Popular baby names in Colorado, 1966

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1966 were Lisa for girls (449 babies) and Michael for boys (799). Social Security records list 31,790 babies born in Colorado in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1966

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: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shawna: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Bernadette: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Nadine: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roberta: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Suzette: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Celeste: 15 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Becky: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lana: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Justin: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Doug: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Max: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bob: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Trent: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Matt: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Nick: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Shane: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Grant: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	449	–	1
2	Michelle	377	↑4	4
3	Kimberly	249	↑1	2
4	Julie	245	↑3	13
5	Mary	241	↓3	3
6	Susan	222	↓1	6
7	Karen	221	↓4	5
8	Jennifer	192	↑6	10
9	Tammy	179	↑2	8
10	Brenda	177	↓2	25
11	Patricia	177	↑2	7
12	Cynthia	176	↓2	11
13	Lori	176	↓4	21
14	Laura	169	↑1	19
15	Deborah	160	↑2	14
16	Kelly	157	↑3	26
17	Pamela	157	↓5	15
18	Linda	152	↓2	18
19	Amy	150	↑10	30
20	Christine	148	↓2	20
21	Elizabeth	143	↑6	16
22	Stephanie	137	–	38
23	Denise	133	↑2	32
24	Tina	132	↑10	23
25	Donna	127	↓2	12
26	Rebecca	127	↑13	40
27	Sandra	124	↓7	17
28	Debra	122	↑2	35
29	Barbara	117	↑2	27
30	Nancy	116	↑7	33
31	Cheryl	115	↓10	34
32	Tracy	115	↑18	31
33	Dawn	112	–	24
34	Cindy	110	↑1	56
35	Angela	109	↓3	9
36	Paula	102	↑11	50
37	Wendy	99	↓11	41
38	Kathleen	98	↑5	37
39	Teresa	95	↓3	29
40	Andrea	94	new	52
41	Theresa	94	↑4	46
42	Rhonda	93	↓18	39
43	Sharon	88	↓15	28
44	Jill	85	new	49
45	Renee	85	↑3	66
46	Melissa	84	new	22
47	Diane	80	↓1	45
48	Kim	80	↓7	43
49	Carol	79	↓11	48
50	Debbie	77	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Michael	799	–	1
2	David	624	–	2
3	John	573	–	4
4	Robert	530	–	5
5	James	464	–	3
6	Mark	398	–	7
7	Richard	333	–	8
8	Scott	318	↑1	16
9	William	302	↑1	6
10	Jeffrey	291	↑1	9
11	Brian	275	↑4	14
12	Steven	273	–	13
13	Paul	271	↑4	18
14	Christopher	270	–	12
15	Kevin	256	↓7	17
16	Daniel	254	↓3	19
17	Thomas	246	↓1	10
18	Timothy	240	–	11
19	Joseph	233	↑2	15
20	Gregory	209	–	23
21	Eric	200	↑2	25
22	Todd	185	↑7	29
23	Kenneth	181	↓4	21
24	Ronald	181	–	24
25	Gary	172	↑2	28
26	Charles	164	↓4	20
27	Anthony	147	↑1	22
28	Donald	145	↓2	27
29	Patrick	145	↓4	31
30	Douglas	141	–	33
31	Troy	139	↑2	48
32	Stephen	138	↑3	26
33	Matthew	128	↓2	34
34	Andrew	123	↑2	36
35	Sean	111	new	50
36	Edward	100	↑4	30
37	Larry	100	–	38
38	Rodney	100	↓6	35
39	Mike	98	↓5	69
40	Shawn	98	↑1	54
41	Randy	97	↓2	45
42	Jerry	87	↑3	41
43	Keith	85	↑3	32
44	Steve	85	↓6	67
45	Chris	80	new	55
46	Alan	79	new	57
47	George	75	new	37
48	Raymond	73	↑1	47
49	Terry	73	↓1	40
50	Craig	69	↓7	46

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