State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,017 Colorado births in 1953 across 741 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Colorado more than they say America.

#81Sherri#196 nationally
#82Sheryl#148 nationally
#73Mike#136 nationally
#70Terri#130 nationally
#95Gilbert#148 nationally
#79Leroy#126 nationally
#96Dan#139 nationally
#77Debbie#119 nationally
#94Geraldine#135 nationally
#97Loretta#137 nationally
#60Cindy#99 nationally
#88Kim#127 nationally

Girls

#1Linda626US #2
#2Mary574US #1
#3Debra500US #7
#4Patricia465US #4
#5Deborah414US #3
#6Susan406US #5
#7Barbara341US #6
#8Karen323US #9
#9Sandra289US #11
#10Cynthia285US #12
#11Kathleen269US #14
#12Nancy244US #8
#13Sharon228US #15
#14Pamela226US #10
#15Carol221US #16
#16Donna210US #13
#17Janet205US #19
#18Diane175US #17
#19Judy158US #27
#20Christine155US #32
#21Margaret150US #20
#22Cheryl146US #28
#23Judith145US #30
#24Elizabeth139US #21
#25Rebecca136US #24
#26Connie134US #47
#27Kathy131US #23
#28Janice125US #22
#29Marilyn125US #36
#30Gloria114US #38
#31Theresa113US #50
#32Paula112US #40
#33Shirley109US #29
#34Diana108US #55
#35Peggy108US #44
#36Catherine107US #35
#37Beverly106US #34
#38Kathryn98US #48
#39Joyce94US #26
#40Betty92US #33
#41Katherine91US #63
#42Gail90US #39
#43Laura90US #51
#44Ruth82US #62
#45Virginia80US #53
#46Rose78US #59
#47Carolyn77US #25
#48Teresa76US #42
#49Bonnie75US #45
#50Julie74US #74
#51Sherry74US #70
#52Brenda70US #18
#53Victoria69US #82
#54Jo68US #54
#55Vickie68US #79
#56Ann67US #46
#57Vicki66US #61
#58Martha65US #41
#59Sally65US #81
#60Cindy64US #99
#61Jane64US #43
#62Dorothy62US #49
#63Frances59US #72
#64Helen59US #65
#65Jacqueline58US #58
#66Jean58US #52
#67Joan57US #37
#68Rhonda57US #85
#69Denise56US #31
#70Terri56US #130
#71Ellen55US #76
#72Roberta55US #90
#73Robin55US #66
#74Valerie55US #88
#75Anita54US #89
#76Leslie53US #96
#77Debbie51US #119
#78Marie51US #86
#79Phyllis51US #69
#80Rita51US #64
#81Sherri50US #196
#82Sheryl50US #148
#83Terry50US #117
#84Maria49US #68
#85Alice48US #73
#86Anne47US #80
#87Cathy47US #56
#88Marsha47US #83
#89Elaine46US #77
#90Darlene45US #75
#91Lynn45US #67
#92Charlotte44US #100
#93Colleen44US #115
#94Geraldine44US #135
#95Lorraine43US #118
#96Anna42US #98
#97Loretta42US #137
#98Suzanne42US #78
#99Charlene40US #113
#100Jennifer40US #116

Boys

#1David860US #5
#2Michael835US #3
#3Robert765US #1
#4John741US #4
#5James689US #2
#6Richard630US #7
#7William500US #6
#8Steven433US #11
#9Gary407US #10
#10Thomas367US #8
#11Charles338US #9
#12Mark332US #12
#13Ronald326US #15
#14Donald294US #14
#15Daniel270US #20
#16Kenneth250US #17
#17Joseph247US #13
#18Stephen242US #21
#19Paul235US #16
#20Larry234US #18
#21Dennis216US #19
#22Douglas195US #27
#23Edward180US #23
#24Timothy175US #26
#25George162US #22
#26Gregory160US #24
#27Terry159US #30
#28Randy153US #35
#29Anthony149US #32
#30Bruce137US #28
#31Jerry133US #29
#32Frank130US #33
#33Raymond123US #34
#34Patrick118US #39
#35Roger117US #31
#36Gerald113US #42
#37Rodney109US #58
#38Lawrence99US #37
#39Jeffrey96US #25
#40Christopher92US #63
#41Jack91US #57
#42Scott87US #46
#43Dale85US #48
#44Stanley85US #62
#45Joe84US #66
#46Arthur81US #50
#47Kevin80US #36
#48Danny75US #41
#49Peter75US #38
#50Wayne74US #40
#51Alan72US #43
#52Keith70US #47
#53Carl68US #44
#54Craig66US #60
#55Roy66US #55
#56Walter65US #45
#57Ralph63US #59
#58Steve63US #84
#59Albert62US #69
#60Randall62US #64
#61Phillip60US #76
#62Harold58US #56
#63Andrew57US #68
#64Rick56US #101
#65Brian53US #53
#66Fred53US #92
#67Henry53US #54
#68Martin53US #82
#69Ernest52US #87
#70Eugene52US #75
#71Leonard52US #85
#72Russell51US #71
#73Mike49US #136
#74Ricky49US #51
#75Lee48US #93
#76Allen46US #81
#77Louis46US #78
#78Philip46US #61
#79Leroy44US #126
#80Micheal44US #88
#81Samuel44US #70
#82Marvin43US #94
#83Victor43US #106
#84Darrell42US #103
#85Clifford41US #102
#86Jay41US #99
#87Jose41US #110
#88Kim41US #127
#89Jimmy40US #72
#90Barry39US #73
#91Glenn39US #67
#92Melvin39US #91
#93Bradley38US #118
#94Frederick38US #80
#95Gilbert38US #148
#96Dan37US #139
#97Dean37US #105
#98Duane37US #132
#99Howard37US #77
#100Norman36US #98

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑26Peter#49
↑23Martin#68
↑20Sally#59
↑20Ellen#71
↑19Robin#73
↑18Rodney#37
↑16Paula#32
↑16Julie#50

Falling

↓28Alice#85
↓25Joan#67
↓24Eugene#70
↓24Dean#97
↓23Glenn#91
↓23Gilbert#95
↓22Cathy#87
↓21Darlene#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.