Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2000

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2000 were Emily for girls (335 babies) and Michael for boys (553). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 33,352 babies born in Connecticut in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2000

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: 22 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Colleen: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Clare: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charlotte: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Eliza: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tatiana: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Phoebe: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Carly: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kayleigh: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julia: 219 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Luca: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Liam: 76 babies, 3× the national rate
Conor: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jake: 94 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brendan: 86 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Peter: 72 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jack: 176 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sean: 153 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shane: 71 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Owen: 58 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	335	–	1
2	Sarah	258	–	5
3	Samantha	254	–	7
4	Olivia	252	↑3	16
5	Hannah	241	↑4	2
6	Julia	219	↓2	29
7	Ashley	203	↓1	4
8	Madison	199	↑13	3
9	Jessica	197	↓1	8
10	Emma	193	↓5	17
11	Elizabeth	190	–	9
12	Lauren	183	↑4	11
13	Alyssa	178	↓3	12
14	Grace	173	↑12	19
15	Kayla	171	–	13
16	Amanda	168	↑2	32
17	Victoria	165	↑3	20
18	Brianna	164	↓5	15
19	Abigail	162	↑4	14
20	Alexandra	158	↓6	36
21	Nicole	155	↓2	31
22	Katherine	151	↑3	33
23	Taylor	149	↓11	10
24	Alexis	143	–	6
25	Megan	140	↓8	18
26	Rachel	135	↓4	21
27	Caroline	125	↑13	65
28	Sydney	124	↑5	23
29	Sophia	112	new	42
30	Anna	111	–	22
31	Rebecca	111	↓4	39
32	Isabella	108	↑6	45
33	Erin	100	↑4	61
34	Destiny	99	↑7	24
35	Morgan	98	↓7	25
36	Gabrielle	92	↑6	49
37	Kaitlyn	90	↓6	30
38	Jennifer	87	↓9	26
39	Natalie	87	↓7	34
40	Jenna	83	↓6	63
41	Stephanie	83	↓2	40
42	Alexa	81	↑3	87
43	Allison	81	↓7	44
44	Haley	80	↑4	28
45	Caitlin	75	new	76
46	Molly	74	new	96
47	Danielle	73	↓12	48
48	Christina	72	new	73
49	Madeline	72	new	56
50	Kelly	71	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	553	↑1	2
2	Matthew	461	↓1	3
3	Nicholas	440	–	6
4	Christopher	384	–	5
5	Ryan	369	↑1	13
6	Jacob	326	↑1	1
7	John	325	↓2	14
8	Joshua	322	↑4	4
9	Joseph	321	↓1	8
10	William	308	–	11
11	Alexander	300	↑5	20
12	Zachary	293	↑1	15
13	Andrew	292	↓4	7
14	Daniel	282	–	9
15	Tyler	273	–	10
16	Anthony	267	↓5	17
17	James	247	↑3	18
18	Thomas	229	↑1	33
19	David	228	↑2	16
20	Justin	228	↓2	19
21	Benjamin	226	↑1	26
22	Kyle	209	↓5	37
23	Jonathan	199	–	21
24	Robert	191	↑3	29
25	Kevin	187	↑1	32
26	Brandon	180	↓1	12
27	Christian	179	↑7	22
28	Dylan	176	↑1	24
29	Jack	176	↓1	46
30	Samuel	159	↓6	28
31	Noah	157	–	27
32	Nathan	154	↑1	30
33	Sean	153	↓1	57
34	Jason	146	↑1	39
35	Cameron	140	↑5	31
36	Jordan	140	–	36
37	Ethan	137	↑4	25
38	Brian	129	↓8	43
39	Connor	129	↓1	50
40	Evan	128	↑3	55
41	Eric	117	↑5	42
42	Timothy	115	↑3	58
43	Patrick	108	↓4	68
44	Alex	103	new	62
45	Jared	103	↑4	56
46	Adam	100	↓4	45
47	Austin	99	↓10	23
48	Charles	99	–	51
49	Steven	97	new	54
50	Jake	94	↓6	96

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