State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 47,014 Colorado births in 1986 across 1,092 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#82Levioutside the national top 200
#95Brianna#154 nationally
#100Colin#158 nationally
#93Dylan#149 nationally
#71Lucas#126 nationally
#88Desiree#141 nationally
#70Jeremiah#118 nationally
#89Jordan#135 nationally
#61Luke#106 nationally
#91Taylor#136 nationally
#65Nichole#105 nationally
#73Kelsey#112 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica807US #1
#2Amanda621US #3
#3Ashley620US #2
#4Jennifer551US #4
#5Sarah540US #5
#6Brittany389US #8
#7Nicole367US #7
#8Megan343US #11
#9Stephanie333US #6
#10Heather311US #9
#11Melissa278US #12
#12Amber271US #13
#13Elizabeth246US #10
#14Emily222US #24
#15Lauren219US #14
#16Sara219US #27
#17Danielle218US #16
#18Rachel218US #15
#19Erin216US #30
#20Laura216US #20
#21Michelle215US #23
#22Amy214US #22
#23Kimberly200US #18
#24Samantha198US #21
#25Crystal188US #25
#26Tiffany180US #17
#27Katherine179US #28
#28Rebecca174US #26
#29Christina169US #19
#30Katie157US #38
#31Andrea154US #36
#32Lindsey149US #39
#33Vanessa143US #43
#34Lisa141US #40
#35Jamie140US #34
#36Kathryn133US #48
#37Kelly133US #29
#38Lindsay131US #46
#39Shannon131US #44
#40Angela126US #33
#41Courtney123US #35
#42Whitney122US #32
#43Kristen118US #41
#44Cassandra115US #60
#45Kristin115US #50
#46Erica114US #31
#47Alicia110US #45
#48Allison109US #42
#49Christine108US #47
#50Anna105US #51
#51Chelsea101US #73
#52Hannah99US #82
#53Mary98US #37
#54Kayla86US #64
#55Tara84US #56
#56Natalie82US #52
#57Victoria78US #54
#58Krystal77US #61
#59Holly74US #63
#60Jenna74US #55
#61Julie74US #58
#62Caitlin73US #69
#63Natasha73US #70
#64Mallory71US #83
#65Nichole71US #105
#66Valerie70US #76
#67Catherine69US #67
#68Alexandra68US #72
#69Monica68US #59
#70Kristina67US #62
#71April65US #53
#72Julia65US #88
#73Kelsey64US #112
#74Krista64US #93
#75Erika63US #74
#76Kathleen63US #68
#77Molly63US #110
#78Brittney60US #65
#79Meghan59US #71
#80Jacqueline58US #57
#81Kendra58US #101
#82Leah57US #78
#83Katrina56US #99
#84Patricia56US #66
#85Alyssa55US #85
#86Brandi55US #79
#87Brooke54US #104
#88Desiree53US #141
#89Jordan53US #135
#90Kara53US #102
#91Margaret53US #90
#92Morgan53US #113
#93Veronica52US #77
#94Sabrina51US #120
#95Brianna50US #154
#96Alison48US #96
#97Angelica48US #130
#98Maria47US #49
#99Renee46US #127
#100Leslie44US #86

Boys

#1Michael907US #1
#2Christopher885US #2
#3Matthew662US #3
#4Joshua657US #4
#5David585US #5
#6Daniel577US #6
#7Ryan572US #11
#8Andrew548US #8
#9James460US #7
#10Nicholas450US #17
#11Robert406US #9
#12Joseph394US #12
#13Brandon384US #13
#14John365US #10
#15Justin353US #14
#16Kyle343US #23
#17Jason341US #18
#18Tyler329US #40
#19Brian316US #20
#20Anthony310US #19
#21Adam309US #24
#22Aaron291US #33
#23William287US #15
#24Zachary286US #38
#25Benjamin282US #30
#26Eric271US #22
#27Kevin271US #21
#28Jonathan270US #16
#29Jacob269US #31
#30Jeremy243US #28
#31Jeffrey241US #32
#32Steven235US #25
#33Thomas235US #26
#34Nathan224US #43
#35Sean215US #37
#36Scott212US #44
#37Timothy208US #27
#38Patrick198US #39
#39Mark188US #35
#40Travis182US #49
#41Alexander177US #41
#42Jesse175US #48
#43Richard170US #29
#44Paul167US #45
#45Stephen167US #36
#46Dustin164US #42
#47Cody154US #56
#48Charles136US #34
#49Derek135US #57
#50Bryan127US #47
#51Kenneth122US #50
#52Jordan117US #53
#53Gregory112US #46
#54Jared112US #58
#55Samuel111US #52
#56Shawn102US #55
#57Chad99US #59
#58Ian95US #85
#59Bradley93US #54
#60Evan89US #81
#61Luke88US #106
#62Nathaniel84US #78
#63Shane83US #67
#64Jose79US #51
#65Brett78US #69
#66Phillip77US #70
#67Peter74US #60
#68Trevor73US #98
#69Austin72US #90
#70Jeremiah72US #118
#71Lucas72US #126
#72Marcus71US #63
#73Seth70US #97
#74Keith67US #66
#75Joel65US #72
#76Alex64US #64
#77Cory63US #68
#78Raymond63US #77
#79Corey62US #62
#80Casey59US #83
#81Erik59US #92
#82Levi59
#83Gary57US #84
#84Philip56US #86
#85Edward55US #61
#86Garrett55US #117
#87Vincent55US #93
#88Gabriel53US #95
#89Mitchell53US #105
#90Russell53US #116
#91Taylor53US #136
#92Curtis52US #100
#93Dylan52US #149
#94Craig51US #80
#95Douglas51US #82
#96Derrick49US #87
#97Caleb48US #131
#98Cameron48US #135
#99Carlos47US #76
#100Colin47US #158

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑43Whitney#42
↑38Evan#60
↑20Natasha#63
↑17Katie#30
↑15Krista#74
↑13Lauren#15
↑13Catherine#67
↑12Brooke#87

Falling

↓23Desiree#88
↓22Margaret#91
↓22Casey#80
↓21Maria#98
↓20Taylor#91
↓14Molly#77
↓13Kristina#70
↓13April#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.