State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 33,847 Colorado births in 1972 across 948 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#67Shawna#174 nationally
#96Ian#189 nationally
#75Dustin#165 nationally
#86Amber#161 nationally
#80Natalie#143 nationally
#98Dean#156 nationally
#85Gabriel#139 nationally
#87Brandi#141 nationally
#77Lance#126 nationally
#71Jay#115 nationally
#97Kelly#140 nationally
#52Erin#93 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer724US #1
#2Michelle443US #2
#3Amy371US #5
#4Lisa307US #3
#5Heather299US #9
#6Kimberly232US #4
#7Melissa224US #7
#8Stephanie218US #8
#9Angela210US #6
#10Nicole209US #10
#11Julie201US #12
#12Christine174US #16
#13Shannon170US #22
#14Tammy163US #11
#15Rebecca159US #14
#16Laura152US #17
#17Christina149US #26
#18Andrea126US #30
#19Tracy124US #19
#20Elizabeth120US #15
#21Mary118US #13
#22Sarah118US #49
#23Tina118US #18
#24Dawn116US #20
#25Lori116US #28
#26Brenda112US #44
#27Kelly105US #23
#28Karen104US #21
#29Susan103US #24
#30Wendy99US #29
#31Cynthia96US #25
#32Melanie88US #42
#33Jessica87US #46
#34Tanya87US #54
#35Denise86US #35
#36April84US #48
#37Heidi79US #64
#38Sandra79US #31
#39Rachel78US #40
#40Patricia77US #27
#41Stacey76US #41
#42Tara76US #38
#43Kristin75US #67
#44Deborah73US #43
#45Carrie72US #53
#46Dana71US #52
#47Paula71US #72
#48Stacy70US #33
#49Holly69US #71
#50Gina68US #78
#51Renee68US #77
#52Erin67US #93
#53Jill67US #62
#54Robin67US #55
#55Monica66US #47
#56Tiffany65US #61
#57Michele64US #36
#58Tamara62US #84
#59Katherine61US #69
#60Linda61US #51
#61Tonya61US #37
#62Catherine60US #65
#63Donna60US #45
#64Pamela60US #34
#65Maria59US #32
#66Sara59US #101
#67Shawna59US #174
#68Shelly59US #94
#69Teresa59US #39
#70Kathleen58US #57
#71Leslie58US #75
#72Cheryl57US #56
#73Valerie57US #100
#74Debra56US #66
#75Crystal55US #59
#76Barbara54US #58
#77Kristi52US #102
#78Anna50US #86
#79Diana50US #83
#80Natalie50US #143
#81Amanda49US #76
#82Sharon49US #50
#83Sherry49US #70
#84Kristina47US #112
#85Jodi46US #97
#86Amber45US #161
#87Brandi44US #141
#88Kristine44US #127
#89Victoria44US #99
#90Erica43US #87
#91Melinda43US #81
#92Sheila43US #90
#93Theresa43US #68
#94Alicia42US #96
#95Jamie42US #114
#96Rhonda42US #60
#97Deanna41US #107
#98Nancy41US #63
#99Samantha41US #137
#100Cindy40US #80

Boys

#1Michael826US #1
#2Christopher617US #2
#3David558US #4
#4Jason500US #7
#5Robert490US #6
#6John454US #5
#7Brian446US #8
#8James422US #3
#9Matthew336US #10
#10Eric321US #16
#11Scott291US #11
#12William289US #9
#13Jeffrey288US #17
#14Daniel278US #15
#15Mark274US #18
#16Richard249US #14
#17Steven247US #19
#18Kevin230US #13
#19Joseph216US #12
#20Timothy205US #21
#21Chad204US #25
#22Anthony193US #22
#23Shawn181US #28
#24Paul177US #24
#25Thomas176US #20
#26Sean166US #33
#27Ryan163US #39
#28Andrew155US #30
#29Charles155US #23
#30Gregory147US #26
#31Troy139US #49
#32Kenneth135US #27
#33Todd131US #31
#34Stephen127US #29
#35Aaron125US #40
#36Patrick124US #35
#37Justin123US #60
#38Jeremy122US #42
#39Shane117US #55
#40Joshua114US #59
#41Donald107US #36
#42Brandon105US #63
#43Jonathan102US #37
#44Travis98US #57
#45Ronald97US #32
#46Gary93US #41
#47Adam89US #51
#48Edward88US #34
#49Nathan87US #79
#50Douglas86US #43
#51Keith85US #38
#52Bryan80US #45
#53Craig77US #46
#54Bradley75US #61
#55Derek74US #67
#56Dennis71US #52
#57Larry66US #47
#58Brett64US #80
#59Raymond63US #54
#60Peter62US #48
#61Jeffery60US #58
#62Jerry60US #53
#63Benjamin58US #64
#64George58US #44
#65Frank56US #56
#66Jesse56US #88
#67Brent55US #77
#68Phillip54US #75
#69Samuel54US #66
#70Erik52US #86
#71Jay52US #115
#72Nicholas52US #99
#73Russell51US #69
#74Chris50US #82
#75Dustin49US #165
#76Jose47US #50
#77Lance47US #126
#78Carl46US #85
#79Jon46US #89
#80Danny45US #87
#81Marc45US #83
#82Randy43US #70
#83Curtis42US #92
#84Christian41US #96
#85Gabriel41US #139
#86Terry41US #62
#87Joe40US #100
#88Alan38US #110
#89Carlos38US #84
#90Randall38US #120
#91Joel37US #78
#92Lawrence36US #101
#93Tony36US #68
#94Corey35US #95
#95Darren35US #106
#96Ian35US #189
#97Kelly35US #140
#98Dean34US #156
#99Kyle34US #113
#100Philip34US #104

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑41Melanie#32
↑30Nathan#49
↑29Paula#47
↑26Maria#65
↑26Sara#66
↑25Catherine#62
↑24Phillip#68
↑22Tara#42

Falling

↓42Cindy#100
↓35Rhonda#96
↓31Teresa#69
↓31Nancy#98
↓28Theresa#93
↓27Pamela#64
↓20Randy#82
↓18Stacy#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.