Popular baby names in Colorado, 1963

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1963 were Lisa for girls (480 babies) and Michael for boys (867). Social Security records list 39,785 babies born in Colorado in 1963 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1963

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

Girls

Shauna: 20 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Shawna: 25 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Rosalie: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Kirsten: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mindy: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelli: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shelly: 100 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kristi: 38 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cheri: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kristine: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Toby: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Rudy: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Justin: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Bret: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Rocky: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ron: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Loren: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kent: 65 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Andy: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erik: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1963

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Lisa	480	–	1
2	Mary	347	↑2	2
3	Karen	317	↑2	4
4	Susan	313	↓2	3
5	Lori	308	↓2	8
6	Linda	281	–	5
7	Tammy	268	↑5	12
8	Michelle	261	↑7	26
9	Brenda	240	↓1	15
10	Sandra	240	↓3	9
11	Julie	238	↓2	22
12	Patricia	225	↓2	7
13	Laura	223	↑11	16
14	Debra	217	↑4	21
15	Pamela	204	↓2	14
16	Elizabeth	195	↑7	20
17	Donna	190	↑3	6
18	Barbara	188	↑1	17
19	Cynthia	186	↓8	10
20	Deborah	182	↓3	13
21	Christine	179	↑6	29
22	Kimberly	178	↑3	11
23	Debbie	177	↓9	41
24	Cindy	172	↓8	37
25	Teresa	171	↓3	18
26	Kelly	166	↑2	32
27	Nancy	154	↑3	23
28	Cheryl	151	↓2	24
29	Jennifer	151	↑2	36
30	Kathy	142	↑4	34
31	Denise	141	↑1	27
32	Diane	138	↑1	31
33	Robin	138	↑3	25
34	Sharon	137	↓13	19
35	Tina	132	↑6	35
36	Kathleen	126	↑10	28
37	Theresa	122	↑6	38
38	Janet	120	↓9	40
39	Carol	118	↓4	33
40	Paula	118	↑8	42
41	Diana	117	↓1	62
42	Tracy	114	new	48
43	Terri	112	↓4	58
44	Laurie	109	↓7	47
45	Rhonda	109	↓1	45
46	Kim	107	↓4	39
47	Connie	106	↓9	55
48	Rebecca	101	↓3	44
49	Stephanie	101	–	64
50	Shelly	100	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1962	US rank
1	Michael	867	↑1	1
2	David	831	↓1	3
3	John	733	–	2
4	Robert	707	–	5
5	James	654	–	4
6	Mark	567	–	6
7	Richard	435	↑1	8
8	Scott	428	↓1	12
9	William	364	↑1	7
10	Kevin	349	↑1	11
11	Steven	336	↓2	14
12	Thomas	305	↑1	9
13	Jeffrey	299	↑1	10
14	Daniel	276	↓2	19
15	Timothy	252	–	15
16	Paul	244	↑6	17
17	Brian	240	–	20
18	Joseph	240	↓2	13
19	Charles	235	↑1	16
20	Kenneth	227	↓2	18
21	Gregory	226	↑2	21
22	Gary	221	↓3	24
23	Ronald	215	↑1	23
24	Christopher	209	↑4	26
25	Mike	207	↑1	44
26	Donald	200	↓5	25
27	Todd	186	↑4	30
28	Douglas	182	↓1	28
29	Anthony	176	↓4	22
30	Randy	164	↓1	37
31	Eric	161	↑2	31
32	Edward	155	↑9	27
33	Patrick	151	↑3	35
34	Stephen	144	↓4	29
35	Troy	140	↑12	66
36	Steve	137	↓4	49
37	Andrew	131	↑7	42
38	Larry	130	↓4	36
39	Jeff	124	↑1	48
40	Chris	122	↓2	59
41	Frank	116	↑5	41
42	Terry	116	↓5	32
43	Jerry	115	↓4	38
44	Dennis	110	↓2	39
45	Matthew	105	–	50
46	Joe	104	↓11	58
47	George	102	new	34
48	Keith	96	↓5	33
49	Russell	96	new	57
50	Danny	94	new	55

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