State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,424 Colorado births in 1979 across 1,018 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#62Desiree#170 nationally
#100Levioutside the national top 200
#95Mathew#192 nationally
#98Shawna#177 nationally
#58Tyler#131 nationally
#75Cody#147 nationally
#99Brianne#168 nationally
#50Lindsey#113 nationally
#95Adrienne#158 nationally
#80Kendra#137 nationally
#59Anne#115 nationally
#54Lucas#108 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer818US #1
#2Melissa440US #2
#3Amanda405US #3
#4Jessica398US #4
#5Sarah385US #6
#6Nicole312US #9
#7Michelle306US #10
#8Heather262US #7
#9Amber247US #22
#10Amy246US #5
#11Elizabeth240US #11
#12Stephanie239US #15
#13Christina234US #14
#14Lisa233US #13
#15Jamie232US #19
#16Angela231US #8
#17Rebecca213US #17
#18Kimberly208US #12
#19Erin205US #21
#20Crystal204US #18
#21Andrea189US #26
#22Kelly166US #16
#23Laura165US #20
#24Shannon159US #25
#25Sara155US #30
#26Rachel150US #27
#27Megan147US #31
#28Julie137US #29
#29Tiffany127US #28
#30April126US #23
#31Katherine120US #36
#32Danielle113US #33
#33Mary113US #24
#34Carrie109US #41
#35Emily108US #34
#36Alicia93US #47
#37Holly92US #48
#38Katie92US #63
#39Maria89US #37
#40Kathryn88US #50
#41Christine87US #35
#42Tara86US #38
#43Melanie84US #53
#44Anna83US #59
#45Brooke82US #85
#46Dawn78US #57
#47Erica78US #32
#48Lindsay77US #88
#49Vanessa75US #75
#50Lindsey73US #113
#51Monica72US #40
#52Tracy71US #49
#53Misty70US #42
#54Lori68US #69
#55Stacy68US #43
#56Brandy65US #39
#57Kristina64US #74
#58Susan64US #51
#59Anne63US #115
#60Lauren63US #45
#61Ashley62US #67
#62Desiree62US #170
#63Karen62US #46
#64Leslie62US #65
#65Valerie62US #89
#66Courtney61US #71
#67Jill60US #52
#68Catherine59US #78
#69Allison58US #70
#70Kristin58US #73
#71Heidi56US #83
#72Cynthia55US #55
#73Samantha55US #66
#74Stacey55US #60
#75Tina55US #58
#76Veronica55US #76
#77Brandi54US #61
#78Kristen54US #62
#79Dana53US #54
#80Kendra53US #137
#81Natalie53US #68
#82Sandra53US #77
#83Krista52US #130
#84Leah52US #98
#85Patricia52US #44
#86Theresa52US #100
#87Mindy51US #81
#88Molly51US #139
#89Renee51US #101
#90Gina50US #96
#91Nichole50US #103
#92Wendy50US #64
#93Victoria48US #119
#94Meghan46US #121
#95Adrienne45US #158
#96Jaime45US #97
#97Robin45US #95
#98Shawna45US #177
#99Brianne44US #168
#100Tamara44US #104

Boys

#1Michael866US #1
#2Christopher691US #2
#3Jason651US #3
#4David603US #4
#5Joshua598US #9
#6Matthew589US #6
#7Ryan488US #14
#8James444US #5
#9John442US #7
#10Robert431US #8
#11Daniel416US #12
#12Brian388US #10
#13Nicholas364US #15
#14Joseph350US #11
#15Justin348US #22
#16Jeremy309US #16
#17Andrew291US #20
#18Eric278US #17
#19Timothy264US #18
#20William260US #13
#21Aaron259US #32
#22Adam251US #23
#23Nathan248US #37
#24Jeffrey247US #24
#25Richard229US #25
#26Anthony228US #21
#27Scott217US #29
#28Kevin210US #19
#29Steven210US #27
#30Benjamin198US #33
#31Jonathan194US #31
#32Travis190US #36
#33Mark189US #30
#34Thomas186US #26
#35Paul180US #34
#36Jacob170US #45
#37Chad169US #38
#38Jesse162US #50
#39Brandon158US #35
#40Charles147US #28
#41Zachary139US #74
#42Patrick131US #39
#43Sean127US #49
#44Jeremiah121US #81
#45Stephen119US #40
#46Dustin108US #62
#47Kenneth106US #41
#48Shawn106US #43
#49Jared101US #65
#50Bradley95US #47
#51Bryan92US #46
#52Gregory89US #42
#53Gabriel86US #90
#54Lucas86US #108
#55Samuel84US #55
#56Shane83US #67
#57Jose78US #44
#58Tyler78US #131
#59Luke76US #110
#60Kyle75US #56
#61Casey74US #93
#62Erik73US #66
#63Todd72US #60
#64Donald68US #51
#65Keith67US #52
#66Shaun67US #64
#67Alexander66US #94
#68Douglas66US #58
#69Nathaniel66US #95
#70Seth65US #101
#71Edward64US #48
#72Carlos63US #73
#73Brett62US #98
#74Derek61US #72
#75Cody60US #147
#76Peter60US #53
#77Phillip59US #68
#78Craig58US #77
#79Cory57US #82
#80Ronald54US #54
#81Joel53US #71
#82Ian51US #107
#83Larry51US #69
#84Curtis50US #91
#85Gary50US #59
#86Corey48US #63
#87Jeffery48US #87
#88Juan48US #61
#89Raymond47US #70
#90Mario46US #103
#91Philip46US #83
#92Dennis45US #75
#93Brent44US #84
#94Jerry43US #85
#95Mathew43US #192
#96Troy43US #99
#97Clinton42US #146
#98George42US #57
#99Jon41US #118
#100Levi41

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑39Katie#38
↑39Ashley#61
↑32Leslie#64
↑27Alexander#67
↑26Holly#37
↑26Vanessa#49
↑24Anne#59
↑24Lucas#54

Falling

↓35Jaime#96
↓32Natalie#81
↓30Heidi#71
↓29Nichole#91
↓24Joel#81
↓22Gary#85
↓20Tamara#100
↓19Troy#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.