Popular baby names in Colorado, 1977

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (866 babies) and Michael for boys (769). Social Security records list 36,681 babies born in Colorado in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1977

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

Girls

Rhiannon: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Hillary: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Jolene: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernadette: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Naomi: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roberta: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kirsten: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Taryn: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brooke: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kendra: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Levi: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Zachary: 112 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dominic: 41 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cody: 44 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jeremiah: 138 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Luke: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Eli: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Julian: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Caleb: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	866	–	1
2	Jessica	413	↑4	4
3	Heather	359	–	5
4	Amy	329	↓2	3
5	Melissa	329	↓1	2
6	Sarah	327	↑1	11
7	Michelle	304	↓2	7
8	Lisa	260	↑1	12
9	Angela	240	↓1	6
10	Rebecca	237	↑3	17
11	Amanda	233	↑3	9
12	Nicole	230	↑4	15
13	Jamie	222	↓2	18
14	Kelly	212	↑7	10
15	Kimberly	208	↓3	8
16	Stephanie	207	↓6	14
17	Andrea	201	↑2	24
18	Elizabeth	198	–	13
19	Christina	195	↓4	16
20	Shannon	188	↑2	19
21	Amber	166	↑2	33
22	Erin	165	↑2	23
23	Laura	158	↓3	20
24	Sara	140	↑1	27
25	Julie	138	↓8	22
26	Rachel	131	↑3	26
27	Carrie	118	↑1	28
28	Tara	111	↑13	35
29	Crystal	110	↑21	25
30	Katherine	105	↑5	44
31	Danielle	103	↑6	31
32	Tiffany	103	–	34
33	Mary	96	↓7	21
34	April	95	↑6	29
35	Holly	89	↑10	52
36	Misty	89	↑2	40
37	Karen	88	new	32
38	Megan	87	↑5	54
39	Dawn	85	↓8	43
40	Christine	84	↓13	30
41	Emily	83	↓5	37
42	Alicia	80	new	60
43	Jill	78	new	41
44	Maria	78	↑2	36
45	Melanie	78	new	53
46	Brandy	77	↑2	51
47	Erica	77	new	38
48	Patricia	76	new	47
49	Monica	72	↓10	39
50	Jaime	71	↓20	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	769	–	1
2	Jason	739	–	2
3	Christopher	620	–	3
4	David	515	↑1	4
5	Matthew	487	↓1	9
6	Joshua	432	↑6	14
7	Brian	424	↓1	8
8	James	417	↓1	5
9	Ryan	395	↑4	16
10	Robert	385	↓2	6
11	John	382	↓2	7
12	Daniel	375	↓1	11
13	Jeremy	364	↓3	15
14	Joseph	285	↑1	10
15	Eric	281	↓1	17
16	Justin	270	–	30
17	Jeffrey	268	–	19
18	Andrew	246	↑6	24
19	Kevin	240	↑10	13
20	Timothy	229	↑6	18
21	Nathan	228	↑2	36
22	Aaron	225	↓4	32
23	Benjamin	209	↑10	29
24	Mark	208	↓3	25
25	Richard	207	↑5	20
26	William	206	↓7	12
27	Steven	204	↓2	23
28	Thomas	197	↓1	22
29	Scott	196	↓7	27
30	Anthony	193	↓10	21
31	Adam	185	↑1	33
32	Paul	167	↑2	31
33	Chad	160	↓2	34
34	Travis	154	↑4	44
35	Jonathan	145	↑2	28
36	Jacob	143	↑4	56
37	Charles	139	↓2	26
38	Jeremiah	138	↑5	69
39	Shawn	133	↓11	37
40	Brandon	126	↓4	41
41	Jesse	125	↓2	54
42	Sean	122	↓1	43
43	Patrick	113	↑2	40
44	Zachary	112	↑6	95
45	Kenneth	107	new	39
46	Bryan	104	–	42
47	Nicholas	103	new	51
48	Shane	102	↓6	61
49	Gregory	101	↓5	35
50	Jared	87	↓1	76

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