Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1994

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1994 were Emily for girls (410 babies) and Michael for boys (775). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 36,832 babies born in Connecticut in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1994

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

Girls

Jillian: 55 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Meaghan: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Michele: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lily: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Caroline: 104 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Meghan: 91 babies, 3× the national rate
Francesca: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Sophie: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlotte: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tiana: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Conor: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 134 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brendan: 83 babies, 3× the national rate
Dean: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Liam: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Griffin: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Harrison: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Oliver: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Theodore: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Emily	410	–	3
2	Sarah	379	–	5
3	Jessica	357	↑1	1
4	Nicole	354	↑1	11
5	Ashley	338	↓2	2
6	Samantha	335	–	4
7	Amanda	329	–	8
8	Taylor	258	↑3	6
9	Stephanie	239	↓1	15
10	Elizabeth	213	–	9
11	Megan	209	↑5	10
12	Lauren	208	↓3	14
13	Rachel	207	↑2	13
14	Alexandra	203	↓1	28
15	Jennifer	194	↓1	17
16	Rebecca	193	↑1	24
17	Alyssa	191	↑5	26
18	Danielle	181	↑1	20
19	Kayla	180	↑7	12
20	Katherine	178	↓8	30
21	Victoria	178	↓1	19
22	Hannah	170	↑11	16
23	Brittany	168	↓5	7
24	Melissa	146	↓3	31
25	Morgan	142	new	25
26	Brianna	141	↑11	27
27	Olivia	140	↑3	50
28	Alexis	139	↑8	18
29	Christina	131	–	39
30	Kelly	129	↓7	62
31	Michelle	126	↓7	33
32	Erin	125	↑3	45
33	Kimberly	124	new	32
34	Allison	121	–	34
35	Shannon	121	↓7	60
36	Courtney	120	↓4	22
37	Amber	117	↓6	21
38	Julia	112	↑3	72
39	Emma	107	↑5	74
40	Caroline	104	↑6	94
41	Mary	99	↑6	37
42	Sara	96	↓4	43
43	Kelsey	93	↓18	29
44	Heather	91	↑1	44
45	Meghan	91	new	100
46	Caitlin	90	↓6	78
47	Kristen	90	new	55
48	Marissa	90	↑2	53
49	Chelsea	86	↓22	38
50	Jenna	86	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	775	–	1
2	Matthew	571	–	3
3	Christopher	523	–	2
4	Nicholas	508	–	9
5	Ryan	433	–	16
6	Daniel	424	↑2	8
7	Joseph	419	–	11
8	Tyler	412	↑3	5
9	John	386	↓3	15
10	Andrew	370	↓1	10
11	William	339	↑4	19
12	Joshua	334	↓2	4
13	Kevin	333	↑4	26
14	Alexander	332	↓1	22
15	David	328	↓1	13
16	Kyle	325	–	24
17	James	319	↓5	14
18	Anthony	305	–	18
19	Zachary	290	↑1	12
20	Robert	286	↓1	21
21	Brandon	267	–	6
22	Brian	256	↑2	37
23	Thomas	248	–	27
24	Jonathan	247	↓2	23
25	Justin	226	–	20
26	Jacob	217	↑1	7
27	Benjamin	194	↑2	31
28	Timothy	187	↑5	39
29	Patrick	186	↓1	42
30	Sean	172	–	44
31	Eric	165	↓5	30
32	Dylan	160	↑4	32
33	Jordan	157	↑1	29
34	Adam	156	↑3	38
35	Samuel	149	↓4	33
36	Austin	146	new	17
37	Steven	142	↓5	34
38	Aaron	135	↑10	28
39	Peter	134	↑3	87
40	Jeffrey	131	↓2	55
41	Connor	130	–	59
42	Mark	130	↑2	48
43	Christian	129	–	35
44	Jason	126	↓4	46
45	Richard	111	↓10	41
46	Stephen	108	↓7	49
47	Nathan	103	↑2	40
48	Cody	101	new	25
49	Gregory	94	new	76
50	Paul	94	↓5	64

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