Popular baby names in Colorado, 1979

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (818 babies) and Michael for boys (866). Social Security records list 40,420 babies born in Colorado in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1979

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

Girls

Aspen: 15 babies, 36.9× the national rate
Aubrey: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Mariah: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darcy: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Desiree: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brianna: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Audra: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sonja: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rhiannon: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Briana: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Levi: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tyler: 78 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominic: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lucas: 86 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mathew: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Grant: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caleb: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Zachary: 139 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeremiah: 121 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	818	–	1
2	Melissa	440	↑1	2
3	Amanda	404	↑7	3
4	Jessica	398	↓2	4
5	Sarah	385	↓1	6
6	Nicole	312	↑2	9
7	Michelle	306	↓1	10
8	Heather	262	↓3	7
9	Amber	247	↑13	22
10	Amy	246	↓3	5
11	Elizabeth	240	↑2	11
12	Stephanie	239	↓3	15
13	Christina	234	↑3	14
14	Lisa	233	↓2	13
15	Jamie	232	↑2	19
16	Angela	231	↓5	8
17	Rebecca	213	↑2	17
18	Kimberly	208	↓3	12
19	Erin	205	↓1	21
20	Crystal	204	↑1	18
21	Andrea	189	↓7	26
22	Kelly	166	↓2	16
23	Laura	165	↑1	20
24	Shannon	159	↑3	25
25	Sara	155	↓2	30
26	Rachel	150	↓1	27
27	Megan	147	↑5	31
28	Julie	137	↓2	29
29	Tiffany	127	↑1	28
30	April	126	↑5	23
31	Katherine	120	↓3	36
32	Danielle	113	↑5	33
33	Mary	113	↓2	24
34	Carrie	109	↑5	41
35	Emily	108	↓6	34
36	Alicia	93	new	47
37	Holly	92	new	48
38	Katie	92	new	63
39	Maria	89	↑3	37
40	Kathryn	88	↑4	50
41	Christine	87	↓8	35
42	Tara	86	↓8	38
43	Melanie	84	–	53
44	Anna	83	↓4	59
45	Brooke	82	new	85
46	Dawn	78	↑4	57
47	Erica	78	↓11	32
48	Lindsay	77	new	88
49	Vanessa	75	new	75
50	Lindsey	73	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	866	–	1
2	Christopher	691	↑1	2
3	Jason	651	↓1	3
4	David	603	–	4
5	Joshua	598	↑2	9
6	Matthew	589	↓1	6
7	Ryan	487	↑1	14
8	James	444	↓2	5
9	John	441	–	7
10	Robert	431	↑1	8
11	Daniel	416	↑1	12
12	Brian	388	↓2	10
13	Nicholas	364	↑6	15
14	Joseph	350	↓1	11
15	Justin	348	–	22
16	Jeremy	309	↓2	16
17	Andrew	291	↑1	20
18	Eric	278	↓1	17
19	Timothy	264	↑1	18
20	Aaron	260	↑3	32
21	William	260	↓5	13
22	Adam	251	–	23
23	Nathan	248	↑7	37
24	Jeffrey	247	↓3	24
25	Richard	229	–	25
26	Anthony	228	↑1	21
27	Scott	217	↑5	29
28	Kevin	210	↓4	19
29	Steven	210	↓1	27
30	Benjamin	198	↑1	33
31	Jonathan	194	↑6	31
32	Travis	190	↑6	36
33	Mark	188	↓7	30
34	Thomas	185	↓5	26
35	Paul	180	↑1	34
36	Jacob	170	↑4	45
37	Chad	169	↓4	38
38	Jesse	162	↑4	50
39	Brandon	158	↓5	35
40	Charles	147	↓5	28
41	Zachary	139	new	74
42	Patrick	131	↓3	39
43	Sean	127	↓2	49
44	Jeremiah	121	↑1	81
45	Stephen	119	↓1	40
46	Dustin	108	↑2	62
47	Kenneth	106	new	41
48	Shawn	106	↓5	43
49	Jared	101	new	65
50	Bradley	94	↓1	47

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