Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2002

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2002 were Emily for girls (307 babies) and Michael for boys (476). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 32,339 babies born in Connecticut in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2002

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: 24 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Charlotte: 54 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Julia: 229 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Sophie: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gillian: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gianna: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Francesca: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Phoebe: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Jillian: 64 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Juliana: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Francis: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Quinn: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Graham: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Peter: 77 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Griffin: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jack: 221 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jake: 90 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Theodore: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dean: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Emily	307	–	1
2	Olivia	257	↑1	10
3	Emma	244	↑6	4
4	Samantha	230	↑2	9
5	Julia	229	↓3	33
6	Madison	209	↑2	2
7	Sarah	195	↓2	8
8	Abigail	193	↓1	7
9	Isabella	188	↑1	14
10	Elizabeth	171	↑4	11
11	Grace	165	↑1	15
12	Hannah	164	↓8	3
13	Victoria	162	↑5	21
14	Ashley	161	↓1	6
15	Lauren	161	–	13
16	Kayla	153	↑1	19
17	Rachel	149	↑11	24
18	Nicole	142	↑2	37
19	Jessica	137	↓8	16
20	Alexandra	136	↑2	38
21	Alyssa	135	↓2	12
22	Brianna	133	↓6	17
23	Alexis	130	↑6	5
24	Anna	130	↑6	20
25	Sophia	130	↑10	27
26	Katherine	119	↓3	36
27	Amanda	115	↓3	46
28	Jenna	106	↑6	47
29	Morgan	105	↑2	29
30	Caroline	103	↓5	67
31	Megan	103	↓10	22
32	Sydney	96	↓5	23
33	Taylor	94	↓7	18
34	Kaitlyn	92	↓1	32
35	Natalie	91	↑13	30
36	Mackenzie	85	↑3	42
37	Rebecca	85	↑3	54
38	Ava	81	new	82
39	Chloe	76	↑10	25
40	Paige	76	new	51
41	Sara	73	new	59
42	Lily	72	new	79
43	Allison	71	new	44
44	Hailey	70	↓7	31
45	Molly	70	↓1	>100
46	Jennifer	69	↓3	28
47	Madeline	68	↓6	56
48	Mia	68	new	43
49	Brooke	67	new	52
50	Alexa	66	↓12	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	476	–	2
2	Matthew	417	–	4
3	Nicholas	397	–	9
4	Ryan	343	↑2	16
5	Christopher	336	↓1	8
6	Joshua	314	↑4	3
7	Joseph	306	↑1	7
8	Jacob	302	↓1	1
9	Anthony	293	–	12
10	John	291	↓5	17
11	Andrew	287	–	6
12	William	287	↑2	11
13	Alexander	286	↓1	15
14	Daniel	275	↓1	10
15	Zachary	251	–	19
16	Justin	249	–	22
17	Tyler	227	–	14
18	Jack	221	↑3	44
19	James	218	↓1	18
20	Benjamin	217	↓1	27
21	Kyle	212	↑7	40
22	Ethan	205	↑3	5
23	David	195	↓1	13
24	Thomas	193	↓4	36
25	Jonathan	183	↓1	21
26	Dylan	170	–	23
27	Kevin	165	↓4	33
28	Samuel	161	↓1	25
29	Robert	159	–	34
30	Nathan	157	↑4	28
31	Brandon	151	↑2	20
32	Jason	151	↓1	42
33	Aidan	150	↑16	60
34	Christian	147	↓2	24
35	Sean	147	–	59
36	Connor	130	↓6	47
37	Evan	125	↑5	56
38	Brian	120	↑2	51
39	Luke	118	↑4	46
40	Noah	115	↓4	31
41	Adam	114	↓3	55
42	Cameron	107	↓3	39
43	Gabriel	106	↑5	32
44	Patrick	105	↓7	79
45	Jordan	99	↓4	37
46	Eric	97	↓2	52
47	Hunter	96	new	38
48	Austin	95	↓3	26
49	Isaiah	93	new	45
50	Logan	91	new	29

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