Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2012

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2012 were Emma for girls (246 babies) and Mason for boys (230). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Mason ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 26,062 babies born in Connecticut in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2012

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: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Giuliana: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Michaela: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Julia: 95 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Gianna: 88 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lilyana: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sage: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Emilia: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gia: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Brooke: 61 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Jadiel: 22 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Carmelo: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rocco: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luca: 47 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Enzo: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rory: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Matteo: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Frank: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Brendan: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Danny: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	246	↑3	2
2	Olivia	235	↑1	4
3	Isabella	234	↓1	3
4	Sophia	227	↓3	1
5	Ava	185	–	5
6	Mia	169	↑1	8
7	Emily	148	↑1	6
8	Charlotte	127	↑6	19
9	Abigail	118	–	7
10	Madison	114	↓4	9
11	Avery	103	↑9	13
12	Ella	102	–	12
13	Sofia	102	↑4	18
14	Gabriella	100	↓1	37
15	Julia	95	↑3	65
16	Lily	93	–	16
17	Gianna	88	↓7	73
18	Grace	88	↓3	21
19	Samantha	84	–	26
20	Elizabeth	83	↑3	10
21	Victoria	82	↑1	28
22	Chloe	81	↓11	11
23	Hannah	80	↑14	22
24	Zoe	77	↑8	30
25	Amelia	76	↑5	23
26	Natalie	72	↓5	17
27	Alexa	71	new	57
28	Leah	71	↓3	33
29	Arianna	69	↑5	49
30	Hailey	67	↓1	32
31	Layla	67	↑13	31
32	Lillian	67	↓4	25
33	Addison	62	↓6	14
34	Sophie	62	new	52
35	Aubrey	61	↑13	15
36	Brooke	61	–	>100
37	Sarah	61	↑4	42
38	Riley	59	↓3	47
39	Anna	56	↑3	34
40	Alexandra	55	↓14	76
41	Madeline	54	new	96
42	Maya	54	↓11	63
43	Taylor	54	new	46
44	Aaliyah	51	new	36
45	Harper	51	new	24
46	Molly	51	↓3	90
47	Brooklyn	50	new	29
48	Kayla	50	↓8	69
49	Kaylee	50	↓3	35
50	Savannah	50	–	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Mason	230	↑1	2
2	Jacob	214	↑3	1
3	Michael	210	–	7
4	Liam	203	↑19	6
5	Ethan	191	↑9	3
6	Jayden	188	↑4	8
7	Anthony	186	↑1	15
8	Matthew	181	↑1	12
9	Noah	177	↑3	4
10	Ryan	174	↓6	26
11	William	172	↓5	5
12	James	166	↑8	14
13	Alexander	164	↓12	9
14	Joseph	162	↓7	19
15	Benjamin	157	↑1	16
16	Daniel	155	↑5	11
17	Logan	151	↑7	22
18	Aiden	148	↓3	10
19	John	148	↓8	28
20	Nicholas	145	↓7	49
21	Jack	144	↓3	46
22	Nathan	140	–	29
23	Jackson	137	↑2	21
24	Tyler	131	↑3	50
25	Lucas	127	↑4	27
26	Elijah	122	↑10	13
27	Andrew	121	↓8	18
28	Christopher	118	↓11	23
29	Joshua	117	↓3	17
30	Gabriel	114	↑1	24
31	David	113	↓3	20
32	Evan	112	↑1	47
33	Christian	110	↓1	33
34	Samuel	110	↑3	25
35	Luke	108	↑4	37
36	Dylan	106	↓6	31
37	Cameron	100	↑7	54
38	Connor	97	↓4	59
39	Gavin	97	↑2	40
40	Henry	97	–	44
41	Zachary	97	new	67
42	Caleb	92	↑4	32
43	Brandon	88	↑6	56
44	Sebastian	87	new	64
45	Chase	86	↓3	77
46	Charles	85	↓3	62
47	Owen	81	↑1	38
48	Carter	78	new	36
49	Brayden	76	↑1	39
50	Hunter	74	new	45

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