Name Yearbook

Top baby names in Connecticut, 1979

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Jennifer	730
2	Melissa	510
3	Jessica	425
4	Sarah	340
5	Elizabeth	297
6	Amy	270
7	Nicole	262
8	Michelle	253
9	Heather	233
10	Lisa	225
11	Amanda	221
12	Kelly	216
13	Rebecca	207
14	Christina	202
15	Kimberly	191
16	Danielle	164
17	Laura	161
18	Erin	157
19	Stephanie	148
20	Katherine	147
21	Christine	144
22	Megan	141
23	Lauren	133
24	Rachel	126
25	Kristen	122
26	Shannon	118
27	Sara	110
28	Julie	103
29	Erica	100
30	Karen	98
31	Kathryn	97
32	Andrea	95
33	Tara	93
34	Angela	86
35	Jamie	85
36	Emily	84
37	Allison	82
37	Crystal	82
39	Kristin	80
39	Mary	80
41	Jill	79
42	Kathleen	77
43	Meghan	76
44	Catherine	72
44	Stacy	72
46	Tiffany	71
47	April	70
47	Melanie	70
49	Alison	69
50	Stacey	67

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,071
2	Christopher	703
3	Jason	598
4	David	538
5	Matthew	468
6	Brian	431
7	Robert	420
8	John	419
9	Daniel	410
10	James	406
11	Joseph	375
12	William	287
13	Jeffrey	275
14	Kevin	265
15	Thomas	261
16	Joshua	249
17	Ryan	248
18	Nicholas	244
19	Timothy	238
20	Eric	231
21	Richard	214
22	Andrew	206
22	Scott	206
24	Adam	205
25	Anthony	201
26	Jonathan	200
27	Mark	194
28	Justin	189
29	Steven	179
30	Peter	169
31	Gregory	163
31	Paul	163
33	Stephen	159
34	Jeremy	152
35	Patrick	149
36	Benjamin	136
37	Sean	128
38	Charles	118
39	Jose	115
40	Kenneth	106
41	Aaron	99
42	Keith	96
43	Bryan	95
44	Shawn	90
45	Edward	85
46	Frank	79
46	Todd	79
48	Raymond	78
49	Jesse	77
50	Jared	76