State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,749 Colorado births in 1962 across 907 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#57Shelly#130 nationally
#78Sandy#140 nationally
#94Heidi#156 nationally
#76Kent#136 nationally
#79Kirk#138 nationally
#98Jeanette#157 nationally
#98Bob#152 nationally
#72Christina#124 nationally
#89Carrie#141 nationally
#94Dave#145 nationally
#61Rick#110 nationally
#73Dana#117 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa416US #1
#2Susan350US #3
#3Lori345US #11
#4Mary344US #2
#5Karen337US #4
#6Linda319US #5
#7Sandra258US #10
#8Brenda246US #12
#9Julie245US #22
#10Patricia241US #6
#11Cynthia231US #8
#12Tammy231US #23
#13Pamela218US #13
#14Debbie217US #32
#15Michelle211US #31
#16Cindy210US #34
#17Deborah204US #9
#18Debra201US #15
#19Barbara194US #14
#20Donna186US #7
#21Sharon184US #17
#22Teresa179US #18
#23Elizabeth176US #20
#24Laura176US #21
#25Kimberly175US #16
#26Cheryl167US #24
#27Christine163US #39
#28Kelly159US #38
#29Janet158US #35
#30Nancy158US #19
#31Jennifer152US #41
#32Denise150US #30
#33Diane149US #26
#34Kathy147US #27
#35Carol137US #28
#36Robin137US #25
#37Laurie128US #42
#38Connie125US #51
#39Terri123US #54
#40Diana122US #57
#41Tina119US #33
#42Kim118US #37
#43Theresa115US #40
#44Rhonda113US #45
#45Rebecca111US #47
#46Kathleen105US #29
#47Annette104US #75
#48Paula99US #60
#49Stephanie95US #70
#50Leslie94US #80
#51Dawn93US #50
#52Tracy92US #55
#53Valerie92US #67
#54Sherry89US #48
#55Margaret88US #43
#56Judy87US #63
#57Shelly86US #130
#58Renee82US #76
#59Wendy78US #64
#60Amy77US #61
#61Angela76US #36
#62Ann76US #56
#63Peggy75US #93
#64Carla73US #78
#65Sherri73US #82
#66Carolyn71US #46
#67Vicki71US #85
#68Maria70US #49
#69Catherine68US #53
#70Jill68US #72
#71Suzanne67US #65
#72Christina64US #124
#73Dana64US #117
#74Anne63US #83
#75Bonnie63US #79
#76Beth62US #66
#77Jacqueline62US #44
#78Sandy62US #140
#79Sheila62US #52
#80Becky60US #122
#81Melissa60US #68
#82Cathy58US #62
#83Penny58US #92
#84Monica56US #115
#85Jackie55US #126
#86Beverly54US #69
#87Gail54US #103
#88Terry54US #112
#89Carrie53US #141
#90Judith53US #86
#91Lynn53US #71
#92Anna52US #100
#93Gina52US #102
#94Heidi52US #156
#95Joyce52US #74
#96Andrea51US #99
#97Colleen51US #101
#98Jeanette51US #157
#99Kathryn51US #89
#100Anita50US #81

Boys

#1David908US #2
#2Michael838US #1
#3John785US #3
#4Robert714US #5
#5James653US #4
#6Mark640US #6
#7Scott440US #11
#8Richard423US #8
#9Steven377US #12
#10William363US #7
#11Kevin336US #14
#12Daniel288US #17
#13Thomas286US #9
#14Jeffrey284US #10
#15Timothy271US #16
#16Joseph261US #13
#17Brian255US #20
#18Kenneth255US #18
#19Gary246US #22
#20Charles245US #15
#21Donald243US #23
#22Paul241US #19
#23Gregory221US #21
#24Ronald218US #25
#25Anthony213US #24
#26Mike201US #39
#27Douglas199US #27
#28Christopher179US #26
#29Randy168US #35
#30Stephen153US #28
#31Todd151US #30
#32Steve149US #46
#33Eric148US #33
#34Larry144US #31
#35Joe130US #59
#36Patrick130US #40
#37Terry130US #34
#38Chris127US #60
#39Jerry121US #38
#40Jeff120US #44
#41Edward119US #29
#42Dennis113US #37
#43Keith113US #36
#44Matthew110US #56
#45Andrew109US #49
#46Frank106US #42
#47Troy105US #67
#48Jim104US #85
#49Roger103US #47
#50Raymond101US #48
#51Bruce99US #41
#52Dale99US #62
#53Russell97US #57
#54Alan96US #53
#55Danny96US #54
#56Craig92US #51
#57George91US #32
#58Bradley88US #87
#59Greg86US #77
#60Randall86US #64
#61Rick84US #110
#62Wayne82US #63
#63Jay81US #80
#64Tom78US #98
#65Dean77US #86
#66Vincent75US #66
#67Rodney73US #76
#68Tim73US #72
#69Jeffery72US #45
#70Tony72US #52
#71Ricky70US #50
#72Gerald69US #65
#73Bill66US #108
#74Curtis66US #73
#75Jon66US #84
#76Kent66US #136
#77Carl62US #58
#78Glenn62US #55
#79Kirk62US #138
#80Martin62US #74
#81Bryan61US #82
#82Peter61US #43
#83Jack60US #99
#84Allen59US #93
#85Lawrence59US #70
#86Billy57US #71
#87Dan57US #120
#88Arthur55US #91
#89Samuel55US #88
#90Leonard54US #117
#91Phillip54US #68
#92Roy54US #90
#93Barry51US #61
#94Dave51US #145
#95Jimmy50US #75
#96Victor50US #96
#97Kurt49US #121
#98Bob47US #152
#99Kelly47US #125
#100Don46US #123

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑23Suzanne#71
↑19Jill#70
↑19Andrew#45
↑18Leslie#50
↑18Anne#74
↑18Bonnie#75
↑16Stephanie#49
↑16Matthew#44

Falling

↓27Anita#100
↓23Cathy#82
↓23Kelly#99
↓22Jacqueline#77
↓22Becky#80
↓20Ricky#71
↓19Gerald#72
↓18Joyce#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.