State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 31,793 Colorado births in 1966 across 834 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#85Roberta#180 nationally
#98Shane#186 nationally
#92Kent#172 nationally
#79Becky#153 nationally
#85Kirk#154 nationally
#86Tom#153 nationally
#78Jim#136 nationally
#91Kristen#149 nationally
#90Duane#140 nationally
#82Yvonne#129 nationally
#80Greg#126 nationally
#73Brett#118 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa449US #1
#2Michelle377US #4
#3Kimberly249US #2
#4Julie245US #13
#5Mary241US #3
#6Susan222US #6
#7Karen221US #5
#8Jennifer192US #10
#9Tammy179US #8
#10Brenda177US #25
#11Patricia177US #7
#12Cynthia176US #11
#13Lori176US #21
#14Laura169US #19
#15Deborah160US #14
#16Kelly157US #26
#17Pamela157US #15
#18Linda152US #18
#19Amy150US #30
#20Christine148US #20
#21Elizabeth143US #16
#22Stephanie137US #38
#23Denise133US #32
#24Tina132US #23
#25Donna127US #12
#26Rebecca127US #40
#27Sandra124US #17
#28Debra122US #35
#29Barbara117US #27
#30Nancy116US #33
#31Cheryl115US #34
#32Tracy115US #31
#33Dawn112US #24
#34Cindy110US #56
#35Angela109US #9
#36Paula102US #50
#37Wendy99US #41
#38Kathleen98US #37
#39Teresa95US #29
#40Andrea94US #52
#41Theresa94US #46
#42Rhonda93US #39
#43Sharon88US #28
#44Jill85US #49
#45Renee85US #66
#46Melissa84US #22
#47Diane80US #45
#48Kim80US #43
#49Carol79US #48
#50Debbie77US #73
#51Diana77US #64
#52Heidi77US #87
#53Connie76US #70
#54Valerie76US #74
#55Robin74US #42
#56Gina72US #58
#57Christina71US #67
#58Leslie71US #71
#59Michele71US #36
#60Shelly67US #89
#61Catherine65US #54
#62Dana64US #68
#63Kathy63US #59
#64Margaret63US #55
#65Maria62US #44
#66Sheila61US #51
#67Annette60US #79
#68Monica60US #75
#69Kristine59US #104
#70Stacey59US #76
#71Suzanne57US #62
#72Tamara57US #98
#73Terri57US #72
#74Ann56US #61
#75Katherine56US #78
#76Janet55US #57
#77Jacqueline53US #47
#78Sherry52US #53
#79Becky51US #153
#80Shannon49US #120
#81Kristin48US #107
#82Yvonne48US #129
#83Holly47US #101
#84Stacy47US #91
#85Roberta46US #180
#86Sherri46US #92
#87Anne45US #83
#88Sarah44US #85
#89Jodi42US #118
#90Kathryn42US #86
#91Kristen42US #149
#92Anna40US #95
#93Bonnie40US #90
#94Laurie40US #63
#95Carla39US #77
#96Deanna39US #105
#97Judy39US #97
#98Janice38US #80
#99Lynn38US #81
#100Melinda37US #102

Boys

#1Michael800US #1
#2David624US #2
#3John573US #4
#4Robert530US #5
#5James464US #3
#6Mark398US #7
#7Richard333US #8
#8Scott318US #16
#9William302US #6
#10Jeffrey291US #9
#11Brian275US #14
#12Steven273US #13
#13Paul271US #18
#14Christopher270US #12
#15Kevin257US #17
#16Daniel254US #19
#17Thomas246US #10
#18Timothy240US #11
#19Joseph233US #15
#20Gregory209US #23
#21Eric200US #25
#22Todd185US #29
#23Kenneth181US #21
#24Ronald181US #24
#25Gary172US #28
#26Charles164US #20
#27Anthony147US #22
#28Donald145US #27
#29Patrick145US #31
#30Douglas141US #33
#31Troy139US #48
#32Stephen138US #26
#33Matthew128US #34
#34Andrew123US #36
#35Sean111US #50
#36Edward100US #30
#37Larry100US #38
#38Rodney100US #35
#39Mike98US #69
#40Shawn98US #54
#41Randy97US #45
#42Jerry87US #41
#43Keith85US #32
#44Steve85US #67
#45Chris80US #55
#46Alan79US #57
#47George75US #37
#48Raymond73US #47
#49Terry73US #40
#50Craig69US #46
#51Dennis69US #44
#52Frank68US #43
#53Joe67US #74
#54Russell66US #61
#55Jeffery65US #42
#56Peter64US #39
#57Jeff62US #72
#58Danny60US #62
#59Bryan59US #52
#60Dean59US #84
#61Gerald59US #60
#62Jon59US #76
#63Darren58US #63
#64Martin58US #78
#65Roger58US #51
#66Kurt55US #110
#67Bradley54US #68
#68Bruce53US #53
#69Ricky53US #64
#70Wayne52US #59
#71Carl51US #56
#72Randall51US #70
#73Brett50US #118
#74Dale49US #85
#75Phillip49US #71
#76Tony49US #49
#77Jay48US #91
#78Jim48US #136
#79Lawrence46US #66
#80Greg45US #126
#81Tim45US #103
#82Vincent45US #58
#83Brent44US #114
#84Jason44US #89
#85Kirk44US #154
#86Tom43US #153
#87Joel42US #102
#88Kelly42US #111
#89Lee41US #106
#90Duane40US #140
#91Darrell39US #95
#92Kent39US #172
#93Philip39US #86
#94Roy39US #94
#95Curtis38US #75
#96Jonathan37US #65
#97Victor37US #101
#98Shane36US #186
#99Darin35US #134
#100Johnny35US #73

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑33Sean#35
↑29Heidi#52
↑25Melissa#46
↑23Shelly#60
↑20Kristine#69
↑19Andrea#40
↑18Tracy#32
↑16Alan#46

Falling

↓29Laurie#94
↓27Dale#74
↓24Sheila#66
↓21Carla#95
↓20Deanna#96
↓18Rhonda#42
↓17Ann#74
↓15Sharon#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.