State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,453 Colorado births in 1955 across 799 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#74Manuel#170 nationally
#100Christina#184 nationally
#78Kent#156 nationally
#53Rick#109 nationally
#100Gilbert#154 nationally
#72Mike#123 nationally
#86Dan#136 nationally
#55Michelle#97 nationally
#69Kimberly#111 nationally
#81Loretta#123 nationally
#94Leroy#133 nationally
#77Jon#115 nationally

Girls

#1Debra647US #4
#2Linda528US #3
#3Mary498US #1
#4Susan415US #5
#5Deborah410US #2
#6Patricia409US #6
#7Karen343US #8
#8Cynthia325US #11
#9Barbara287US #7
#10Pamela277US #12
#11Nancy270US #9
#12Sandra244US #13
#13Carol238US #15
#14Sharon224US #16
#15Cheryl222US #19
#16Donna211US #10
#17Kathleen209US #17
#18Janet195US #20
#19Diane189US #14
#20Rebecca143US #27
#21Kathy136US #22
#22Christine135US #40
#23Elizabeth135US #21
#24Connie134US #35
#25Teresa132US #26
#26Diana129US #55
#27Margaret127US #24
#28Paula122US #39
#29Catherine121US #28
#30Beverly119US #34
#31Peggy119US #51
#32Judy111US #32
#33Debbie109US #63
#34Katherine106US #65
#35Vicki103US #52
#36Janice101US #25
#37Joyce100US #29
#38Judith100US #31
#39Theresa99US #38
#40Denise98US #23
#41Shirley97US #37
#42Cindy96US #79
#43Brenda94US #18
#44Kathryn91US #59
#45Laura91US #41
#46Rose88US #54
#47Kim87US #75
#48Julie86US #67
#49Sherry86US #56
#50Gloria83US #47
#51Carolyn81US #30
#52Ann80US #43
#53Bonnie80US #45
#54Marilyn79US #49
#55Michelle78US #97
#56Robin78US #33
#57Gail75US #42
#58Virginia74US #66
#59Betty73US #36
#60Lisa73US #48
#61Valerie73US #80
#62Dorothy71US #64
#63Lynn71US #62
#64Vickie71US #68
#65Rhonda70US #71
#66Terri70US #85
#67Cathy68US #44
#68Sheila67US #57
#69Kimberly66US #111
#70Victoria64US #82
#71Joan63US #46
#72Lori63US #89
#73Ruth63US #70
#74Terry62US #83
#75Rita61US #72
#76Marie60US #92
#77Jane59US #50
#78Martha59US #53
#79Helen58US #78
#80Laurie58US #91
#81Loretta58US #123
#82Elaine57US #77
#83Leslie57US #99
#84Sally57US #95
#85Jo56US #58
#86Anna55US #105
#87Roberta55US #113
#88Jacqueline53US #73
#89Jill53US #102
#90Lorraine53US #126
#91Jean52US #60
#92Sheryl51US #125
#93Frances50US #96
#94Anne48US #84
#95Anita47US #94
#96Jennifer47US #104
#97Charlene45US #130
#98Sue45US #116
#99Alice44US #87
#100Christina44US #184

Boys

#1David968US #2
#2Michael967US #1
#3Robert838US #4
#4John747US #5
#5James743US #3
#6Richard578US #7
#7Mark497US #9
#8Steven494US #10
#9William462US #6
#10Thomas404US #8
#11Gary377US #12
#12Daniel307US #17
#13Charles305US #11
#14Kenneth302US #15
#15Ronald276US #18
#16Donald266US #14
#17Joseph262US #13
#18Gregory251US #24
#19Paul234US #16
#20Timothy229US #22
#21Douglas225US #29
#22Stephen222US #21
#23Larry206US #19
#24Dennis184US #23
#25Edward177US #25
#26Randy176US #30
#27Terry175US #28
#28Jeffrey166US #20
#29Anthony157US #31
#30Bruce152US #32
#31Scott149US #38
#32Kevin146US #27
#33Patrick144US #41
#34George134US #26
#35Jerry126US #33
#36Frank118US #34
#37Christopher104US #49
#38Gerald103US #48
#39Dale102US #52
#40Raymond102US #36
#41Roger102US #37
#42Alan101US #43
#43Lawrence100US #42
#44Brian97US #40
#45Steve96US #72
#46Rodney87US #65
#47Ricky86US #46
#48Keith83US #39
#49Danny80US #45
#50Craig78US #50
#51Wayne78US #44
#52Martin76US #77
#53Rick74US #109
#54Russell74US #57
#55Peter73US #35
#56Jack71US #60
#57Roy70US #58
#58Andrew69US #66
#59Joe67US #68
#60Carl63US #47
#61Arthur62US #56
#62Philip62US #62
#63Randall62US #53
#64Phillip58US #74
#65Glenn55US #59
#66Harold55US #63
#67Eric54US #85
#68Leonard54US #88
#69Micheal54US #87
#70Stanley54US #64
#71Eugene53US #81
#72Mike53US #123
#73Jay52US #103
#74Manuel50US #170
#75Samuel50US #71
#76Ralph49US #67
#77Jon48US #115
#78Kent48US #156
#79Darrell47US #91
#80Henry47US #61
#81Louis47US #82
#82Barry45US #70
#83Bradley45US #107
#84Albert44US #76
#85Dean44US #111
#86Dan43US #136
#87Ernest43US #90
#88Johnny43US #55
#89Lee43US #96
#90Ray43US #113
#91Clifford42US #118
#92Allen41US #84
#93Jeffery41US #73
#94Leroy41US #133
#95Kim40US #98
#96Walter40US #51
#97Fred39US #97
#98Victor39US #101
#99Curtis38US #79
#100Gilbert38US #154

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑53Kim#47
↑35Lisa#60
↑34Debbie#33
↑28Sheila#68
↑26Bonnie#53
↑26Valerie#61
↑24Glenn#65
↑21Andrew#58

Falling

↓32Walter#96
↓27Jean#91
↓26Leroy#94
↓26Victor#98
↓25Joan#71
↓25Roberta#87
↓24Marilyn#54
↓24Lorraine#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.