State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,118 Colorado births in 1956 across 845 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#81Manuel#181 nationally
#90Kelly#190 nationally
#94Sherri#177 nationally
#67Kent#149 nationally
#93Kirk#162 nationally
#86Jim#148 nationally
#69Carla#130 nationally
#99Gilbert#160 nationally
#79Kurt#138 nationally
#74Duane#127 nationally
#53Rick#100 nationally
#80Loretta#126 nationally

Girls

#1Debra590US #2
#2Mary566US #1
#3Linda483US #3
#4Susan440US #5
#5Karen422US #7
#6Patricia389US #6
#7Cynthia371US #8
#8Deborah360US #4
#9Sharon321US #13
#10Barbara293US #9
#11Pamela287US #12
#12Kathleen268US #17
#13Sandra266US #14
#14Nancy259US #11
#15Carol244US #16
#16Donna240US #10
#17Cheryl207US #18
#18Rebecca179US #27
#19Janet178US #21
#20Diane172US #15
#21Kathy149US #20
#22Cindy142US #37
#23Elizabeth141US #22
#24Debbie139US #39
#25Connie136US #43
#26Catherine131US #28
#27Teresa126US #24
#28Kim124US #38
#29Paula124US #47
#30Christine123US #42
#31Margaret123US #25
#32Theresa123US #32
#33Julie121US #48
#34Janice120US #26
#35Judy118US #35
#36Diana116US #56
#37Kathryn113US #60
#38Robin113US #29
#39Lisa111US #31
#40Beverly104US #40
#41Laura103US #34
#42Denise102US #23
#43Peggy100US #63
#44Vicki99US #57
#45Judith96US #45
#46Terri95US #81
#47Joyce94US #30
#48Victoria92US #85
#49Brenda90US #19
#50Gail88US #49
#51Rose87US #64
#52Shirley87US #41
#53Vickie84US #68
#54Lori81US #66
#55Marilyn81US #70
#56Carolyn80US #33
#57Ann79US #46
#58Laurie77US #76
#59Katherine76US #67
#60Bonnie75US #51
#61Rhonda75US #62
#62Cathy74US #36
#63Kimberly73US #74
#64Rita71US #79
#65Ruth71US #77
#66Sally71US #105
#67Michelle70US #88
#68Leslie68US #104
#69Carla67US #130
#70Gloria67US #53
#71Virginia67US #75
#72Betty65US #44
#73Valerie65US #80
#74Sherry64US #54
#75Darlene62US #71
#76Terry62US #91
#77Jean61US #65
#78Joan61US #52
#79Lynn61US #58
#80Loretta58US #126
#81Sheryl58US #114
#82Jane57US #50
#83Jennifer57US #97
#84Annette55US #119
#85Dorothy55US #72
#86Roberta55US #116
#87Anita53US #83
#88Jill53US #101
#89Martha53US #59
#90Wanda52US #61
#91Dawn51US #92
#92Helen51US #90
#93Sheila51US #55
#94Sherri51US #177
#95Jo50US #69
#96Lorraine50US #124
#97Charlene49US #132
#98Elaine49US #89
#99Becky48US #144
#100Stephanie48US #111

Boys

#1Michael870US #1
#2David850US #4
#3Robert846US #3
#4John771US #5
#5James735US #2
#6Richard623US #7
#7Mark618US #8
#8William504US #6
#9Steven474US #10
#10Thomas383US #9
#11Gary322US #13
#12Daniel318US #18
#13Ronald304US #15
#14Charles293US #11
#15Joseph293US #12
#16Kenneth287US #16
#17Timothy287US #19
#18Donald275US #14
#19Paul257US #17
#20Douglas246US #29
#21Stephen226US #23
#22Gregory222US #24
#23Kevin222US #22
#24Randy206US #28
#25Larry201US #21
#26Dennis186US #26
#27Edward183US #25
#28Scott169US #34
#29Jeffrey166US #20
#30Anthony164US #30
#31Bruce146US #33
#32Jerry144US #35
#33Patrick139US #40
#34Terry139US #31
#35Frank132US #38
#36Brian122US #32
#37George120US #27
#38Raymond120US #39
#39Gerald117US #49
#40Keith115US #36
#41Dale108US #50
#42Alan105US #44
#43Rodney100US #65
#44Steve96US #59
#45Randall91US #54
#46Christopher89US #47
#47Roger89US #41
#48Lawrence88US #42
#49Craig84US #51
#50Danny84US #46
#51Carl82US #48
#52Joe80US #63
#53Rick79US #100
#54Ricky79US #43
#55Russell79US #52
#56Stanley72US #70
#57Jack71US #66
#58Mike70US #97
#59Wayne70US #45
#60Arthur66US #60
#61Peter66US #37
#62Leonard65US #89
#63Martin64US #73
#64Philip64US #64
#65Andrew61US #56
#66Micheal61US #83
#67Kent60US #149
#68Roy60US #62
#69Henry57US #71
#70Samuel57US #74
#71Fred53US #102
#72Phillip52US #76
#73Eugene51US #86
#74Duane50US #127
#75Albert49US #81
#76Allen49US #87
#77Eric49US #79
#78Harold49US #72
#79Kurt49US #138
#80Matthew49US #90
#81Manuel48US #181
#82Bradley47US #103
#83Glenn47US #61
#84Howard47US #84
#85Jeffery47US #57
#86Jim47US #148
#87Chris46US #128
#88Dean46US #99
#89Johnny46US #55
#90Kelly46US #190
#91Jimmy45US #78
#92Walter45US #53
#93Kirk44US #162
#94Barry43US #69
#95Jay43US #92
#96Louis43US #82
#97Ralph43US #67
#98Ernest42US #94
#99Gilbert42US #160
#100Brad41US #142

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑26Fred#71
↑22Victoria#48
↑22Laurie#58
↑21Lisa#39
↑20Cindy#22
↑20Terri#46
↑19Kim#28
↑18Robin#38

Falling

↓25Katherine#59
↓25Sherry#74
↓25Sheila#93
↓23Dorothy#85
↓22Jay#95
↓21Ralph#97
↓20Gloria#70
↓18Glenn#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.