Popular baby names in Colorado, 1954

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1954 were Debra for girls (608 babies) and Michael for boys (932). Debra ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 36,305 babies born in Colorado in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1954

Names given at least 15 times in Colorado that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Kristi: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Sherri: 39 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristine: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Janette: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Karla: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cheri: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lynette: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Beatrice: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Deanna: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ramona: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Rudy: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Felix: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jerald: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Manuel: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelly: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Delbert: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Max: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gregg: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sam: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mike: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Debra	608	↑2	6
2	Mary	558	–	1
3	Linda	531	↓2	2
4	Deborah	453	↑1	3
5	Susan	441	↑1	5
6	Patricia	416	↓2	4
7	Karen	351	↑1	8
8	Cynthia	336	↑2	10
9	Barbara	327	↓2	7
10	Pamela	300	↑4	12
11	Nancy	274	↑1	9
12	Sandra	251	↓3	13
13	Kathleen	234	↓2	14
14	Carol	231	↑1	15
15	Sharon	205	↓2	16
16	Donna	203	–	11
17	Janet	203	–	19
18	Rebecca	177	↑7	26
19	Diane	172	↓1	17
20	Cheryl	168	↑2	22
21	Connie	151	↑5	39
22	Margaret	148	↓1	21
23	Christine	147	↓3	43
24	Elizabeth	139	–	20
25	Kathy	134	↑2	23
26	Judith	128	↓3	30
27	Judy	121	↓8	29
28	Diana	119	↑6	57
29	Theresa	111	↑2	47
30	Marilyn	106	↓1	35
31	Catherine	104	↑5	32
32	Vicki	104	new	50
33	Kathryn	101	↑5	51
34	Peggy	100	↑1	48
35	Joyce	99	↑4	28
36	Shirley	99	↓3	33
37	Teresa	99	↑11	34
38	Janice	97	↓10	25
39	Paula	96	↓7	38
40	Gloria	95	↓10	42
41	Laura	94	↑2	45
42	Virginia	92	↑3	61
43	Gail	90	↓1	37
44	Brenda	86	new	18
45	Denise	85	new	24
46	Joan	84	new	40
47	Beverly	83	↓10	31
48	Katherine	82	↓7	64
49	Rose	82	↓3	54
50	Ann	80	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	932	↑1	1
2	David	858	↓1	5
3	Robert	827	–	2
4	John	758	–	4
5	James	668	–	3
6	Richard	638	–	7
7	William	471	–	6
8	Steven	447	–	11
9	Gary	438	–	9
10	Thomas	432	–	8
11	Mark	417	↑1	12
12	Charles	326	↓1	10
13	Daniel	319	↑2	18
14	Ronald	297	↓1	15
15	Donald	294	↓1	14
16	Joseph	277	↑1	13
17	Kenneth	258	↓1	17
18	Larry	244	↑2	19
19	Stephen	244	↓1	20
20	Paul	235	↓1	16
21	Douglas	215	↑1	29
22	Timothy	199	↑2	26
23	Dennis	192	↓2	21
24	Gregory	190	↑2	25
25	George	167	–	24
26	Anthony	155	↑3	32
27	Jerry	148	↑4	31
28	Randy	146	–	33
29	Terry	144	↓2	27
30	Edward	140	↓7	22
31	Bruce	138	↓1	30
32	Frank	134	–	36
33	Raymond	130	–	35
34	Jeffrey	120	↑5	23
35	Kevin	117	↑12	28
36	Gerald	112	–	44
37	Patrick	112	↓3	38
38	Scott	107	↑4	40
39	Dale	105	↑4	50
40	Roger	103	↓5	34
41	Lawrence	98	↓3	39
42	Alan	95	new	43
43	Christopher	89	↓3	64
44	Danny	87	↑4	42
45	Carl	81	new	47
46	Wayne	81	↑4	41
47	Joe	80	↓2	67
48	Rodney	78	↓11	66
49	Stanley	75	↓5	58
50	Craig	74	new	51

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