State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 35,510 Colorado births in 1971 across 938 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#70Shawnaoutside the national top 200
#77Dustin#181 nationally
#94Clinton#179 nationally
#96Kari#179 nationally
#91Kirk#159 nationally
#87Cory#150 nationally
#45Justin#103 nationally
#50Shelly#103 nationally
#83Kelly#136 nationally
#76Dale#125 nationally
#96Eugene#145 nationally
#50Brandon#95 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer723US #1
#2Michelle482US #2
#3Lisa345US #3
#4Kimberly320US #4
#5Amy289US #5
#6Heather271US #12
#7Melissa213US #7
#8Angela203US #6
#9Stephanie200US #11
#10Shannon194US #21
#11Tammy182US #8
#12Julie177US #10
#13Rebecca167US #23
#14Laura161US #16
#15Mary157US #9
#16Dawn154US #14
#17Andrea149US #35
#18Christine143US #18
#19Lori140US #25
#20Tracy137US #13
#21Susan131US #17
#22Nicole127US #27
#23Tina127US #20
#24Elizabeth124US #19
#25Kelly124US #22
#26Christina119US #30
#27Brenda117US #43
#28Karen117US #15
#29Wendy117US #29
#30Stacy110US #32
#31Sandra108US #31
#32Cynthia103US #24
#33Denise101US #36
#34Carrie98US #55
#35Patricia96US #26
#36Holly94US #76
#37Pamela94US #28
#38Teresa92US #34
#39Heidi85US #77
#40Deborah82US #33
#41Sarah82US #58
#42Dana79US #44
#43Robin79US #51
#44Renee78US #73
#45Katherine77US #67
#46Stacey77US #41
#47Jill75US #59
#48Michele74US #39
#49Monica74US #48
#50Shelly74US #103
#51Tanya74US #72
#52Tamara72US #80
#53April71US #56
#54Jessica71US #64
#55Linda71US #42
#56Gina70US #69
#57Kristin70US #71
#58Cindy69US #70
#59Erin69US #93
#60Rachel69US #54
#61Rhonda69US #46
#62Cheryl68US #50
#63Debra68US #57
#64Tara66US #49
#65Theresa66US #61
#66Kathleen64US #53
#67Nancy64US #52
#68Crystal61US #79
#69Sharon61US #40
#70Shawna61
#71Donna60US #38
#72Kristi60US #113
#73Melanie60US #66
#74Tiffany60US #62
#75Tonya60US #45
#76Paula58US #63
#77Ann57US #78
#78Barbara56US #47
#79Jodi56US #94
#80Valerie56US #102
#81Deanna55US #95
#82Kristine55US #120
#83Leslie55US #68
#84Kristen54US #87
#85Sheila54US #81
#86Jamie53US #118
#87Catherine52US #65
#88Diana52US #82
#89Diane51US #83
#90Kristina50US #117
#91Maria50US #37
#92Sara48US #114
#93Regina47US #90
#94Melinda46US #85
#95Anna44US #106
#96Kari44US #179
#97Stacie43US #131
#98Sherry42US #60
#99Amanda41US #84
#100Carol41US #92

Boys

#1Michael836US #1
#2David593US #3
#3Robert527US #5
#4John516US #4
#5Christopher515US #6
#6James483US #2
#7Jason468US #8
#8Scott348US #10
#9Brian342US #9
#10William341US #7
#11Jeffrey334US #12
#12Eric329US #18
#13Matthew327US #19
#14Richard299US #11
#15Mark292US #13
#16Steven273US #16
#17Daniel269US #20
#18Kevin256US #14
#19Paul253US #24
#20Joseph222US #15
#21Timothy220US #21
#22Thomas213US #17
#23Shawn206US #28
#24Sean200US #36
#25Chad199US #29
#26Anthony175US #23
#27Gregory171US #26
#28Charles163US #22
#29Aaron160US #41
#30Andrew156US #33
#31Troy156US #46
#32Kenneth153US #25
#33Todd142US #30
#34Jeremy137US #45
#35Patrick135US #35
#36Stephen134US #27
#37Ryan127US #51
#38Ronald118US #31
#39Donald117US #34
#40Travis106US #61
#41Shane105US #60
#42Gary102US #38
#43Douglas100US #39
#44Edward100US #32
#45Justin97US #103
#46Craig96US #43
#47Jonathan86US #40
#48Raymond85US #52
#49Bryan83US #48
#50Brandon82US #95
#51Bradley81US #58
#52Derek81US #63
#53Jeffery79US #53
#54Keith78US #37
#55Frank77US #54
#56Adam76US #57
#57George76US #42
#58Joshua72US #80
#59Larry70US #44
#60Peter70US #47
#61Jerry66US #50
#62Randy66US #67
#63Brett64US #90
#64Brent62US #73
#65Russell62US #64
#66Jon59US #78
#67Lance59US #98
#68Benjamin57US #69
#69Chris57US #68
#70Jesse56US #107
#71Dennis54US #49
#72Jose54US #55
#73Terry54US #56
#74Erik53US #97
#75Tony53US #62
#76Dale51US #125
#77Dustin49US #181
#78Samuel48US #66
#79Nathan47US #104
#80Rodney47US #59
#81Shannon47US #106
#82Joe46US #101
#83Kelly46US #136
#84Marc46US #70
#85Jay45US #114
#86Roger45US #71
#87Cory44US #150
#88Danny44US #82
#89Gerald44US #83
#90Joel44US #86
#91Kirk44US #159
#92Phillip44US #76
#93Vincent44US #87
#94Clinton43US #179
#95Marcus42US #65
#96Eugene41US #145
#97Carl40US #72
#98Louis40US #126
#99Alexander39US #134
#100Micheal39US #124

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑40April#53
↑33Joshua#58
↑28Justin#45
↑24Kristi#72
↑21Robin#43
↑21Michele#48
↑21Shawna#70
↑21Frank#55

Falling

↓26Valerie#80
↓25Rodney#80
↓23Donna#71
↓23Carol#100
↓22Anna#95
↓22Phillip#92
↓21Joel#90
↓20Kristin#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.