State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 41,855 Colorado births in 1961 across 912 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#96Manuel#187 nationally
#82Ron#170 nationally
#66Shelly#145 nationally
#85Roberta#162 nationally
#88Deanna#156 nationally
#72Carrie#139 nationally
#80Kent#147 nationally
#63Dana#128 nationally
#75Kirk#140 nationally
#83Brad#142 nationally
#74Christina#132 nationally
#58Becky#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary417US #1
#2Susan372US #3
#3Lisa365US #2
#4Linda357US #4
#5Karen345US #5
#6Lori309US #14
#7Cynthia273US #8
#8Sandra266US #9
#9Julie264US #23
#10Debra255US #13
#11Patricia250US #6
#12Cheryl247US #20
#13Brenda238US #11
#14Sharon225US #17
#15Barbara218US #12
#16Debbie216US #31
#17Laura215US #21
#18Donna213US #7
#19Tammy211US #28
#20Pamela205US #15
#21Carol189US #24
#22Elizabeth188US #19
#23Deborah186US #10
#24Cindy185US #33
#25Michelle179US #34
#26Nancy179US #16
#27Janet174US #32
#28Teresa170US #18
#29Kathy169US #25
#30Robin168US #27
#31Denise155US #30
#32Kelly149US #45
#33Diane148US #26
#34Theresa146US #35
#35Rhonda139US #46
#36Kathleen132US #29
#37Kimberly132US #22
#38Laurie132US #43
#39Jennifer123US #47
#40Diana121US #56
#41Christine120US #39
#42Connie117US #50
#43Rebecca115US #44
#44Tina109US #41
#45Terri102US #51
#46Tracy98US #64
#47Dawn97US #49
#48Annette95US #73
#49Judy92US #58
#50Kim92US #36
#51Wendy91US #61
#52Paula89US #60
#53Margaret88US #40
#54Ann85US #54
#55Jacqueline85US #37
#56Peggy84US #88
#57Angela83US #38
#58Becky83US #115
#59Cathy82US #55
#60Vicki80US #76
#61Catherine77US #48
#62Amy75US #69
#63Dana75US #128
#64Renee73US #79
#65Stephanie72US #78
#66Shelly71US #145
#67Valerie71US #67
#68Leslie70US #84
#69Sherry70US #53
#70Carla69US #77
#71Carolyn69US #42
#72Carrie65US #139
#73Anita64US #91
#74Christina64US #132
#75Anna63US #100
#76Sherri63US #121
#77Joyce62US #62
#78Maria62US #57
#79Martha62US #81
#80Beverly61US #66
#81Janice61US #52
#82Rita61US #105
#83Beth60US #65
#84Sheila60US #59
#85Roberta59US #162
#86Shirley59US #85
#87Vickie59US #107
#88Deanna58US #156
#89Jill58US #74
#90Katherine57US #86
#91Lynn57US #71
#92Anne55US #90
#93Bonnie54US #75
#94Suzanne54US #68
#95Terry54US #108
#96Gina53US #117
#97Kathryn53US #93
#98Monica53US #136
#99Pam53US #144
#100Rose53US #111

Boys

#1David926US #2
#2Michael910US #1
#3John768US #3
#4Robert752US #5
#5Mark709US #6
#6James608US #4
#7Richard460US #8
#8William402US #7
#9Kevin368US #14
#10Steven368US #10
#11Scott359US #19
#12Daniel357US #17
#13Thomas288US #9
#14Jeffrey278US #11
#15Paul267US #18
#16Kenneth261US #16
#17Gary259US #21
#18Charles244US #13
#19Donald243US #22
#20Timothy240US #15
#21Mike230US #36
#22Ronald225US #24
#23Brian219US #20
#24Douglas219US #28
#25Gregory214US #23
#26Joseph213US #12
#27Christopher193US #26
#28Randy188US #33
#29Larry185US #30
#30Anthony179US #25
#31Steve168US #45
#32Patrick158US #39
#33Stephen157US #27
#34Edward143US #29
#35Jerry143US #37
#36Chris137US #57
#37Eric136US #38
#38Jeff130US #49
#39Craig123US #43
#40Frank122US #41
#41Terry122US #32
#42Greg121US #77
#43Joe120US #60
#44Todd119US #46
#45Dennis118US #34
#46Bruce114US #40
#47Roger110US #47
#48Raymond109US #48
#49Dale108US #58
#50George107US #31
#51Ricky105US #44
#52Alan104US #51
#53Gerald104US #62
#54Keith102US #35
#55Randall98US #63
#56Tim98US #65
#57Danny97US #54
#58Jim96US #78
#59Tom93US #88
#60Matthew91US #59
#61Troy90US #100
#62Russell89US #55
#63Bill88US #104
#64Andrew83US #52
#65Wayne81US #61
#66Dean78US #84
#67Bryan77US #82
#68Bradley76US #87
#69Jack76US #90
#70Rodney76US #72
#71Jay75US #81
#72Rick75US #108
#73Martin74US #73
#74Peter74US #42
#75Kirk67US #140
#76Kelly66US #125
#77Phillip65US #69
#78Jon64US #93
#79Jeffery63US #50
#80Kent63US #147
#81Lawrence62US #67
#82Ron62US #170
#83Brad59US #142
#84Tony59US #53
#85Carl58US #56
#86Dan58US #115
#87Johnny57US #70
#88Kurt56US #129
#89Leonard56US #114
#90Ronnie56US #91
#91Albert55US #97
#92Glenn55US #64
#93Jimmy53US #71
#94Ralph51US #95
#95Allen50US #96
#96Manuel49US #187
#97Roy49US #83
#98Arthur48US #85
#99Stanley47US #106
#100Bob46US #141

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑34Todd#44
↑26Dawn#47
↑25Stephanie#65
↑24Wendy#51
↑19Angela#57
↑17Greg#42
↑17Gerald#53
↑16Dean#66

Falling

↓42Kathryn#97
↓33Bonnie#93
↓32Katherine#90
↓26Beverly#80
↓22Allen#95
↓21Tony#84
↓21Dan#86
↓19Arthur#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.