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Baby names in Connecticut, 1980s

1980–1989 · 365,219 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 1980s, with 11,201 births in the decade. The state recorded 365,219 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 1980s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Babygirl32
Babyboy30
Wilfredo101
Pasquale33
Brendan665
Tyshawn29
Salvatore146
Damaris69

Top 25 in the 1980s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael11,201
#2Christopher8,009
#3Matthew7,049
#4Jessica6,303
#5Jennifer5,778
#6Daniel5,535
#7David5,377
#8John4,638
#9Joseph4,319
#10Robert4,295
#11James4,162
#12Sarah4,095
#13Ryan4,017
#14Jason3,876
#15Andrew3,697
#16Nicole3,696
#17Brian3,687
#18Amanda3,655
#19Ashley3,576
#20Melissa3,441
#21Joshua3,311
#22William3,247
#23Jonathan3,162
#24Elizabeth3,101
#25Nicholas3,065

Other decades in Connecticut

All Connecticut names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org