State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,996 Colorado births in 1976 across 961 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#68Tyler#179 nationally
#83Shawna#169 nationally
#86Clinton#151 nationally
#77Ian#135 nationally
#70Casey#123 nationally
#97Molly#150 nationally
#82Lindsay#133 nationally
#43Jeremiah#93 nationally
#95Sheila#143 nationally
#50Zachary#97 nationally
#93Manuel#140 nationally
#82Seth#128 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer782US #1
#2Amy383US #2
#3Heather351US #4
#4Melissa324US #3
#5Michelle286US #6
#6Jessica274US #8
#7Sarah252US #15
#8Angela239US #5
#9Lisa225US #9
#10Stephanie225US #11
#11Jamie213US #18
#12Kimberly212US #7
#13Rebecca211US #12
#14Amanda207US #10
#15Christina203US #14
#16Nicole201US #13
#17Julie172US #21
#18Elizabeth169US #16
#19Andrea162US #25
#20Laura160US #20
#21Kelly145US #19
#22Shannon145US #17
#23Amber137US #49
#24Erin128US #24
#25Sara127US #27
#26Mary122US #22
#27Christine116US #26
#28Carrie112US #28
#29Rachel110US #23
#30Jaime107US #29
#31Dawn90US #35
#32Tiffany90US #32
#33Tracy89US #37
#34Stacy87US #38
#35Katherine86US #57
#36Emily84US #50
#37Danielle81US #33
#38Misty81US #46
#39Monica81US #45
#40April80US #30
#41Tara80US #42
#42Wendy78US #39
#43Megan77US #62
#44Heidi76US #70
#45Holly75US #56
#46Maria75US #34
#47Anna74US #78
#48Brandy74US #55
#49Brenda74US #77
#50Crystal74US #36
#51Tanya71US #61
#52Jill69US #52
#53Robin69US #75
#54Melanie67US #53
#55Patricia67US #43
#56Lori66US #47
#57Cynthia63US #44
#58Michele63US #63
#59Tammy63US #41
#60Karen61US #31
#61Kristin61US #74
#62Stacey60US #51
#63Renee59US #86
#64Susan59US #40
#65Tina57US #48
#66Valerie57US #83
#67Mandy56US #100
#68Natalie54US #80
#69Christy53US #60
#70Denise53US #69
#71Catherine51US #72
#72Sandra51US #59
#73Allison50US #67
#74Dana50US #64
#75Alicia49US #71
#76Leslie49US #65
#77Brandi48US #79
#78Kristen48US #73
#79Erica47US #54
#80Teresa47US #66
#81Veronica47US #68
#82Lindsay46US #133
#83Shawna46US #169
#84Kathryn45US #88
#85Kathleen44US #82
#86Samantha44US #85
#87Kristina43US #97
#88Vanessa43US #106
#89Victoria43US #92
#90Kristi41US #104
#91Pamela41US #84
#92Tamara41US #91
#93Yolanda41US #117
#94Gina40US #94
#95Sheila40US #143
#96Jodi39US #102
#97Molly39US #150
#98Courtney38US #76
#99Katrina38US #110
#100Aimee37US #123

Boys

#1Michael757US #1
#2Jason738US #2
#3Christopher551US #3
#4Matthew510US #9
#5David491US #4
#6Brian421US #8
#7James406US #5
#8Robert398US #7
#9John373US #6
#10Jeremy352US #14
#11Daniel335US #10
#12Joshua334US #18
#13Ryan317US #16
#14Eric289US #13
#15Joseph258US #12
#16Justin253US #33
#17Jeffrey249US #17
#18Aaron245US #30
#19William238US #11
#20Anthony231US #22
#21Mark218US #25
#22Scott212US #24
#23Nathan199US #39
#24Andrew198US #27
#25Steven195US #20
#26Timothy186US #21
#27Thomas183US #23
#28Shawn182US #34
#29Kevin181US #15
#30Richard181US #19
#31Chad179US #29
#32Adam173US #36
#33Benjamin172US #32
#34Paul168US #28
#35Charles133US #26
#36Brandon132US #40
#37Jonathan132US #31
#38Travis130US #46
#39Jesse128US #55
#40Jacob116US #63
#41Sean113US #42
#42Shane110US #57
#43Jeremiah109US #93
#44Gregory107US #35
#45Patrick102US #41
#46Bryan90US #43
#47Bradley89US #51
#48Stephen88US #37
#49Jared81US #90
#50Zachary80US #97
#51Todd78US #50
#52Kenneth77US #38
#53Douglas75US #56
#54Donald74US #47
#55Troy74US #73
#56Gary70US #52
#57Dustin67US #82
#58Gabriel66US #81
#59Ronald66US #49
#60Samuel65US #59
#61Nicholas64US #77
#62Raymond64US #65
#63Derek59US #84
#64Jose58US #44
#65Keith58US #48
#66Joel57US #72
#67Peter57US #54
#68Tyler54US #179
#69Frank53US #68
#70Casey52US #123
#71Larry52US #60
#72Phillip52US #69
#73Edward51US #45
#74Jerry51US #67
#75Randy51US #79
#76Corey50US #64
#77Ian50US #135
#78Jeffery50US #76
#79Craig48US #61
#80Juan48US #58
#81Cory47US #83
#82Seth47US #128
#83Brett45US #109
#84Brent43US #78
#85Carlos42US #70
#86Clinton41US #151
#87Nathaniel41US #114
#88Erik40US #94
#89George40US #53
#90Jon40US #111
#91Russell40US #87
#92Dennis39US #66
#93Manuel38US #140
#94Marc38US #99
#95Philip37US #89
#96Jamie36US #62
#97Jay36US #126
#98Lance36US #144
#99Lee36US #138
#100Rodney36US #88

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑38Jamie#11
↑29Tyler#68
↑26Zachary#50
↑25Anna#47
↑21Megan#43
↑20Allison#73
↑20Casey#70
↑17Natalie#68

Falling

↓37Gina#94
↓32Tamara#92
↓31Tina#65
↓27Susan#64
↓27Brett#83
↓25Craig#79
↓22Dennis#92
↓21Tanya#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.