State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 36,990 Colorado births in 1970 across 949 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#91Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#95Clinton#175 nationally
#57Mike#136 nationally
#87Kirk#158 nationally
#64Brandon#131 nationally
#73Justin#138 nationally
#91Joshua#150 nationally
#95Jody#153 nationally
#60Erin#111 nationally
#84Kelly#135 nationally
#35Heidi#81 nationally
#93Brad#139 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer527US #1
#2Michelle525US #4
#3Lisa413US #2
#4Kimberly329US #3
#5Amy282US #5
#6Heather237US #19
#7Julie211US #11
#8Melissa207US #7
#9Shannon207US #22
#10Stephanie200US #17
#11Angela194US #6
#12Laura186US #13
#13Dawn182US #16
#14Tammy181US #8
#15Christine177US #14
#16Mary173US #9
#17Tracy171US #10
#18Lori170US #23
#19Wendy158US #28
#20Susan144US #15
#21Brenda143US #40
#22Karen142US #12
#23Nicole136US #30
#24Elizabeth134US #18
#25Denise132US #36
#26Kelly132US #20
#27Pamela132US #26
#28Tina128US #21
#29Cynthia127US #25
#30Rebecca122US #29
#31Andrea117US #43
#32Christina113US #35
#33Patricia106US #24
#34Sandra101US #27
#35Heidi96US #81
#36Stacy93US #42
#37Kristin92US #63
#38Sarah87US #65
#39Teresa87US #34
#40Stacey86US #48
#41Deborah85US #33
#42Monica84US #56
#43Carrie82US #73
#44Holly82US #74
#45Tanya82US #76
#46Jill80US #52
#47Katherine79US #67
#48Donna77US #32
#49Cheryl76US #44
#50Gina76US #61
#51Tamara76US #79
#52Renee75US #68
#53Debra74US #47
#54Valerie74US #97
#55Linda73US #38
#56Paula73US #57
#57Rhonda73US #46
#58Dana72US #54
#59Kathleen71US #45
#60Erin69US #111
#61Nancy67US #50
#62Tara66US #69
#63Barbara65US #41
#64Robin65US #51
#65Shelly65US #103
#66Theresa65US #53
#67Leslie63US #64
#68Cindy62US #72
#69Michele61US #31
#70Sharon61US #37
#71Ann60US #62
#72Rachel60US #58
#73Anna59US #102
#74Catherine59US #59
#75Tonya59US #49
#76Kristen58US #83
#77Carol57US #71
#78Diane57US #70
#79Sherry57US #60
#80Maria56US #39
#81Melinda55US #93
#82Regina55US #86
#83Deanna54US #90
#84Kelli54US #115
#85Jodi53US #95
#86Kristina51US #125
#87Kristine51US #109
#88Carla50US #94
#89Laurie50US #88
#90Melanie50US #91
#91Shawna49
#92Suzanne49US #87
#93April48US #82
#94Jacqueline48US #66
#95Jody48US #153
#96Kristi47US #123
#97Sheila47US #75
#98Tricia47US #124
#99Diana45US #89
#100Jamie45US #120

Boys

#1Michael972US #1
#2David673US #3
#3Robert654US #5
#4John622US #4
#5James556US #2
#6Christopher480US #6
#7Mark393US #9
#8Brian389US #8
#9Jason383US #13
#10Richard372US #10
#11Scott366US #12
#12William350US #7
#13Jeffrey330US #11
#14Eric329US #18
#15Steven300US #15
#16Matthew260US #24
#17Kevin256US #14
#18Paul253US #23
#19Thomas253US #17
#20Timothy250US #20
#21Daniel245US #19
#22Joseph238US #16
#23Todd233US #28
#24Gregory201US #26
#25Anthony198US #22
#26Charles195US #21
#27Troy182US #41
#28Shawn169US #34
#29Andrew168US #32
#30Sean159US #37
#31Patrick144US #33
#32Kenneth142US #25
#33Douglas138US #36
#34Ronald127US #29
#35Stephen124US #27
#36Gary120US #35
#37Chad117US #51
#38Craig115US #39
#39Edward114US #31
#40Shane114US #64
#41Donald110US #30
#42Aaron98US #52
#43Keith92US #38
#44Jonathan88US #42
#45Bradley84US #47
#46Brent84US #74
#47Raymond84US #49
#48Larry83US #43
#49Bryan82US #53
#50Peter82US #44
#51Jeffery79US #50
#52Jeremy78US #70
#53Travis78US #69
#54Russell77US #58
#55Rodney73US #55
#56Jerry71US #45
#57Mike70US #136
#58Lance69US #76
#59Brett67US #99
#60Chris67US #63
#61Adam66US #72
#62Randy66US #59
#63Tony65US #57
#64Brandon64US #131
#65Jon64US #68
#66Derek63US #77
#67George63US #40
#68Terry63US #54
#69Joel61US #82
#70Phillip60US #73
#71Roger60US #61
#72Erik59US #101
#73Justin59US #138
#74Darren55US #75
#75Dennis55US #46
#76Frank55US #48
#77Jay54US #97
#78Marc54US #60
#79Joe52US #90
#80Gerald51US #67
#81Jeff51US #116
#82Dale49US #110
#83Jose49US #56
#84Kelly49US #135
#85Ricky49US #105
#86Corey48US #84
#87Kirk48US #158
#88Alan46US #91
#89Benjamin46US #81
#90Danny46US #85
#91Joshua46US #150
#92Nathan45US #130
#93Brad44US #139
#94Carl44US #66
#95Clinton43US #175
#96Lawrence43US #83
#97Samuel43US #62
#98Martin42US #93
#99Philip42US #92
#100Steve42US #114

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑40Tanya#45
↑38Adam#61
↑36Sarah#38
↑32Carrie#43
↑32Aaron#42
↑30Stacy#36
↑27Chad#37
↑22Nicole#23

Falling

↓30Deanna#83
↓30Frank#76
↓30Steve#100
↓26Corey#86
↓23Michele#69
↓23Suzanne#92
↓22Jacqueline#94
↓22Dennis#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.