Popular baby names in Colorado, 1975

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (764 babies) and Michael for boys (795). Social Security records list 34,438 babies born in Colorado in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1975

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

Girls

Chandra: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Darcy: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Hannah: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Serena: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jeannie: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawna: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jolene: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Desiree: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lara: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kendra: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Devin: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cody: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dominic: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeremiah: 64 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tyler: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jarrod: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Noah: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Isaac: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lucas: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Colin: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	764	–	1
2	Heather	402	↑1	3
3	Amy	398	↑1	2
4	Michelle	354	↓2	6
5	Melissa	276	–	4
6	Angela	246	↑2	5
7	Lisa	229	–	8
8	Rebecca	228	↑1	11
9	Sarah	208	↑3	17
10	Jessica	195	↑1	13
11	Stephanie	194	↓1	9
12	Kimberly	185	↓6	7
13	Christina	178	–	12
14	Nicole	178	↑1	10
15	Julie	173	↑2	18
16	Elizabeth	155	–	15
17	Amanda	139	↑16	14
18	Kelly	138	–	16
19	Rachel	138	↑3	26
20	Shannon	138	↓6	21
21	Andrea	128	↓1	28
22	Laura	125	↓3	20
23	Mary	112	↑2	19
24	Dawn	111	↑2	23
25	Amber	107	↑17	59
26	Christine	102	↓3	22
27	Erin	102	↑4	38
28	Maria	101	new	30
29	Carrie	98	↑5	29
30	Tanya	97	↓3	50
31	Tiffany	97	new	37
32	Heidi	91	↑6	66
33	Tracy	91	↑4	24
34	Tina	90	↓4	35
35	April	87	↓14	25
36	Holly	87	new	55
37	Susan	87	↓2	32
38	Tammy	86	↓14	31
39	Tara	86	↓3	41
40	Stacy	85	↑7	34
41	Sara	84	↓12	54
42	Katherine	82	new	58
43	Wendy	82	↓11	33
44	Brenda	77	↓5	67
45	Stacey	77	–	44
46	Emily	76	new	48
47	Melanie	76	↓3	52
48	Danielle	75	↓5	42
49	Jamie	73	new	68
50	Karen	73	↓10	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	795	–	1
2	Jason	741	–	2
3	Christopher	573	–	3
4	David	488	–	5
5	Matthew	451	↑4	9
6	James	446	↑1	4
7	Robert	430	↓2	6
8	John	429	–	7
9	Brian	413	↓3	8
10	Daniel	345	–	11
11	Joshua	309	↑2	26
12	Eric	295	↓1	13
13	Jeremy	274	↑3	24
14	Joseph	263	↑5	12
15	Jeffrey	256	↓1	14
16	Scott	243	↑1	17
17	Ryan	234	↓2	23
18	William	227	–	10
19	Justin	226	↑5	37
20	Anthony	213	↑3	21
21	Richard	212	↓1	16
22	Aaron	210	↓1	32
23	Andrew	209	↑5	28
24	Mark	204	↓12	19
25	Steven	200	↓3	18
26	Chad	196	↑5	27
27	Timothy	188	↓2	22
28	Nathan	186	↑4	45
29	Kevin	184	↓3	15
30	Thomas	179	↓1	20
31	Shawn	169	↓1	31
32	Paul	166	↓5	29
33	Adam	151	↑2	38
34	Jonathan	147	↑5	30
35	Charles	145	↓2	25
36	Travis	138	↑1	51
37	Benjamin	136	↑4	36
38	Sean	127	↓4	40
39	Brandon	117	↑6	44
40	Shane	117	↓4	57
41	Patrick	116	↑3	39
42	Gregory	115	↓4	33
43	Stephen	115	↓3	34
44	Jesse	98	↑5	64
45	Kenneth	93	↓2	35
46	Bryan	89	↑2	47
47	Todd	86	–	43
48	Jacob	85	new	75
49	Bradley	81	new	52
50	Donald	80	↓4	42

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