Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2006

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2006 were Isabella for girls (271 babies) and Michael for boys (297). Isabella ranked #4 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,584 babies born in Connecticut in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2006

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: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lila: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Charlotte: 82 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Gianna: 95 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casey: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sage: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shannon: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Julia: 174 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jillian: 50 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Meghan: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Gianni: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Yandel: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Conor: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Luca: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Griffin: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Quinn: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Theodore: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Patrick: 92 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Colin: 88 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Isabella	271	↑4	4
2	Emily	264	–	1
3	Ava	252	–	5
4	Olivia	238	↓3	7
5	Emma	215	↓1	2
6	Madison	194	–	3
7	Grace	183	↑1	16
8	Julia	174	↑3	31
9	Abigail	171	↓2	6
10	Sophia	169	↓1	9
11	Samantha	159	↓1	10
12	Hannah	141	↑3	8
13	Mia	141	↑3	13
14	Sarah	141	↓1	15
15	Gabriella	123	↑10	50
16	Elizabeth	122	↓4	11
17	Ashley	121	–	12
18	Brianna	111	↑6	20
19	Lauren	108	–	24
20	Anna	107	–	22
21	Katherine	107	↓7	37
22	Victoria	104	↑6	27
23	Ella	103	–	21
24	Kayla	99	↓3	26
25	Alyssa	98	↓3	19
26	Gianna	95	↑10	98
27	Alexandra	93	↓9	40
28	Chloe	88	↑15	18
29	Sofia	85	↑1	55
30	Alexa	84	↑10	39
31	Brooke	83	new	44
32	Natalie	83	↓6	17
33	Taylor	83	↑2	23
34	Charlotte	82	↑14	>100
35	Hailey	82	↓8	25
36	Alexis	79	↓7	14
37	Lily	79	↓6	33
38	Maya	72	↑7	57
39	Caroline	71	↓1	89
40	Morgan	71	↑4	35
41	Angelina	70	↑5	49
42	Rachel	70	↓1	48
43	Leah	68	new	68
44	Nicole	68	↓5	74
45	Sydney	68	↓12	34
46	Molly	67	new	>100
47	Riley	66	↑3	56
48	Madeline	65	new	71
49	Mackenzie	63	new	53
50	Amanda	62	↓16	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Michael	297	↑2	2
2	Matthew	293	–	5
3	Ryan	292	↓2	14
4	Nicholas	283	–	17
5	Anthony	269	–	9
6	Alexander	255	↑2	12
7	Joseph	252	↑8	11
8	William	246	↓1	10
9	Jacob	244	↑2	1
10	John	238	–	19
11	Daniel	236	↑6	6
12	Andrew	235	↓3	7
13	Christopher	230	↑3	8
14	Joshua	226	↓8	3
15	Tyler	221	↓2	18
16	Jack	202	↓4	36
17	Benjamin	193	↓3	24
18	James	189	↑1	16
19	David	171	↑1	13
20	Ethan	171	↓2	4
21	Thomas	170	–	51
22	Jonathan	166	↑9	22
23	Nathan	160	↑1	23
24	Christian	159	↓1	21
25	Dylan	157	↓3	26
26	Logan	151	↑12	20
27	Aidan	149	↓2	44
28	Noah	148	↓2	15
29	Zachary	141	↓2	33
30	Justin	140	↑2	45
31	Luke	138	↑9	43
32	Samuel	138	↓4	25
33	Jayden	132	↑6	49
34	Evan	128	↑1	42
35	Jason	126	↑2	55
36	Connor	124	↓2	53
37	Brandon	123	↑4	27
38	Gabriel	122	↓5	28
39	Kevin	117	↓10	37
40	Owen	117	↑4	58
41	Robert	110	↓11	47
42	Lucas	109	–	59
43	Sean	108	↑2	68
44	Gavin	107	new	38
45	Mason	106	new	40
46	Aiden	105	↑2	32
47	Elijah	103	↓4	29
48	Cameron	100	↑2	52
49	Kyle	100	↓13	81
50	Isaiah	97	new	39

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