State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 39,782 Colorado births in 1963 across 902 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#100Ron#185 nationally
#50Shelly#117 nationally
#76Kent#141 nationally
#69Becky#126 nationally
#79Deanna#133 nationally
#86Kirk#139 nationally
#97Shelley#148 nationally
#97Brad#146 nationally
#92Heidi#140 nationally
#98Carrie#143 nationally
#93Yvonne#137 nationally
#94Sheri#136 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa479US #1
#2Mary347US #2
#3Karen317US #4
#4Susan313US #3
#5Lori308US #8
#6Linda280US #5
#7Tammy268US #12
#8Michelle261US #26
#9Brenda240US #15
#10Sandra240US #9
#11Julie238US #22
#12Patricia225US #7
#13Laura223US #16
#14Debra217US #21
#15Pamela204US #14
#16Elizabeth195US #20
#17Donna190US #6
#18Barbara188US #17
#19Cynthia186US #10
#20Deborah182US #13
#21Christine179US #29
#22Kimberly178US #11
#23Debbie177US #41
#24Cindy172US #37
#25Teresa171US #18
#26Kelly166US #32
#27Nancy154US #23
#28Cheryl151US #24
#29Jennifer151US #36
#30Kathy142US #34
#31Denise141US #27
#32Diane138US #31
#33Robin138US #25
#34Sharon137US #19
#35Tina132US #35
#36Kathleen126US #28
#37Theresa122US #38
#38Janet120US #40
#39Carol118US #33
#40Paula118US #42
#41Diana117US #62
#42Tracy114US #48
#43Terri112US #58
#44Laurie109US #47
#45Rhonda109US #45
#46Kim107US #39
#47Connie106US #55
#48Rebecca101US #44
#49Stephanie101US #64
#50Shelly100US #117
#51Angela99US #30
#52Wendy97US #60
#53Ann94US #57
#54Leslie93US #72
#55Valerie93US #69
#56Amy91US #54
#57Annette88US #71
#58Sherry87US #49
#59Dawn84US #52
#60Gina84US #79
#61Sherri84US #78
#62Catherine83US #53
#63Margaret79US #46
#64Maria78US #43
#65Sheila78US #50
#66Judy77US #70
#67Katherine72US #87
#68Carolyn70US #56
#69Becky68US #126
#70Renee68US #74
#71Suzanne68US #65
#72Cathy65US #67
#73Dana65US #88
#74Andrea63US #89
#75Carla63US #82
#76Jill63US #68
#77Anne61US #80
#78Michele60US #59
#79Deanna59US #133
#80Janice59US #63
#81Monica59US #110
#82Peggy59US #106
#83Melissa57US #61
#84Ruth57US #113
#85Anita56US #77
#86Kathryn56US #93
#87Bonnie55US #83
#88Jacqueline55US #51
#89Beth54US #66
#90Beverly52US #81
#91Colleen52US #98
#92Heidi52US #140
#93Yvonne52US #137
#94Sheri50US #136
#95Vicki50US #100
#96Lynn49US #73
#97Shelley49US #148
#98Carrie48US #143
#99Gail48US #105
#100Penny48US #86

Boys

#1Michael867US #1
#2David831US #3
#3John732US #2
#4Robert707US #5
#5James654US #4
#6Mark567US #6
#7Richard436US #8
#8Scott428US #12
#9William364US #7
#10Kevin349US #11
#11Steven336US #14
#12Thomas305US #9
#13Jeffrey300US #10
#14Daniel276US #19
#15Timothy252US #15
#16Paul243US #17
#17Brian240US #20
#18Joseph240US #13
#19Charles235US #16
#20Kenneth227US #18
#21Gregory226US #21
#22Gary221US #24
#23Ronald215US #23
#24Christopher209US #26
#25Mike207US #44
#26Donald200US #25
#27Todd186US #30
#28Douglas182US #28
#29Anthony176US #22
#30Randy164US #37
#31Eric161US #31
#32Edward154US #27
#33Patrick151US #35
#34Stephen144US #29
#35Troy140US #66
#36Steve137US #49
#37Andrew131US #42
#38Larry130US #36
#39Jeff124US #48
#40Chris122US #59
#41Frank116US #41
#42Terry116US #32
#43Jerry115US #38
#44Dennis110US #39
#45Matthew105US #50
#46Joe104US #58
#47George102US #34
#48Keith96US #33
#49Russell96US #57
#50Danny94US #55
#51Roger92US #53
#52Bradley89US #82
#53Dale89US #69
#54Phillip89US #70
#55Randall88US #65
#56Tony88US #52
#57Alan86US #56
#58Ricky85US #47
#59Bruce84US #43
#60Greg82US #81
#61Gerald80US #60
#62Raymond79US #45
#63Craig78US #51
#64Tim76US #79
#65Jim75US #92
#66Jay74US #85
#67Martin74US #62
#68Shawn73US #108
#69Tom72US #103
#70Vincent72US #61
#71Dean68US #86
#72Peter68US #40
#73Rick68US #111
#74Rodney67US #76
#75Wayne66US #63
#76Kent65US #141
#77Bryan64US #73
#78Bill61US #113
#79Jon59US #84
#80Arthur58US #91
#81Jeffery58US #46
#82Allen56US #90
#83Jack56US #102
#84Dan55US #124
#85Glenn55US #64
#86Kirk53US #139
#87Kurt52US #116
#88Billy51US #74
#89Kelly51US #126
#90Curtis49US #72
#91Victor49US #97
#92Carl48US #54
#93Darrell48US #95
#94Jimmy48US #78
#95Philip48US #83
#96Roy47US #89
#97Brad46US #146
#98Duane46US #130
#99Lawrence45US #68
#100Ron45US #185

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑37Phillip#54
↑33Gina#60
↑22Andrea#74
↑15Anita#85
↑14Sheila#65
↑14Tony#56
↑13Kathryn#86
↑13Ricky#58

Falling

↓28Vicki#95
↓19Peggy#82
↓17Penny#100
↓17Jim#65
↓16Curtis#90
↓15Carl#92
↓14Lawrence#99
↓13Sharon#34

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.