Popular baby names in Colorado, 1980

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (858 babies) and Michael for boys (903). Social Security records list 42,493 babies born in Colorado in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1980

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

Girls

Mariah: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelsey: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jordan: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bernadette: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jolene: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rhiannon: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brianna: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kendra: 65 babies, 3× the national rate
Desiree: 63 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Levi: 47 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ty: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Luke: 119 babies, 3× the national rate
Cody: 71 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Toby: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mathew: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Grant: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dominic: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tyler: 81 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	858	–	1
2	Jessica	491	↑2	3
3	Sarah	483	↑2	5
4	Amanda	440	↓1	2
5	Melissa	422	↓3	4
6	Michelle	321	↑1	10
7	Nicole	292	↓1	7
8	Heather	269	–	6
9	Amber	266	–	22
10	Stephanie	256	↑2	13
11	Erin	253	↑8	20
12	Elizabeth	232	↓1	9
13	Kimberly	230	↑5	11
14	Lisa	230	–	16
15	Christina	229	↓2	15
16	Amy	228	↓6	8
17	Crystal	223	↑3	18
18	Jamie	209	↓3	24
19	Rebecca	208	↓2	17
20	Laura	198	↑3	21
21	Tiffany	190	↑8	14
22	Kelly	188	–	19
23	Sara	187	↑2	27
24	Angela	186	↓8	12
25	Andrea	181	↓4	28
26	Megan	169	↑1	30
27	Rachel	159	↓1	23
28	Shannon	159	↓4	29
29	Emily	145	↑6	31
30	April	142	–	26
31	Julie	141	↓3	32
32	Danielle	124	–	33
33	Katherine	124	↓2	35
34	Courtney	110	new	48
35	Mary	106	↓2	25
36	Kristin	105	new	37
37	Katie	104	↑1	44
38	Brooke	98	↑7	57
39	Kristen	97	new	39
40	Lindsay	97	↑8	71
41	Maria	97	↓2	36
42	Alicia	96	↓6	47
43	Erica	94	↑4	34
44	Monica	91	new	45
45	Ashley	87	new	40
46	Christine	86	↓5	41
47	Lauren	83	new	38
48	Tara	83	↓6	43
49	Heidi	81	new	79
50	Melanie	79	↓7	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	903	–	1
2	Christopher	701	–	2
3	Matthew	682	↑3	6
4	Joshua	611	↑1	7
5	Jason	580	↓2	3
6	David	538	↓2	4
7	Ryan	509	–	15
8	Justin	480	↑7	13
9	James	447	↓1	5
10	John	446	↓1	8
11	Daniel	431	–	11
12	Robert	413	↓2	9
13	Brian	403	↓1	12
14	Nicholas	372	↓1	17
15	Joseph	368	↓1	10
16	Eric	336	↑2	16
17	Adam	305	↑5	22
18	Andrew	303	↓1	19
19	Jeremy	289	↓3	18
20	Aaron	255	–	34
21	Benjamin	253	↑9	32
22	William	252	↓1	14
23	Anthony	248	↑3	24
24	Timothy	243	↓5	20
25	Jeffrey	240	↓1	27
26	Nathan	240	↓3	36
27	Brandon	236	↑12	31
28	Scott	233	↓1	33
29	Jonathan	232	↑2	21
30	Richard	218	↓5	26
31	Jesse	203	↑7	45
32	Kevin	201	↓4	23
33	Thomas	198	↑1	25
34	Steven	193	↓5	28
35	Jacob	188	↑1	43
36	Mark	185	↓3	30
37	Paul	184	↓2	35
38	Travis	179	↓6	37
39	Dustin	175	↑7	44
40	Charles	168	–	29
41	Patrick	164	↑1	38
42	Chad	156	↓5	39
43	Jared	140	↑6	61
44	Sean	136	↓1	48
45	Derek	124	new	50
46	Luke	119	new	97
47	Jeremiah	118	↓3	76
48	Zachary	118	↓7	72
49	Bryan	115	new	49
50	Stephen	112	↓5	40

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