Popular baby names in Colorado, 1970

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (527 babies) and Michael for boys (972). Social Security records list 36,983 babies born in Colorado in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1970

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
Deann: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Janelle: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kirsten: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leann: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Shawna: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mindy: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Tamra: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shauna: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Deana: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Matt: 34 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nick: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julian: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Tyler: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bret: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jared: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mike: 70 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Clint: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dominic: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	527	↑2	1
2	Michelle	525	↓1	4
3	Lisa	413	↓1	2
4	Kimberly	329	–	3
5	Amy	281	–	5
6	Heather	237	↑15	19
7	Julie	211	↓1	11
8	Melissa	207	–	7
9	Shannon	207	↑8	22
10	Stephanie	200	↓1	17
11	Angela	193	↑8	6
12	Laura	186	↓5	13
13	Dawn	182	↑3	16
14	Tammy	181	↓4	8
15	Christine	177	↓4	14
16	Mary	173	↓1	9
17	Tracy	171	↑1	10
18	Lori	170	↓4	23
19	Wendy	158	↑4	28
20	Susan	144	↓8	15
21	Brenda	143	↑5	40
22	Karen	142	↑2	12
23	Nicole	136	↑22	30
24	Elizabeth	133	↑4	18
25	Denise	132	↑7	36
26	Kelly	132	↓13	20
27	Pamela	132	↓2	26
28	Tina	128	↓8	21
29	Cynthia	127	↑2	25
30	Rebecca	122	↓8	29
31	Andrea	117	↑2	43
32	Christina	113	↓3	35
33	Patricia	106	↓6	24
34	Sandra	101	↓4	27
35	Heidi	96	↑2	81
36	Stacy	93	new	42
37	Kristin	92	new	63
38	Sarah	87	new	65
39	Teresa	87	↑11	34
40	Stacey	86	↓4	48
41	Deborah	85	↓7	33
42	Monica	84	↑5	56
43	Carrie	82	new	73
44	Holly	82	new	74
45	Tanya	82	new	76
46	Jill	80	↓8	52
47	Katherine	79	new	67
48	Donna	77	↑1	32
49	Cheryl	76	↓8	44
50	Gina	76	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	972	–	1
2	David	673	–	3
3	Robert	654	–	5
4	John	622	↑1	4
5	James	556	↓1	2
6	Christopher	480	↑1	6
7	Mark	393	↓1	9
8	Brian	389	↑2	8
9	Jason	383	↑11	13
10	Richard	372	↓1	10
11	Scott	365	↓3	12
12	William	350	↑1	7
13	Jeffrey	330	↓1	11
14	Eric	329	–	18
15	Steven	300	↓4	15
16	Matthew	260	↑1	24
17	Kevin	256	↓1	14
18	Paul	253	–	23
19	Thomas	253	–	17
20	Timothy	250	↑1	20
21	Daniel	245	↓6	19
22	Joseph	238	–	16
23	Todd	233	↑3	28
24	Gregory	201	↑1	26
25	Anthony	198	↓2	22
26	Charles	195	↑1	21
27	Troy	182	↑2	41
28	Shawn	169	↑5	34
29	Andrew	168	↑5	32
30	Sean	159	↑2	37
31	Patrick	144	↓3	33
32	Kenneth	142	↓8	25
33	Douglas	138	↓2	36
34	Ronald	127	↑1	29
35	Stephen	124	↑1	27
36	Gary	120	↑1	35
37	Chad	117	new	51
38	Craig	115	↑2	39
39	Edward	114	↓1	31
40	Shane	114	↑3	64
41	Donald	110	↓11	30
42	Aaron	98	new	52
43	Keith	92	↓1	38
44	Jonathan	88	new	42
45	Bradley	84	↓1	47
46	Brent	84	new	74
47	Raymond	84	new	49
48	Larry	83	↓9	43
49	Bryan	82	↑1	53
50	Peter	82	↓2	44

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