Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1981

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (680 babies) and Michael for boys (1,089). Social Security records list 33,236 babies born in Connecticut in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1981

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: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kate: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Allyson: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marisa: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lynn: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marissa: 40 babies, 3× the national rate
Alexandra: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Meghan: 70 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carissa: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Brendan: 53 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alexis: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angel: 46 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Peter: 176 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Edwin: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colin: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nelson: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marc: 47 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	680	–	1
2	Jessica	624	–	2
3	Sarah	420	↑1	4
4	Melissa	393	↓1	5
5	Elizabeth	316	–	9
6	Nicole	289	–	7
7	Amy	268	–	6
8	Michelle	236	–	11
9	Kimberly	230	↑3	13
10	Heather	222	–	10
11	Amanda	219	–	3
12	Rebecca	217	↓3	12
13	Laura	205	↑5	21
14	Erin	196	↑2	19
15	Stephanie	191	↑2	8
16	Lisa	188	↓3	18
17	Kelly	186	↓3	23
18	Christina	182	↓3	17
19	Danielle	182	↑3	30
20	Sara	176	–	26
21	Katherine	167	–	39
22	Emily	160	↑4	29
23	Lauren	160	↑9	35
24	Kristen	150	↓1	38
25	Kristin	131	↑5	31
26	Christine	125	↓7	42
27	Rachel	125	↑1	22
28	Crystal	124	↑13	16
29	Megan	118	↓5	33
30	Shannon	115	↓3	32
31	Tiffany	115	–	14
32	Kathryn	113	↑3	48
33	Erica	111	↓8	36
34	Mary	105	↓5	27
35	Jamie	99	↑10	28
36	Julie	96	↓2	37
37	Angela	94	↑1	15
38	Courtney	93	new	43
39	Tara	93	–	45
40	Katie	92	↓7	44
41	Allison	87	↓5	57
42	Andrea	87	↓2	24
43	Lindsay	85	new	47
44	Karen	84	↓2	64
45	Jacqueline	79	↑3	67
46	Kathleen	78	↓3	82
47	Amber	77	new	20
48	Maria	72	↓4	40
49	Ashley	71	new	34
50	Meghan	70	↓13	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,089	–	1
2	Christopher	666	–	2
3	Matthew	621	↑2	3
4	Jason	549	↓1	4
5	David	542	↓1	5
6	John	464	–	8
7	Robert	446	↑1	9
8	Daniel	419	↓1	10
9	James	408	↑2	7
10	Brian	381	–	14
11	Joseph	380	↓2	11
12	Ryan	323	↑2	13
13	Jonathan	314	↑6	16
14	Joshua	302	↑4	6
15	Thomas	297	↑2	26
16	Justin	286	↓3	12
17	Jeffrey	271	↓1	29
18	William	267	↓3	15
19	Eric	256	↓7	17
20	Kevin	246	↑2	25
21	Adam	244	↑5	20
22	Timothy	240	↑1	24
23	Richard	238	↑5	27
24	Andrew	234	↓3	18
25	Anthony	220	↑2	23
26	Nicholas	206	↓6	21
27	Mark	205	↓3	33
28	Paul	192	↑1	35
29	Scott	188	↓4	34
30	Peter	176	↑3	55
31	Steven	173	↓1	28
32	Sean	160	↑2	44
33	Stephen	160	↓2	39
34	Benjamin	153	↓2	32
35	Jesse	144	↑10	37
36	Gregory	142	↓1	46
37	Patrick	135	–	38
38	Jeremy	132	↓2	22
39	Edward	117	↑2	51
40	Aaron	115	–	30
41	Charles	110	↓3	31
42	Kenneth	104	↑1	41
43	Jose	100	↓1	45
44	Bryan	96	–	48
45	Keith	91	↑3	58
46	Brandon	84	new	19
47	Shawn	83	↓8	49
48	Alexander	72	new	70
49	Craig	71	–	72
50	Luis	71	new	92

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