Popular baby names in Colorado, 1960

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1960 were Mary for girls (439 babies) and David for boys (898). Social Security records list 40,872 babies born in Colorado in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1960

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: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Jolene: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Rosalie: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Liz: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kerri: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelli: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chris: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marla: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joni: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kelley: 23 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Justin: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Ernie: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rod: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Pat: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rudy: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bret: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Clayton: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ed: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	439	–	1
2	Karen	371	↑2	4
3	Susan	352	–	2
4	Linda	351	↓2	3
5	Lisa	314	↑5	6
6	Debbie	309	↑2	24
7	Debra	278	↓2	8
8	Cynthia	272	↓2	9
9	Patricia	266	↓2	7
10	Sandra	254	↑3	11
11	Julie	252	↑7	28
12	Lori	252	–	20
13	Brenda	236	↑13	13
14	Nancy	233	↑6	15
15	Barbara	231	↓1	12
16	Cindy	227	↓5	30
17	Tammy	225	↑7	31
18	Pamela	220	↓3	14
19	Donna	211	↓10	5
20	Deborah	207	↓3	10
21	Elizabeth	206	↑7	18
22	Laura	203	↑8	25
23	Sharon	201	↑2	16
24	Kathy	200	↓8	21
25	Cheryl	191	↓6	17
26	Carol	175	↓3	23
27	Janet	171	–	32
28	Denise	163	↑8	29
29	Diane	156	↓7	22
30	Teresa	155	↓1	19
31	Kathleen	154	↓10	27
32	Diana	152	–	53
33	Theresa	149	↓2	35
34	Michelle	146	↑3	39
35	Robin	136	↑5	33
36	Kelly	135	↑3	52
37	Terri	131	↓3	49
38	Kimberly	127	↑9	26
39	Rhonda	125	↓1	44
40	Kim	124	↑1	34
41	Laurie	120	new	37
42	Christine	114	↑8	40
43	Rebecca	110	↓10	38
44	Catherine	103	↓1	42
45	Margaret	100	↓3	36
46	Paula	93	new	55
47	Judy	91	↓12	48
48	Cathy	89	↑1	46
49	Annette	87	new	62
50	Jennifer	87	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	David	898	–	1
2	Michael	798	–	2
3	John	732	–	4
4	Robert	705	–	5
5	Mark	651	↑1	6
6	James	628	↓1	3
7	Richard	425	–	8
8	William	360	–	7
9	Steven	357	–	10
10	Daniel	320	↑2	17
11	Kevin	312	↑5	15
12	Thomas	309	↓2	9
13	Timothy	298	↓2	11
14	Scott	295	↓1	23
15	Kenneth	290	↓1	16
16	Joseph	262	↑11	12
17	Gary	254	↓2	22
18	Mike	252	↑6	36
19	Jeffrey	249	↑7	14
20	Paul	241	↓1	18
21	Brian	234	↑8	20
22	Donald	226	↓4	19
23	Douglas	221	↓1	30
24	Gregory	220	↑1	24
25	Ronald	217	↓5	21
26	Randy	216	↓5	32
27	Charles	212	↓10	13
28	Anthony	208	–	25
29	Steve	194	↑1	43
30	Larry	180	↓7	28
31	Stephen	154	↑5	27
32	Patrick	145	↑2	45
33	Eric	142	↑11	44
34	Terry	140	↑4	34
35	Dennis	137	↓4	31
36	Christopher	136	↓1	29
37	Edward	136	–	26
38	Craig	125	↑9	41
39	Jerry	121	↓6	37
40	George	118	–	33
41	Jeff	115	new	49
42	Bruce	114	↓1	39
43	Chris	114	new	63
44	Roger	114	new	47
45	Frank	113	↑1	40
46	Joe	111	↓4	57
47	Raymond	111	new	46
48	Dale	110	↑2	54
49	Alan	106	new	50
50	Randall	104	new	59

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