Popular baby names in Colorado, 1974

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (798 babies) and Michael for boys (793). Social Security records list 33,867 babies born in Colorado in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1974

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

Girls

Desiree: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bernadette: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Terra: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kirsten: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Janelle: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brooke: 32 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Celeste: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kendra: 46 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shanna: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angelina: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Devin: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jake: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lucas: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Ty: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dylan: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jeremiah: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zachary: 46 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cody: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	798	–	1
2	Michelle	421	–	3
3	Heather	387	↑1	4
4	Amy	358	↓1	2
5	Melissa	262	↑1	7
6	Kimberly	246	↑2	6
7	Lisa	241	↓2	8
8	Angela	225	↑1	5
9	Rebecca	220	↑1	10
10	Stephanie	213	↓3	9
11	Jessica	176	↑11	17
12	Sarah	175	↑7	20
13	Christina	162	↑4	16
14	Shannon	162	↑1	18
15	Nicole	151	↓4	11
16	Elizabeth	144	↑4	12
17	Julie	144	↓5	14
18	Kelly	132	↑5	15
19	Laura	125	↓5	21
20	Andrea	123	↓4	35
21	April	119	↑19	28
22	Rachel	117	new	36
23	Christine	114	↓10	19
24	Tammy	114	↓3	24
25	Mary	111	↑2	13
26	Dawn	110	↓8	22
27	Tanya	110	↑8	46
28	Patricia	99	↑17	29
29	Sara	97	new	61
30	Tina	94	↓6	25
31	Erin	93	↑11	47
32	Wendy	93	↓3	32
33	Amanda	92	↑15	34
34	Carrie	92	↑7	42
35	Susan	92	↓1	27
36	Tara	91	↓10	39
37	Tracy	90	↓7	23
38	Heidi	89	↓5	60
39	Brenda	88	↓11	59
40	Karen	87	↓4	26
41	Lori	85	↓3	30
42	Amber	79	new	92
43	Danielle	77	new	40
44	Melanie	77	↑2	51
45	Stacey	76	↓20	48
46	Monica	75	↑1	43
47	Stacy	75	↓15	38
48	Crystal	73	↓5	49
49	Jill	73	new	58
50	Tamara	73	↓6	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	793	–	1
2	Jason	781	–	2
3	Christopher	553	–	3
4	David	487	–	4
5	Robert	461	↑2	7
6	Brian	435	↓1	8
7	James	428	↑1	5
8	John	413	↓2	6
9	Matthew	399	–	9
10	Daniel	366	–	11
11	Eric	305	–	13
12	Mark	272	↑2	16
13	Joshua	265	↑11	29
14	Jeffrey	260	↓1	15
15	Ryan	250	↑8	25
16	Jeremy	245	↑4	24
17	Scott	238	↓1	18
18	William	232	↓6	10
19	Joseph	231	↓1	12
20	Richard	230	↓5	17
21	Aaron	224	↑7	32
22	Steven	220	↓3	19
23	Anthony	210	↑7	21
24	Justin	206	↑1	43
25	Timothy	188	↑2	22
26	Kevin	178	↓9	14
27	Paul	174	↓1	27
28	Andrew	170	↑3	28
29	Thomas	170	↓8	20
30	Shawn	156	↓1	30
31	Chad	153	↓9	26
32	Nathan	151	↑7	52
33	Charles	150	↓1	23
34	Sean	149	–	37
35	Adam	147	↑5	36
36	Shane	141	↓1	56
37	Travis	140	↓1	54
38	Gregory	136	↓5	31
39	Jonathan	132	↑2	33
40	Stephen	122	↑2	35
41	Benjamin	120	↑9	46
42	Troy	118	↑1	63
43	Kenneth	114	↓6	34
44	Patrick	111	–	38
45	Brandon	109	–	51
46	Donald	102	↑2	41
47	Todd	102	↓9	39
48	Bryan	82	↓2	45
49	Jesse	82	new	67
50	Edward	80	new	40

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