Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1997

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1997 were Emily for girls (373 babies) and Michael for boys (615). Social Security records list 33,892 babies born in Connecticut in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1997

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

Girls

Thalia: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Phoebe: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shakira: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jillian: 65 babies, 4× the national rate
Meaghan: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Lucy: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francesca: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Eliza: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tatiana: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Julia: 217 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 110 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Peter: 111 babies, 3× the national rate
Griffin: 38 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Conor: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Owen: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jake: 96 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patrick: 176 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dean: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nikolas: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Oliver: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	373	–	1
2	Sarah	318	–	4
3	Samantha	300	–	6
4	Ashley	241	↑3	3
5	Taylor	233	↑4	7
6	Amanda	230	–	16
7	Jessica	223	↓3	2
8	Julia	217	↑11	37
9	Megan	203	↑2	11
10	Nicole	203	↓5	21
11	Olivia	194	↑10	27
12	Lauren	188	↑8	14
13	Alexandra	182	–	30
14	Alyssa	181	↑1	15
15	Hannah	179	↓1	5
16	Rachel	177	↓8	13
17	Emma	166	↑9	36
18	Elizabeth	165	↓8	9
19	Kayla	159	↓1	12
20	Rebecca	159	↓4	25
21	Victoria	158	↑1	19
22	Katherine	148	↓10	32
23	Brianna	139	↓6	17
24	Alexis	137	↑1	8
25	Jennifer	130	↓1	18
26	Abigail	127	↑10	26
27	Stephanie	126	↓4	23
28	Danielle	125	↑1	34
29	Brittany	111	↓2	20
30	Anna	110	↑19	33
31	Morgan	108	↑2	22
32	Caroline	104	–	75
33	Madison	104	↑10	10
34	Haley	95	new	31
35	Amber	92	↑2	29
36	Sara	92	↑3	50
37	Erin	90	↓2	52
38	Jenna	90	↑6	76
39	Shannon	86	↑1	85
40	Courtney	83	↓9	28
41	Natalie	83	new	48
42	Allison	82	↓8	39
43	Gabrielle	81	↑7	51
44	Melissa	81	↓16	44
45	Sydney	81	↓3	35
46	Kelly	79	↓16	83
47	Marissa	79	new	60
48	Christina	78	new	62
49	Kaitlyn	77	↓1	41
50	Briana	76	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	615	–	1
2	Matthew	585	–	3
3	Nicholas	457	–	6
4	Christopher	422	–	4
5	Daniel	374	↑3	11
6	John	357	↓1	15
7	Ryan	355	↓1	16
8	Joseph	345	↓1	12
9	Andrew	321	–	7
10	Zachary	319	↑3	13
11	Joshua	318	–	5
12	Tyler	306	↓2	10
13	Kyle	293	↑5	24
14	Anthony	283	↑3	18
15	Jacob	283	–	2
16	Alexander	279	–	22
17	David	272	↓3	14
18	William	269	↓6	19
19	Thomas	256	–	31
20	Justin	250	↑2	20
21	James	243	↓1	17
22	Brandon	240	↓1	8
23	Robert	232	↑1	23
24	Kevin	227	↓1	28
25	Jonathan	218	–	21
26	Benjamin	196	–	29
27	Samuel	195	↑2	27
28	Austin	183	↓1	9
29	Christian	178	↑4	25
30	Patrick	176	↑1	50
31	Jordan	159	↑1	26
32	Timothy	158	↑2	43
33	Eric	150	↓5	35
34	Connor	148	↑7	52
35	Dylan	147	↑3	30
36	Brian	145	↓6	37
37	Sean	136	↓2	48
38	Jason	121	↓2	41
39	Richard	115	↑4	51
40	Peter	111	↓1	>100
41	Brendan	110	new	>100
42	Charles	107	–	49
43	Mark	104	↑5	58
44	Adam	103	↓7	39
45	Nathan	102	new	34
46	Alex	101	↓2	55
47	Jack	99	↑2	76
48	Steven	98	↓8	40
49	Jake	96	new	>100
50	Ian	89	new	70

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