Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2011

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2011 were Sophia for girls (256 babies) and Alexander for boys (234). Alexander ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,691 babies born in Connecticut in 2011 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2011

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: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gianna: 119 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Giuliana: 27 babies, 4× the national rate
Caitlin: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Adrianna: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gia: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Julia: 94 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leila: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alexandra: 71 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tessa: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Carmelo: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jadiel: 15 babies, 5× the national rate
Rocco: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gianni: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Nico: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Matteo: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dante: 34 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luca: 33 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Theodore: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marco: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	256	↑2	1
2	Isabella	232	↓1	2
3	Olivia	225	↓1	4
4	Emma	198	↑1	3
5	Ava	196	↓1	5
6	Madison	166	↑1	8
7	Mia	161	↑1	9
8	Emily	139	↑2	6
9	Abigail	124	↓3	7
10	Gianna	119	↑4	63
11	Chloe	118	↑4	10
12	Ella	108	–	12
13	Gabriella	105	↓4	34
14	Charlotte	103	↑3	27
15	Grace	100	↓4	16
16	Lily	97	↑2	15
17	Sofia	96	↑2	19
18	Julia	94	↓5	58
19	Samantha	87	↓3	17
20	Avery	86	↑2	18
21	Natalie	84	↑9	14
22	Victoria	80	↑2	23
23	Elizabeth	79	↓3	11
24	Brianna	73	↑7	45
25	Leah	73	↑4	29
26	Alexandra	71	↑16	76
27	Addison	70	↓2	13
28	Lillian	69	↑17	22
29	Hailey	67	↑6	32
30	Amelia	65	↓3	30
31	Maya	64	↓3	64
32	Zoe	64	↓11	31
33	Caroline	63	↑16	87
34	Arianna	61	↓8	52
35	Riley	60	↓12	47
36	Brooke	58	↑1	86
37	Hannah	58	↓1	25
38	Alyssa	57	new	37
39	Katherine	56	↓1	61
40	Kayla	56	↓8	59
41	Sarah	55	↓8	39
42	Anna	54	↓8	38
43	Molly	54	new	78
44	Layla	53	↓5	35
45	Ashley	52	new	42
46	Kaylee	52	↑4	36
47	Alexis	50	new	26
48	Aubrey	50	new	20
49	Evelyn	50	new	24
50	Savannah	50	↓4	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Alexander	234	↑1	8
2	Mason	231	↑10	2
3	Michael	230	↓2	6
4	Ryan	225	↑1	25
5	Jacob	196	↓2	1
6	William	192	↑1	3
7	Joseph	184	↑7	22
8	Anthony	180	↑3	11
9	Matthew	177	↓5	12
10	Jayden	175	↓4	4
11	John	172	↑17	27
12	Noah	172	↓4	5
13	Nicholas	167	–	42
14	Ethan	164	↓4	7
15	Aiden	162	↑7	9
16	Benjamin	157	↑4	19
17	Christopher	152	↓8	20
18	Jack	151	↑1	45
19	Andrew	147	↓2	16
20	James	145	↓4	17
21	Daniel	139	↑3	10
22	Nathan	133	↑3	28
23	Liam	132	↑6	15
24	Logan	131	↓1	21
25	Jackson	129	↑11	23
26	Joshua	129	↓8	14
27	Tyler	129	↓12	38
28	David	128	↑3	18
29	Lucas	123	↓2	29
30	Dylan	121	↓9	33
31	Gabriel	120	↓5	24
32	Christian	119	↑3	30
33	Evan	119	–	40
34	Connor	116	↑7	54
35	Jonathan	113	↓1	31
36	Elijah	109	↑4	13
37	Samuel	107	↓5	26
38	Thomas	107	–	63
39	Luke	102	↑4	39
40	Henry	101	new	57
41	Gavin	99	↓11	37
42	Chase	96	↑4	69
43	Charles	94	↑1	61
44	Cameron	90	new	53
45	Jeremiah	89	new	49
46	Caleb	88	new	32
47	Jordan	88	↓2	46
48	Owen	87	↓6	44
49	Brandon	83	new	47
50	Brayden	83	new	36

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