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Baby names in Connecticut, 2000s

2000–2009 · 312,060 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Connecticut across the 2000s, with 3,904 births in the decade. The state recorded 312,060 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Connecticut in the 2000s

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
Yadiel63
Jadiel65
Matheus37
Jomar38
Maeve155
Nyasia107
Taina45
Luca239

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael3,904
#2Matthew3,591
#3Ryan3,336
#4Nicholas3,140
#5Christopher2,765
#6Joseph2,685
#7Emily2,684
#8Jacob2,683
#9Alexander2,662
#10Anthony2,634
#11John2,586
#12Joshua2,577
#13Olivia2,573
#14William2,560
#15Andrew2,490
#16Daniel2,410
#17Emma2,310
#18Tyler2,294
#19Isabella2,196
#20Jack2,035
#21Benjamin2,012
#22James1,994
#23Madison1,976
#24Samantha1,916
#25Ethan1,882

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