Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1990

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1990 were Jessica for girls (565 babies) and Michael for boys (1,127). Social Security records list 41,666 babies born in Connecticut in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1990

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

Girls

Genevieve: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colleen: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Carolyn: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katharine: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kerry: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jillian: 76 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brenna: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Meghan: 102 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kate: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caroline: 74 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Conor: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brendan: 79 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Giovanni: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Peter: 163 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Connor: 43 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexis: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colin: 75 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Angel: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Marc: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Louis: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	565	–	1
2	Ashley	515	–	2
3	Amanda	444	–	4
4	Nicole	401	↑1	13
5	Stephanie	398	↑1	7
6	Samantha	379	↑5	5
7	Sarah	362	↓3	6
8	Brittany	345	↓1	3
9	Jennifer	342	↓1	8
10	Emily	329	↑2	12
11	Lauren	325	↓1	10
12	Elizabeth	285	↓3	9
13	Melissa	256	–	20
14	Rebecca	253	↑6	21
15	Rachel	236	↑3	16
16	Katherine	225	↓2	26
17	Danielle	224	↓2	18
18	Chelsea	214	↑6	24
19	Michelle	211	↓3	22
20	Alyssa	204	↑5	27
21	Megan	197	↓2	11
22	Kelly	184	↓1	41
23	Christina	179	↓6	25
24	Heather	171	↓2	19
25	Victoria	165	↑12	33
26	Laura	164	↓3	29
27	Kayla	155	↑8	14
28	Alexandra	149	–	37
29	Courtney	149	↑18	17
30	Hannah	140	new	30
31	Sara	138	↓1	34
32	Amber	135	↑1	15
33	Amy	132	↓2	38
34	Erica	130	↑6	36
35	Kimberly	126	↓9	31
36	Erin	120	–	43
37	Christine	117	↓5	62
38	Kathryn	116	–	57
39	Caitlin	111	↓10	50
40	Kristen	110	↓13	42
41	Shannon	108	↑5	68
42	Kelsey	107	new	32
43	Tiffany	106	↓1	23
44	Allison	105	↓10	48
45	Jasmine	102	new	28
46	Meghan	102	↑4	91
47	Jacqueline	96	↓2	67
48	Mary	96	↑1	35
49	Alicia	94	↓8	54
50	Lisa	94	↓11	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	1,127	–	1
2	Christopher	761	–	2
3	Matthew	739	–	3
4	Daniel	565	–	5
5	Ryan	518	↑5	11
6	Nicholas	510	↑6	14
7	Joseph	491	↑1	10
8	David	480	↓3	6
9	Andrew	478	↓3	7
10	John	471	↓3	12
11	Joshua	447	–	4
12	James	437	↑1	8
13	Robert	391	↓4	13
14	William	378	↑4	16
15	Kyle	365	↑4	18
16	Thomas	363	↑1	26
17	Anthony	361	↓2	15
18	Kevin	360	↓4	23
19	Jonathan	344	↑1	17
20	Justin	323	↑1	9
21	Brian	304	↓5	27
22	Alexander	284	–	28
23	Eric	280	–	24
24	Steven	263	↑3	25
25	Timothy	246	–	30
26	Sean	241	↑8	37
27	Tyler	241	↑13	21
28	Zachary	234	↓2	22
29	Jeffrey	226	↑4	43
30	Benjamin	216	↓6	33
31	Patrick	216	↓3	36
32	Stephen	207	–	39
33	Richard	204	↓4	35
34	Adam	203	↓4	32
35	Gregory	185	↑2	51
36	Mark	169	↓5	47
37	Peter	163	↓2	74
38	Paul	159	–	49
39	Jason	158	↓3	46
40	Jordan	149	↑7	29
41	Samuel	149	↑2	45
42	Charles	140	–	38
43	Scott	133	↓2	53
44	Brandon	130	↓5	19
45	Jose	130	↓1	41
46	Jacob	111	–	20
47	Bryan	108	↑1	57
48	Aaron	105	↓3	34
49	Edward	100	new	68
50	Luis	98	↓1	66

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