State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,933 Colorado births in 1983 across 1,063 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#84Levioutside the national top 200
#91Dominicoutside the national top 200
#71Kendra#172 nationally
#80Grant#167 nationally
#64Krista#142 nationally
#100Garrett#173 nationally
#98Clayton#158 nationally
#99Caleb#159 nationally
#65Hannah#124 nationally
#74Molly#129 nationally
#94Mathew#146 nationally
#57Luke#105 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer830US #1
#2Jessica723US #2
#3Sarah514US #5
#4Amanda502US #3
#5Nicole424US #7
#6Ashley400US #4
#7Stephanie356US #8
#8Amber322US #17
#9Melissa319US #6
#10Elizabeth317US #10
#11Heather313US #9
#12Crystal283US #11
#13Megan271US #21
#14Amy257US #12
#15Michelle251US #13
#16Erin249US #18
#17Rebecca245US #19
#18Rachel232US #20
#19Andrea210US #30
#20Christina201US #16
#21Kelly200US #26
#22Kimberly200US #15
#23Angela195US #22
#24Katherine194US #34
#25Emily192US #25
#26Laura189US #23
#27Jamie187US #28
#28Lindsey185US #35
#29Lauren179US #24
#30Sara176US #31
#31Tiffany176US #14
#32Lindsay169US #36
#33Danielle167US #29
#34Lisa150US #27
#35Shannon133US #38
#36Samantha132US #40
#37Brittany131US #64
#38Alicia121US #41
#39Mary114US #32
#40Courtney113US #44
#41Kristin113US #42
#42Vanessa108US #49
#43April107US #39
#44Kristen107US #37
#45Katie106US #45
#46Erica105US #33
#47Natalie103US #52
#48Desiree102US #94
#49Tara101US #51
#50Cassandra99US #70
#51Kathryn95US #50
#52Julie94US #46
#53Christine93US #47
#54Holly93US #48
#55Chelsea90US #102
#56Maria88US #43
#57Monica82US #54
#58Victoria82US #58
#59Brandi81US #56
#60Anna78US #55
#61Jacqueline74US #53
#62Brandy72US #57
#63Allison69US #59
#64Krista66US #142
#65Hannah65US #124
#66Nichole65US #93
#67Alexis64US #83
#68Meghan64US #75
#69Carrie63US #65
#70Julia63US #85
#71Kendra62US #172
#72Kristina61US #63
#73Stacy61US #61
#74Molly60US #129
#75Valerie59US #74
#76Patricia58US #60
#77Kayla57US #81
#78Natasha57US #71
#79Stacey57US #76
#80Leah56US #82
#81Kara54US #101
#82Brooke53US #96
#83Lacey53US #128
#84Leslie53US #67
#85Heidi52US #95
#86Melanie52US #79
#87Veronica52US #68
#88Candice51US #84
#89Diana51US #69
#90Margaret51US #92
#91Miranda51US #118
#92Sabrina51US #111
#93Brenda50US #120
#94Cynthia50US #62
#95Krystal50US #78
#96Renee50US #97
#97Catherine48US #66
#98Bethany47US #99
#99Dawn47US #106
#100Misty47US #87

Boys

#1Michael946US #1
#2Christopher932US #2
#3Matthew850US #3
#4Joshua642US #5
#5Daniel582US #8
#6Ryan555US #13
#7David533US #4
#8Justin500US #12
#9Jason491US #7
#10John448US #9
#11Robert430US #10
#12Joseph425US #11
#13James421US #6
#14Andrew411US #15
#15Brian403US #14
#16Brandon400US #17
#17Nicholas398US #21
#18Adam395US #18
#19William307US #16
#20Eric306US #20
#21Aaron304US #29
#22Anthony292US #22
#23Jonathan274US #19
#24Jacob257US #36
#25Benjamin251US #32
#26Travis250US #41
#27Jeffrey248US #28
#28Kyle245US #34
#29Richard244US #27
#30Timothy243US #26
#31Nathan239US #40
#32Steven223US #23
#33Kevin221US #25
#34Thomas212US #24
#35Zachary208US #50
#36Jeremy204US #30
#37Mark199US #31
#38Patrick199US #37
#39Sean197US #44
#40Tyler184US #57
#41Scott175US #38
#42Jesse168US #46
#43Charles166US #33
#44Paul164US #39
#45Dustin160US #43
#46Stephen141US #35
#47Chad136US #49
#48Gregory135US #42
#49Derek128US #51
#50Bryan120US #47
#51Kenneth111US #45
#52Jared108US #56
#53Samuel106US #54
#54Cody103US #81
#55Ian100US #77
#56Shawn99US #53
#57Luke96US #105
#58Jeremiah92US #99
#59Bradley91US #52
#60Casey91US #90
#61Shane90US #84
#62Alexander84US #63
#63Phillip74US #66
#64Jose73US #48
#65Erik72US #80
#66Gabriel72US #89
#67Joel72US #67
#68Seth68US #98
#69Evan66US #93
#70Peter66US #59
#71Brett65US #73
#72Corey65US #74
#73Cory65US #83
#74Douglas65US #69
#75Jordan65US #72
#76Keith65US #61
#77Nathaniel65US #79
#78Marcus63US #58
#79Edward62US #55
#80Grant60US #167
#81Raymond58US #71
#82Juan56US #62
#83Craig55US #70
#84Levi55
#85Donald54US #60
#86Alan53US #102
#87Carlos52US #75
#88Kristopher52US #134
#89Russell52US #104
#90Todd51US #87
#91Dominic49
#92Lucas49US #117
#93Frank48US #86
#94Mathew48US #146
#95Philip48US #82
#96Troy48US #113
#97Adrian47US #107
#98Clayton47US #158
#99Caleb46US #159
#100Garrett46US #173

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑40Chelsea#55
↑23Ashley#6
↑22Hannah#65
↑21Erik#65
↑18Alexis#67
↑18Kyle#28
↑17Jacqueline#61
↑17Alexander#62

Falling

↓21Heidi#85
↓21Catherine#97
↓20Leah#80
↓20Dawn#99
↓20Misty#100
↓19Melanie#86
↓17Julie#52
↓17Natasha#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.