Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1987

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1987 were Jessica for girls (764 babies) and Michael for boys (1,185). Social Security records list 39,601 babies born in Connecticut in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1987

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

Girls

Chantal: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Caitlyn: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Kerry: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kate: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 58 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Meghan: 122 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caitlin: 158 babies, 3× the national rate
Katharine: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lillian: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Caroline: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Alexis: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Brendan: 72 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angel: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Felix: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Geoffrey: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Connor: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Peter: 156 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marquis: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colin: 53 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	764	–	1
2	Ashley	580	↑1	2
3	Amanda	537	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	470	↓2	4
5	Sarah	440	–	5
6	Nicole	396	–	8
7	Stephanie	324	–	6
8	Melissa	292	↑1	13
9	Elizabeth	284	↑1	10
10	Lauren	278	↓2	16
11	Emily	260	↑6	19
12	Danielle	248	↓1	14
13	Samantha	246	↑8	11
14	Katherine	226	↑1	28
15	Heather	217	↓3	9
16	Christina	215	↑2	20
17	Rebecca	212	↓1	25
18	Michelle	203	↓5	21
19	Laura	201	↑4	22
20	Brittany	196	↑4	7
21	Kelly	193	↓7	30
22	Rachel	191	↑3	17
23	Megan	190	↓1	12
24	Kimberly	175	↓4	23
25	Caitlin	158	↑8	63
26	Erin	153	↑2	34
27	Kristen	144	↓1	42
28	Amy	143	↓9	24
29	Erica	139	↓2	31
30	Sara	139	↑1	29
31	Allison	136	↓2	44
32	Christine	136	↓2	48
33	Lindsay	135	↓1	49
34	Alexandra	125	↑10	59
35	Shannon	125	–	45
36	Meghan	122	↑6	78
37	Lisa	118	↑1	40
38	Amber	116	↑3	15
39	Kathryn	116	↓2	51
40	Courtney	111	–	33
41	Tiffany	105	↓2	18
42	Alicia	103	new	46
43	Alyssa	98	new	60
44	Victoria	96	new	50
45	Katie	95	↑1	38
46	Crystal	94	↓12	26
47	Vanessa	94	↓4	43
48	Catherine	93	↓3	74
49	Chelsea	89	new	47
50	Jacqueline	88	↓2	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	1,185	–	1
2	Christopher	851	–	2
3	Matthew	796	–	3
4	Daniel	634	–	7
5	David	513	–	5
6	Andrew	506	↑2	6
7	John	484	↓1	11
8	Ryan	480	↑2	13
9	Joseph	423	↓2	12
10	Robert	410	↓1	10
11	James	398	–	8
12	Nicholas	386	↑7	16
13	Joshua	372	↑3	4
14	Kevin	362	↑1	19
15	Anthony	338	↑2	17
16	William	336	↓3	15
17	Jonathan	332	↓3	18
18	Brian	327	↓6	20
19	Jason	311	↓1	23
20	Kyle	311	↑1	22
21	Thomas	310	↓1	24
22	Justin	300	↑1	9
23	Eric	294	↓1	21
24	Timothy	278	–	26
25	Steven	256	↑1	25
26	Jeffrey	242	↓1	32
27	Stephen	241	–	38
28	Adam	231	↑1	27
29	Sean	224	↑1	40
30	Alexander	220	↑1	37
31	Benjamin	208	↑4	28
32	Richard	194	↓4	30
33	Gregory	186	↓1	47
34	Scott	181	↑3	43
35	Patrick	179	↓2	41
36	Mark	177	↓2	36
37	Paul	157	↓1	46
38	Peter	156	–	64
39	Brandon	144	↑1	14
40	Zachary	137	↑3	33
41	Bryan	125	–	51
42	Jeremy	120	↓3	29
43	Aaron	115	↑4	34
44	Tyler	113	↓2	39
45	Charles	110	↓1	35
46	Samuel	103	↑4	50
47	Edward	102	↓1	61
48	Jose	102	↓3	48
49	Kenneth	95	new	53
50	Jesse	91	↓2	55

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