Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1998

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1998 were Emily for girls (347 babies) and Michael for boys (636). Social Security records list 34,154 babies born in Connecticut in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1998

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

Girls

Katharine: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Gianna: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Juliana: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jillian: 56 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nina: 38 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eliza: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julia: 221 babies, 3× the national rate
Charlotte: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Colleen: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Alexa: 92 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Tariq: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Liam: 75 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peter: 104 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Owen: 56 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Duncan: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dante: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Griffin: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Conor: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jake: 95 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jack: 157 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	347	–	1
2	Sarah	325	–	4
3	Samantha	267	–	3
4	Ashley	236	–	5
5	Julia	221	↑3	32
6	Jessica	211	↑1	8
7	Olivia	211	↑4	21
8	Nicole	209	↑2	24
9	Alyssa	203	↑5	11
10	Amanda	202	↓4	19
11	Elizabeth	201	↑7	10
12	Hannah	198	↑3	2
13	Taylor	198	↓8	7
14	Alexis	189	↑10	6
15	Rachel	188	↑1	15
16	Brianna	179	↑7	17
17	Megan	175	↓8	13
18	Lauren	174	↓6	14
19	Emma	170	↓2	22
20	Victoria	168	↑1	16
21	Alexandra	164	↓8	27
22	Madison	161	↑11	9
23	Kayla	150	↓4	12
24	Abigail	141	↑2	18
25	Rebecca	141	↓5	30
26	Katherine	135	↓4	33
27	Morgan	125	↑4	23
28	Jennifer	112	↓3	20
29	Allison	102	↑13	38
30	Natalie	102	↑11	40
31	Kaitlyn	101	↑18	35
32	Danielle	100	↓4	41
33	Anna	98	↓3	31
34	Stephanie	98	↓7	29
35	Jenna	95	↑3	65
36	Alexa	92	new	93
37	Caroline	92	↓5	75
38	Erin	90	↓1	57
39	Haley	88	↓5	36
40	Kelly	86	↑6	90
41	Brittany	85	↓12	25
42	Sara	85	↓6	48
43	Gabrielle	84	–	47
44	Destiny	82	new	34
45	Grace	82	new	53
46	Madeline	82	new	50
47	Melissa	79	↓3	59
48	Brooke	78	new	46
49	Christina	78	↓1	69
50	Amber	76	↓15	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	636	–	1
2	Matthew	532	–	3
3	Nicholas	422	–	6
4	Christopher	396	–	5
5	Ryan	382	↑2	17
6	Andrew	359	↑3	9
7	Joseph	341	↑1	11
8	Tyler	338	↑4	8
9	John	333	↓3	15
10	Daniel	323	↓5	12
11	Joshua	308	–	4
12	William	306	↑6	14
13	Jacob	305	↑2	2
14	Zachary	295	↓4	16
15	James	286	↑6	18
16	Anthony	280	↓2	19
17	Kyle	274	↓4	24
18	Alexander	270	↓2	22
19	Justin	247	↑1	20
20	David	241	↓3	13
21	Brandon	232	↑1	7
22	Jonathan	229	↑3	21
23	Benjamin	215	↑3	30
24	Thomas	213	↓5	31
25	Kevin	207	↓1	32
26	Jordan	182	↑5	27
27	Robert	180	↓4	23
28	Dylan	165	↑7	25
29	Samuel	165	↓2	28
30	Austin	161	↓2	10
31	Christian	160	↓2	26
32	Jack	157	↑15	61
33	Patrick	155	↓3	57
34	Connor	147	–	47
35	Jason	137	↑3	40
36	Noah	137	new	29
37	Eric	132	↓4	39
38	Brian	131	↓2	41
39	Timothy	130	↓7	49
40	Sean	128	↓3	50
41	Adam	126	↑3	45
42	Nathan	109	↑3	34
43	Cameron	105	new	35
44	Peter	104	↓4	>100
45	Aaron	102	new	37
46	Richard	102	↓7	56
47	Ethan	99	new	38
48	Luis	97	new	53
49	Evan	95	new	63
50	Jake	95	↓1	>100

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