Popular baby names in Colorado, 1968

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1968 were Michelle for girls (482 babies) and Michael for boys (890). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 33,363 babies born in Colorado in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1968

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: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jolene: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shauna: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bernadette: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rene: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lara: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Janelle: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wendi: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roberta: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kerri: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 16 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Pete: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dirk: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gilbert: 47 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lyle: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Justin: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Trent: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lonnie: 44 babies, 3× the national rate
Kent: 37 babies, 3× the national rate
Scot: 17 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michelle	482	–	2
2	Lisa	434	–	1
3	Kimberly	325	–	3
4	Jennifer	280	↑1	4
5	Laura	229	↑3	11
6	Julie	227	↓2	16
7	Amy	200	↑9	13
8	Christine	195	↑5	14
9	Stephanie	182	↑6	23
10	Kelly	181	↑4	12
11	Susan	181	↓4	10
12	Tammy	178	–	8
13	Mary	161	↓7	6
14	Wendy	159	↑7	31
15	Angela	156	↑11	7
16	Melissa	155	↑7	5
17	Cynthia	154	↑3	19
18	Karen	146	↓9	9
19	Dawn	145	↑12	21
20	Lori	141	↓10	22
21	Brenda	135	↓10	34
22	Rebecca	135	↑7	33
23	Denise	131	↑5	35
24	Tina	131	↓7	18
25	Pamela	126	–	20
26	Patricia	125	↓8	15
27	Cheryl	123	↑5	37
28	Christina	121	↑18	44
29	Elizabeth	121	↓5	17
30	Deborah	116	↓8	27
31	Sandra	116	↓12	26
32	Tracy	113	↑4	25
33	Paula	112	↑16	45
34	Rhonda	108	↓4	42
35	Shannon	105	↑15	53
36	Donna	103	↓2	24
37	Andrea	101	↓4	48
38	Linda	100	↓11	28
39	Teresa	96	↓2	30
40	Jill	91	↓1	46
41	Heather	88	new	62
42	Debra	86	↑1	38
43	Robin	86	new	43
44	Barbara	85	↓9	36
45	Gina	85	↓3	58
46	Kathleen	85	↓8	40
47	Renee	85	new	65
48	Sharon	78	new	32
49	Sheila	78	new	59
50	Theresa	78	↓3	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	890	–	1
2	David	709	–	2
3	John	597	–	3
4	Robert	596	–	5
5	James	506	–	4
6	Mark	424	–	7
7	Christopher	375	↑2	9
8	Scott	348	–	14
9	Brian	335	↑2	10
10	Richard	331	↓3	8
11	William	322	↓1	6
12	Jeffrey	292	↑1	11
13	Kevin	286	↓1	17
14	Steven	282	–	15
15	Eric	278	↑3	22
16	Daniel	259	–	18
17	Timothy	255	↓2	13
18	Thomas	242	↑2	12
19	Paul	230	↓2	19
20	Joseph	220	↓1	16
21	Matthew	208	↑9	24
22	Troy	197	↑6	40
23	Todd	196	↓2	28
24	Patrick	180	↑3	30
25	Anthony	179	–	21
26	Charles	174	–	20
27	Shawn	169	↑9	43
28	Kenneth	164	↓4	23
29	Gregory	159	↓6	26
30	Ronald	157	↓8	25
31	Andrew	154	↑3	34
32	Donald	143	↓3	29
33	Gary	143	↓2	32
34	Sean	143	↑4	37
35	Stephen	135	↓3	27
36	Douglas	123	↓3	33
37	Edward	123	–	31
38	Keith	104	↑2	35
39	Larry	103	↓4	38
40	Randy	89	↓1	54
41	Jason	87	new	47
42	Craig	86	new	41
43	Jerry	82	↑2	44
44	Bradley	76	↑2	57
45	George	74	↓2	36
46	Jeffery	74	new	46
47	Rodney	72	↓5	42
48	Dennis	70	–	45
49	Jon	70	new	65
50	Mike	70	↓9	93

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