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Baby names in Connecticut, 1990s

1990–1999 · 368,343 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 1990s, with 7,992 births in the decade. The state recorded 368,343 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 1990s

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
Vincenzo56
Salvatore132
Alessandra101
Nyasia49
Wilfredo56
Conor266
Jillian604
Peter1,238

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael7,992
#2Matthew6,217
#3Christopher5,469
#4Nicholas4,914
#5Ryan4,335
#6Daniel4,117
#7John3,999
#8Joseph3,984
#9Andrew3,813
#10Emily3,747
#11Joshua3,524
#12Sarah3,512
#13Jessica3,474
#14Ashley3,396
#15Tyler3,331
#16David3,304
#17James3,276
#18Samantha3,265
#19William3,234
#20Kyle3,125
#21Anthony3,081
#22Amanda3,020
#23Alexander3,016
#24Zachary2,898
#25Nicole2,892

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