Popular baby names in Colorado, 1973

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (739 babies) and Michael for boys (847). Social Security records list 33,732 babies born in Colorado in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1973

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

Girls

Cari: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jenna: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terra: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rene: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kendra: 45 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Janelle: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Angelina: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Roberta: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Kirsten: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Darcy: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Cody: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Josh: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mike: 40 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Devin: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tyler: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Clinton: 50 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Justin: 187 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeremiah: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gabriel: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Zachary: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	739	–	1
2	Michelle	395	–	3
3	Amy	345	–	2
4	Heather	333	↑1	8
5	Lisa	276	↓1	5
6	Melissa	257	↑1	6
7	Stephanie	240	↑1	9
8	Kimberly	227	↓2	4
9	Angela	206	–	7
10	Rebecca	193	↑5	10
11	Nicole	188	↓1	11
12	Julie	170	↓1	12
13	Christine	153	↓1	17
14	Laura	150	↑2	19
15	Shannon	150	↓2	22
16	Andrea	146	↑2	30
17	Christina	145	–	16
18	Dawn	144	↑6	21
19	Sarah	128	↑3	35
20	Elizabeth	126	–	13
21	Tammy	125	↓7	15
22	Jessica	116	↑11	34
23	Kelly	115	↑4	18
24	Tina	110	↓1	24
25	Stacey	107	↑16	41
26	Tara	105	↑16	37
27	Mary	104	↓6	14
28	Brenda	101	↓2	53
29	Wendy	101	↑1	29
30	Tracy	99	↓11	20
31	Denise	97	↑4	38
32	Stacy	97	↑16	32
33	Heidi	96	↑4	65
34	Susan	94	↓5	25
35	Tanya	93	↓1	50
36	Karen	91	↓8	23
37	Holly	89	↑12	54
38	Lori	89	↓13	28
39	Cynthia	86	↓8	26
40	April	85	↓4	33
41	Carrie	84	↑4	46
42	Erin	80	new	79
43	Crystal	79	new	48
44	Tamara	79	new	66
45	Patricia	78	↓5	27
46	Melanie	77	↓14	43
47	Monica	76	new	40
48	Amanda	75	new	51
49	Teresa	74	new	45
50	Tiffany	73	new	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	847	–	1
2	Jason	739	↑2	3
3	Christopher	587	↓1	2
4	David	487	↓1	5
5	Brian	472	↑2	8
6	John	472	–	6
7	Robert	442	↓2	7
8	James	410	–	4
9	Matthew	410	–	10
10	Daniel	372	↑4	11
11	Eric	303	↓1	13
12	William	276	–	9
13	Jeffrey	258	–	17
14	Mark	247	↑1	15
15	Richard	241	↑1	16
16	Scott	238	↓5	18
17	Kevin	233	↑1	14
18	Joseph	222	↑1	12
19	Steven	209	↓2	20
20	Jeremy	199	↑18	33
21	Thomas	195	↑4	19
22	Chad	193	↓1	25
23	Ryan	192	↑4	30
24	Joshua	187	↑16	42
25	Justin	187	↑11	51
26	Paul	187	↓2	24
27	Timothy	183	↓7	22
28	Aaron	180	↑7	34
29	Shawn	166	↓6	27
30	Anthony	160	↓8	21
31	Andrew	158	↓3	29
32	Charles	148	↓3	23
33	Gregory	128	↓3	26
34	Sean	128	↓8	36
35	Shane	128	↑4	54
36	Travis	127	↑8	53
37	Kenneth	126	↓5	28
38	Todd	125	↓5	35
39	Nathan	114	↑10	63
40	Adam	113	↑7	45
41	Jonathan	113	↑2	31
42	Stephen	112	↓8	32
43	Troy	106	↓12	59
44	Patrick	104	↓7	37
45	Brandon	97	↓3	58
46	Bryan	91	new	43
47	Douglas	90	↑3	47
48	Donald	85	↓7	38
49	Brett	82	new	88
50	Benjamin	78	new	55

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