Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2009

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2009 were Isabella for girls (275 babies) and Michael for boys (258). Michael ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 27,911 babies born in Connecticut in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2009

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

Girls

Nyasia: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Emilia: 25 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Maeve: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Francesca: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Talia: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Juliette: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Meghan: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Juliana: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gianna: 91 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Julianna: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jadiel: 34 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Yadiel: 19 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Luca: 54 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Luciano: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Matteo: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kieran: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rocco: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Shaun: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jacoby: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peter: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	275	–	1
2	Olivia	236	–	3
3	Sophia	225	↑4	4
4	Ava	220	↓1	5
5	Emma	190	–	2
6	Madison	173	–	7
7	Abigail	154	↑1	8
8	Mia	151	↑4	10
9	Samantha	146	↑2	14
10	Emily	144	↓6	6
11	Gabriella	135	↑4	33
12	Chloe	122	↑16	9
13	Sarah	117	↑11	21
14	Elizabeth	115	↓1	11
15	Julia	106	↓6	50
16	Ella	103	↓2	15
17	Grace	100	↓7	17
18	Brianna	95	↑18	24
19	Lily	92	↓3	18
20	Gianna	91	↑5	76
21	Hailey	90	↓3	25
22	Victoria	88	↑9	31
23	Leah	84	↑20	29
24	Natalie	84	↓4	16
25	Charlotte	82	↑14	68
26	Alexandra	81	↑7	69
27	Kayla	81	↓5	35
28	Hannah	78	↓9	23
29	Avery	73	↑6	32
30	Brooke	73	↓7	54
31	Alyssa	72	↓4	19
32	Taylor	70	↓2	22
33	Addison	68	↑13	12
34	Alexa	68	↑7	43
35	Arianna	68	new	52
36	Riley	68	↑11	38
37	Ashley	67	↓5	20
38	Alexis	65	–	13
39	Anna	65	↓18	28
40	Maya	64	↓11	61
41	Sofia	64	↓24	36
42	Sophie	64	↑3	65
43	Molly	62	new	92
44	Madeline	59	↓7	64
45	Katherine	58	↓19	60
46	Lillian	57	↓12	27
47	Nevaeh	57	new	34
48	Amelia	56	new	55
49	Ariana	56	new	82
50	Caroline	56	↓2	87

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Michael	258	–	3
2	Ryan	253	↑1	20
3	Alexander	242	↑1	4
4	Matthew	231	↓2	13
5	Jayden	229	↑7	8
6	Ethan	219	↑12	2
7	William	202	–	5
8	Anthony	197	–	11
9	Joshua	192	↑8	6
10	Christopher	190	↓4	10
11	Nicholas	186	↓2	32
12	Daniel	185	↑1	7
13	Jacob	185	↓8	1
14	Joseph	183	↓3	15
15	James	179	↑4	18
16	Benjamin	173	↑8	19
17	Andrew	166	↓7	16
18	Tyler	164	↓3	28
19	John	159	↓5	26
20	Aiden	148	↑1	12
21	David	144	↑4	14
22	Jack	144	↓6	42
23	Gabriel	140	↑4	22
24	Nathan	139	↓1	25
25	Samuel	136	↑5	24
26	Dylan	135	↓6	30
27	Evan	135	↑8	35
28	Logan	135	↓6	17
29	Noah	135	↓1	9
30	Christian	130	↑4	23
31	Liam	123	new	49
32	Lucas	123	↑1	39
33	Justin	116	↓7	46
34	Jonathan	114	↓3	29
35	Gavin	112	↓3	33
36	Luke	112	↑2	47
37	Connor	111	↑3	52
38	Charles	109	new	64
39	Jackson	109	new	27
40	Zachary	109	↓4	53
41	Kevin	103	↑4	44
42	Mason	103	↑5	34
43	Elijah	99	↓6	21
44	Thomas	98	↓15	57
45	Robert	97	↓3	55
46	Chase	92	new	61
47	Brandon	87	↑1	38
48	Julian	87	↑1	62
49	Owen	87	↓10	51
50	Jason	86	↓6	66

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