Popular baby names in Colorado, 1972

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (724 babies) and Michael for boys (826). Social Security records list 33,847 babies born in Colorado in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1972

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

Girls

Renae: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Danette: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bernadette: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shawna: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Desiree: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jami: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brooke: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janelle: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kendra: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wendi: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Loren: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ty: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Zachary: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Dustin: 49 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cody: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Ian: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Trent: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dominic: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tom: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Angelo: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	724	–	1
2	Michelle	443	–	2
3	Amy	371	↑2	5
4	Lisa	307	↓1	3
5	Heather	299	↑1	9
6	Kimberly	232	↓2	4
7	Melissa	224	–	7
8	Stephanie	218	↑1	8
9	Angela	210	↓1	6
10	Nicole	209	↑12	10
11	Julie	201	↑1	12
12	Christine	174	↑6	16
13	Shannon	170	↓3	22
14	Tammy	163	↓3	11
15	Rebecca	159	↓2	14
16	Laura	152	↓2	17
17	Christina	149	↑9	26
18	Andrea	126	↓1	30
19	Tracy	124	↑1	19
20	Elizabeth	120	↑4	15
21	Mary	118	↓6	13
22	Sarah	118	↑19	49
23	Tina	118	–	18
24	Dawn	116	↓8	20
25	Lori	116	↓6	28
26	Brenda	112	↑1	44
27	Kelly	105	↓2	23
28	Karen	104	–	21
29	Susan	103	↓8	24
30	Wendy	99	↓1	29
31	Cynthia	96	↑1	25
32	Melanie	88	new	42
33	Jessica	87	new	46
34	Tanya	87	new	54
35	Denise	86	↓2	35
36	April	84	new	48
37	Heidi	79	↑2	64
38	Sandra	79	↓7	31
39	Rachel	78	new	40
40	Patricia	77	↓5	27
41	Stacey	76	↑5	41
42	Tara	76	new	38
43	Kristin	75	new	67
44	Deborah	73	↓4	43
45	Carrie	72	↓11	53
46	Dana	71	↓4	52
47	Paula	71	new	72
48	Stacy	70	↓18	33
49	Holly	69	↓13	71
50	Gina	68	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	826	–	1
2	Christopher	617	↑3	2
3	David	558	↓1	4
4	Jason	500	↑3	7
5	Robert	490	↓2	6
6	John	454	↓2	5
7	Brian	446	↑2	8
8	James	422	↓2	3
9	Matthew	336	↑4	10
10	Eric	321	↑2	16
11	Scott	292	↓3	11
12	William	289	↓2	9
13	Jeffrey	288	↓2	17
14	Daniel	278	↑3	15
15	Mark	274	–	18
16	Richard	249	↓2	14
17	Steven	247	↓1	19
18	Kevin	230	–	13
19	Joseph	216	↑1	12
20	Timothy	205	↑1	21
21	Chad	204	↑4	25
22	Anthony	192	↑4	22
23	Shawn	181	–	28
24	Paul	177	↓5	24
25	Thomas	176	↓3	20
26	Sean	166	↓2	33
27	Ryan	163	↑10	39
28	Andrew	155	↑3	30
29	Charles	155	↓1	23
30	Gregory	147	↓3	26
31	Troy	139	↓1	49
32	Kenneth	135	–	27
33	Todd	131	–	31
34	Stephen	127	↑2	29
35	Aaron	125	↓6	40
36	Justin	124	↑9	60
37	Patrick	124	↓2	35
38	Jeremy	122	↓4	42
39	Shane	117	↑2	55
40	Joshua	114	new	59
41	Donald	107	↓2	36
42	Brandon	105	↑8	63
43	Jonathan	102	↑4	37
44	Travis	98	↓4	57
45	Ronald	97	↓7	32
46	Gary	93	↓4	41
47	Adam	89	new	51
48	Edward	88	↓5	34
49	Nathan	87	new	79
50	Douglas	86	↓6	43

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