The most common names of people born in Connecticut

Social Security has recorded about 3.7 million births in Connecticut since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 2.7 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 44. The most common names among them are Jennifer for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Connecticut, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Connecticut from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Connecticut

Most common names of living women born in Connecticut
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Jennifer	19,000	48
2	Elizabeth	18,000	50
3	Mary	18,000	65
4	Susan	16,000	67
5	Patricia	15,000	70
6	Lisa	14,000	58
7	Jessica	13,000	39
8	Linda	13,000	70
9	Sarah	13,000	39
10	Karen	12,000	64
11	Emily	11,000	30
12	Barbara	11,000	73
13	Kathleen	11,000	64
14	Nancy	10,000	70
15	Nicole	9,900	39
16	Melissa	9,800	45
17	Deborah	9,600	66
18	Michelle	9,600	48
19	Donna	9,300	68
20	Kimberly	9,300	50
21	Laura	9,100	53
22	Christine	8,800	57
23	Ashley	8,800	33
24	Amanda	8,700	37
25	Katherine	8,500	43
26	Amy	8,400	48
27	Stephanie	8,100	42
28	Carol	7,900	73
29	Samantha	7,900	30
30	Sandra	7,800	67

Men and boys born in Connecticut

Most common names of living men born in Connecticut
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	55,000	49
2	John	43,000	56
3	Robert	38,000	59
4	David	37,000	54
5	James	33,000	53
6	William	30,000	53
7	Christopher	29,000	43
8	Joseph	28,000	49
9	Thomas	25,000	54
10	Matthew	24,000	37
11	Richard	23,000	62
12	Daniel	23,000	43
13	Anthony	17,000	42
14	Mark	17,000	57
15	Brian	16,000	49
16	Andrew	16,000	39
17	Kevin	16,000	47
18	Ryan	14,000	31
19	Nicholas	14,000	33
20	Paul	14,000	58
21	Jeffrey	13,000	53
22	Peter	13,000	56
23	Jason	13,000	42
24	Steven	12,000	52
25	Joshua	12,000	32
26	Timothy	12,000	49
27	Charles	12,000	51
28	Jonathan	11,000	39
29	Stephen	11,000	54
30	Edward	11,000	59

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Connecticut, not the national average.

Names more common in Connecticut than nationally

Among living people born in Connecticut, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Salvatore is 4.8× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Connecticut than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Salvatore	4.8×	1,300	52
2	Doreen	4.1×	1,400	67
3	Peter	3.6×	13,000	56
4	Maureen	3.1×	3,200	67
5	Brendan	3.0×	2,600	34
6	Maryann	2.9×	1,200	72
7	Meghan	2.8×	2,500	37
8	Francis	2.6×	2,800	61
9	Marc	2.6×	2,900	51
10	Joanne	2.5×	3,200	69
11	Lynne	2.4×	1,100	68
12	Lynn	2.4×	3,900	66
13	Eileen	2.4×	2,400	66
14	Gail	2.4×	3,300	73
15	Laurie	2.3×	3,200	63

The newest Connecticut babies

The most popular names for babies born in Connecticut in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Connecticut
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	176	30
2	Sophia	166	16
3	Olivia	151	18
4	Amelia	149	16
5	Mia	143	15
6	Emma	133	20
7	Isabella	111	15
8	Nora	99	25
9	Sofia	99	14
10	Madison	95	20

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Connecticut
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Noah	268	16
2	Liam	241	11
3	Theodore	182	29
4	James	156	54
5	Luca	153	8
6	Oliver	144	13
7	Henry	143	34
8	Jack	140	34
9	Lucas	134	18
10	Joseph	124	45

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Connecticut with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this