Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1996

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1996 were Emily for girls (392 babies) and Michael for boys (663). Social Security records list 35,517 babies born in Connecticut in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1996

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

Girls

Gillian: 21 babies, 6× the national rate
Colleen: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
Meaghan: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Charlotte: 33 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eliza: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Meghan: 91 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Juliana: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Isabelle: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lily: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaime: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 97 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Griffin: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 134 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Liam: 52 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Owen: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colin: 80 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Marc: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Aidan: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Philip: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dante: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	392	–	1
2	Sarah	354	↑1	4
3	Samantha	333	↑1	5
4	Jessica	299	↓2	2
5	Nicole	261	↑1	22
6	Amanda	258	↑1	13
7	Ashley	251	↓2	3
8	Rachel	246	–	9
9	Taylor	232	–	6
10	Elizabeth	211	↑3	10
11	Megan	209	↓1	12
12	Katherine	191	–	31
13	Alexandra	188	↑6	26
14	Hannah	188	↑7	7
15	Alyssa	174	–	23
16	Rebecca	174	↑7	24
17	Brianna	173	–	17
18	Kayla	173	↑2	11
19	Julia	172	↑7	48
20	Lauren	170	↓9	16
21	Olivia	170	↑1	34
22	Victoria	169	↓6	18
23	Stephanie	160	↓9	20
24	Jennifer	158	↓6	19
25	Alexis	149	↑6	8
26	Emma	135	↑4	53
27	Brittany	133	↓2	14
28	Melissa	125	–	42
29	Danielle	123	↓5	29
30	Kelly	123	↓1	73
31	Courtney	117	↓4	21
32	Caroline	116	↑5	78
33	Morgan	115	↓1	25
34	Allison	114	↓1	38
35	Erin	112	↑3	51
36	Abigail	110	↑3	32
37	Amber	101	↑3	27
38	Michelle	101	↓4	47
39	Sara	96	↓4	50
40	Shannon	95	↓4	80
41	Meghan	91	new	>100
42	Sydney	88	↑4	39
43	Madison	87	new	15
44	Jenna	85	new	83
45	Kimberly	85	↓1	41
46	Kathryn	84	↑1	87
47	Jacqueline	83	new	69
48	Kaitlyn	82	↓7	40
49	Anna	80	↓6	33
50	Gabrielle	80	↓2	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	663	–	1
2	Matthew	577	–	2
3	Nicholas	521	–	6
4	Christopher	496	–	4
5	John	399	↑4	15
6	Ryan	385	↓1	16
7	Joseph	367	–	12
8	Daniel	362	↓2	11
9	Andrew	353	↑3	10
10	Tyler	352	↓2	7
11	Joshua	336	↓1	5
12	William	306	↑2	18
13	Zachary	303	–	14
14	David	293	↑1	13
15	Jacob	289	↑8	3
16	Alexander	288	–	22
17	Anthony	276	↑1	19
18	Kyle	274	↑1	25
19	Thomas	273	↓2	28
20	James	271	↓9	17
21	Brandon	264	↑4	8
22	Justin	260	–	20
23	Kevin	248	↓3	26
24	Robert	240	–	23
25	Jonathan	213	↓4	21
26	Benjamin	210	↑2	29
27	Austin	184	↑6	9
28	Eric	184	↓1	35
29	Samuel	180	↑1	30
30	Brian	175	↓4	36
31	Patrick	170	↓2	44
32	Jordan	157	↑8	27
33	Christian	155	↑1	24
34	Timothy	151	↓3	40
35	Sean	145	↓3	46
36	Jason	138	–	41
37	Adam	137	↓2	39
38	Dylan	135	↑1	33
39	Peter	134	↑4	95
40	Steven	132	↑1	38
41	Connor	125	↑1	54
42	Charles	119	↑5	43
43	Richard	113	↓6	45
44	Alex	107	new	53
45	Aaron	105	↑3	34
46	Stephen	105	↓8	59
47	Evan	101	↑3	65
48	Mark	101	↓4	55
49	Jack	100	new	89
50	Jeffrey	98	↓4	72

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