Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2001

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2001 were Emily for girls (327 babies) and Michael for boys (489). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,918 babies born in Connecticut in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2001

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

Girls

Clare: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Francesca: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Charlotte: 44 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Julia: 273 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Carolyn: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gianna: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gillian: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sophie: 59 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Meghan: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sage: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colin: 93 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Peter: 88 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Sam: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jack: 209 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Griffin: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jake: 91 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Conor: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Liam: 71 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Owen: 71 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	327	–	1
2	Julia	273	↑4	27
3	Olivia	249	↑1	10
4	Hannah	237	↑1	3
5	Sarah	232	↓3	6
6	Samantha	229	↓3	7
7	Abigail	202	↑12	8
8	Madison	201	–	2
9	Emma	198	↑1	13
10	Isabella	187	↑22	28
11	Jessica	186	↓2	11
12	Grace	175	↑2	16
13	Ashley	169	↓6	4
14	Elizabeth	168	↓3	9
15	Lauren	161	↓3	15
16	Brianna	159	↑2	18
17	Kayla	158	↓2	17
18	Victoria	158	↓1	21
19	Alyssa	148	↓6	14
20	Nicole	146	↑1	36
21	Megan	141	↑4	20
22	Alexandra	135	↓2	38
23	Katherine	129	↓1	35
24	Amanda	128	↓8	39
25	Caroline	128	↑2	62
26	Taylor	121	↓3	12
27	Sydney	120	↑1	23
28	Rachel	119	↓2	24
29	Alexis	117	↓5	5
30	Anna	106	–	19
31	Morgan	99	↑4	29
32	Erin	97	↑1	60
33	Kaitlyn	95	↑4	31
34	Jenna	93	↑6	45
35	Sophia	91	↓6	37
36	Stephanie	91	↑5	43
37	Hailey	83	new	33
38	Alexa	82	↑4	78
39	Mackenzie	81	new	40
40	Rebecca	81	↓9	46
41	Madeline	80	↑8	56
42	Gabriella	79	new	83
43	Jennifer	76	↓5	26
44	Molly	75	↑2	90
45	Jasmine	73	new	25
46	Catherine	72	new	81
47	Michelle	72	new	59
48	Natalie	69	↓9	32
49	Chloe	68	new	30
50	Danielle	68	↓3	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	489	–	2
2	Matthew	457	–	3
3	Nicholas	388	–	6
4	Christopher	359	–	5
5	John	343	↑2	14
6	Ryan	338	↓1	15
7	Jacob	317	↓1	1
8	Joseph	302	↑1	8
9	Anthony	297	↑7	11
10	Joshua	293	↓2	4
11	Andrew	285	↑2	7
12	Alexander	274	↓1	20
13	Daniel	274	↑1	9
14	William	269	↓4	10
15	Zachary	258	↓3	16
16	Justin	245	↑4	22
17	Tyler	233	↓2	13
18	James	229	↓1	19
19	Benjamin	220	↑2	27
20	Thomas	212	↓2	33
21	Jack	209	↑8	48
22	David	203	↓3	12
23	Kevin	193	↑2	32
24	Jonathan	189	↓1	23
25	Ethan	183	↑12	17
26	Dylan	182	↑2	21
27	Samuel	180	↑3	26
28	Kyle	173	↓6	40
29	Robert	171	↓5	30
30	Connor	170	↑9	49
31	Jason	170	↑3	41
32	Christian	162	↓5	24
33	Brandon	161	↓7	18
34	Nathan	150	↓2	31
35	Sean	132	↓2	57
36	Noah	126	↓5	28
37	Patrick	126	↑6	72
38	Adam	116	↑8	51
39	Cameron	113	↓4	35
40	Brian	111	↓2	46
41	Jordan	107	↓5	39
42	Evan	104	↓2	56
43	Luke	101	new	50
44	Eric	100	↓3	44
45	Austin	97	↑2	25
46	Timothy	95	↓4	67
47	Colin	93	new	>100
48	Gabriel	93	new	38
49	Aidan	92	new	86
50	Charles	92	↓2	55

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