State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 42,502 Colorado births in 1980 across 1,032 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#89Levioutside the national top 200
#66Desiree#156 nationally
#65Kendra#154 nationally
#95Mathew#183 nationally
#63Cody#143 nationally
#83Isaac#150 nationally
#69Molly#133 nationally
#98Jordan#160 nationally
#59Tyler#114 nationally
#100Trevor#155 nationally
#46Luke#97 nationally
#85Mandy#132 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer858US #1
#2Jessica491US #3
#3Sarah483US #5
#4Amanda440US #2
#5Melissa422US #4
#6Michelle321US #10
#7Nicole292US #7
#8Heather269US #6
#9Amber266US #22
#10Stephanie256US #13
#11Erin253US #20
#12Elizabeth232US #9
#13Kimberly230US #11
#14Lisa230US #16
#15Christina229US #15
#16Amy228US #8
#17Crystal223US #18
#18Jamie209US #24
#19Rebecca208US #17
#20Laura198US #21
#21Tiffany190US #14
#22Kelly188US #19
#23Sara187US #27
#24Angela186US #12
#25Andrea181US #28
#26Megan169US #30
#27Rachel159US #23
#28Shannon159US #29
#29Emily145US #31
#30April142US #26
#31Julie141US #32
#32Danielle124US #33
#33Katherine124US #35
#34Courtney110US #48
#35Mary106US #25
#36Kristin105US #37
#37Katie104US #44
#38Brooke98US #57
#39Kristen97US #39
#40Lindsay97US #71
#41Maria97US #36
#42Alicia96US #47
#43Erica94US #34
#44Monica91US #45
#45Ashley87US #40
#46Christine86US #41
#47Lauren83US #38
#48Tara83US #43
#49Heidi81US #79
#50Melanie79US #60
#51Vanessa79US #69
#52Allison78US #59
#53Holly78US #52
#54Lindsey78US #91
#55Natalie77US #65
#56Kathryn76US #50
#57Kristina76US #73
#58Anna73US #55
#59Leah72US #84
#60Leslie70US #61
#61Patricia70US #51
#62Nichole69US #102
#63Brandy68US #42
#64Misty68US #49
#65Kendra65US #154
#66Desiree63US #156
#67Wendy62US #75
#68Carrie61US #46
#69Molly61US #133
#70Tracy60US #56
#71Samantha59US #58
#72Tanya59US #88
#73Cynthia57US #64
#74Sandra57US #80
#75Stacey57US #74
#76Anne55US #112
#77Candice55US #99
#78Brandi53US #63
#79Julia53US #98
#80Brenda51US #115
#81Katrina51US #90
#82Krista50US #121
#83Monique50US #93
#84Karen49US #54
#85Mandy49US #132
#86Dawn48US #67
#87Kathleen48US #82
#88Stacy48US #53
#89Valerie48US #85
#90Pamela47US #86
#91Sabrina46US #113
#92Erika45US #87
#93Jill45US #66
#94Kristy45US #78
#95Lori45US #76
#96Susan45US #62
#97Catherine44US #77
#98Jacqueline44US #81
#99Kristi44US #122
#100Natasha44US #89

Boys

#1Michael903US #1
#2Christopher702US #2
#3Matthew682US #6
#4Joshua611US #7
#5Jason580US #3
#6David538US #4
#7Ryan509US #15
#8Justin480US #13
#9James448US #5
#10John446US #8
#11Daniel433US #11
#12Robert413US #9
#13Brian403US #12
#14Nicholas372US #17
#15Joseph368US #10
#16Eric337US #16
#17Adam305US #22
#18Andrew303US #19
#19Jeremy290US #18
#20Aaron255US #34
#21Benjamin253US #32
#22William252US #14
#23Anthony248US #24
#24Timothy243US #20
#25Jeffrey241US #27
#26Nathan240US #36
#27Brandon236US #31
#28Scott233US #33
#29Jonathan232US #21
#30Richard218US #26
#31Jesse203US #45
#32Kevin201US #23
#33Thomas197US #25
#34Steven193US #28
#35Jacob188US #43
#36Mark185US #30
#37Paul184US #35
#38Travis179US #37
#39Dustin175US #44
#40Charles168US #29
#41Patrick164US #38
#42Chad156US #39
#43Jared140US #61
#44Sean137US #48
#45Derek124US #50
#46Luke119US #97
#47Jeremiah118US #76
#48Zachary118US #72
#49Bryan115US #49
#50Stephen112US #40
#51Gregory104US #42
#52Kenneth102US #41
#53Bradley99US #51
#54Shane96US #69
#55Jose92US #46
#56Shawn89US #47
#57Samuel88US #54
#58Erik86US #64
#59Tyler81US #114
#60Kyle80US #57
#61Lucas77US #98
#62Ian75US #104
#63Cody71US #143
#64Craig70US #73
#65Casey69US #93
#66Gabriel68US #85
#67Peter68US #55
#68Todd66US #75
#69Donald65US #53
#70Douglas64US #62
#71Juan64US #59
#72Alexander62US #91
#73Seth61US #99
#74Brett60US #96
#75Edward60US #52
#76Carlos59US #78
#77Keith58US #56
#78Nathaniel58US #86
#79Cory56US #83
#80Raymond56US #66
#81Joel55US #67
#82Brent54US #84
#83Isaac54US #150
#84Corey53US #68
#85Phillip53US #65
#86Russell50US #92
#87Curtis49US #89
#88Shaun48US #79
#89Levi47
#90Ronald47US #58
#91Gary46US #63
#92Frank44US #81
#93George44US #60
#94Randy44US #87
#95Mathew43US #183
#96Wesley43US #95
#97Jon41US #127
#98Jordan40US #160
#99Kristopher40US #138
#100Trevor40US #155

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑39Kristen#39
↑34Kristin#36
↑32Courtney#34
↑29Nichole#62
↑29Derek#45
↑26Natalie#55
↑25Leah#59
↑25Wendy#67

Falling

↓41Lori#95
↓40Dawn#86
↓38Susan#96
↓34Carrie#68
↓33Stacy#88
↓29Catherine#97
↓26Jill#93
↓24Valerie#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.