Popular baby names in Colorado, 1969

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1969 were Michelle for girls (530 babies) and Michael for boys (960). Michelle ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 34,881 babies born in Colorado in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1969

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

Girls

Danette: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shauna: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Marci: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawna: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rene: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Roberta: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nadine: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lara: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kirsten: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Rudy: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Bret: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Curt: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Matt: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Justin: 46 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Trent: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kirk: 57 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gilbert: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shaun: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shane: 87 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michelle	530	–	2
2	Lisa	437	–	1
3	Jennifer	381	↑1	3
4	Kimberly	326	↓1	4
5	Amy	256	↑2	6
6	Julie	248	–	12
7	Laura	221	↓2	10
8	Melissa	189	↑8	5
9	Stephanie	186	–	19
10	Tammy	185	↑2	9
11	Christine	183	↓3	14
12	Susan	178	↓1	11
13	Kelly	175	↓3	15
14	Lori	172	↑6	20
15	Mary	171	↓2	8
16	Dawn	158	↑3	21
17	Shannon	158	↑18	31
18	Tracy	155	↑14	17
19	Angela	150	↓4	7
20	Tina	147	↑4	22
21	Heather	145	↑20	34
22	Rebecca	144	–	28
23	Wendy	143	↓9	29
24	Karen	138	↓6	13
25	Pamela	134	–	24
26	Brenda	129	↓5	38
27	Patricia	125	↓1	18
28	Elizabeth	123	↑1	16
29	Christina	118	↓1	37
30	Sandra	118	↑1	25
31	Cynthia	115	↓14	23
32	Denise	115	↓9	35
33	Andrea	112	↑4	48
34	Deborah	107	↓4	27
35	Linda	102	↑3	33
36	Stacey	98	new	52
37	Heidi	95	new	80
38	Jill	88	↑2	51
39	Kathleen	88	↑7	42
40	Rhonda	88	↓6	44
41	Cheryl	87	↓14	41
42	Barbara	86	↑2	39
43	Paula	86	↓10	50
44	Renee	85	↑3	67
45	Nicole	84	new	47
46	Michele	83	new	30
47	Monica	83	new	59
48	Theresa	83	↑2	49
49	Donna	81	↓13	26
50	Teresa	81	↓11	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	960	–	1
2	David	726	–	2
3	Robert	634	↑1	5
4	James	548	↑1	3
5	John	536	↓2	4
6	Mark	405	–	8
7	Christopher	402	–	7
8	Scott	374	–	12
9	Richard	336	↑1	10
10	Brian	334	↓1	9
11	Steven	322	↑3	14
12	Jeffrey	321	–	11
13	William	312	↓2	6
14	Eric	278	↑1	21
15	Daniel	274	↑1	18
16	Kevin	249	↓3	16
17	Matthew	241	↑4	24
18	Paul	240	↑1	22
19	Thomas	240	↓1	13
20	Jason	238	↑21	25
21	Timothy	238	↓4	17
22	Joseph	216	↓2	15
23	Anthony	202	↑2	20
24	Kenneth	198	↑4	23
25	Gregory	180	↑4	26
26	Todd	180	↓3	28
27	Charles	168	↓1	19
28	Patrick	160	↓4	31
29	Troy	157	↓7	42
30	Donald	147	↑2	30
31	Douglas	147	↑5	34
32	Sean	144	↑2	37
33	Shawn	138	↓6	41
34	Andrew	135	↓3	33
35	Ronald	134	↓5	29
36	Stephen	131	↓1	27
37	Gary	124	↓4	35
38	Edward	106	↓1	32
39	Larry	96	–	40
40	Craig	91	↑2	39
41	Chris	89	new	66
42	Keith	89	↓4	36
43	Shane	87	new	87
44	Bradley	83	–	53
45	Rodney	83	↑2	49
46	Frank	81	new	47
47	Jeffery	80	↓1	48
48	Peter	80	new	43
49	Jerry	75	↓6	45
50	Bryan	74	new	51

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