Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1986

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1986 were Jessica for girls (706 babies) and Michael for boys (1,154). Social Security records list 37,642 babies born in Connecticut in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1986

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: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Julianne: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lynn: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 124 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kerry: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Jocelyn: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Caroline: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jillian: 71 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colleen: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Alexis: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Brendan: 69 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marc: 60 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angel: 50 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colin: 49 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Francis: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peter: 153 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maxwell: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Louis: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edwin: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	706	–	1
2	Jennifer	524	–	4
3	Ashley	490	–	2
4	Amanda	460	↑1	3
5	Sarah	419	↑1	5
6	Nicole	418	↓2	7
7	Stephanie	316	–	6
8	Lauren	309	↑2	14
9	Melissa	297	↓1	12
10	Elizabeth	291	↓1	10
11	Danielle	250	↑2	16
12	Heather	241	↓1	9
13	Michelle	211	↑8	23
14	Kelly	208	↑6	29
15	Katherine	201	↑2	28
16	Rebecca	199	↑6	26
17	Emily	195	↑1	24
18	Christina	192	↓6	19
19	Amy	191	↓5	22
20	Kimberly	184	↑4	18
21	Samantha	184	↑8	21
22	Megan	181	↓7	11
23	Laura	179	↓4	20
24	Brittany	165	↑11	8
25	Rachel	161	↓9	15
26	Kristen	154	↑1	41
27	Erica	152	↓1	31
28	Erin	147	↓5	30
29	Allison	145	↑4	42
30	Christine	145	↓5	47
31	Sara	144	↑3	27
32	Lindsay	127	↓1	46
33	Caitlin	124	↓3	69
34	Crystal	120	↑2	25
35	Shannon	120	↓3	44
36	Jamie	118	↑1	34
37	Kathryn	117	↑1	48
38	Lisa	115	↓10	40
39	Tiffany	114	↑2	17
40	Courtney	108	new	35
41	Amber	107	↑3	13
42	Meghan	103	↓3	71
43	Vanessa	103	↑4	43
44	Alexandra	96	↑6	72
45	Catherine	90	↑3	67
46	Katie	88	↓1	38
47	Kathleen	87	↓5	68
48	Jacqueline	86	new	57
49	Lindsey	83	new	39
50	Mary	81	↓7	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	1,154	–	1
2	Christopher	773	–	2
3	Matthew	726	–	3
4	Daniel	649	–	6
5	David	526	–	5
6	John	482	↑1	10
7	Joseph	447	↑2	12
8	Andrew	444	↑4	8
9	Robert	443	↓3	9
10	Ryan	421	–	11
11	James	394	↓3	7
12	Brian	342	↓1	20
13	William	342	↑2	15
14	Jonathan	339	↑3	16
15	Kevin	336	↑8	21
16	Joshua	332	↓3	4
17	Anthony	330	↑1	19
18	Jason	326	↓4	18
19	Nicholas	315	–	17
20	Thomas	307	↓4	26
21	Kyle	292	↑9	23
22	Eric	287	↓1	22
23	Justin	271	↓1	14
24	Timothy	263	↓4	27
25	Jeffrey	258	–	32
26	Steven	243	↓2	25
27	Stephen	233	–	36
28	Richard	226	–	29
29	Adam	221	↓3	24
30	Sean	219	↑2	37
31	Alexander	214	↑6	41
32	Gregory	196	↑2	46
33	Patrick	190	↓2	39
34	Mark	188	↓5	35
35	Benjamin	176	↓2	30
36	Paul	164	↓1	45
37	Scott	163	↑1	44
38	Peter	153	↓2	60
39	Jeremy	149	↑3	28
40	Brandon	146	↓1	13
41	Bryan	118	↑2	47
42	Tyler	114	↑6	40
43	Zachary	114	↓2	38
44	Charles	112	↓4	34
45	Jose	107	–	51
46	Edward	104	–	61
47	Aaron	100	↓3	33
48	Jesse	95	↑1	48
49	Shawn	92	new	55
50	Samuel	83	new	52

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