State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,305 Colorado births in 1954 across 763 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#76Manuel#169 nationally
#95Kent#167 nationally
#63Mike#130 nationally
#84Gilbert#148 nationally
#68Leroy#125 nationally
#66Lorraine#120 nationally
#84Sheryl#133 nationally
#94Duane#136 nationally
#62Roberta#102 nationally
#78Ray#118 nationally
#63Terri#100 nationally
#56Cindy#91 nationally

Girls

#1Debra608US #6
#2Mary558US #1
#3Linda531US #2
#4Deborah453US #3
#5Susan441US #5
#6Patricia416US #4
#7Karen351US #8
#8Cynthia336US #10
#9Barbara327US #7
#10Pamela300US #12
#11Nancy274US #9
#12Sandra251US #13
#13Kathleen234US #14
#14Carol231US #15
#15Sharon205US #16
#16Donna203US #11
#17Janet203US #19
#18Rebecca177US #26
#19Diane172US #17
#20Cheryl168US #22
#21Connie151US #39
#22Margaret148US #21
#23Christine147US #43
#24Elizabeth139US #20
#25Kathy134US #23
#26Judith128US #30
#27Judy121US #29
#28Diana119US #57
#29Theresa111US #47
#30Marilyn106US #35
#31Catherine104US #32
#32Vicki104US #50
#33Kathryn101US #51
#34Peggy100US #48
#35Joyce99US #28
#36Shirley99US #33
#37Teresa99US #34
#38Janice97US #25
#39Paula96US #38
#40Gloria95US #42
#41Laura94US #45
#42Virginia92US #61
#43Gail90US #37
#44Brenda86US #18
#45Denise85US #24
#46Joan84US #40
#47Beverly83US #31
#48Katherine82US #64
#49Rose82US #54
#50Ann80US #44
#51Betty80US #36
#52Robin77US #41
#53Carolyn75US #27
#54Sherry74US #62
#55Rhonda73US #71
#56Cindy72US #91
#57Julie72US #70
#58Martha72US #46
#59Terry72US #88
#60Ruth71US #66
#61Rita70US #67
#62Roberta70US #102
#63Terri70US #100
#64Jean67US #56
#65Vickie66US #69
#66Lorraine65US #120
#67Debbie63US #92
#68Michelle59US #94
#69Victoria59US #85
#70Jo58US #53
#71Helen57US #72
#72Leslie57US #99
#73Lynn56US #63
#74Maria56US #65
#75Cathy55US #59
#76Anna54US #105
#77Dorothy54US #55
#78Marie54US #79
#79Bonnie53US #52
#80Jane53US #49
#81Laurie53US #98
#82Charlotte52US #113
#83Jennifer52US #108
#84Sheryl52US #133
#85Alice51US #81
#86Elaine51US #74
#87Valerie50US #87
#88Anita48US #96
#89Phyllis48US #75
#90Jacqueline47US #68
#91Marcia47US #90
#92Sally47US #84
#93Anne44US #80
#94Frances43US #83
#95Lisa43US #73
#96Sheila43US #60
#97Joann42US #129
#98Wendy42US #95
#99Evelyn41US #109
#100Kim41US #134

Boys

#1Michael932US #1
#2David858US #5
#3Robert827US #2
#4John758US #4
#5James668US #3
#6Richard638US #7
#7William471US #6
#8Steven447US #11
#9Gary438US #9
#10Thomas432US #8
#11Mark417US #12
#12Charles326US #10
#13Daniel319US #18
#14Ronald297US #15
#15Donald294US #14
#16Joseph277US #13
#17Kenneth258US #17
#18Larry244US #19
#19Stephen244US #20
#20Paul235US #16
#21Douglas215US #29
#22Timothy199US #26
#23Dennis192US #21
#24Gregory190US #25
#25George167US #24
#26Anthony155US #32
#27Jerry148US #31
#28Randy146US #33
#29Terry144US #27
#30Edward140US #22
#31Bruce138US #30
#32Frank134US #36
#33Raymond130US #35
#34Jeffrey120US #23
#35Kevin117US #28
#36Gerald112US #44
#37Patrick112US #38
#38Scott107US #40
#39Dale105US #50
#40Roger103US #34
#41Lawrence98US #39
#42Alan95US #43
#43Christopher89US #64
#44Danny87US #42
#45Carl81US #47
#46Wayne81US #41
#47Joe80US #67
#48Rodney78US #66
#49Stanley75US #58
#50Craig74US #51
#51Ricky74US #46
#52Keith73US #45
#53Steve73US #76
#54Brian71US #48
#55Randall68US #55
#56Peter67US #37
#57Arthur65US #52
#58Roy63US #56
#59Martin62US #79
#60Leonard60US #85
#61Russell60US #69
#62Jack59US #57
#63Mike59US #130
#64Walter59US #49
#65Ernest58US #87
#66Harold58US #60
#67Henry57US #59
#68Leroy57US #125
#69Rick57US #102
#70Albert56US #73
#71Phillip54US #75
#72Victor54US #103
#73Eric52US #89
#74Micheal52US #88
#75Philip51US #62
#76Manuel49US #169
#77Ralph49US #61
#78Ray49US #118
#79Andrew48US #70
#80Fred48US #93
#81Allen47US #82
#82Louis47US #81
#83Jay46US #101
#84Gilbert45US #148
#85Darrell44US #95
#86Dean44US #110
#87Norman44US #99
#88Howard43US #80
#89Glenn42US #63
#90Johnny41US #54
#91Eugene40US #77
#92Lee39US #96
#93Samuel39US #71
#94Duane38US #136
#95Kent38US #167
#96Kim38US #109
#97Ronnie38US #78
#98Frederick37US #83
#99Bradley36US #106
#100Gordon36US #122

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑29Lorraine#66
↑25Vicki#32
↑24Denise#45
↑24Terry#59
↑23Ricky#51
↑21Joan#46
↑21Robin#52
↑20Anna#76

Falling

↓33Sally#92
↓31Frances#94
↓30Bonnie#79
↓25Jacqueline#90
↓21Jack#62
↓21Eugene#91
↓20Ralph#77
↓19Jane#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.