Popular baby names in Colorado, 1982

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (840 babies) and Michael for boys (921). Social Security records list 47,174 babies born in Colorado in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1982

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

Girls

Desirae: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Kelsey: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Audra: 29 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Mariah: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bernadette: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Desiree: 88 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Chandra: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lara: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Aubrey: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Jolene: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dylan: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Levi: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dominic: 45 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tyson: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trenton: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tyler: 162 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cody: 115 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Taylor: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Angelo: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	840	–	1
2	Jessica	685	–	2
3	Sarah	599	–	4
4	Amanda	532	–	3
5	Nicole	380	↑1	6
6	Melissa	357	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	343	↑1	7
8	Crystal	295	↑6	9
9	Amber	292	↓2	18
10	Michelle	292	↑1	11
11	Rebecca	281	↑1	15
12	Elizabeth	279	↓3	8
13	Heather	265	↑2	12
14	Amy	253	↓1	10
15	Erin	244	↓5	20
16	Emily	242	↑9	24
17	Laura	222	↑4	22
18	Rachel	218	↑6	21
19	Christina	214	↑4	19
20	Andrea	207	↓1	27
21	Sara	205	↓1	28
22	Angela	200	↓4	16
23	Jamie	197	↑3	29
24	Tiffany	196	↓8	13
25	Kimberly	188	↓3	14
26	Katherine	187	↑6	36
27	Kelly	184	↑2	25
28	Megan	175	↓1	34
29	Ashley	168	↑12	17
30	Lisa	168	↓13	23
31	Lindsay	164	↑2	39
32	Lindsey	164	↑6	40
33	Danielle	159	↓5	31
34	Shannon	141	↓4	38
35	Julie	134	↑2	41
36	Kristen	134	↓2	33
37	Lauren	132	↑8	26
38	Mary	126	↓3	30
39	Kathryn	123	new	48
40	Erica	122	–	35
41	Natalie	122	↑7	51
42	Samantha	121	new	44
43	Courtney	120	–	43
44	Kristin	119	↓8	37
45	April	112	↓14	32
46	Katie	109	↓7	45
47	Anna	99	↓3	56
48	Tara	97	↓2	47
49	Vanessa	97	–	49
50	Alicia	96	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	921	–	1
2	Christopher	843	–	2
3	Matthew	837	–	3
4	Joshua	681	–	7
5	David	573	↑1	5
6	Jason	550	↓1	4
7	Daniel	543	↑2	10
8	James	495	–	6
9	Justin	491	↑3	12
10	Ryan	480	↓3	13
11	Robert	437	↓1	9
12	John	436	↓1	8
13	Joseph	403	↑1	11
14	Nicholas	394	↑3	22
15	Andrew	391	–	17
16	Brian	390	↓3	14
17	Aaron	339	↑1	30
18	Brandon	325	↑2	18
19	Adam	313	↓3	19
20	Jonathan	303	↑3	16
21	William	283	↓2	15
22	Jeremy	272	↑2	28
23	Anthony	266	↑2	21
24	Eric	266	↓3	20
25	Benjamin	258	↓3	33
26	Steven	252	↑7	26
27	Travis	243	↑16	39
28	Jeffrey	237	↓1	29
29	Nathan	235	↑3	36
30	Richard	227	↓2	27
31	Jesse	224	↓5	43
32	Jacob	221	↓1	41
33	Scott	221	↑2	34
34	Sean	215	↑4	44
35	Thomas	211	↓6	23
36	Mark	210	↑3	32
37	Kevin	204	↓7	25
38	Dustin	201	↓2	42
39	Timothy	199	↓5	24
40	Paul	176	↓3	35
41	Zachary	175	↑1	55
42	Patrick	166	↓2	37
43	Tyler	162	new	66
44	Charles	157	↓3	31
45	Jared	154	–	54
46	Kyle	149	↑4	47
47	Chad	146	↓3	48
48	Derek	142	↓2	50
49	Kenneth	136	new	45
50	Gregory	133	↓1	40

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