Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1985

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1985 were Jessica for girls (653 babies) and Michael for boys (1,100). Social Security records list 36,973 babies born in Connecticut in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1985

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: 57 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Katharine: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Maureen: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Caitlin: 130 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Eileen: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kate: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Kerry: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alexandra: 84 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kelley: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Alexis: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Brendan: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nelson: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angel: 48 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Francis: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Peter: 165 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Louis: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Theodore: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angelo: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Edwin: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	653	↑1	1
2	Jennifer	551	↓1	3
3	Ashley	473	↑3	2
4	Nicole	423	↑1	7
5	Amanda	419	↑4	4
6	Sarah	377	↓3	5
7	Stephanie	334	↑1	6
8	Melissa	311	↓4	11
9	Elizabeth	297	↓2	9
10	Lauren	264	↑1	15
11	Heather	256	↑1	8
12	Christina	241	↑8	12
13	Danielle	241	↓3	18
14	Amy	219	↑2	20
15	Megan	218	↑2	10
16	Rachel	209	↑7	13
17	Katherine	204	↑4	32
18	Emily	199	↓3	24
19	Laura	198	↓5	14
20	Kelly	192	↓1	28
21	Michelle	190	↓8	22
22	Rebecca	183	↓4	25
23	Erin	177	↓1	26
24	Kimberly	171	–	19
25	Christine	158	↑4	44
26	Erica	149	↑12	34
27	Kristen	147	↓2	38
28	Lisa	144	↓2	36
29	Samantha	141	↑17	29
30	Caitlin	130	↑3	77
31	Lindsay	130	↓4	40
32	Shannon	127	–	41
33	Allison	124	↓2	46
34	Sara	124	↑6	30
35	Brittany	118	new	17
36	Crystal	118	↓2	21
37	Jamie	110	↑6	27
38	Kathryn	107	↓3	48
39	Meghan	101	↓11	63
40	Kristin	97	↓4	49
41	Tiffany	97	↓11	23
42	Kathleen	93	new	68
43	Mary	92	new	35
44	Amber	91	↑3	16
45	Katie	90	↑3	39
46	Kristina	90	new	57
47	Vanessa	89	new	42
48	Catherine	88	new	65
49	Angela	85	↑1	31
50	Alexandra	84	new	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	1,100	–	1
2	Christopher	867	–	2
3	Matthew	719	–	3
4	Daniel	615	–	5
5	David	569	–	6
6	Robert	469	↑2	8
7	John	449	↓1	9
8	James	418	↑1	7
9	Joseph	407	↓2	10
10	Ryan	394	↑1	12
11	Brian	376	↑1	18
12	Andrew	374	↑2	11
13	Joshua	344	↑3	4
14	Jason	334	↓4	14
15	William	327	↓2	16
16	Thomas	321	↑3	25
17	Jonathan	317	–	17
18	Anthony	304	↑4	20
19	Nicholas	293	↓1	19
20	Timothy	281	↑6	26
21	Eric	280	↑3	21
22	Justin	280	↓7	15
23	Kevin	280	↓2	23
24	Steven	262	↑1	24
25	Jeffrey	255	↓5	29
26	Adam	220	↓3	22
27	Stephen	218	–	36
28	Richard	217	–	28
29	Mark	208	–	32
30	Kyle	207	↑7	27
31	Patrick	207	–	37
32	Sean	205	↓2	38
33	Benjamin	178	↑1	31
34	Gregory	178	↓1	45
35	Paul	177	↓3	42
36	Peter	165	↓1	60
37	Alexander	158	↑3	50
38	Scott	157	↓2	44
39	Brandon	143	↓1	13
40	Charles	127	↓1	34
41	Zachary	118	new	39
42	Jeremy	112	↑3	30
43	Bryan	110	↑1	48
44	Aaron	107	↓2	33
45	Jose	102	↓4	49
46	Edward	100	↓3	59
47	Kenneth	95	↑1	47
48	Tyler	94	new	43
49	Jesse	90	↓3	51
50	Luis	89	new	85

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