Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1991

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1991 were Ashley for girls (507 babies) and Michael for boys (1,074). Social Security records list 40,097 babies born in Connecticut in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1991

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

Girls

Eliza: 21 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kerry: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jillian: 78 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Colleen: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Meghan: 109 babies, 3× the national rate
Jane: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Emma: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katharine: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tiana: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Salvatore: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Brendan: 95 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Connor: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Giovanni: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Orlando: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Conor: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 127 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marc: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kurt: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Frederick: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	507	↑1	1
2	Jessica	486	↓1	2
3	Amanda	431	–	4
4	Sarah	392	↑3	6
5	Samantha	377	↑1	5
6	Stephanie	371	↓1	7
7	Emily	337	↑3	10
8	Jennifer	327	↑1	8
9	Nicole	319	↓5	15
10	Brittany	293	↓2	3
11	Lauren	273	–	13
12	Elizabeth	264	–	9
13	Katherine	260	↑3	25
14	Rebecca	240	–	21
15	Rachel	235	–	14
16	Melissa	213	↓3	20
17	Alyssa	207	↑3	30
18	Danielle	206	↓1	17
19	Christina	202	↑4	31
20	Chelsea	197	↓2	18
21	Megan	196	–	11
22	Michelle	189	↓3	22
23	Alexandra	188	↑5	36
24	Victoria	172	↑1	28
25	Kelly	168	↓3	42
26	Taylor	148	new	32
27	Heather	143	↓3	23
28	Kelsey	141	↑14	26
29	Kayla	139	↓2	12
30	Laura	136	↓4	35
31	Amber	128	↑1	16
32	Erin	128	↑4	44
33	Sara	121	↓2	37
34	Kristen	119	↑6	48
35	Erica	114	↓1	40
36	Kimberly	113	↓1	34
37	Courtney	112	↓8	19
38	Hannah	112	↓8	29
39	Caitlin	111	–	55
40	Mary	109	↑8	38
41	Meghan	109	↑5	94
42	Amy	100	↓9	43
43	Allison	95	↑1	50
44	Julia	95	new	67
45	Kathryn	94	↓7	57
46	Christine	93	↓9	73
47	Jasmine	92	↓2	24
48	Cassandra	89	new	54
49	Morgan	89	new	49
50	Shannon	89	↓9	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	1,074	–	1
2	Christopher	726	–	2
3	Matthew	707	–	3
4	Nicholas	503	↑2	12
5	Daniel	477	↓1	6
6	John	459	↑4	10
7	Ryan	453	↓2	11
8	Joseph	447	↓1	9
9	Andrew	441	–	5
10	David	433	↓2	8
11	James	413	↑1	7
12	Joshua	409	↓1	4
13	Robert	388	–	13
14	William	385	–	19
15	Anthony	363	↑2	18
16	Kyle	360	↓1	21
17	Kevin	348	↑1	23
18	Jonathan	323	↑1	20
19	Alexander	300	↑3	26
20	Thomas	287	↓4	28
21	Brian	279	–	30
22	Justin	274	↓2	14
23	Eric	258	–	25
24	Zachary	255	↑4	22
25	Tyler	250	↑2	16
26	Patrick	231	↑5	35
27	Sean	221	↓1	40
28	Steven	219	↓4	27
29	Benjamin	213	↑1	33
30	Brandon	208	↑14	15
31	Timothy	188	↓6	32
32	Jeffrey	187	↓3	45
33	Stephen	181	↓1	41
34	Adam	180	–	36
35	Richard	173	↓2	34
36	Jacob	167	↑10	17
37	Samuel	159	↑4	39
38	Mark	142	↓2	47
39	Jason	141	–	49
40	Paul	137	↓2	53
41	Gregory	136	↓6	55
42	Jordan	135	↓2	29
43	Peter	127	↓6	77
44	Charles	124	↓2	38
45	Aaron	118	↑3	31
46	Dylan	113	new	46
47	Scott	113	↓4	57
48	Christian	110	new	48
49	Jeremy	105	new	43
50	Luis	101	–	66

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