Popular baby names in Colorado, 1955

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1955 were Debra for girls (647 babies) and David for boys (967). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 37,449 babies born in Colorado in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1955

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: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosalie: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cheri: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Tracy: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Sandy: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cherie: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christina: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ramona: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tanya: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Manuel: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kent: 48 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sam: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Delbert: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rick: 74 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jim: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tom: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kelly: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gilbert: 38 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Debra	647	–	4
2	Linda	528	↑1	3
3	Mary	498	↓1	1
4	Susan	415	↑1	5
5	Deborah	410	↓1	2
6	Patricia	409	–	6
7	Karen	343	–	8
8	Cynthia	325	–	11
9	Barbara	287	–	7
10	Pamela	277	–	12
11	Nancy	270	–	9
12	Sandra	244	–	13
13	Carol	238	↑1	15
14	Sharon	224	↑1	16
15	Cheryl	222	↑5	19
16	Donna	211	–	10
17	Kathleen	209	↓4	17
18	Janet	195	↓1	20
19	Diane	189	–	14
20	Rebecca	143	↓2	27
21	Kathy	136	↑4	22
22	Christine	135	↑1	40
23	Elizabeth	135	↑1	21
24	Connie	134	↓3	35
25	Teresa	132	↑12	26
26	Diana	129	↑2	55
27	Margaret	127	↓5	24
28	Paula	122	↑11	39
29	Catherine	121	↑2	28
30	Beverly	119	↑17	34
31	Peggy	119	↑3	51
32	Judy	111	↓5	32
33	Debbie	109	new	63
34	Katherine	106	↑14	65
35	Vicki	103	↓3	52
36	Janice	101	↑2	25
37	Joyce	100	↓2	29
38	Judith	100	↓12	31
39	Theresa	99	↓10	38
40	Denise	98	↑5	23
41	Shirley	97	↓5	37
42	Cindy	96	new	79
43	Brenda	94	↑1	18
44	Kathryn	91	↓11	59
45	Laura	91	↓4	41
46	Rose	88	↑3	54
47	Kim	87	new	75
48	Julie	86	new	67
49	Sherry	86	new	56
50	Gloria	83	↓10	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	David	967	↑1	2
2	Michael	967	↓1	1
3	Robert	838	–	4
4	John	747	–	5
5	James	743	–	3
6	Richard	577	–	7
7	Mark	497	↑4	9
8	Steven	494	–	10
9	William	462	↓2	6
10	Thomas	404	–	8
11	Gary	377	↓2	12
12	Daniel	307	↑1	17
13	Charles	305	↓1	11
14	Kenneth	302	↑3	15
15	Ronald	276	↓1	18
16	Donald	266	↓1	14
17	Joseph	262	↓1	13
18	Gregory	251	↑6	24
19	Paul	234	↑1	16
20	Timothy	229	↑2	22
21	Douglas	225	–	29
22	Stephen	222	↓3	21
23	Larry	206	↓5	19
24	Dennis	184	↓1	23
25	Edward	177	↑5	25
26	Randy	176	↑2	30
27	Terry	175	↑2	28
28	Jeffrey	166	↑6	20
29	Anthony	157	↓3	31
30	Bruce	152	↑1	32
31	Scott	149	↑7	38
32	Kevin	146	↑3	27
33	Patrick	144	↑4	41
34	George	134	↓9	26
35	Jerry	126	↓8	33
36	Frank	118	↓4	34
37	Christopher	104	↑6	49
38	Gerald	103	↓2	48
39	Dale	102	–	52
40	Raymond	102	↓7	36
41	Roger	102	↓1	37
42	Alan	101	–	43
43	Lawrence	100	↓2	42
44	Brian	97	new	40
45	Steve	96	new	72
46	Rodney	87	↑2	65
47	Ricky	86	new	46
48	Keith	83	new	39
49	Danny	80	↓5	45
50	Craig	78	–	50

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