Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1989

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1989 were Jessica for girls (595 babies) and Michael for boys (1,134). Social Security records list 41,269 babies born in Connecticut in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1989

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

Girls

Shaina: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tricia: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kate: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Hilary: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Emma: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cara: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shanice: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carolyn: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Caroline: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Julianne: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Conor: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Brendan: 93 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Alexis: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 189 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Noel: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brendon: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Angel: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colin: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marc: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Connor: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Jessica	595	–	1
2	Ashley	571	–	2
3	Amanda	499	–	4
4	Sarah	424	–	5
5	Nicole	406	–	12
6	Stephanie	388	↑1	8
7	Brittany	370	↑5	3
8	Jennifer	352	↓2	7
9	Elizabeth	344	↓1	10
10	Lauren	340	↓1	9
11	Samantha	339	↓1	6
12	Emily	295	↑1	13
13	Melissa	284	↓2	19
14	Katherine	249	↑1	26
15	Danielle	245	↓1	17
16	Michelle	229	–	22
17	Christina	213	↑2	23
18	Rachel	210	↓1	18
19	Megan	199	↓1	11
20	Rebecca	194	↑2	24
21	Kelly	193	–	37
22	Heather	183	↑1	15
23	Laura	180	↓3	25
24	Chelsea	179	↑7	27
25	Alyssa	167	↑9	33
26	Kimberly	159	↓2	28
27	Kristen	149	↑2	36
28	Alexandra	148	↓2	43
29	Caitlin	146	↓4	49
30	Sara	138	↓3	29
31	Amy	134	↑7	35
32	Christine	131	–	59
33	Amber	129	↑9	14
34	Allison	122	↓4	46
35	Kayla	120	↑13	20
36	Erin	119	↓8	40
37	Victoria	118	↑9	44
38	Kathryn	116	↑2	58
39	Lisa	113	↑4	55
40	Erica	112	↓3	34
41	Alicia	110	↑3	53
42	Tiffany	110	↓9	16
43	Crystal	107	↑4	32
44	Lindsay	106	↓3	63
45	Jacqueline	104	↓6	64
46	Shannon	103	↓11	61
47	Courtney	97	↓11	21
48	Vanessa	94	↓3	50
49	Mary	93	–	38
50	Meghan	92	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	1,134	–	1
2	Christopher	814	–	2
3	Matthew	789	–	3
4	Daniel	608	–	6
5	David	531	–	5
6	Andrew	511	↑2	7
7	John	462	↓1	12
8	Joseph	452	↓1	11
9	Robert	435	↑2	10
10	Ryan	434	↓1	13
11	Joshua	426	↑3	4
12	Nicholas	415	–	14
13	James	411	↓3	9
14	Kevin	371	↑2	19
15	Anthony	341	↑4	16
16	Brian	335	↓1	24
17	Thomas	335	↑3	23
18	William	331	↓5	15
19	Kyle	322	↑3	20
20	Jonathan	320	↓2	17
21	Justin	317	↓4	8
22	Alexander	278	↑4	32
23	Eric	278	–	21
24	Benjamin	275	↑5	29
25	Timothy	238	↓4	28
26	Zachary	232	↑14	25
27	Steven	231	↓3	22
28	Patrick	229	↑6	38
29	Richard	225	↑3	33
30	Adam	218	↑1	27
31	Mark	213	↑4	42
32	Stephen	203	↓4	40
33	Jeffrey	199	↓6	37
34	Sean	198	↓4	39
35	Peter	189	↑1	66
36	Jason	182	↓11	35
37	Gregory	164	↓4	52
38	Paul	164	↓1	49
39	Brandon	158	↑2	18
40	Tyler	154	↓1	30
41	Scott	151	↓3	51
42	Charles	135	–	36
43	Samuel	128	↑2	47
44	Jose	125	–	46
45	Aaron	123	↑2	31
46	Jacob	111	↑3	26
47	Jordan	109	new	44
48	Bryan	107	↓2	56
49	Luis	105	↑1	73
50	Jeremy	104	↓7	34

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