Popular baby names in Colorado, 1971

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (723 babies) and Michael for boys (836). Social Security records list 35,497 babies born in Colorado in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1971

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

Girls

Jolene: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Shawna: 61 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Danette: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Brandy: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rene: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Shauna: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nikki: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Janelle: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Kirsten: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tania: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Pete: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cody: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Max: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Luke: 20 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kris: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Monte: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dustin: 49 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Justin: 97 babies, 3× the national rate
Tyler: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Matt: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	723	–	1
2	Michelle	482	–	2
3	Lisa	345	–	3
4	Kimberly	320	–	4
5	Amy	289	–	5
6	Heather	271	–	12
7	Melissa	213	↑1	7
8	Angela	203	↑3	6
9	Stephanie	200	↑1	11
10	Shannon	194	↓1	21
11	Tammy	182	↑3	8
12	Julie	177	↓5	10
13	Rebecca	167	↑17	23
14	Laura	161	↓2	16
15	Mary	157	↑1	9
16	Dawn	154	↓3	14
17	Andrea	149	↑14	35
18	Christine	143	↓3	18
19	Lori	140	↓1	25
20	Tracy	137	↓3	13
21	Susan	131	↓1	17
22	Nicole	127	↑1	27
23	Tina	127	↑5	20
24	Elizabeth	124	–	19
25	Kelly	124	↑1	22
26	Christina	119	↑6	30
27	Brenda	117	↓6	43
28	Karen	117	↓6	15
29	Wendy	117	↓10	29
30	Stacy	110	↑6	32
31	Sandra	108	↑3	31
32	Cynthia	103	↓3	24
33	Denise	101	↓8	36
34	Carrie	98	↑9	55
35	Patricia	96	↓2	26
36	Holly	94	↑8	76
37	Pamela	94	↓10	28
38	Teresa	92	↑1	34
39	Heidi	85	↓4	77
40	Deborah	82	↑1	33
41	Sarah	82	↓3	58
42	Dana	79	new	44
43	Robin	79	new	51
44	Renee	78	new	73
45	Katherine	77	↑2	67
46	Stacey	77	↓6	41
47	Jill	75	↓1	59
48	Michele	74	new	39
49	Monica	74	↓7	48
50	Shelly	74	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	836	–	1
2	David	593	–	3
3	Robert	527	–	5
4	John	516	–	4
5	Christopher	515	↑1	6
6	James	483	↓1	2
7	Jason	468	↑2	8
8	Scott	347	↑3	10
9	Brian	342	↓1	9
10	William	341	↑2	7
11	Jeffrey	334	↑2	12
12	Eric	329	↑2	18
13	Matthew	327	↑3	19
14	Richard	299	↓4	11
15	Mark	292	↓8	13
16	Steven	273	↓1	16
17	Daniel	269	↑4	20
18	Kevin	256	↓1	14
19	Paul	253	↓1	24
20	Joseph	222	↑2	15
21	Timothy	220	↓1	21
22	Thomas	213	↓3	17
23	Shawn	206	↑5	28
24	Sean	200	↑6	36
25	Chad	199	↑12	29
26	Anthony	175	↓1	23
27	Gregory	171	↓3	26
28	Charles	163	↓2	22
29	Aaron	160	↑13	41
30	Troy	156	↓3	46
31	Andrew	155	↓2	33
32	Kenneth	153	–	25
33	Todd	142	↓10	30
34	Jeremy	137	new	45
35	Patrick	135	↓4	35
36	Stephen	134	↓1	27
37	Ryan	127	new	51
38	Ronald	118	↓4	31
39	Donald	117	↑2	34
40	Travis	106	new	61
41	Shane	105	↓1	60
42	Gary	102	↓6	38
43	Edward	100	↓4	32
44	Douglas	99	↓11	39
45	Justin	97	new	>100
46	Craig	96	↓8	43
47	Jonathan	86	↓3	40
48	Raymond	85	↓1	52
49	Bryan	83	–	48
50	Brandon	82	new	95

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