State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,894 Colorado births in 1965 across 833 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#98Lance#169 nationally
#82Kirk#152 nationally
#95Kent#161 nationally
#74Rick#137 nationally
#96Dan#155 nationally
#90Shelley#148 nationally
#96Heather#150 nationally
#99Carrie#152 nationally
#83Duane#135 nationally
#86Kristin#135 nationally
#67Kurt#112 nationally
#73Jim#116 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa474US #1
#2Mary294US #2
#3Karen262US #3
#4Kimberly247US #4
#5Susan237US #5
#6Michelle232US #18
#7Julie230US #14
#8Brenda197US #23
#9Lori193US #19
#10Cynthia189US #9
#11Tammy180US #11
#12Pamela178US #12
#13Patricia173US #6
#14Jennifer170US #20
#15Laura166US #17
#16Linda159US #8
#17Deborah157US #13
#18Christine154US #21
#19Kelly150US #30
#20Sandra149US #15
#21Cheryl147US #31
#22Stephanie144US #44
#23Donna142US #7
#24Rhonda142US #37
#25Denise139US #28
#26Wendy134US #39
#27Elizabeth133US #16
#28Sharon131US #22
#29Amy129US #35
#30Debra129US #27
#31Barbara128US #25
#32Angela119US #10
#33Dawn118US #26
#34Tina112US #29
#35Cindy109US #53
#36Teresa108US #24
#37Nancy107US #32
#38Carol104US #42
#39Rebecca103US #41
#40Robin101US #33
#41Kim100US #43
#42Sheila98US #50
#43Kathleen97US #34
#44Valerie97US #67
#45Theresa96US #45
#46Diane95US #40
#47Paula92US #49
#48Renee92US #68
#49Catherine87US #57
#50Tracy87US #36
#51Diana85US #64
#52Debbie84US #62
#53Annette83US #71
#54Connie80US #61
#55Kathy79US #54
#56Michele78US #48
#57Ann76US #59
#58Jill76US #51
#59Andrea75US #63
#60Gina75US #70
#61Terri73US #69
#62Janet72US #55
#63Margaret72US #52
#64Dana71US #78
#65Laurie70US #60
#66Maria70US #46
#67Sherry69US #56
#68Katherine67US #79
#69Christina66US #74
#70Jacqueline65US #47
#71Melissa63US #38
#72Monica63US #72
#73Leslie62US #75
#74Carla61US #76
#75Vicki60US #114
#76Deanna57US #110
#77Tamara56US #104
#78Anne54US #77
#79Stacey54US #84
#80Carolyn53US #58
#81Heidi53US #105
#82Kathryn53US #87
#83Shelly53US #98
#84Suzanne53US #65
#85Sherri52US #91
#86Kristin51US #135
#87Holly50US #113
#88Judy48US #86
#89Kristine48US #120
#90Shelley48US #148
#91Anna44US #96
#92Lynn43US #80
#93Peggy43US #124
#94Veronica43US #125
#95Yvonne43US #132
#96Heather42US #150
#97Jamie41US #140
#98Anita40US #94
#99Carrie40US #152
#100Beth39US #66

Boys

#1Michael822US #1
#2David747US #3
#3John634US #2
#4Robert618US #5
#5James550US #4
#6Mark438US #7
#7Richard384US #8
#8Kevin327US #13
#9Scott326US #15
#10William318US #6
#11Jeffrey289US #10
#12Steven280US #14
#13Daniel269US #17
#14Christopher265US #18
#15Brian233US #19
#16Thomas233US #9
#17Paul228US #16
#18Timothy225US #12
#19Kenneth224US #21
#20Gregory213US #23
#21Joseph213US #11
#22Charles194US #20
#23Eric189US #25
#24Ronald189US #24
#25Patrick174US #31
#26Donald171US #26
#27Gary169US #27
#28Anthony164US #22
#29Todd156US #30
#30Douglas151US #32
#31Matthew141US #36
#32Rodney135US #33
#33Troy131US #53
#34Mike129US #51
#35Stephen123US #28
#36Andrew115US #37
#37Larry109US #38
#38Steve105US #55
#39Edward102US #29
#40Randy102US #42
#41Shawn96US #69
#42Frank95US #43
#43Craig94US #46
#44Jeff94US #62
#45Jerry89US #41
#46Keith89US #35
#47Dale82US #83
#48Terry82US #40
#49Raymond79US #45
#50Jeffery76US #47
#51Chris74US #60
#52George74US #34
#53Dean72US #88
#54Dennis72US #44
#55Peter71US #39
#56Roger69US #49
#57Darren68US #52
#58Randall68US #73
#59Bradley67US #72
#60Joe67US #71
#61Bryan66US #63
#62Alan65US #59
#63Gerald65US #64
#64Phillip65US #70
#65Danny63US #56
#66Russell61US #58
#67Kurt60US #112
#68Sean60US #79
#69Martin59US #67
#70Tim59US #97
#71Tony57US #48
#72Jay56US #90
#73Jim55US #116
#74Rick55US #137
#75Bruce54US #50
#76Jon53US #78
#77Ricky53US #57
#78Wayne51US #65
#79Greg50US #105
#80Jimmy50US #81
#81Darrin49US #102
#82Kirk49US #152
#83Duane48US #135
#84Jack48US #104
#85Tom48US #127
#86Lawrence47US #66
#87Philip45US #87
#88Vincent45US #61
#89Brett44US #132
#90Jason44US #111
#91Joel43US #114
#92Curtis42US #75
#93Johnny42US #76
#94Eugene41US #120
#95Kent41US #161
#96Dan40US #155
#97Darin40US #123
#98Lance40US #169
#99Roy40US #95
#100Allen39US #92

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑38Darren#57
↑33Michele#56
↑28Sheila#42
↑26Wendy#26
↑24Sean#68
↑23Shawn#41
↑22Kurt#67
↑19Rodney#32

Falling

↓29Debbie#52
↓28Shelly#83
↓24Greg#79
↓22Carrie#99
↓21Tracy#50
↓21Kathy#55
↓20Terri#61
↓18Ricky#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.