Popular baby names in Colorado, 1959

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1959 were Mary for girls (447 babies) and David for boys (913). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,215 babies born in Colorado in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1959

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

Girls

Kendra: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Deana: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kristin: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jolene: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rosalie: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sherri: 77 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristi: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 37 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ronda: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tamra: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Manuel: 62 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bret: 66 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ernie: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ed: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ron: 52 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rocky: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kent: 66 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ben: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Pat: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Rory: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	447	–	1
2	Linda	410	↑1	3
3	Susan	404	↓1	2
4	Karen	335	↑1	4
5	Debra	323	↓1	7
6	Cynthia	296	–	8
7	Patricia	286	–	6
8	Debbie	270	↑4	20
9	Donna	261	↑8	5
10	Lisa	258	↑10	10
11	Cindy	253	↑4	25
12	Lori	243	↑14	27
13	Sandra	231	↑5	13
14	Barbara	229	↓4	11
15	Pamela	228	↓4	12
16	Kathy	220	↑3	15
17	Deborah	218	↓8	9
18	Julie	213	↓10	26
19	Cheryl	208	↓5	18
20	Nancy	197	↓4	14
21	Kathleen	179	–	23
22	Diane	177	↑2	19
23	Carol	176	↓1	22
24	Tammy	174	↑1	31
25	Sharon	172	↓12	17
26	Brenda	165	↑1	16
27	Janet	164	↑1	28
28	Elizabeth	163	↓5	21
29	Teresa	153	↑1	24
30	Laura	150	↑3	30
31	Theresa	149	–	34
32	Diana	145	–	49
33	Rebecca	141	↑2	38
34	Terri	127	–	46
35	Judy	123	↑4	41
36	Denise	121	↑1	29
37	Michelle	114	↑10	47
38	Rhonda	110	↑2	45
39	Kelly	108	new	74
40	Robin	107	↑8	32
41	Kim	106	–	35
42	Margaret	106	↓6	36
43	Catherine	103	↓5	40
44	Peggy	103	↓1	57
45	Connie	102	↓3	48
46	Janice	100	new	37
47	Kimberly	100	↓3	33
48	Valerie	100	new	60
49	Cathy	96	↓4	39
50	Christine	94	↓21	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	David	913	↑1	2
2	Michael	816	↓1	1
3	John	718	–	4
4	Robert	705	–	5
5	James	666	–	3
6	Mark	627	–	6
7	Richard	512	–	8
8	William	425	–	7
9	Steven	384	–	10
10	Thomas	334	–	9
11	Timothy	316	↑3	12
12	Daniel	288	–	18
13	Scott	276	↑7	24
14	Kenneth	272	↑2	15
15	Gary	269	↓2	20
16	Kevin	265	↑3	14
17	Charles	263	–	11
18	Donald	261	↓3	19
19	Paul	261	↑2	17
20	Ronald	257	↓9	21
21	Randy	241	↑3	31
22	Douglas	230	↑3	30
23	Larry	221	↓1	25
24	Mike	218	↑2	37
25	Gregory	215	↓2	23
26	Jeffrey	215	↑1	16
27	Joseph	208	↓9	13
28	Anthony	185	–	26
29	Brian	183	↑1	22
30	Steve	166	↑5	41
31	Dennis	158	↑1	29
32	Ricky	155	↑16	34
33	Jerry	154	↑4	36
34	Patrick	146	–	43
35	Christopher	144	↑5	35
36	Stephen	140	↓7	28
37	Edward	136	↓6	27
38	Terry	135	↑1	33
39	Jim	124	↑11	70
40	George	120	↓4	32
41	Bruce	117	↓8	38
42	Joe	115	↑5	57
43	Russell	112	↑6	56
44	Eric	109	new	46
45	Greg	106	new	91
46	Frank	104	↓2	42
47	Craig	101	new	44
48	Rick	101	↓5	89
49	Tim	100	new	60
50	Dale	98	↓8	49

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