State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,561 Colorado births in 1987 across 1,105 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#87Ashleighoutside the national top 200
#87Levi#193 nationally
#71Jeremiah#130 nationally
#64Brianna#122 nationally
#84Dylan#141 nationally
#92Jordan#146 nationally
#98Isaac#151 nationally
#72Desiree#124 nationally
#96Heidi#144 nationally
#70Luke#111 nationally
#93Colin#134 nationally
#89Lucas#121 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica738US #1
#2Ashley698US #2
#3Amanda589US #3
#4Sarah497US #5
#5Jennifer446US #4
#6Brittany365US #7
#7Nicole353US #8
#8Stephanie312US #6
#9Megan272US #12
#10Rachel268US #17
#11Danielle261US #14
#12Amber258US #15
#13Heather256US #9
#14Elizabeth251US #10
#15Lauren236US #16
#16Emily229US #19
#17Samantha228US #11
#18Amy221US #24
#19Melissa220US #13
#20Kayla208US #27
#21Michelle190US #21
#22Rebecca183US #25
#23Laura176US #22
#24Christina174US #20
#25Katherine164US #28
#26Erin160US #34
#27Sara160US #29
#28Kimberly158US #23
#29Andrea156US #36
#30Crystal152US #26
#31Kelly152US #30
#32Chelsea142US #47
#33Lindsey137US #41
#34Tiffany137US #18
#35Jamie126US #39
#36Kelsey123US #67
#37Shannon123US #45
#38Hannah120US #66
#39Katie117US #38
#40Lisa117US #40
#41Courtney116US #33
#42Lindsay115US #49
#43Vanessa115US #43
#44Whitney114US #32
#45Mary111US #37
#46Caitlin106US #63
#47Kathryn105US #51
#48Erica103US #31
#49Alexandra102US #59
#50Cassandra101US #68
#51Christine101US #48
#52Alicia100US #46
#53Angela97US #35
#54Anna93US #52
#55Allison91US #44
#56Jenna88US #57
#57Alyssa87US #60
#58Kendra87US #77
#59Jacqueline86US #54
#60Kristen85US #42
#61Kristin84US #55
#62Kathleen78US #72
#63Natalie78US #56
#64Brianna77US #122
#65Mallory77US #91
#66Monica73US #64
#67Kristina71US #62
#68Victoria71US #50
#69Natasha70US #73
#70Tara70US #69
#71Holly69US #71
#72Desiree68US #124
#73Julie65US #65
#74Maria64US #53
#75Meghan64US #78
#76Molly61US #97
#77Catherine60US #74
#78Felicia60US #96
#79Brandi59US #88
#80Erika59US #75
#81Leah58US #82
#82Veronica56US #80
#83April55US #58
#84Nichole54US #111
#85Rachael54US #98
#86Morgan51US #95
#87Ashleigh50
#88Katrina50US #105
#89Krista50US #108
#90Brittney49US #61
#91Brandy48US #92
#92Jordan47US #146
#93Leslie47US #89
#94Alison46US #100
#95Dana46US #83
#96Heidi46US #144
#97Krystal46US #70
#98Alexis45US #113
#99Monique44US #130
#100Julia43US #86

Boys

#1Michael884US #1
#2Christopher754US #2
#3Matthew638US #3
#4Joshua613US #4
#5Andrew558US #6
#6Daniel533US #7
#7David513US #5
#8Justin469US #9
#9Ryan459US #13
#10Nicholas425US #16
#11Joseph406US #12
#12Robert400US #10
#13James387US #8
#14Kyle382US #22
#15John356US #11
#16Anthony340US #17
#17Brandon330US #14
#18Tyler323US #39
#19Zachary290US #33
#20Benjamin288US #28
#21William278US #15
#22Eric275US #21
#23Brian265US #20
#24Jason257US #23
#25Jonathan256US #18
#26Steven255US #25
#27Kevin254US #19
#28Jacob252US #31
#29Adam249US #27
#30Sean242US #40
#31Timothy240US #26
#32Jeremy237US #29
#33Aaron227US #34
#34Nathan226US #45
#35Thomas219US #24
#36Alexander218US #37
#37Jeffrey217US #32
#38Cody204US #49
#39Travis196US #42
#40Patrick189US #41
#41Mark185US #36
#42Scott178US #43
#43Dustin172US #44
#44Jesse166US #55
#45Paul160US #46
#46Richard158US #30
#47Derek140US #54
#48Jordan136US #52
#49Samuel135US #50
#50Jared133US #58
#51Stephen128US #38
#52Bryan120US #51
#53Charles117US #35
#54Alex108US #60
#55Gregory106US #47
#56Shane104US #65
#57Bradley94US #56
#58Chad94US #63
#59Evan93US #83
#60Shawn91US #59
#61Casey90US #80
#62Kenneth90US #53
#63Seth88US #89
#64Ian85US #81
#65Austin81US #76
#66Marcus81US #67
#67Cory80US #62
#68Edward77US #61
#69Peter76US #64
#70Luke74US #111
#71Jeremiah73US #130
#72Brett71US #71
#73Corey71US #57
#74Cameron70US #96
#75Trevor69US #93
#76Nathaniel67US #78
#77Phillip67US #68
#78Jose66US #48
#79Gabriel63US #98
#80Raymond63US #79
#81Keith62US #69
#82Joel61US #75
#83Devin60US #99
#84Dylan60US #141
#85Vincent56US #95
#86Caleb54US #115
#87Levi54US #193
#88Garrett53US #113
#89Lucas52US #121
#90Wesley52US #92
#91Mitchell51US #101
#92Douglas49US #85
#93Colin48US #134
#94Donald48US #70
#95Erik48US #94
#96Randy48US #105
#97Philip47US #84
#98Isaac46US #151
#99Taylor46US #117
#100Victor46US #91

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑37Kelsey#36
↑34Kayla#20
↑31Brianna#64
↑28Alyssa#57
↑24Maria#74
↑24Cameron#74
↑23Kendra#58
↑22Alex#54

Falling

↓39Krystal#97
↓28Julia#100
↓19Nichole#84
↓18Lucas#89
↓17Kristen#60
↓16Kristin#61
↓15Tara#70
↓15Krista#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.