Popular baby names in Colorado, 1981

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (839 babies) and Michael for boys (956). Social Security records list 44,603 babies born in Colorado in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1981

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

Girls

Nicolette: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Desiree: 69 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Genevieve: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kelsey: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Audra: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kira: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Briana: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Hannah: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Naomi: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dylan: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Levi: 73 babies, 4× the national rate
Angelo: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Toby: 20 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Devon: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jake: 24 babies, 3× the national rate
Dominic: 39 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jonah: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Luke: 109 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	839	–	1
2	Jessica	605	–	2
3	Sarah	507	–	4
4	Amanda	476	–	3
5	Melissa	373	–	5
6	Nicole	322	↑1	7
7	Amber	313	↑2	20
8	Stephanie	297	↑2	8
9	Elizabeth	288	↑3	9
10	Erin	284	↑1	19
11	Michelle	271	↓5	11
12	Rebecca	256	↑7	12
13	Amy	255	↑3	6
14	Crystal	254	↑3	16
15	Heather	238	↓7	10
16	Tiffany	232	↑5	14
17	Lisa	220	↓3	18
18	Angela	218	↑6	15
19	Andrea	214	↑6	24
20	Sara	207	↑3	26
21	Laura	190	↓1	21
22	Kimberly	188	↓9	13
23	Christina	185	↓8	17
24	Rachel	183	↑3	22
25	Emily	182	↑4	29
26	Jamie	168	↓8	28
27	Megan	162	↓1	33
28	Danielle	161	↑4	30
29	Kelly	160	↓7	23
30	Shannon	155	↓2	32
31	April	141	↓1	25
32	Katherine	140	↑1	39
33	Lindsay	135	↑7	47
34	Kristen	128	↑5	38
35	Mary	125	–	27
36	Kristin	124	–	31
37	Julie	123	↓6	37
38	Lindsey	110	new	58
39	Katie	106	↓2	44
40	Erica	105	↑3	36
41	Ashley	102	↑4	34
42	Brandy	100	new	41
43	Courtney	99	↓9	43
44	Anna	98	new	54
45	Lauren	97	↑2	35
46	Tara	96	↑2	45
47	Christine	94	↓1	42
48	Natalie	94	new	60
49	Vanessa	94	new	62
50	Brandi	93	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	956	–	1
2	Christopher	739	–	2
3	Matthew	728	–	3
4	Joshua	671	–	6
5	Jason	536	–	4
6	David	525	–	5
7	Ryan	518	–	13
8	James	487	↑1	7
9	Daniel	486	↑2	10
10	Robert	455	↑2	9
11	John	453	↓1	8
12	Justin	447	↓4	12
13	Brian	412	–	14
14	Joseph	403	↑1	11
15	Andrew	346	↑3	18
16	Adam	330	↑1	20
17	Nicholas	320	↓3	21
18	Aaron	313	↑2	30
19	William	295	↑3	15
20	Brandon	291	↑7	19
21	Eric	274	↓5	17
22	Benjamin	264	↓1	32
23	Jonathan	260	↑6	16
24	Jeremy	258	↓5	22
25	Anthony	252	↓2	23
26	Jesse	238	↑5	37
27	Jeffrey	237	↓2	29
28	Richard	233	↑2	27
29	Thomas	233	↑4	26
30	Kevin	227	↑2	25
31	Jacob	225	↑4	43
32	Nathan	222	↓6	36
33	Steven	212	↑1	28
34	Timothy	211	↓10	24
35	Scott	205	↓7	34
36	Dustin	200	↑3	42
37	Paul	192	–	35
38	Sean	183	↑6	44
39	Mark	177	↓3	33
40	Patrick	176	↑1	38
41	Charles	169	↓1	31
42	Zachary	160	↑6	63
43	Travis	156	↓5	40
44	Chad	142	↓2	47
45	Jared	141	↓2	57
46	Derek	129	↓1	53
47	Stephen	129	↑3	39
48	Luke	109	↓2	100
49	Gregory	103	new	46
50	Kyle	103	new	52

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