107	↑15	14
32	Lauren	104	↓9	38
33	Katie	98	new	44
34	Julie	91	↓6	32
35	Kathryn	90	↓4	50
36	Allison	86	↑1	59
37	Meghan	86	↑6	>100
38	Angela	85	↓4	12
39	Tara	82	↓6	43
40	Andrea	78	↓8	28
41	Crystal	78	↓3	18
42	Karen	77	↓12	54
43	Kathleen	77	↓1	82
44	Maria	73	new	36
45	Jamie	72	↓10	24
46	Alison	70	↑3	>100
47	Catherine	68	↓3	77
48	Jacqueline	67	new	81
49	Jill	67	↓8	66
50	Melanie	67	↓2	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	1,035	–	1
2	Christopher	707	–	2
3	Jason	581	–	3
4	David	557	–	4
5	Matthew	510	–	6
6	John	474	↑2	8
7	Daniel	438	↑2	11
8	Robert	420	↓1	9
9	Joseph	410	↑2	10
10	Brian	400	↓4	12
11	James	399	↓1	5
12	Eric	306	↑8	16
13	Justin	299	↑15	13
14	Ryan	286	↑3	15
15	William	275	↓3	14
16	Jeffrey	274	↓3	27
17	Thomas	274	↓2	25
18	Joshua	264	↓2	7
19	Jonathan	260	↑7	21
20	Nicholas	240	↓2	17
21	Andrew	231	↑1	19
22	Kevin	230	↓8	23
23	Timothy	220	↓4	20
24	Mark	205	↑3	30
25	Scott	194	↓2	33
26	Adam	193	↓2	22
27	Anthony	193	↓2	24
28	Richard	190	↓7	26
29	Paul	187	↑3	35
30	Steven	176	↓1	28
31	Stephen	163	↑2	40
32	Benjamin	161	↑4	32
33	Peter	156	↓3	55
34	Sean	140	↑3	48
35	Gregory	131	↓4	42
36	Jeremy	122	↓2	18
37	Patrick	115	↓2	38
38	Charles	110	–	29
39	Shawn	108	↑5	47
40	Aaron	97	↑1	34
41	Edward	97	↑4	52
42	Jose	97	↓3	46
43	Kenneth	94	↓3	41
44	Bryan	89	↓1	49
45	Jesse	86	↑4	45
46	Derek	76	new	50
47	Erik	69	new	64
48	Keith	68	↓6	56
49	Craig	67	new	73
50	Juan	67	new	59

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