Popular baby names in Colorado, 1978

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (851 babies) and Michael for boys (799). Social Security records list 37,426 babies born in Colorado in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1978

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

Girls

Audra: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cheri: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jolene: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Elisha: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Lindsey: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angelina: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kelli: 74 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Desiree: 56 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roberta: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Logan: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Dominic: 44 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dylan: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyler: 69 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Cody: 64 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caleb: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Levi: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eli: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeremiah: 114 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	851	–	1
2	Jessica	412	–	3
3	Melissa	389	↑2	2
4	Sarah	338	↑2	8
5	Heather	333	↓2	5
6	Michelle	291	↑1	9
7	Amy	270	↓3	4
8	Nicole	264	↑4	10
9	Stephanie	255	↑7	16
10	Amanda	254	↑1	6
11	Angela	251	↓2	7
12	Lisa	223	↓4	11
13	Elizabeth	219	↑5	14
14	Andrea	204	↑3	23
15	Kimberly	203	–	13
16	Christina	202	↑3	15
17	Jamie	195	↓4	20
18	Erin	193	↑4	21
19	Rebecca	193	↓9	17
20	Kelly	188	↓6	12
21	Crystal	185	↑8	18
22	Amber	174	↓1	30
23	Sara	161	↑1	28
24	Laura	157	↓1	19
25	Rachel	150	↑1	25
26	Julie	146	↓1	26
27	Shannon	133	↓7	22
28	Katherine	118	↑2	38
29	Emily	115	↑12	33
30	Tiffany	115	↑2	32
31	Mary	110	↑2	24
32	Megan	108	↑6	41
33	Christine	106	↑7	29
34	Tara	98	↓6	40
35	April	97	↓1	27
36	Erica	96	↑11	34
37	Danielle	88	↓6	31
38	Monica	87	↑11	42
39	Carrie	82	↓12	35
40	Anna	79	new	65
41	Heidi	79	new	83
42	Maria	79	↑2	36
43	Melanie	78	↑2	54
44	Kathryn	77	new	57
45	Karen	76	↓8	39
46	Kelli	74	new	>100
47	Brandy	72	↓1	37
48	Tanya	71	new	82
49	Natalie	70	new	66
50	Dawn	69	↓11	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	799	–	1
2	Jason	629	–	2
3	Christopher	622	–	3
4	David	568	–	4
5	Matthew	552	–	6
6	James	461	↑2	5
7	Joshua	459	↓1	12
8	Ryan	422	↑1	14
9	John	421	↑2	7
10	Brian	381	↓3	9
11	Robert	377	↓1	8
12	Daniel	364	–	11
13	Joseph	340	↑1	10
14	Jeremy	312	↓1	18
15	Justin	305	↑1	28
16	William	264	↑10	13
17	Eric	260	↓2	16
18	Andrew	252	–	22
19	Nicholas	248	↑28	25
20	Timothy	243	–	17
21	Jeffrey	235	↓4	19
22	Adam	230	↑9	29
23	Aaron	221	↓1	32
24	Kevin	210	↓5	15
25	Richard	209	–	21
26	Mark	207	↓2	26
27	Anthony	202	↑3	20
28	Steven	197	↓1	24
29	Thomas	195	↓1	23
30	Nathan	191	↓9	36
31	Benjamin	189	↓8	34
32	Scott	183	↓3	30
33	Chad	173	–	35
34	Brandon	165	↑6	40
35	Charles	157	↑2	27
36	Paul	149	↓4	33
37	Jonathan	148	↓2	31
38	Travis	146	↓4	46
39	Patrick	143	↑4	42
40	Jacob	138	↓4	50
41	Sean	138	↑1	45
42	Jesse	134	↓1	51
43	Shawn	117	↓4	39
44	Stephen	115	new	37
45	Jeremiah	114	↓7	81
46	Gregory	112	↑3	38
47	Shane	98	↑1	65
48	Dustin	96	new	68
49	Bradley	95	new	53
50	Bryan	95	↓4	43

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