Popular baby names in Colorado, 1962

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1962 were Lisa for girls (415 babies) and David for boys (908). David ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 40,749 babies born in Colorado in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1962

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

Girls

Janelle: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jolene: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dee: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Leann: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christy: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristen: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Jerri: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Tammi: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristy: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gretchen: 26 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rocky: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Casey: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julian: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nick: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Clay: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Vince: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Rudy: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Max: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Lisa	415	↑2	1
2	Susan	351	–	3
3	Lori	345	↑3	11
4	Mary	344	↓3	2
5	Karen	336	–	4
6	Linda	318	↓2	5
7	Sandra	258	↑1	10
8	Brenda	246	↑5	12
9	Julie	245	–	22
10	Patricia	241	↑1	6
11	Cynthia	231	↓4	8
12	Tammy	231	↑7	23
13	Pamela	218	↑7	13
14	Debbie	217	↑2	32
15	Michelle	211	↑10	31
16	Cindy	210	↑8	34
17	Deborah	204	↑6	9
18	Debra	201	↓8	15
19	Barbara	194	↓4	14
20	Donna	185	↓2	7
21	Sharon	184	↓7	17
22	Teresa	179	↑6	18
23	Elizabeth	176	↓1	20
24	Laura	176	↓7	21
25	Kimberly	175	↑12	16
26	Cheryl	167	↓14	24
27	Christine	163	↑14	39
28	Kelly	159	↑4	38
29	Janet	158	↓2	35
30	Nancy	158	↓4	19
31	Jennifer	152	↑8	41
32	Denise	150	↓1	30
33	Diane	149	–	26
34	Kathy	147	↓5	27
35	Carol	137	↓14	28
36	Robin	137	↓6	25
37	Laurie	128	↑1	42
38	Connie	125	↑4	51
39	Terri	123	↑6	54
40	Diana	122	–	57
41	Tina	119	↑3	33
42	Kim	118	↑8	37
43	Theresa	115	↓9	40
44	Rhonda	113	↓9	45
45	Rebecca	111	↓2	47
46	Kathleen	105	↓10	29
47	Annette	104	↑1	75
48	Paula	99	new	60
49	Stephanie	95	new	70
50	Leslie	94	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	David	908	–	2
2	Michael	838	–	1
3	John	785	–	3
4	Robert	714	–	5
5	James	652	↑1	4
6	Mark	640	↓1	6
7	Scott	440	↑4	11
8	Richard	423	↓1	8
9	Steven	377	↑1	12
10	William	362	↓2	7
11	Kevin	336	↓2	14
12	Daniel	288	–	17
13	Thomas	286	–	9
14	Jeffrey	284	–	10
15	Timothy	271	↑5	16
16	Joseph	261	↑10	13
17	Brian	255	↑6	20
18	Kenneth	255	↓2	18
19	Gary	246	↓2	22
20	Charles	245	↓2	15
21	Donald	243	↓2	23
22	Paul	241	↓7	19
23	Gregory	221	↑2	21
24	Ronald	218	↓2	25
25	Anthony	213	↑5	24
26	Mike	201	↓5	39
27	Douglas	199	↓3	27
28	Christopher	179	↓1	26
29	Randy	168	↓1	35
30	Stephen	153	↑3	28
31	Todd	151	↑13	30
32	Steve	149	↓1	46
33	Eric	148	↑4	33
34	Larry	144	↓5	31
35	Joe	130	↑8	59
36	Patrick	130	↓4	40
37	Terry	130	↑3	34
38	Chris	127	↓2	60
39	Jerry	121	↓4	38
40	Jeff	120	↓2	44
41	Edward	119	↓7	29
42	Dennis	113	↑3	37
43	Keith	113	new	36
44	Andrew	110	new	49
45	Matthew	110	new	56
46	Frank	106	↓5	42
47	Troy	105	new	67
48	Jim	104	new	85
49	Roger	103	↓2	47
50	Raymond	101	↓2	48

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