Popular baby names in Colorado, 1957

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1957 were Debra for girls (482 babies) and Michael for boys (917). Debra ranked #4 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 39,402 babies born in Colorado in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1957

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

Girls

Pearl: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dixie: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Jana: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shannon: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rosalie: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tami: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Stella: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Janette: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deanna: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Heather: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Casey: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lyle: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kirk: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nick: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Monte: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kent: 62 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Loren: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brad: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Gilbert: 44 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Debra	482	–	4
2	Mary	477	–	1
3	Cynthia	435	↑4	7
4	Susan	431	–	2
5	Linda	400	↓2	3
6	Karen	361	↓1	5
7	Patricia	316	↓1	8
8	Deborah	308	–	6
9	Cindy	274	↑13	19
10	Barbara	270	–	9
11	Pamela	267	–	12
12	Cheryl	266	↑5	16
13	Nancy	258	↑1	11
14	Sharon	252	↓5	14
15	Sandra	234	↓2	15
16	Carol	223	↓1	18
17	Julie	213	↑16	28
18	Kathleen	212	↓6	21
19	Debbie	186	↑5	27
20	Donna	186	↓4	10
21	Elizabeth	174	↑2	22
22	Janet	171	↓3	23
23	Diane	169	↓3	17
24	Kathy	164	↓3	20
25	Diana	162	↑11	43
26	Brenda	158	↑23	13
27	Teresa	140	–	24
28	Rebecca	137	↓10	34
29	Theresa	136	↑2	36
30	Christine	133	–	41
31	Kim	130	↓3	35
32	Connie	122	↓7	47
33	Denise	121	↑9	25
34	Laura	120	↑7	31
35	Lori	120	new	45
36	Lisa	117	↑3	26
37	Judy	116	↓2	38
38	Rhonda	112	new	52
39	Robin	111	↓1	30
40	Catherine	110	↓14	37
41	Ann	108	new	44
42	Margaret	105	↓10	29
43	Peggy	104	–	62
44	Vicki	103	–	51
45	Kimberly	100	new	42
46	Paula	99	↓17	49
47	Kathryn	95	↓10	65
48	Leslie	95	new	77
49	Michelle	92	new	79
50	Terri	87	↓4	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	917	–	1
2	David	860	–	3
3	Robert	794	–	4
4	John	729	–	5
5	James	708	–	2
6	Mark	589	↑1	7
7	Richard	575	↓1	8
8	William	478	–	6
9	Steven	447	–	10
10	Thomas	390	–	9
11	Daniel	348	↑1	16
12	Gary	320	↓1	13
13	Ronald	315	–	17
14	Donald	300	↑4	15
15	Timothy	285	↑2	19
16	Charles	269	↓2	11
17	Kenneth	262	↓1	14
18	Joseph	247	↓3	12
19	Kevin	238	↑4	20
20	Scott	236	↑8	32
21	Paul	235	↓2	18
22	Gregory	232	–	23
23	Larry	226	↑2	22
24	Randy	218	–	31
25	Douglas	211	↓5	30
26	Stephen	192	↓5	24
27	Anthony	178	↑3	27
28	Edward	175	↓1	25
29	Jeffrey	171	–	21
30	Patrick	156	↑3	41
31	Brian	155	↑5	26
32	Dennis	155	↓6	28
33	Terry	152	↑1	33
34	Jerry	143	↓2	35
35	Bruce	140	↓4	34
36	George	133	↑1	29
37	Frank	122	↓2	38
38	Steve	122	↑6	44
39	Dale	117	↑2	50
40	Raymond	116	↓2	39
41	Mike	110	new	53
42	Rodney	106	↑1	70
43	Roger	105	↑4	42
44	Alan	103	↓2	48
45	Keith	102	↓5	36
46	Rick	99	new	87
47	Christopher	97	↓1	43
48	Ricky	94	new	40
49	Joe	89	new	57
50	Danny	88	–	45

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