State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 44,609 Colorado births in 1981 across 1,103 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#69Levi#182 nationally
#62Desiree#171 nationally
#94Dylanoutside the national top 200
#96Hannah#190 nationally
#99Noah#180 nationally
#88Mathew#165 nationally
#81Isaac#150 nationally
#85Kendra#152 nationally
#48Luke#100 nationally
#70Cody#119 nationally
#89Molly#135 nationally
#73Meghan#116 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer839US #1
#2Jessica605US #2
#3Sarah507US #4
#4Amanda476US #3
#5Melissa373US #5
#6Nicole322US #7
#7Amber313US #20
#8Stephanie297US #8
#9Elizabeth288US #9
#10Erin284US #19
#11Michelle271US #11
#12Rebecca256US #12
#13Amy255US #6
#14Crystal254US #16
#15Heather238US #10
#16Tiffany232US #14
#17Lisa220US #18
#18Angela218US #15
#19Andrea214US #24
#20Sara207US #26
#21Laura190US #21
#22Kimberly188US #13
#23Christina185US #17
#24Rachel183US #22
#25Emily182US #29
#26Jamie168US #28
#27Megan162US #33
#28Danielle161US #30
#29Kelly160US #23
#30Shannon155US #32
#31April141US #25
#32Katherine140US #39
#33Lindsay135US #47
#34Kristen128US #38
#35Mary125US #27
#36Kristin124US #31
#37Julie123US #37
#38Lindsey110US #58
#39Katie106US #44
#40Erica105US #36
#41Ashley102US #34
#42Brandy100US #41
#43Courtney99US #43
#44Anna98US #54
#45Lauren97US #35
#46Tara96US #45
#47Christine94US #42
#48Natalie94US #60
#49Vanessa94US #62
#50Brandi93US #50
#51Holly93US #63
#52Kathryn92US #48
#53Samantha92US #51
#54Monica90US #49
#55Brooke87US #52
#56Alicia84US #46
#57Kristina78US #72
#58Carrie74US #55
#59Maria74US #40
#60Heidi73US #84
#61Misty70US #61
#62Desiree69US #171
#63Stacy68US #65
#64Valerie68US #89
#65Natasha66US #85
#66Allison65US #57
#67Melanie65US #66
#68Candice64US #86
#69Cassandra63US #104
#70Catherine63US #73
#71Victoria62US #87
#72Veronica60US #68
#73Meghan59US #116
#74Susan59US #71
#75Robin58US #102
#76Anne56US #105
#77Dawn56US #79
#78Patricia56US #53
#79Leah55US #81
#80Monique55US #103
#81Sandra55US #74
#82Dana54US #70
#83Kathleen54US #82
#84Leslie54US #56
#85Kendra53US #152
#86Renee53US #98
#87Theresa53US #100
#88Julia52US #88
#89Molly52US #135
#90Stacey52US #83
#91Tamara51US #115
#92Cynthia49US #59
#93Jill49US #78
#94Margaret49US #107
#95Tanya48US #92
#96Hannah47US #190
#97Karen47US #64
#98Erika46US #93
#99Katrina46US #95
#100Teresa46US #97

Boys

#1Michael956US #1
#2Christopher739US #2
#3Matthew728US #3
#4Joshua671US #6
#5Jason536US #4
#6David525US #5
#7Ryan518US #13
#8James488US #7
#9Daniel486US #10
#10Robert455US #9
#11John453US #8
#12Justin447US #12
#13Brian412US #14
#14Joseph403US #11
#15Andrew347US #18
#16Adam330US #20
#17Nicholas320US #21
#18Aaron313US #30
#19William295US #15
#20Brandon291US #19
#21Eric274US #17
#22Benjamin264US #32
#23Jonathan260US #16
#24Jeremy258US #22
#25Anthony252US #23
#26Jesse238US #37
#27Jeffrey237US #29
#28Richard233US #27
#29Thomas232US #26
#30Kevin227US #25
#31Jacob225US #43
#32Nathan222US #36
#33Steven212US #28
#34Timothy211US #24
#35Scott205US #34
#36Dustin201US #42
#37Paul192US #35
#38Sean183US #44
#39Mark177US #33
#40Patrick176US #38
#41Charles169US #31
#42Zachary160US #63
#43Travis156US #40
#44Chad142US #47
#45Jared141US #57
#46Derek129US #53
#47Stephen129US #39
#48Luke109US #100
#49Gregory103US #46
#50Kyle103US #52
#51Jeremiah101US #77
#52Kenneth101US #41
#53Shawn100US #49
#54Jose97US #45
#55Tyler97US #96
#56Shane95US #81
#57Bradley88US #50
#58Lucas88US #89
#59Samuel88US #54
#60Casey84US #85
#61Bryan83US #48
#62Gabriel82US #87
#63Seth80US #95
#64Alexander79US #70
#65Ian79US #101
#66Peter77US #55
#67Raymond74US #68
#68Donald73US #56
#69Levi73US #182
#70Cody71US #119
#71Cory68US #90
#72Ronald68US #59
#73Brett66US #79
#74Nathaniel66US #80
#75Joel65US #65
#76Phillip64US #66
#77Carlos61US #71
#78Keith60US #58
#79Edward59US #51
#80Erik58US #76
#81Isaac58US #150
#82Todd58US #74
#83Douglas57US #64
#84Corey56US #69
#85Craig55US #72
#86Troy53US #114
#87Russell52US #98
#88Mathew51US #165
#89Juan50US #60
#90Vincent50US #107
#91Adrian49US #115
#92Curtis48US #94
#93Mario46US #109
#94Dylan45
#95Frank45US #82
#96Gary45US #62
#97Philip44US #84
#98Jeffery43US #93
#99Noah42US #180
#100Randy42US #91

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑35Natasha#65
↑28Brandi#50
↑27Catherine#70
↑25Stacy#63
↑25Valerie#64
↑22Susan#74
↑21Brandy#42
↑20Levi#69

Falling

↓24Leslie#84
↓23Tanya#95
↓22Erik#80
↓21Craig#85
↓20Leah#79
↓20Kendra#85
↓20Molly#89
↓19Cynthia#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.