Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2008

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2008 were Isabella for girls (260 babies) and Michael for boys (319). Isabella ranked #2 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,166 babies born in Connecticut in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2008

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

Girls

Meghan: 26 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maeve: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Juliette: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Giana: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alanna: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lilah: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lia: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shannon: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tatiana: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sage: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Yadiel: 25 babies, 14.9× the national rate
Jadiel: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Conor: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Rocco: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luca: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Finn: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 55 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Maximilian: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jake: 92 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dean: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Isabella	260	–	2
2	Olivia	237	–	4
3	Ava	231	–	5
4	Emily	211	↑1	3
5	Emma	202	↓1	1
6	Madison	181	↑2	6
7	Sophia	181	↓1	7
8	Abigail	168	↓1	8
9	Julia	137	–	41
10	Grace	136	–	21
11	Samantha	132	–	11
12	Mia	129	↑3	14
13	Elizabeth	120	–	9
14	Ella	119	↑2	19
15	Gabriella	101	↑4	35
16	Lily	99	↑16	24
17	Sofia	97	↑11	36
18	Hailey	95	↑16	25
19	Hannah	93	↓7	17
20	Natalie	93	↓2	13
21	Anna	91	↑24	26
22	Kayla	88	↓2	28
23	Brooke	87	↑4	52
24	Sarah	87	↓10	20
25	Gianna	82	↑4	88
26	Katherine	81	↓3	45
27	Alyssa	80	↓10	16
28	Chloe	80	↓3	10
29	Maya	80	↑10	71
30	Taylor	79	new	22
31	Victoria	79	↓5	27
32	Ashley	76	↓8	18
33	Alexandra	74	↓11	61
34	Lillian	74	↑13	29
35	Avery	73	↑1	38
36	Brianna	73	↓15	23
37	Madeline	73	↑12	56
38	Alexis	71	new	15
39	Charlotte	69	↓8	86
40	Lauren	69	↓10	30
41	Alexa	68	–	50
42	Angelina	68	↓7	69
43	Leah	65	new	40
44	Makayla	63	new	37
45	Sophie	62	↓1	75
46	Addison	61	↓13	12
47	Riley	61	new	39
48	Caroline	60	new	94
49	Kylie	57	new	51
50	Nicole	57	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Michael	319	–	2
2	Matthew	266	–	10
3	Ryan	265	–	18
4	Alexander	256	↑2	6
5	Jacob	249	↑5	1
6	Christopher	242	↑3	9
7	William	233	–	8
8	Anthony	226	↓3	7
9	Nicholas	211	↓1	29
10	Andrew	210	↑6	12
11	Joseph	210	↓7	13
12	Jayden	205	↑1	11
13	Daniel	195	↓2	5
14	John	194	↑1	20
15	Tyler	190	↑2	28
16	Jack	179	↓2	39
17	Joshua	179	↓5	4
18	Ethan	173	–	3
19	James	173	↑1	17
20	Dylan	160	↑9	31
21	Aiden	155	↑6	16
22	Logan	153	↓1	19
23	Nathan	153	↓4	21
24	Benjamin	152	↓2	25
25	David	147	↓1	14
26	Justin	144	↑5	44
27	Gabriel	142	↑8	24
28	Noah	139	↓5	15
29	Thomas	138	↓4	52
30	Samuel	136	↓4	27
31	Jonathan	129	↑1	26
32	Gavin	128	↑6	30
33	Lucas	121	–	46
34	Christian	120	↓4	23
35	Evan	115	↓7	38
36	Zachary	115	↓2	47
37	Elijah	113	↑5	22
38	Luke	112	↑2	43
39	Owen	110	↓2	58
40	Connor	106	↓4	57
41	Aidan	99	↓2	59
42	Robert	98	↑2	49
43	Angel	97	↑7	36
44	Jason	96	↑1	60
45	Kevin	96	↓2	41
46	Jordan	95	–	48
47	Mason	95	↑1	35
48	Brandon	94	new	33
49	Julian	93	new	61
50	Jake	92	new	>100

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