Popular baby names in Colorado, 1958

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1958 were Mary for girls (460 babies) and Michael for boys (944). Social Security records list 39,339 babies born in Colorado in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1958

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

Girls

Jolene: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Bernadine: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Shannon: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Christie: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rosalie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dee: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sheri: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Dana: 52 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chris: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Bret: 58 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rudy: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Loren: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nick: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rocky: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Max: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sam: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Delbert: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Pete: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	460	↑1	1
2	Susan	433	↑2	2
3	Linda	384	↑2	3
4	Debra	377	↓3	6
5	Karen	356	↑1	4
6	Cynthia	346	↓3	8
7	Patricia	328	–	5
8	Julie	273	↑9	23
9	Deborah	268	↓1	7
10	Barbara	253	–	9
11	Pamela	250	–	11
12	Debbie	236	↑7	24
13	Sharon	228	↑1	17
14	Cheryl	222	↓2	13
15	Cindy	216	↓6	25
16	Nancy	215	↓3	12
17	Donna	212	↑3	10
18	Sandra	210	↓3	15
19	Kathy	205	↑5	14
20	Lisa	205	↑16	19
21	Kathleen	204	↓3	21
22	Carol	187	↓6	20
23	Elizabeth	186	↓2	22
24	Diane	185	↓1	18
25	Tammy	181	new	44
26	Lori	177	↑9	30
27	Brenda	162	↓1	16
28	Janet	158	↓6	28
29	Christine	146	↑1	43
30	Teresa	140	↓3	26
31	Theresa	138	↓2	33
32	Diana	135	↓7	45
33	Laura	133	↑1	29
34	Terri	129	↑16	51
35	Rebecca	126	↓7	41
36	Margaret	123	↑6	31
37	Denise	120	↓4	27
38	Catherine	119	↑2	38
39	Judy	115	↓2	36
40	Rhonda	114	↓2	48
41	Kim	111	↓10	40
42	Connie	108	↓10	50
43	Peggy	104	–	42
44	Kimberly	100	↑1	39
45	Cathy	99	new	34
46	Paula	99	–	53
47	Michelle	97	↑2	56
48	Robin	94	↓9	32
49	Leslie	87	↓1	79
50	Vicki	86	↓6	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	944	–	1
2	David	915	–	2
3	John	752	↑1	5
4	Robert	744	↓1	4
5	James	691	–	3
6	Mark	587	–	7
7	Richard	511	–	8
8	William	473	–	6
9	Steven	365	–	10
10	Thomas	349	–	9
11	Ronald	315	↑2	19
12	Daniel	309	↓1	16
13	Gary	292	↓1	17
14	Timothy	292	↑1	13
15	Donald	278	↓1	18
16	Kenneth	273	↑1	14
17	Charles	269	↓1	11
18	Joseph	256	–	12
19	Kevin	252	–	20
20	Scott	249	–	25
21	Paul	248	–	15
22	Larry	225	↑1	22
23	Gregory	214	↓1	23
24	Randy	209	–	32
25	Douglas	201	–	30
26	Mike	191	↑15	40
27	Jeffrey	177	↑2	21
28	Anthony	171	↓1	27
29	Stephen	170	↓3	26
30	Brian	164	↑1	24
31	Edward	157	↓3	28
32	Dennis	156	–	29
33	Bruce	149	↑2	36
34	Patrick	149	↓4	42
35	Steve	141	↑3	44
36	George	139	–	31
37	Jerry	139	↓3	35
38	Raymond	128	↑2	43
39	Terry	121	↓6	33
40	Christopher	120	↑7	39
41	Danny	120	↑9	45
42	Dale	117	↓3	46
43	Rick	114	↑3	77
44	Frank	113	↓7	38
45	Keith	108	–	37
46	Alan	103	↓2	49
47	Joe	100	↑2	56
48	Ricky	98	–	34
49	Russell	97	new	54
50	Jim	90	new	87

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