Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1995

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1995 were Emily for girls (368 babies) and Michael for boys (723). Emily ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 35,743 babies born in Connecticut in 1995 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1995

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: 60 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Avery: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Eleanor: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Isabelle: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Michele: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colleen: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francesca: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julia: 154 babies, 3× the national rate
Margaret: 90 babies, 3× the national rate
Kate: 20 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Geoffrey: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Owen: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 119 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Liam: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jake: 98 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brendan: 71 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Griffin: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Myles: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Conor: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Daquan: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1995

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Emily	368	–	3
2	Jessica	317	↑1	1
3	Sarah	310	↓1	5
4	Samantha	302	↑2	4
5	Ashley	294	–	2
6	Nicole	280	↓2	19
7	Amanda	268	–	9
8	Rachel	248	↑5	12
9	Taylor	237	↓1	6
10	Megan	218	↑1	13
11	Lauren	216	↑1	15
12	Katherine	207	↑8	30
13	Elizabeth	202	↓3	10
14	Stephanie	199	↓5	16
15	Alyssa	197	↑2	27
16	Victoria	189	↑5	20
17	Brianna	180	↑9	21
18	Jennifer	180	↓3	18
19	Alexandra	169	↓5	26
20	Kayla	167	↓1	11
21	Hannah	162	↑1	7
22	Olivia	160	↑5	39
23	Rebecca	159	↓7	28
24	Danielle	158	↓6	24
25	Brittany	156	↓2	8
26	Julia	154	↑12	62
27	Courtney	146	↑9	17
28	Melissa	139	↓4	35
29	Kelly	133	↑1	64
30	Emma	126	↑9	67
31	Alexis	124	↓3	14
32	Morgan	115	↓7	23
33	Allison	111	↑1	34
34	Michelle	109	↓3	41
35	Sara	108	↑7	48
36	Shannon	104	↓1	73
37	Caroline	102	↑3	92
38	Erin	101	↓6	49
39	Abigail	99	new	36
40	Amber	96	↓3	22
41	Kaitlyn	95	new	42
42	Christina	94	↓13	45
43	Anna	91	new	31
44	Kimberly	91	↓11	37
45	Margaret	90	new	>100
46	Sydney	90	new	43
47	Kathryn	89	new	83
48	Gabrielle	85	new	61
49	Jasmine	85	new	25
50	Chelsea	83	↓1	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1994	US rank
1	Michael	723	–	1
2	Matthew	590	–	2
3	Nicholas	508	↑1	7
4	Christopher	504	↓1	3
5	Ryan	459	–	15
6	Daniel	391	–	9
7	Joseph	389	–	12
8	Tyler	380	–	6
9	John	364	–	13
10	Joshua	357	↑2	5
11	James	344	↑6	17
12	Andrew	342	↓2	11
13	Zachary	295	↑6	14
14	William	290	↓3	20
15	David	287	–	16
16	Alexander	285	↓2	21
17	Thomas	285	↑6	27
18	Anthony	282	–	19
19	Kyle	282	↓3	24
20	Kevin	268	↓7	25
21	Jonathan	265	↑3	23
22	Justin	255	↑3	18
23	Jacob	248	↑3	4
24	Robert	248	↓4	22
25	Brandon	246	↓4	8
26	Brian	209	↓4	36
27	Eric	196	↑4	32
28	Benjamin	187	↓1	31
29	Patrick	184	–	43
30	Samuel	164	↑5	33
31	Timothy	162	↓3	40
32	Sean	160	↓2	45
33	Austin	157	↑3	10
34	Christian	151	↑9	28
35	Adam	140	↓1	38
36	Jason	139	↑8	41
37	Richard	139	↑8	42
38	Stephen	135	↑8	57
39	Dylan	134	↓7	34
40	Jordan	134	↓7	29
41	Steven	130	↓4	37
42	Connor	119	↓1	55
43	Peter	119	↓4	89
44	Mark	110	↓2	52
45	Cody	109	↑3	26
46	Jeffrey	108	↓6	64
47	Charles	102	new	44
48	Aaron	99	↓10	30
49	Jake	98	new	>100
50	Evan	95	new	60

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