Popular baby names in Colorado, 1976

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (782 babies) and Michael for boys (758). Social Security records list 34,994 babies born in Colorado in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1976

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

Girls

Shauna: 20 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Desiree: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Audra: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Chandra: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Shawna: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Autumn: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charity: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jolene: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Juanita: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elisa: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Levi: 19 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyler: 54 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lucas: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jeremiah: 109 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Ben: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zachary: 80 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Heath: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kirk: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Grant: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	782	–	1
2	Amy	383	↑1	2
3	Heather	351	↓1	4
4	Melissa	324	↑1	3
5	Michelle	286	↓1	6
6	Jessica	274	↑4	8
7	Sarah	251	↑2	15
8	Angela	239	↓2	5
9	Lisa	225	↓2	9
10	Stephanie	225	↑1	11
11	Jamie	213	↑38	18
12	Kimberly	212	–	7
13	Rebecca	211	↓5	12
14	Amanda	207	↑3	10
15	Christina	203	↓2	14
16	Nicole	201	↓2	13
17	Julie	172	↓2	21
18	Elizabeth	169	↓2	16
19	Andrea	162	↑2	25
20	Laura	160	↑2	20
21	Kelly	145	↓3	19
22	Shannon	145	↓2	17
23	Amber	137	↑2	49
24	Erin	128	↑3	24
25	Sara	127	↑16	27
26	Mary	122	↓3	22
27	Christine	116	↓1	26
28	Carrie	112	↑1	28
29	Rachel	110	↓10	23
30	Jaime	107	new	29
31	Dawn	90	↓7	35
32	Tiffany	90	↓1	32
33	Tracy	89	–	37
34	Stacy	87	↑6	38
35	Katherine	86	↑7	57
36	Emily	84	↑10	50
37	Danielle	81	↑11	33
38	Misty	81	new	46
39	Monica	81	new	45
40	April	80	↓5	30
41	Tara	80	↓2	42
42	Wendy	78	↑1	39
43	Megan	77	new	62
44	Heidi	76	↓12	70
45	Holly	75	↓9	56
46	Maria	75	↓18	34
47	Anna	74	new	78
48	Brandy	74	new	55
49	Brenda	74	↓5	77
50	Crystal	74	new	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	758	–	1
2	Jason	737	–	2
3	Christopher	551	–	3
4	Matthew	510	↑1	9
5	David	491	↓1	4
6	Brian	421	↑3	8
7	James	405	↓1	5
8	Robert	398	↓1	7
9	John	373	↓1	6
10	Jeremy	352	↑3	14
11	Daniel	335	↓1	10
12	Joshua	334	↓1	18
13	Ryan	317	↑4	16
14	Eric	289	↓2	13
15	Joseph	258	↓1	12
16	Justin	253	↑3	33
17	Jeffrey	249	↓2	17
18	Aaron	245	↑4	30
19	William	238	↓1	11
20	Anthony	231	–	22
21	Mark	218	↑3	25
22	Scott	212	↓6	24
23	Nathan	199	↑5	39
24	Andrew	198	↓1	27
25	Steven	195	–	20
26	Timothy	186	↑1	21
27	Thomas	183	↑3	23
28	Shawn	182	↑3	34
29	Kevin	181	–	15
30	Richard	181	↓9	19
31	Chad	179	↓5	29
32	Adam	173	↑1	36
33	Benjamin	172	↑4	32
34	Paul	168	↓2	28
35	Charles	133	–	26
36	Brandon	132	↑3	40
37	Jonathan	132	↓3	31
38	Travis	130	↓2	46
39	Jesse	128	↑5	55
40	Jacob	116	↑8	63
41	Sean	113	↓3	42
42	Shane	110	↓2	57
43	Jeremiah	109	new	93
44	Gregory	107	↓2	35
45	Patrick	102	↓4	41
46	Bryan	90	–	43
47	Bradley	89	↑2	51
48	Stephen	88	↓5	37
49	Jared	80	new	90
50	Zachary	80	new	97

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