State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,185 Colorado births in 1982 across 1,122 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#88Levioutside the national top 200
#97Dominicoutside the national top 200
#77Krista#173 nationally
#71Kendra#163 nationally
#54Desiree#142 nationally
#87Hannah#175 nationally
#84Shawna#162 nationally
#95Chelsea#170 nationally
#69Molly#131 nationally
#94Noah#154 nationally
#64Luke#119 nationally
#96Trevor#146 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer840US #1
#2Jessica685US #2
#3Sarah599US #4
#4Amanda532US #3
#5Nicole380US #6
#6Melissa357US #5
#7Stephanie343US #7
#8Crystal295US #9
#9Amber292US #18
#10Michelle292US #11
#11Rebecca281US #15
#12Elizabeth279US #8
#13Heather265US #12
#14Amy253US #10
#15Erin244US #20
#16Emily242US #24
#17Laura222US #22
#18Rachel218US #21
#19Christina214US #19
#20Andrea207US #27
#21Sara206US #28
#22Angela200US #16
#23Jamie197US #29
#24Tiffany196US #13
#25Kimberly188US #14
#26Katherine187US #36
#27Kelly184US #25
#28Megan175US #34
#29Ashley168US #17
#30Lisa168US #23
#31Lindsay164US #39
#32Lindsey164US #40
#33Danielle159US #31
#34Shannon141US #38
#35Julie134US #41
#36Kristen133US #33
#37Lauren132US #26
#38Mary126US #30
#39Kathryn123US #48
#40Erica122US #35
#41Natalie122US #51
#42Samantha121US #44
#43Courtney120US #43
#44Kristin119US #37
#45April112US #32
#46Katie109US #45
#47Anna99US #56
#48Tara97US #47
#49Vanessa97US #49
#50Alicia96US #53
#51Cassandra94US #62
#52Maria90US #42
#53Brittany88US #94
#54Desiree88US #142
#55Brandi87US #55
#56Christine81US #46
#57Brandy79US #50
#58Monica76US #52
#59Holly75US #61
#60Leah73US #79
#61Natasha71US #71
#62Nichole70US #99
#63Carrie69US #57
#64Heidi69US #86
#65Kristina69US #70
#66Valerie67US #75
#67Melanie66US #65
#68Allison65US #58
#69Molly65US #131
#70Patricia64US #59
#71Kendra63US #163
#72Candice62US #78
#73Julia62US #84
#74Victoria61US #66
#75Leslie60US #60
#76Catherine58US #73
#77Krista56US #173
#78Jacqueline55US #54
#79Dawn54US #95
#80Misty54US #74
#81Stacy54US #72
#82Dana53US #67
#83Margaret53US #97
#84Shawna52US #162
#85Alexis51US #93
#86Veronica51US #69
#87Hannah50US #175
#88Jill50US #89
#89Renee50US #101
#90Theresa50US #109
#91Brooke49US #92
#92Diana49US #63
#93Erika49US #81
#94Rachael49US #120
#95Chelsea48US #170
#96Tanya48US #114
#97Cassie46US #137
#98Jillian46US #96
#99Kelli46US #127
#100Lori46US #98

Boys

#1Michael922US #1
#2Christopher844US #2
#3Matthew837US #3
#4Joshua681US #7
#5David574US #5
#6Jason550US #4
#7Daniel543US #10
#8James495US #6
#9Justin490US #12
#10Ryan480US #13
#11Robert438US #9
#12John437US #8
#13Joseph403US #11
#14Nicholas393US #22
#15Andrew391US #17
#16Brian390US #14
#17Aaron339US #30
#18Brandon325US #18
#19Adam313US #19
#20Jonathan304US #16
#21William283US #15
#22Jeremy272US #28
#23Anthony266US #21
#24Eric265US #20
#25Benjamin258US #33
#26Steven252US #26
#27Travis243US #39
#28Jeffrey237US #29
#29Nathan235US #36
#30Richard227US #27
#31Jesse224US #43
#32Jacob221US #41
#33Scott221US #34
#34Sean216US #44
#35Mark211US #32
#36Thomas211US #23
#37Kevin204US #25
#38Dustin201US #42
#39Timothy199US #24
#40Paul176US #35
#41Zachary175US #55
#42Patrick166US #37
#43Tyler162US #66
#44Charles157US #31
#45Jared154US #54
#46Kyle149US #47
#47Chad146US #48
#48Derek142US #50
#49Kenneth136US #45
#50Stephen135US #38
#51Gregory133US #40
#52Bryan122US #49
#53Cody115US #95
#54Shawn110US #52
#55Bradley100US #51
#56Jeremiah100US #89
#57Samuel93US #56
#58Casey91US #86
#59Ian90US #83
#60Nathaniel90US #75
#61Seth90US #102
#62Jose88US #46
#63Gabriel85US #88
#64Luke83US #119
#65Peter83US #57
#66Phillip81US #67
#67Joel80US #69
#68Edward76US #53
#69Jordan76US #85
#70Keith75US #59
#71Raymond73US #70
#72Shane73US #84
#73Evan69US #108
#74Corey66US #74
#75Brett65US #72
#76Craig65US #73
#77Lucas64US #106
#78Ronald64US #60
#79Alexander61US #65
#80Douglas58US #68
#81Juan57US #61
#82Donald56US #58
#83Gary56US #64
#84Cory55US #93
#85Carlos54US #71
#86Erik54US #80
#87Russell53US #97
#88Levi52
#89Marcus52US #63
#90George50US #62
#91Mario49US #109
#92Randy47US #94
#93Frank46US #81
#94Noah46US #154
#95Shaun46US #96
#96Trevor46US #146
#97Dominic45
#98Philip45US #79
#99Todd45US #82
#100Alan44US #107

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑20Molly#69
↑19Leah#60
↑18Cassandra#51
↑17Cody#53
↑16Travis#27
↑15Julia#73
↑14Kendra#71
↑14Nathaniel#60

Falling

↓36Brooke#91
↓19Misty#80
↓19Lucas#77
↓19Levi#88
↓18Stacy#81
↓17Todd#99
↓16Luke#64
↓16Shane#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.