State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 45,809 Colorado births in 1996 across 1,344 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#91Selena#142 nationally
#55Colton#105 nationally
#86Kendra#136 nationally
#76Dillon#121 nationally
#92Dominic#135 nationally
#94Jackson#136 nationally
#45Bailey#85 nationally
#53Tanner#90 nationally
#66Michaela#102 nationally
#99Wyatt#134 nationally
#48Elijah#81 nationally
#64Angelica#97 nationally

Girls

#1Emily350US #1
#2Hannah345US #7
#3Jessica335US #2
#4Sarah312US #4
#5Ashley289US #3
#6Samantha289US #5
#7Taylor284US #6
#8Rachel271US #9
#9Madison239US #15
#10Megan209US #12
#11Kayla208US #11
#12Elizabeth202US #10
#13Lauren184US #16
#14Alexandra183US #26
#15Amanda182US #13
#16Alexis170US #8
#17Alyssa168US #23
#18Rebecca165US #24
#19Brittany163US #14
#20Morgan162US #25
#21Nicole159US #22
#22Brianna158US #17
#23Katherine156US #31
#24Abigail154US #32
#25Anna152US #33
#26Jennifer152US #19
#27Jordan140US #49
#28Courtney139US #21
#29Sydney136US #39
#30Haley134US #30
#31Mariah134US #63
#32Amber130US #27
#33Savannah130US #43
#34Sierra129US #62
#35Maria124US #37
#36Shelby124US #35
#37Emma122US #53
#38Victoria122US #18
#39Stephanie120US #20
#40Jasmine117US #28
#41Danielle114US #29
#42Brooke112US #45
#43Sara105US #50
#44Melissa103US #42
#45Bailey100US #85
#46Natalie97US #46
#47Erin95US #51
#48Marissa95US #59
#49Olivia95US #34
#50Julia93US #48
#51Kaitlyn93US #40
#52Mary92US #44
#53Breanna90US #74
#54Andrea88US #61
#55Cheyenne88US #68
#56Mackenzie88US #75
#57Madeline87US #67
#58Allison83US #38
#59Kelsey83US #36
#60Heather81US #71
#61Vanessa78US #60
#62Laura77US #66
#63Shannon77US #80
#64Angelica74US #97
#65Cassandra74US #89
#66Michaela74US #102
#67Sabrina74US #58
#68Kathryn71US #87
#69Kimberly71US #41
#70Miranda71US #76
#71Gabrielle70US #54
#72Katelyn70US #64
#73Alexandria68US #77
#74Amy66US #88
#75Hailey66US #93
#76Lindsey66US #86
#77Caitlin64US #84
#78Christina64US #57
#79Katie64US #81
#80Michelle64US #47
#81Monica64US #82
#82Destiny63US #56
#83Kylie63US #111
#84Grace62US #94
#85Jenna62US #83
#86Kendra62US #136
#87Chelsea60US #55
#88Briana59US #72
#89Chloe59US #112
#90Paige59US #65
#91Selena59US #142
#92Molly58US #99
#93Claire57US #116
#94Kaitlin57US #103
#95Kelly56US #73
#96Erika55US #106
#97Jacqueline55US #69
#98Leah55US #98
#99Rachael55US #128
#100Alexa54US #100

Boys

#1Jacob510US #3
#2Michael487US #1
#3Tyler453US #7
#4Matthew443US #2
#5Joshua407US #5
#6Andrew400US #10
#7Austin395US #9
#8Christopher391US #4
#9Ryan386US #16
#10Nicholas375US #6
#11Brandon364US #8
#12Joseph350US #12
#13Zachary332US #14
#14Daniel329US #11
#15Alexander323US #22
#16Anthony293US #19
#17David291US #13
#18John273US #15
#19William244US #18
#20Cody242US #31
#21Justin241US #20
#22Kyle240US #25
#23Samuel239US #30
#24James233US #17
#25Dylan224US #33
#26Jonathan217US #21
#27Benjamin210US #29
#28Robert201US #23
#29Jordan194US #27
#30Thomas193US #28
#31Christian178US #24
#32Aaron176US #34
#33Eric167US #35
#34Nathan164US #37
#35Connor159US #54
#36Jose158US #32
#37Noah151US #50
#38Logan149US #42
#39Sean143US #46
#40Jesse141US #51
#41Isaiah137US #71
#42Jason130US #41
#43Steven126US #38
#44Kevin123US #26
#45Tristan123US #68
#46Caleb121US #48
#47Cameron121US #49
#48Elijah121US #81
#49Adam120US #39
#50Timothy120US #40
#51Gabriel118US #61
#52Ian117US #70
#53Tanner115US #90
#54Trevor113US #63
#55Colton109US #105
#56Jesus107US #74
#57Garrett106US #85
#58Juan104US #52
#59Ethan103US #62
#60Richard102US #45
#61Brian101US #36
#62Nathaniel100US #69
#63Chase99US #76
#64Hunter99US #47
#65Jared99US #64
#66Jeremy97US #56
#67Evan95US #65
#68Patrick95US #44
#69Isaac94US #86
#70Taylor93US #82
#71Dakota91US #58
#72Luke90US #75
#73Alex89US #53
#74Blake88US #84
#75Jack88US #89
#76Dillon86US #121
#77Cole85US #106
#78Devin85US #60
#79Luis83US #57
#80Adrian81US #92
#81Mitchell80US #88
#82Charles79US #43
#83Dustin79US #79
#84Paul78US #78
#85Seth78US #103
#86Carlos77US #67
#87Stephen74US #59
#88Travis74US #73
#89Marcus73US #87
#90Spencer73US #109
#91Antonio71US #80
#92Dominic70US #135
#93Erik70US #122
#94Jackson70US #136
#95Devon69US #127
#96Mark69US #55
#97Alejandro67US #107
#98Alec66US #117
#99Wyatt65US #134
#100Dalton64US #99

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑42Noah#37
↑42Colton#55
↑39Maria#35
↑39Tristan#45
↑37Jesus#56
↑31Julia#50
↑27Cheyenne#55
↑23Bailey#45

Falling

↓34Alec#98
↓29Travis#88
↓25Kelsey#59
↓25Michelle#80
↓25Chelsea#87
↓25Paige#90
↓25Stephen#87
↓24Miranda#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.