Popular baby names in Connecticut, 1999

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 1999 were Emily for girls (400 babies) and Matthew for boys (589). Matthew ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,562 babies born in Connecticut in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 1999

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

Girls

Maeve: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Charlotte: 37 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Colleen: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Juliana: 34 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cara: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jillian: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tatiana: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Francesca: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gillian: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julia: 224 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Sam: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Peter: 101 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Theodore: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Francis: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Liam: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Jake: 107 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shaun: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jack: 185 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Louis: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Griffin: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	400	–	1
2	Sarah	296	–	4
3	Samantha	288	–	5
4	Julia	224	↑1	30
5	Emma	223	↑14	17
6	Ashley	222	↓2	6
7	Olivia	222	–	20
8	Jessica	221	↓2	9
9	Hannah	210	↑3	2
10	Alyssa	181	↓1	11
11	Elizabeth	180	–	10
12	Taylor	176	↑1	8
13	Brianna	174	↑3	14
14	Alexandra	173	↑7	32
15	Kayla	170	↑8	13
16	Lauren	170	↑2	12
17	Megan	167	–	15
18	Amanda	163	↓8	22
19	Nicole	159	↓11	25
20	Victoria	159	–	16
21	Madison	158	↑1	7
22	Rachel	156	↓7	19
23	Abigail	150	↑1	18
24	Alexis	143	↓10	3
25	Katherine	141	↑1	36
26	Grace	140	↑19	27
27	Rebecca	131	↓2	38
28	Morgan	109	↓1	24
29	Jennifer	101	↓1	21
30	Anna	100	↑3	29
31	Kaitlyn	97	–	33
32	Natalie	97	↓2	34
33	Sydney	97	new	23
34	Jenna	96	↑1	61
35	Danielle	95	↓3	43
36	Allison	89	↓7	40
37	Erin	89	↑1	58
38	Isabella	89	new	60
39	Stephanie	87	↓5	37
40	Caroline	85	↓3	71
41	Destiny	84	↑3	28
42	Gabrielle	83	↑1	46
43	Sara	83	↓1	50
44	Courtney	79	new	44
45	Alexa	77	↓9	89
46	Jordan	75	new	48
47	Gabriella	72	new	>100
48	Haley	71	↓9	31
49	Shannon	71	new	>100
50	Brittany	69	↓9	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Matthew	589	↑1	3
2	Michael	558	↓1	2
3	Nicholas	438	–	5
4	Christopher	414	–	6
5	John	410	↑4	15
6	Ryan	375	↓1	12
7	Jacob	326	↑6	1
8	Joseph	322	↓1	8
9	Andrew	319	↓3	7
10	William	309	↑2	14
11	Anthony	300	↑5	18
12	Joshua	295	↓1	4
13	Zachary	285	↑1	17
14	Daniel	283	↓4	9
15	Tyler	283	↓7	10
16	Alexander	261	↑2	21
17	Kyle	260	–	28
18	Justin	256	↑1	20
19	Thomas	250	↑5	31
20	James	244	↓5	19
21	David	226	↓1	16
22	Benjamin	208	↑1	29
23	Jonathan	204	↓1	22
24	Samuel	201	↑5	27
25	Brandon	196	↓4	11
26	Kevin	191	↓1	34
27	Robert	190	–	26
28	Jack	185	↑4	52
29	Dylan	173	↓1	23
30	Brian	157	↑8	43
31	Noah	157	↑5	24
32	Sean	157	↑8	56
33	Nathan	151	↑9	32
34	Christian	142	↓3	25
35	Jason	142	–	40
36	Jordan	135	↓10	30
37	Austin	134	↓7	13
38	Connor	130	↓4	48
39	Patrick	124	↓6	63
40	Cameron	115	↑3	33
41	Ethan	113	↑6	37
42	Adam	108	↓1	44
43	Evan	108	↑6	57
44	Jake	107	↑6	97
45	Timothy	105	↓6	49
46	Eric	102	↓9	39
47	Peter	101	↓3	>100
48	Charles	92	new	50
49	Jared	92	new	54
50	Mark	89	new	69

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