State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,138 Colorado births in 1985 across 1,101 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#76Levioutside the national top 200
#61Kelsey#168 nationally
#90Brianna#190 nationally
#90Dylan#188 nationally
#78Grant#166 nationally
#71Taylor#153 nationally
#75Kendra#154 nationally
#73Garrett#138 nationally
#65Desiree#126 nationally
#95Colin#156 nationally
#63Molly#119 nationally
#60Jeremiah#111 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica708US #1
#2Amanda627US #4
#3Jennifer602US #3
#4Ashley514US #2
#5Sarah500US #5
#6Nicole397US #7
#7Megan349US #10
#8Stephanie336US #6
#9Brittany319US #17
#10Heather309US #8
#11Elizabeth301US #9
#12Melissa284US #11
#13Danielle259US #18
#14Amber257US #16
#15Rachel257US #13
#16Emily237US #24
#17Christina230US #12
#18Erin222US #26
#19Michelle219US #22
#20Amy212US #20
#21Rebecca210US #25
#22Laura209US #14
#23Sara201US #30
#24Crystal199US #21
#25Andrea197US #33
#26Jamie186US #27
#27Kimberly186US #19
#28Lauren179US #15
#29Lindsey179US #37
#30Tiffany177US #23
#31Kelly176US #28
#32Katherine173US #32
#33Samantha162US #29
#34Angela143US #31
#35Vanessa137US #42
#36Kathryn126US #48
#37Lisa125US #36
#38Shannon125US #41
#39Courtney121US #43
#40Lindsay120US #40
#41Cassandra119US #62
#42Kristen119US #38
#43Mary117US #35
#44Anna115US #54
#45Christine115US #44
#46Alicia113US #45
#47Katie113US #39
#48Kristin112US #49
#49Chelsea102US #75
#50Erica101US #34
#51Allison100US #46
#52Holly96US #56
#53Jenna94US #50
#54Julie89US #55
#55Tara87US #51
#56Krystal86US #53
#57Kristina84US #57
#58April82US #47
#59Nichole78US #95
#60Natalie76US #58
#61Kelsey74US #168
#62Victoria73US #59
#63Molly69US #119
#64Monica69US #61
#65Desiree67US #126
#66Meghan67US #63
#67Valerie67US #71
#68Jacqueline66US #60
#69Margaret63US #90
#70Caitlin61US #77
#71Erika59US #80
#72Rachael59US #100
#73Kathleen58US #68
#74Julia57US #85
#75Kendra57US #154
#76Leah57US #78
#77Maria56US #52
#78Alexandra55US #92
#79Brandi55US #69
#80Catherine55US #65
#81Veronica55US #72
#82Patricia54US #64
#83Natasha53US #79
#84Felicia52US #101
#85Whitney52US #73
#86Stacey51US #89
#87Alexis49US #112
#88Brittney49US #84
#89Krista47US #134
#90Brianna46US #190
#91Heidi46US #125
#92Karen45US #87
#93Morgan45US #127
#94Tanya45US #139
#95Alison44US #97
#96Brandy44US #70
#97Miranda44US #128
#98Sabrina44US #129
#99Brooke43US #102
#100Candice43US #86

Boys

#1Michael911US #1
#2Christopher848US #2
#3Matthew728US #3
#4Joshua659US #4
#5Daniel582US #5
#6Ryan543US #12
#7David524US #6
#8James500US #7
#9Andrew494US #11
#10Brandon450US #13
#11Joseph437US #10
#12John423US #9
#13Nicholas418US #19
#14Robert405US #8
#15Justin397US #15
#16Brian371US #18
#17Kyle335US #27
#18Adam321US #22
#19Anthony313US #20
#20Eric313US #21
#21Jason310US #14
#22Tyler308US #43
#23William306US #16
#24Jonathan297US #17
#25Benjamin280US #31
#26Aaron267US #33
#27Zachary260US #39
#28Timothy256US #26
#29Steven246US #24
#30Jacob241US #35
#31Jeffrey232US #29
#32Nathan219US #40
#33Thomas219US #25
#34Kevin216US #23
#35Sean213US #38
#36Jeremy198US #30
#37Travis192US #46
#38Mark190US #32
#39Richard190US #28
#40Dustin188US #41
#41Scott183US #44
#42Cody174US #52
#43Jesse174US #51
#44Paul169US #42
#45Patrick168US #37
#46Stephen157US #36
#47Alexander145US #50
#48Charles141US #34
#49Bryan136US #48
#50Derek136US #56
#51Gregory133US #45
#52Samuel123US #54
#53Chad116US #57
#54Bradley106US #53
#55Jared104US #58
#56Shawn99US #55
#57Kenneth97US #47
#58Casey96US #86
#59Luke90US #106
#60Jeremiah85US #111
#61Nathaniel85US #77
#62Shane84US #68
#63Ian83US #78
#64Jordan82US #62
#65Marcus82US #61
#66Brett81US #70
#67Joel80US #67
#68Trevor79US #105
#69Jose75US #49
#70Corey73US #63
#71Taylor72US #153
#72Peter71US #60
#73Garrett70US #138
#74Phillip69US #69
#75Seth68US #104
#76Levi65
#77Cory64US #81
#78Grant63US #166
#79Austin62US #107
#80Donald62US #66
#81Lucas62US #122
#82Raymond61US #75
#83Adrian60US #93
#84Alex60US #80
#85Keith59US #64
#86Todd58US #99
#87Edward55US #59
#88Douglas53US #76
#89Erik52US #87
#90Dylan51US #188
#91Brent50US #89
#92Drew49US #126
#93Vincent49US #95
#94Blake48US #100
#95Colin48US #156
#96Gabriel48US #92
#97Curtis47US #98
#98Evan47US #91
#99Alan46US #109
#100Wesley46US #94

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑27Caitlin#70
↑25Krystal#56
↑24Molly#63
↑23Garrett#73
↑23Levi#76
↑21Taylor#71
↑20Trevor#68
↑16Corey#70

Falling

↓30Brandy#96
↓27Evan#98
↓23Catherine#80
↓22Erik#89
↓20Brandi#79
↓18Alexandra#78
↓15April#58
↓15Krista#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.