State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1959 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,224 Colorado births in 1959 across 892 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#79Manuel#183 nationally
#73Bret#170 nationally
#60Sherri#147 nationally
#91Ron#166 nationally
#86Tami#154 nationally
#74Kent#141 nationally
#78Dana#143 nationally
#85Carrie#145 nationally
#89Kirk#145 nationally
#90Kelly#143 nationally
#76Sheryl#128 nationally
#69Carla#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary447US #1
#2Linda410US #3
#3Susan404US #2
#4Karen335US #4
#5Debra323US #7
#6Cynthia296US #8
#7Patricia286US #6
#8Debbie270US #20
#9Donna261US #5
#10Lisa258US #10
#11Cindy253US #25
#12Lori243US #27
#13Sandra231US #13
#14Barbara229US #11
#15Pamela228US #12
#16Kathy220US #15
#17Deborah218US #9
#18Julie213US #26
#19Cheryl208US #18
#20Nancy197US #14
#21Kathleen179US #23
#22Diane177US #19
#23Carol176US #22
#24Tammy174US #31
#25Sharon172US #17
#26Brenda165US #16
#27Janet164US #28
#28Elizabeth163US #21
#29Teresa153US #24
#30Laura150US #30
#31Theresa149US #34
#32Diana145US #49
#33Rebecca141US #38
#34Terri127US #46
#35Judy123US #41
#36Denise121US #29
#37Michelle114US #47
#38Rhonda110US #45
#39Kelly108US #74
#40Robin107US #32
#41Kim106US #35
#42Margaret106US #36
#43Catherine103US #40
#44Peggy103US #57
#45Connie102US #48
#46Janice100US #37
#47Kimberly100US #33
#48Valerie100US #60
#49Cathy96US #39
#50Christine94US #43
#51Laurie94US #56
#52Dawn93US #54
#53Tina89US #53
#54Leslie88US #84
#55Paula88US #51
#56Annette86US #64
#57Joyce83US #50
#58Becky79US #102
#59Jennifer78US #78
#60Sherri77US #147
#61Vicki77US #73
#62Beverly75US #55
#63Katherine74US #79
#64Ann72US #44
#65Kathryn68US #69
#66Carolyn67US #42
#67Renee66US #100
#68Shirley66US #61
#69Carla65US #118
#70Terry65US #95
#71Rose64US #88
#72Betty63US #59
#73Jean63US #77
#74Jill63US #86
#75Maria63US #62
#76Sheryl63US #128
#77Wendy63US #83
#78Dana61US #143
#79Gloria61US #81
#80Amy59US #85
#81Anna59US #99
#82Tamara59US #121
#83Bonnie58US #71
#84Sheila58US #52
#85Carrie57US #145
#86Tami56US #154
#87Anita55US #87
#88Rita55US #98
#89Loretta54US #136
#90Lynn54US #63
#91Penny54US #122
#92Sandy54US #133
#93Marilyn53US #109
#94Roberta53US #142
#95Darlene52US #66
#96Dorothy51US #94
#97Helen51US #108
#98Judith50US #70
#99Sherry50US #58
#100Suzanne50US #96

Boys

#1David914US #2
#2Michael817US #1
#3John718US #4
#4Robert705US #5
#5James667US #3
#6Mark629US #6
#7Richard512US #8
#8William425US #7
#9Steven384US #10
#10Thomas334US #9
#11Timothy316US #12
#12Daniel288US #18
#13Scott276US #24
#14Kenneth272US #15
#15Gary269US #20
#16Kevin265US #14
#17Charles263US #11
#18Donald261US #19
#19Paul261US #17
#20Ronald257US #21
#21Randy241US #31
#22Douglas230US #30
#23Larry221US #25
#24Mike218US #37
#25Gregory215US #23
#26Jeffrey215US #16
#27Joseph208US #13
#28Anthony185US #26
#29Brian182US #22
#30Steve167US #41
#31Dennis158US #29
#32Ricky155US #34
#33Jerry154US #36
#34Patrick146US #43
#35Christopher144US #35
#36Stephen140US #28
#37Edward136US #27
#38Terry135US #33
#39Jim124US #70
#40George120US #32
#41Bruce117US #38
#42Joe115US #57
#43Russell112US #56
#44Eric109US #46
#45Greg107US #91
#46Frank104US #42
#47Craig101US #44
#48Rick101US #89
#49Tim100US #60
#50Dale98US #49
#51Raymond98US #45
#52Tom98US #82
#53Rodney94US #67
#54Alan93US #50
#55Jeff91US #52
#56Roger90US #47
#57Danny88US #48
#58Keith87US #39
#59Bill86US #93
#60Chris85US #72
#61Randall85US #59
#62Lawrence84US #62
#63Carl80US #54
#64Dan79US #110
#65Jay78US #88
#66Martin77US #79
#67Gerald72US #61
#68Peter72US #40
#69Andrew71US #58
#70Jack71US #85
#71Arthur69US #76
#72Matthew69US #63
#73Bret66US #170
#74Kent66US #141
#75Bradley64US #103
#76Leonard64US #109
#77Bryan63US #94
#78Don63US #111
#79Manuel62US #183
#80Tony61US #53
#81Philip60US #68
#82Wayne59US #51
#83Kurt58US #129
#84Johnny57US #64
#85Micheal57US #96
#86Dave55US #119
#87Dean55US #95
#88Harold54US #87
#89Kirk54US #145
#90Kelly53US #143
#91Ron52US #166
#92Phillip51US #74
#93Ralph51US #84
#94Darrell50US #90
#95Jimmy50US #69
#96Jeffery49US #55
#97Todd49US #99
#98Bob48US #128
#99Fred47US #112
#100Jon47US #105

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑40Dawn#52
↑36Joyce#57
↑30Greg#45
↑23Wendy#77
↑22Eric#44
↑20Tina#53
↑20Annette#56
↑16Janice#46

Falling

↓38Sherry#99
↓35Phillip#92
↓33Lynn#90
↓31Judith#98
↓25Bonnie#83
↓23Marilyn#93
↓22Roberta#94
↓21Christine#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.