Popular baby names in Colorado, 1965

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1965 were Lisa for girls (474 babies) and Michael for boys (823). Social Security records list 33,895 babies born in Colorado in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1965

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: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kirsten: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Danette: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Trudy: 17 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lana: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kris: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leanne: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristi: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gretchen: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Max: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shane: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Clay: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Justin: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ron: 31 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ken: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rick: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kirk: 49 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gilbert: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	474	–	1
2	Mary	294	–	2
3	Karen	262	↑1	3
4	Kimberly	247	↑11	4
5	Susan	237	↓2	5
6	Michelle	232	–	18
7	Julie	230	↓2	14
8	Brenda	197	↑2	23
9	Lori	193	–	19
10	Cynthia	189	↑3	9
11	Tammy	180	↑7	11
12	Pamela	178	↑4	12
13	Patricia	173	↓6	6
14	Jennifer	170	↑12	20
15	Laura	166	↓4	17
16	Linda	159	↓8	8
17	Deborah	157	–	13
18	Christine	154	↓4	21
19	Kelly	150	↑11	30
20	Sandra	149	↓8	15
21	Cheryl	147	↑1	31
22	Stephanie	144	↑18	44
23	Donna	142	↑1	7
24	Rhonda	142	↑13	37
25	Denise	139	↓6	28
26	Wendy	134	new	39
27	Elizabeth	132	–	16
28	Sharon	131	↑4	22
29	Amy	129	↑4	35
30	Debra	129	↓5	27
31	Barbara	128	↓3	25
32	Angela	119	↑6	10
33	Dawn	118	new	26
34	Tina	112	↑8	29
35	Cindy	109	↑10	53
36	Teresa	108	↓16	24
37	Nancy	107	↓16	32
38	Carol	104	↓3	42
39	Rebecca	103	↑10	41
40	Robin	101	↓9	33
41	Kim	100	↑9	43
42	Sheila	98	new	50
43	Kathleen	97	↓7	34
44	Valerie	97	↑2	67
45	Theresa	96	↑2	45
46	Diane	95	↓3	40
47	Paula	92	↓8	49
48	Renee	92	new	68
49	Catherine	87	new	57
50	Tracy	87	↓21	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Michael	823	–	1
2	David	747	↑1	3
3	John	634	↓1	2
4	Robert	618	–	5
5	James	550	–	4
6	Mark	438	–	7
7	Richard	384	–	8
8	Kevin	327	↑2	13
9	Scott	326	↓1	15
10	William	318	↓1	6
11	Jeffrey	290	↑4	10
12	Steven	280	↓1	14
13	Daniel	269	–	17
14	Christopher	265	↑8	18
15	Brian	233	↑4	19
16	Thomas	233	↓4	9
17	Paul	228	↓1	16
18	Timothy	225	–	12
19	Kenneth	224	↓2	21
20	Gregory	213	–	23
21	Joseph	213	↓7	11
22	Charles	194	↑1	20
23	Eric	189	↑8	25
24	Ronald	189	↑3	24
25	Patrick	174	↑1	31
26	Donald	171	↓2	26
27	Gary	169	↓6	27
28	Anthony	164	–	22
29	Todd	156	↓4	30
30	Douglas	151	↓1	32
31	Matthew	141	↑8	36
32	Rodney	135	new	33
33	Troy	131	↑4	53
34	Mike	129	↓4	51
35	Stephen	123	↓3	28
36	Andrew	115	↓1	37
37	Larry	109	↓1	38
38	Steve	105	↓4	55
39	Randy	102	↓6	42
40	Edward	101	↓2	29
41	Shawn	96	new	69
42	Frank	95	↑4	43
43	Craig	94	new	46
44	Jeff	94	↓4	62
45	Jerry	89	–	41
46	Keith	89	↑4	35
47	Dale	82	new	83
48	Terry	82	↓7	40
49	Raymond	79	↓5	45
50	Jeffery	76	new	47

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