Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1983

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (677 babies) and Michael for boys (1,069). Social Security records list 34,422 babies born in Connecticut in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1983

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

Girls

Kyle: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Kaitlin: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Caitlin: 76 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Meghan: 118 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Marisa: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Katharine: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Kate: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carissa: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jocelyn: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colleen: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 63 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alexis: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Colin: 47 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 161 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Angel: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ralph: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ethan: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Theodore: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Todd: 73 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dean: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	677	–	1
2	Jessica	599	–	2
3	Sarah	408	↑1	5
4	Nicole	369	↑1	7
5	Melissa	351	↓2	6
6	Elizabeth	294	–	10
7	Stephanie	286	↑2	8
8	Ashley	280	↑24	4
9	Heather	265	↑2	9
10	Amanda	251	↓2	3
11	Michelle	244	↓1	13
12	Lauren	225	↑1	24
13	Amy	218	↓6	12
14	Rebecca	208	↓2	19
15	Erin	205	↓1	18
16	Kelly	198	↓1	26
17	Kimberly	191	↑1	15
18	Danielle	181	↑3	29
19	Katherine	175	↑4	34
20	Kristen	173	↓1	37
21	Megan	172	↑6	21
22	Christina	167	↓2	16
23	Laura	167	↓1	23
24	Lisa	166	↓7	27
25	Rachel	165	↓1	20
26	Emily	162	↓10	25
27	Sara	143	↓1	31
28	Erica	139	↑12	33
29	Lindsay	129	↓4	36
30	Crystal	127	↓2	11
31	Jamie	121	↑3	28
32	Tiffany	119	↓2	14
33	Meghan	118	↑14	75
34	Kristin	112	↓1	42
35	Shannon	112	↓4	38
36	Christine	108	↓7	47
37	Kathryn	107	↓2	50
38	Lindsey	99	new	35
39	Mary	99	↓2	32
40	Samantha	94	new	40
41	Kathleen	92	new	73
42	Vanessa	87	new	49
43	Allison	86	↓7	59
44	Katie	84	new	45
45	Catherine	80	–	66
46	Courtney	80	↓3	44
47	Amber	79	↑1	17
48	Andrea	79	↓10	30
49	Angela	79	↓10	22
50	Jacqueline	77	↓9	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	1,069	–	1
2	Christopher	828	–	2
3	Matthew	719	–	3
4	David	574	–	4
5	Daniel	534	↑1	8
6	John	463	↑4	9
7	Jason	438	↓2	7
8	Joseph	428	–	11
9	Brian	421	↑3	14
10	Ryan	409	↑1	13
11	James	408	↓4	6
12	Robert	393	↓3	10
13	Justin	334	↑5	12
14	William	311	↓1	16
15	Andrew	302	↑4	15
16	Jonathan	301	↓2	19
17	Thomas	290	↓2	24
18	Jeffrey	289	↓2	28
19	Eric	282	↑1	20
20	Nicholas	278	↑4	21
21	Joshua	277	↓4	5
22	Adam	270	–	18
23	Anthony	243	–	22
24	Timothy	240	↑2	26
25	Kevin	229	↓4	25
26	Mark	227	↑2	31
27	Richard	221	–	27
28	Stephen	206	↑3	35
29	Steven	193	↓4	23
30	Gregory	185	↑2	42
31	Patrick	168	↑5	37
32	Sean	168	↑2	44
33	Paul	164	↓4	39
34	Peter	161	↑1	59
35	Kyle	153	↑3	34
36	Benjamin	149	↓3	32
37	Scott	146	↓7	38
38	Aaron	115	↑4	29
39	Edward	114	↑7	55
40	Jeremy	114	↓3	30
41	Brandon	108	↑4	17
42	Charles	105	↓3	33
43	Kenneth	103	↓2	45
44	Bryan	100	↑5	47
45	Jose	94	↓5	48
46	Jesse	92	↓2	46
47	Alexander	82	↓4	63
48	Craig	74	↑2	70
49	George	73	new	65
50	Todd	73	new	87

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