Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1982

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (739 babies) and Michael for boys (1,051). Social Security records list 33,829 babies born in Connecticut in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1982

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

Girls

Kaitlin: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Caitlin: 48 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marissa: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Katharine: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kate: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Meghan: 76 babies, 3× the national rate
Kerry: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Jocelyn: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jillian: 76 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colleen: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brendan: 49 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Graham: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angel: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alexis: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Marc: 57 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Geoffrey: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 148 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Edwin: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colin: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	739	–	1
2	Jessica	634	–	2
3	Melissa	418	↑1	5
4	Sarah	383	↓1	4
5	Nicole	330	↑1	6
6	Elizabeth	315	↓1	8
7	Amy	252	–	10
8	Amanda	239	↑3	3
9	Stephanie	239	↑6	7
10	Michelle	232	↓2	11
11	Heather	224	↓1	12
12	Rebecca	215	–	15
13	Lauren	214	↑10	26
14	Erin	212	–	20
15	Kelly	209	↑2	25
16	Emily	188	↑6	24
17	Lisa	183	↓1	23
18	Kimberly	180	↓9	14
19	Kristen	178	↑5	33
20	Christina	175	↓2	19
21	Danielle	172	↓2	31
22	Laura	168	↓9	22
23	Katherine	165	↓2	36
24	Rachel	152	↑3	21
25	Lindsay	148	↑18	39
26	Sara	148	↓6	28
27	Megan	139	↑2	34
28	Crystal	132	–	9
29	Christine	129	↓3	46
30	Tiffany	125	↑1	13
31	Shannon	123	↓1	38
32	Ashley	119	↑17	17
33	Kristin	115	↓8	37
34	Jamie	112	↑1	29
35	Kathryn	111	↓3	48
36	Allison	109	↑5	58
37	Mary	98	↓3	30
38	Andrea	92	↑4	27
39	Angela	91	↓2	16
40	Erica	91	↓7	35
41	Jacqueline	88	↑4	54
42	Stacey	84	new	85
43	Courtney	81	↓5	43
44	Tara	77	↓5	47
45	Catherine	76	new	73
46	Jillian	76	new	96
47	Meghan	76	↑3	>100
48	Amber	75	↓1	18
49	Maria	72	↓1	42
50	Karen	71	↓6	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	1,051	–	1
2	Christopher	828	–	2
3	Matthew	596	–	3
4	David	515	↑1	5
5	Jason	492	↓1	4
6	Daniel	452	↑2	10
7	James	441	↑2	6
8	Joseph	436	↑3	11
9	Robert	415	↓2	9
10	John	412	↓4	8
11	Ryan	357	↑1	13
12	Brian	344	↓2	14
13	William	323	↑5	15
14	Jonathan	312	↓1	16
15	Thomas	288	–	23
16	Jeffrey	283	↑1	29
17	Joshua	283	↓3	7
18	Justin	282	↓2	12
19	Andrew	280	↑5	17
20	Eric	264	↓1	20
21	Kevin	255	↓1	25
22	Adam	247	↓1	19
23	Anthony	240	↑2	21
24	Nicholas	235	↑2	22
25	Steven	226	↑6	26
26	Timothy	225	↓4	24
27	Richard	206	↓4	27
28	Mark	200	↓1	32
29	Paul	187	↓1	35
30	Scott	187	↓1	34
31	Stephen	180	↑2	38
32	Gregory	168	↑4	40
33	Benjamin	163	↑1	33
34	Sean	161	↓2	44
35	Peter	148	↓5	57
36	Patrick	136	↑1	37
37	Jeremy	123	↑1	28
38	Kyle	105	new	47
39	Charles	101	↑2	31
40	Jose	98	↑3	46
41	Kenneth	98	↑1	45
42	Aaron	95	↓2	30
43	Alexander	95	↑5	65
44	Jesse	92	↓9	43
45	Brandon	91	↑1	18
46	Edward	87	↓7	53
47	Shawn	80	–	52
48	Derek	76	new	50
49	Bryan	71	↓5	49
50	Craig	68	↓1	73

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