Popular baby names in Connecticut, 2021

The most popular baby names in Connecticut in 2021 were Olivia for girls (222 babies) and Noah for boys (250). Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 25,995 babies born in Connecticut in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Connecticut in 2021

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

Girls

Serena: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brooke: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Liana: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Madeleine: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bianca: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Hailey: 80 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mackenzie: 57 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Fiona: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alessia: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Milani: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Vincenzo: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Quinn: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Conor: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dominick: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Nico: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Colin: 35 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shane: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nicholas: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jayceon: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jake: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Connecticut, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Olivia	222	–	1
2	Charlotte	188	–	3
3	Emma	175	–	2
4	Amelia	149	↑4	4
5	Sophia	141	↓1	6
6	Ava	136	↑1	5
7	Mia	124	↓1	8
8	Isabella	120	↓3	7
9	Madison	111	↑4	29
10	Gianna	107	–	13
11	Ella	104	↓2	16
12	Grace	97	–	33
13	Penelope	91	↑18	23
14	Sofia	88	↑2	18
15	Luna	87	↑9	11
16	Aria	84	↑6	22
17	Mila	84	↓6	26
18	Emilia	83	↑5	40
19	Riley	83	↓5	37
20	Hailey	80	↑14	77
21	Avery	77	↑5	19
22	Eleanor	77	↑8	15
23	Abigail	76	↑2	17
24	Emily	76	↓7	21
25	Lucy	76	new	48
26	Harper	75	↓11	10
27	Lily	73	↑15	31
28	Isla	72	↑9	34
29	Scarlett	72	↓9	20
30	Zoe	72	↓12	42
31	Nora	71	↑2	27
32	Evelyn	70	↓13	9
33	Chloe	67	↓6	25
34	Gabriella	65	↓5	83
35	Valentina	63	new	69
36	Layla	61	↓4	24
37	Stella	61	↑1	41
38	Violet	60	↑5	36
39	Mackenzie	57	↑9	>100
40	Elizabeth	56	↓12	14
41	Zoey	56	↑9	38
42	Claire	55	new	59
43	Hannah	55	↓7	44
44	Nova	55	new	32
45	Madelyn	54	new	71
46	Ellie	53	new	30
47	Everly	53	new	50
48	Leah	53	↓8	46
49	Eliana	52	new	47
50	Camila	50	↓11	12

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Noah	250	–	2
2	Liam	238	–	1
3	James	176	↑2	5
4	Lucas	161	↑5	8
5	Benjamin	158	↓2	7
6	Theodore	158	↑9	10
7	Oliver	153	↑3	3
8	William	142	↓1	6
9	Henry	139	↑7	9
10	Jack	136	↓2	11
11	Joseph	136	↑11	28
12	Luca	131	↑12	42
13	Ethan	126	↑5	20
14	John	126	↓1	27
15	Jacob	124	↓3	24
16	Logan	124	↓10	21
17	Mason	121	↑4	18
18	Jackson	120	↑2	14
19	Alexander	114	↓8	13
20	Owen	113	↓1	22
21	Michael	112	↓17	17
22	Aiden	109	↑4	26
23	Anthony	106	↑5	43
24	Cameron	105	↑18	62
25	Leo	104	↑4	31
26	Elijah	102	↑1	4
27	Carter	98	↑11	39
28	Thomas	98	↑9	46
29	Charles	97	↑2	50
30	Samuel	97	↑13	23
31	Julian	96	↑13	33
32	Matthew	94	↓18	36
33	Caleb	90	↑17	51
34	Levi	90	↑12	12
35	Gabriel	86	↓3	38
36	Nicholas	86	–	92
37	Luke	83	↓7	32
38	Mateo	83	new	15
39	Daniel	82	↓22	16
40	Dylan	82	↓17	44
41	Nathan	82	↓8	59
42	Sebastian	77	↓8	19
43	Christopher	74	↑6	52
44	Josiah	73	new	49
45	Grayson	69	↓6	35
46	Isaac	67	new	40
47	Jayden	67	↓6	41
48	Elias	65	new	48
49	Nolan	64	new	60
50	Ryan	64	↓25	66

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