Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2018

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2018 were Olivia for girls (203 babies) and Noah for boys (237). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,444 babies born in Connecticut in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2018

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

Girls

Siena: 19 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maeve: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gabriella: 82 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gianna: 73 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Juliette: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elle: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Angelina: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Lana: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Fiona: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lia: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Brendan: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Nico: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rocco: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Julius: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luca: 78 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Colin: 32 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ryan: 132 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cameron: 103 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Nicholas: 88 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jake: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Olivia	203	–	2
2	Emma	201	–	1
3	Isabella	181	↑3	4
4	Charlotte	171	↑3	6
5	Ava	168	↓2	3
6	Sophia	164	↓1	5
7	Mia	160	↓3	7
8	Amelia	136	–	8
9	Abigail	128	↑3	11
10	Ella	117	–	15
11	Avery	106	–	16
12	Sofia	106	↑8	17
13	Madison	103	–	22
14	Grace	101	↓5	24
15	Emily	97	↓1	12
16	Aria	95	–	19
17	Nora	84	–	30
18	Riley	83	↑1	28
19	Gabriella	82	↑6	69
20	Elizabeth	80	↑11	13
21	Victoria	80	↓3	21
22	Harper	79	↓7	9
23	Mila	78	↑10	14
24	Lily	77	–	31
25	Gianna	73	↓2	80
26	Stella	73	↑10	38
27	Hannah	71	↓5	33
28	Evelyn	69	↑2	10
29	Penelope	69	↓2	26
30	Scarlett	69	↓4	20
31	Zoe	67	↑15	40
32	Emilia	66	↑11	58
33	Chloe	65	↓12	25
34	Layla	65	↑6	27
35	Camila	63	↑3	18
36	Luna	62	new	23
37	Claire	60	new	50
38	Valentina	60	new	81
39	Addison	59	new	35
40	Hailey	57	↑2	79
41	Natalie	56	↓12	39
42	Ariana	55	↑5	68
43	Julia	55	↓2	93
44	Anna	54	new	54
45	Eleanor	53	↓13	32
46	Madelyn	53	new	72
47	Maya	53	↓13	62
48	Aubrey	52	↓13	37
49	Savannah	51	↓21	45
50	Violet	51	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Noah	237	–	2
2	Liam	219	–	1
3	Benjamin	178	↑4	6
4	Logan	166	↓1	10
5	Lucas	165	↑1	8
6	Alexander	164	↑10	11
7	Joseph	161	↑3	23
8	James	158	–	4
9	Mason	157	↑2	9
10	Jack	151	↑10	28
11	Michael	151	↓6	14
12	Jacob	149	↓8	13
13	Ethan	141	↑2	12
14	William	138	↓2	3
15	Ryan	132	↑2	46
16	Henry	128	↓2	16
17	Oliver	124	↑13	5
18	John	120	↑11	26
19	Daniel	119	↑9	15
20	Jackson	119	↓1	17
21	Dylan	118	↓3	31
22	Carter	115	↑16	24
23	Matthew	115	↓14	20
24	Owen	112	↑7	25
25	Nathan	111	↑1	48
26	Anthony	106	↓13	38
27	Cameron	103	new	69
28	Samuel	103	↑14	21
29	Theodore	103	↑15	44
30	Jayden	102	↑6	29
31	Gabriel	99	↓10	35
32	Aiden	98	↓5	19
33	Charles	97	↑10	53
34	Thomas	97	↓1	49
35	Elijah	95	↑4	7
36	David	93	↓11	22
37	Andrew	91	↓5	43
38	Christopher	88	↑2	42
39	Nicholas	88	↓15	74
40	Julian	87	↓18	36
41	Connor	86	↓6	58
42	Luke	85	↓19	30
43	Caleb	84	↑2	45
44	Sebastian	84	↓10	18
45	Luca	78	↑3	>100
46	Grayson	77	new	32
47	Wyatt	74	new	27
48	Jeremiah	73	↓2	64
49	Greyson	72	new	77
50	Hunter	71	new	56

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