Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1988

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1988 were Jessica for girls (686 babies) and Michael for boys (1,152). Social Security records list 40,455 babies born in Connecticut in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1988

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

Girls

Meaghan: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kerry: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jennie: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Kelley: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francesca: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colleen: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kate: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kaitlin: 74 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Aimee: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Diane: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 89 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Conor: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Salvatore: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dana: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Owen: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 178 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angel: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Geoffrey: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Colin: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marc: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	686	–	1
2	Ashley	596	–	2
3	Amanda	511	–	3
4	Sarah	433	↑1	4
5	Nicole	418	↑1	9
6	Jennifer	397	↓2	5
7	Stephanie	347	–	7
8	Elizabeth	341	↑1	10
9	Lauren	334	↑1	11
10	Samantha	293	↑3	8
11	Melissa	280	↓3	16
12	Brittany	272	↑8	6
13	Emily	272	↓2	18
14	Danielle	260	↓2	17
15	Katherine	237	↓1	27
16	Michelle	236	↑2	21
17	Rachel	216	↑5	19
18	Megan	215	↑5	12
19	Christina	194	↓3	22
20	Laura	193	↓1	23
21	Kelly	192	–	32
22	Rebecca	189	↓5	26
23	Heather	188	↓8	14
24	Kimberly	172	–	25
25	Caitlin	170	–	44
26	Alexandra	167	↑8	49
27	Sara	149	↑3	30
28	Erin	146	↓2	37
29	Kristen	145	↓2	36
30	Allison	140	↑1	46
31	Chelsea	140	↑18	33
32	Christine	139	–	51
33	Tiffany	139	↑8	13
34	Alyssa	138	↑9	47
35	Shannon	129	–	56
36	Courtney	127	↑4	24
37	Erica	127	↓8	31
38	Amy	120	↓10	29
39	Jacqueline	118	↑11	62
40	Kathryn	114	↓1	55
41	Lindsay	112	↓8	57
42	Amber	107	↓4	15
43	Lisa	106	↓6	43
44	Alicia	102	↓2	50
45	Vanessa	99	↑2	41
46	Victoria	99	↓2	42
47	Crystal	98	↓1	28
48	Kayla	97	new	20
49	Mary	94	new	34
50	Catherine	92	↓2	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	1,152	–	1
2	Christopher	845	–	2
3	Matthew	789	–	3
4	Daniel	633	–	8
5	David	526	–	6
6	John	484	↑1	11
7	Joseph	472	↑2	12
8	Andrew	471	↓2	5
9	Ryan	453	↓1	13
10	James	452	↑1	9
11	Robert	428	↓1	10
12	Nicholas	395	–	14
13	William	394	↑3	16
14	Joshua	383	↓1	4
15	Brian	375	↑3	22
16	Kevin	363	↓2	20
17	Justin	350	↑5	7
18	Jonathan	342	↓1	15
19	Anthony	338	↓4	18
20	Thomas	332	↑1	23
21	Timothy	314	↑3	25
22	Kyle	301	↓2	21
23	Eric	294	–	19
24	Steven	254	↑1	24
25	Jason	248	↓6	27
26	Alexander	246	↑4	34
27	Jeffrey	242	↓1	36
28	Stephen	222	↓1	40
29	Benjamin	209	↑2	30
30	Sean	208	↓1	38
31	Adam	207	↓3	26
32	Richard	199	–	32
33	Gregory	196	–	50
34	Patrick	187	↑1	42
35	Mark	180	↑1	39
36	Peter	178	↑2	64
37	Paul	165	–	46
38	Scott	157	↓4	47
39	Tyler	157	↑5	33
40	Zachary	151	–	29
41	Brandon	142	↓2	17
42	Charles	124	↑3	37
43	Jeremy	120	↓1	35
44	Jose	115	↑4	49
45	Samuel	110	↑1	45
46	Bryan	105	↓5	54
47	Aaron	97	↓4	31
48	Kenneth	95	↑1	51
49	Jacob	93	new	28
50	Luis	92	new	75

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