Popular baby names in Colorado, 1956

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1956 were Debra for girls (590 babies) and Michael for boys (870). Debra ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 39,122 babies born in Colorado in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1956

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

Girls

Kelly: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Leona: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Viola: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Shelly: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rosalie: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sherri: 51 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ronda: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kristi: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tamara: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shannon: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Casey: 16 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Rocky: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelly: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ron: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Manuel: 48 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kent: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Max: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Darrel: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Monte: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Debra	590	–	2
2	Mary	566	↑1	1
3	Linda	483	↓1	3
4	Susan	440	–	5
5	Karen	422	↑2	7
6	Patricia	389	–	6
7	Cynthia	371	↑1	8
8	Deborah	360	↓3	4
9	Sharon	321	↑5	13
10	Barbara	293	↓1	9
11	Pamela	287	↓1	12
12	Kathleen	268	↑5	17
13	Sandra	266	↓1	14
14	Nancy	259	↓3	11
15	Carol	244	↓2	16
16	Donna	240	–	10
17	Cheryl	207	↓2	18
18	Rebecca	179	↑2	27
19	Janet	178	↓1	21
20	Diane	172	↓1	15
21	Kathy	149	–	20
22	Cindy	142	↑20	37
23	Elizabeth	141	–	22
24	Debbie	139	↑9	39
25	Connie	136	↓1	43
26	Catherine	131	↑3	28
27	Teresa	126	↓2	24
28	Kim	124	↑19	38
29	Paula	124	↓1	47
30	Christine	123	↓8	42
31	Theresa	123	↑8	32
32	Margaret	122	↓5	25
33	Julie	121	↑15	48
34	Janice	120	↑2	26
35	Judy	118	↓3	35
36	Diana	116	↓10	56
37	Kathryn	113	↑7	60
38	Robin	113	new	29
39	Lisa	111	new	31
40	Beverly	104	↓10	40
41	Laura	103	↑4	34
42	Denise	102	↓2	23
43	Peggy	100	↓12	63
44	Vicki	99	↓9	57
45	Judith	96	↓7	45
46	Terri	95	new	81
47	Joyce	94	↓10	30
48	Victoria	92	new	85
49	Brenda	90	↓6	19
50	Gail	88	new	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Michael	870	↑1	1
2	David	851	↓1	4
3	Robert	846	–	3
4	John	771	–	5
5	James	735	–	2
6	Richard	624	–	7
7	Mark	618	–	8
8	William	504	↑1	6
9	Steven	474	↓1	10
10	Thomas	383	–	9
11	Gary	322	–	13
12	Daniel	318	–	18
13	Ronald	304	↑2	15
14	Charles	293	↓1	11
15	Joseph	293	↑2	12
16	Kenneth	287	↓2	16
17	Timothy	287	↑3	19
18	Donald	275	↓2	14
19	Paul	257	–	17
20	Douglas	246	↑1	29
21	Stephen	226	↑1	23
22	Gregory	222	↓4	24
23	Kevin	222	↑9	22
24	Randy	206	↑2	28
25	Larry	201	↓2	21
26	Dennis	186	↓2	26
27	Edward	183	↓2	25
28	Scott	169	↑3	34
29	Jeffrey	166	↓1	20
30	Anthony	164	↓1	30
31	Bruce	146	↓1	33
32	Jerry	144	↑3	35
33	Patrick	139	–	40
34	Terry	139	↓7	31
35	Frank	133	↑1	38
36	Brian	122	↑8	32
37	George	120	↓3	27
38	Raymond	120	↑2	39
39	Gerald	117	↓1	49
40	Keith	115	↑8	36
41	Dale	108	↓2	50
42	Alan	105	–	44
43	Rodney	100	↑3	65
44	Steve	96	↑1	59
45	Randall	91	new	54
46	Christopher	89	↓9	47
47	Roger	89	↓6	41
48	Lawrence	88	↓5	42
49	Craig	84	↑1	51
50	Danny	84	↓1	46

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