Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1984

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (651 babies) and Michael for boys (1,160). Social Security records list 35,502 babies born in Connecticut in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1984

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

Girls

Caitlin: 120 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Kaitlin: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Meghan: 149 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katelyn: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Eileen: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Michele: 53 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kate: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Meaghan: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Alyssa: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Maureen: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 67 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alexis: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marquis: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angel: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colin: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 159 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dean: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marc: 56 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Hector: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frederick: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	651	–	1
2	Jessica	565	–	2
3	Sarah	386	–	5
4	Melissa	363	↑1	8
5	Nicole	349	↓1	7
6	Ashley	326	↑2	3
7	Elizabeth	305	↓1	10
8	Stephanie	305	↓1	6
9	Amanda	301	↑1	4
10	Danielle	270	↑8	16
11	Lauren	239	↑1	21
12	Heather	230	↓3	9
13	Michelle	229	↓2	17
14	Laura	221	↑9	19
15	Emily	220	↑11	24
16	Amy	205	↓3	13
17	Megan	199	↑4	11
18	Rebecca	196	↓4	23
19	Kelly	193	↓3	27
20	Christina	187	↑2	20
21	Katherine	183	↓2	30
22	Erin	182	↓7	25
23	Rachel	175	↑2	15
24	Kimberly	174	↓7	22
25	Kristen	159	↓5	38
26	Lisa	152	↓2	29
27	Lindsay	149	↑2	36
28	Meghan	149	↑5	65
29	Christine	143	↑7	43
30	Tiffany	132	↑2	14
31	Allison	125	↑12	51
32	Shannon	123	↑3	37
33	Caitlin	120	new	>100
34	Crystal	118	↓4	12
35	Kathryn	118	↑2	48
36	Kristin	110	↓2	47
37	Alicia	107	new	40
38	Erica	106	↓10	34
39	Jacqueline	101	↑11	56
40	Sara	100	↓13	32
41	Jenna	97	new	54
42	Andrea	96	↑6	28
43	Jamie	92	↓12	31
44	Lindsey	92	↓6	35
45	Courtney	89	↑1	46
46	Samantha	88	↓6	39
47	Amber	86	–	18
48	Katie	85	↓4	44
49	Victoria	79	new	59
50	Angela	78	↓1	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	1,160	–	1
2	Christopher	808	–	2
3	Matthew	778	–	3
4	Daniel	536	↑1	6
5	David	513	↓1	5
6	John	459	–	8
7	Joseph	447	↑1	10
8	Robert	436	↑4	9
9	James	408	↑2	7
10	Jason	399	↓3	11
11	Ryan	388	↓1	12
12	Brian	375	↓3	17
13	William	341	↑1	16
14	Andrew	338	↑1	14
15	Justin	337	↓2	13
16	Joshua	328	↑5	4
17	Jonathan	320	↓1	19
18	Nicholas	302	↑2	20
19	Thomas	280	↓2	25
20	Jeffrey	277	↓2	28
21	Kevin	269	↑4	24
22	Anthony	265	↑1	21
23	Adam	260	↓1	18
24	Eric	251	↓5	22
25	Steven	236	↑4	23
26	Timothy	234	↓2	26
27	Stephen	232	↑1	35
28	Richard	222	↓1	27
29	Mark	207	↓3	32
30	Sean	191	↑2	43
31	Patrick	180	–	36
32	Paul	179	↑1	40
33	Gregory	171	↓3	44
34	Benjamin	160	↑2	30
35	Peter	159	↓1	60
36	Scott	159	↑1	39
37	Kyle	154	↓2	34
38	Brandon	124	↑3	15
39	Charles	123	↑3	33
40	Alexander	113	↑7	54
41	Jose	112	↑4	49
42	Aaron	103	↓4	29
43	Edward	96	↓4	58
44	Bryan	94	–	48
45	Jeremy	88	↓5	31
46	Jesse	85	–	50
47	Nathan	85	new	38
48	Kenneth	84	↓5	46
49	Keith	75	new	61
50	Samuel	72	new	55

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