Popular baby names in Colorado, 1961

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1961 were Mary for girls (417 babies) and David for boys (926). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 41,861 babies born in Colorado in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1961

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

Girls

Shawna: 27 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Kendra: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Danette: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bernadette: 42 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kristi: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kellie: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jerri: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Tracie: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Debby: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shawn: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Ron: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Darrel: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Pete: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Justin: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Manuel: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kirk: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kent: 63 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rudy: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rocky: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Matt: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	417	–	1
2	Susan	371	↑1	3
3	Lisa	365	↑2	2
4	Linda	357	–	4
5	Karen	346	↓3	5
6	Lori	309	↑6	14
7	Cynthia	273	↑1	8
8	Sandra	266	↑2	9
9	Julie	264	↑2	23
10	Debra	255	↓3	13
11	Patricia	250	↓2	6
12	Cheryl	247	↑13	20
13	Brenda	238	–	11
14	Sharon	225	↑9	17
15	Barbara	218	–	12
16	Debbie	216	↓10	31
17	Laura	215	↑5	21
18	Donna	214	↑1	7
19	Tammy	211	↓2	28
20	Pamela	205	↓2	15
21	Carol	189	↑5	24
22	Elizabeth	188	↓1	19
23	Deborah	186	↓3	10
24	Cindy	185	↓8	33
25	Michelle	179	↑9	34
26	Nancy	179	↓12	16
27	Janet	174	–	32
28	Teresa	170	↑2	18
29	Kathy	169	↓5	25
30	Robin	168	↑5	27
31	Denise	155	↓3	30
32	Kelly	149	↑4	45
33	Diane	148	↓4	26
34	Theresa	146	↓1	35
35	Rhonda	139	↑4	46
36	Kathleen	132	↓5	29
37	Kimberly	132	↑1	22
38	Laurie	132	↑3	43
39	Jennifer	122	↑11	47
40	Diana	121	↓8	56
41	Christine	120	↑1	39
42	Connie	117	new	50
43	Rebecca	115	–	44
44	Tina	109	new	41
45	Terri	102	↓8	51
46	Tracy	98	new	64
47	Dawn	97	new	49
48	Annette	95	↑1	73
49	Judy	93	↓2	58
50	Kim	92	↓10	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	David	926	–	2
2	Michael	909	–	1
3	John	768	–	3
4	Robert	753	–	5
5	Mark	709	–	6
6	James	609	–	4
7	Richard	461	–	8
8	William	403	–	7
9	Kevin	368	↑2	14
10	Steven	368	↓1	10
11	Scott	359	↑3	19
12	Daniel	357	↓2	17
13	Thomas	288	↓1	9
14	Jeffrey	278	↑5	11
15	Paul	268	↑5	18
16	Kenneth	261	↓1	16
17	Gary	260	–	21
18	Charles	244	↑9	13
19	Donald	243	↑3	22
20	Timothy	240	↓7	15
21	Mike	229	↓3	36
22	Ronald	225	↑3	24
23	Brian	219	↓2	20
24	Douglas	219	↓1	28
25	Gregory	214	↓1	23
26	Joseph	213	↓10	12
27	Christopher	193	↑9	26
28	Randy	188	↓2	33
29	Larry	185	↑1	30
30	Anthony	179	↓2	25
31	Steve	168	↓2	45
32	Patrick	157	–	39
33	Stephen	157	↓2	27
34	Edward	143	↑3	29
35	Jerry	143	↑4	37
36	Chris	137	↑7	57
37	Eric	136	↓4	38
38	Jeff	130	↑3	49
39	Craig	123	↓1	43
40	Terry	123	↓6	32
41	Frank	122	↑4	41
42	Greg	121	new	77
43	Joe	120	↑3	60
44	Todd	119	new	46
45	Dennis	118	↓10	34
46	Bruce	114	↓4	40
47	Roger	111	↓3	47
48	Raymond	109	↓1	48
49	Dale	108	↓1	58
50	George	107	↓10	31

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