State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,007 Colorado births in 1988 across 1,104 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#68Levi#174 nationally
#94Grant#172 nationally
#70Jeremiah#136 nationally
#80Dylan#137 nationally
#92Jordan#136 nationally
#78Garrett#118 nationally
#81Luke#119 nationally
#95Colin#131 nationally
#79Lucas#112 nationally
#83Nichole#115 nationally
#30Hannah#61 nationally
#70Rachael#100 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica646US #1
#2Ashley640US #2
#3Amanda602US #3
#4Sarah453US #4
#5Jennifer410US #5
#6Brittany370US #6
#7Stephanie307US #7
#8Nicole299US #9
#9Megan285US #12
#10Elizabeth284US #10
#11Amber275US #15
#12Lauren255US #11
#13Heather250US #14
#14Rachel250US #19
#15Emily248US #18
#16Danielle244US #17
#17Samantha229US #8
#18Kayla208US #20
#19Michelle199US #21
#20Melissa198US #16
#21Tiffany187US #13
#22Laura186US #23
#23Katherine173US #27
#24Rebecca172US #26
#25Chelsea165US #33
#26Christina163US #22
#27Sara161US #30
#28Amy155US #29
#29Andrea151US #35
#30Hannah148US #61
#31Courtney147US #24
#32Crystal144US #28
#33Erin143US #37
#34Caitlin142US #44
#35Kelsey141US #64
#36Jamie134US #45
#37Kimberly134US #25
#38Kelly133US #32
#39Alexandra128US #49
#40Vanessa121US #41
#41Lisa120US #43
#42Alyssa116US #47
#43Lindsey115US #48
#44Cassandra107US #59
#45Alicia106US #50
#46Angela106US #38
#47Anna105US #54
#48Kathryn105US #55
#49Katie105US #40
#50Allison101US #46
#51Erica101US #31
#52Mary98US #34
#53Christine96US #51
#54Shannon89US #56
#55Victoria89US #42
#56Whitney87US #39
#57Lindsay86US #57
#58Molly84US #86
#59Kendra82US #80
#60Kristin81US #58
#61Natalie81US #63
#62Jenna80US #66
#63Kristen79US #36
#64Morgan79US #78
#65Jacqueline78US #62
#66Natasha74US #73
#67Tara73US #67
#68Erika69US #76
#69Holly67US #72
#70Rachael66US #100
#71Kathleen65US #75
#72Kristina64US #68
#73Leah63US #82
#74Brittney62US #52
#75Monica62US #70
#76Jasmine61US #53
#77Brianna59US #96
#78Taylor58US #102
#79Kara56US #95
#80Brooke55US #87
#81Catherine54US #69
#82Maria54US #60
#83Nichole54US #115
#84Julie53US #71
#85Katelyn53US #84
#86Krista53US #112
#87April51US #65
#88Felicia50US #105
#89Katrina50US #110
#90Krystal50US #74
#91Veronica50US #83
#92Jordan49US #136
#93Kaitlin49US #98
#94Julia48US #88
#95Mallory47US #120
#96Valerie46US #103
#97Desiree45US #127
#98Brandi44US #91
#99Patricia44US #77
#100Alisha43US #126

Boys

#1Michael797US #1
#2Christopher752US #2
#3Matthew659US #3
#4Joshua631US #4
#5Andrew570US #5
#6Ryan496US #13
#7David478US #6
#8Justin462US #7
#9Daniel446US #8
#10Nicholas408US #14
#11Kyle383US #21
#12John371US #11
#13James367US #9
#14Joseph367US #12
#15Robert359US #10
#16Zachary348US #29
#17Brandon338US #17
#18Tyler311US #33
#19Anthony305US #18
#20Thomas302US #23
#21Benjamin288US #30
#22Jacob268US #28
#23Brian267US #22
#24Eric266US #19
#25Adam260US #26
#26William254US #16
#27Jonathan251US #15
#28Kevin244US #20
#29Steven239US #24
#30Alexander223US #34
#31Aaron215US #31
#32Sean211US #38
#33Jason208US #27
#34Cody205US #43
#35Nathan202US #44
#36Mark192US #39
#37Timothy191US #25
#38Richard189US #32
#39Travis185US #41
#40Jeffrey174US #36
#41Jeremy171US #35
#42Patrick167US #42
#43Scott167US #47
#44Samuel155US #45
#45Stephen155US #40
#46Jesse150US #55
#47Dustin148US #48
#48Paul140US #46
#49Derek128US #53
#50Charles124US #37
#51Jordan123US #52
#52Cory106US #59
#53Cameron103US #69
#54Gregory102US #50
#55Shane100US #67
#56Ian98US #77
#57Chad96US #65
#58Kenneth96US #51
#59Jared95US #60
#60Alex93US #58
#61Bryan93US #54
#62Austin90US #63
#63Nathaniel88US #81
#64Trevor88US #87
#65Bradley87US #57
#66Taylor85US #91
#67Corey82US #56
#68Levi77US #174
#69Shawn76US #61
#70Jeremiah75US #136
#71Marcus74US #66
#72Brett73US #73
#73Devin73US #98
#74Casey72US #83
#75Evan72US #74
#76Jose72US #49
#77Gabriel71US #102
#78Garrett70US #118
#79Lucas70US #112
#80Dylan68US #137
#81Luke65US #119
#82Phillip65US #71
#83Vincent64US #82
#84Keith63US #70
#85Peter62US #64
#86Seth62US #90
#87Erik60US #92
#88Joel60US #85
#89Mitchell59US #95
#90Edward56US #62
#91Spencer55US #114
#92Victor55US #89
#93Philip52US #94
#94Grant51US #172
#95Colin48US #131
#96Wesley48US #93
#97Brent47US #107
#98Caleb47US #108
#99Blake46US #103
#100Troy46US #124

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑33Taylor#66
↑22Morgan#64
↑21Cameron#53
↑19Levi#68
↑18Molly#58
↑16Brittney#74
↑15Alyssa#42
↑15Rachael#70

Falling

↓30Mallory#95
↓25Desiree#97
↓23Seth#86
↓22Edward#90
↓19Brandi#98
↓17Shannon#54
↓16Evan#75
↓16Peter#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.