Popular baby names in Colorado, 1983

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (830 babies) and Michael for boys (945). Social Security records list 46,918 babies born in Colorado in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1983

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

Girls

Kacey: 19 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Desirae: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Audra: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jolene: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernadette: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kendra: 62 babies, 3× the national rate
Destiny: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Breanna: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Laurel: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Genevieve: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Dillon: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Levi: 55 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Weston: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Zachariah: 21 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dominic: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brady: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Grant: 60 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beau: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tanner: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Luke: 96 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	830	–	1
2	Jessica	723	–	2
3	Sarah	514	–	5
4	Amanda	502	–	3
5	Nicole	424	–	7
6	Ashley	400	↑23	4
7	Stephanie	356	–	8
8	Amber	322	↑1	17
9	Melissa	319	↓3	6
10	Elizabeth	317	↑2	10
11	Heather	313	↑2	9
12	Crystal	283	↓4	11
13	Megan	271	↑15	21
14	Amy	257	–	12
15	Michelle	251	↓5	13
16	Erin	249	↓1	18
17	Rebecca	245	↓6	19
18	Rachel	231	–	20
19	Andrea	210	↑1	30
20	Christina	201	↓1	16
21	Kelly	200	↑6	26
22	Kimberly	200	↑3	15
23	Angela	195	↓1	22
24	Katherine	194	↑2	34
25	Emily	192	↓9	25
26	Laura	189	↓9	23
27	Jamie	187	↓4	28
28	Lindsey	185	↑4	35
29	Lauren	179	↑8	24
30	Sara	176	↓9	31
31	Tiffany	176	↓7	14
32	Lindsay	169	↓1	36
33	Danielle	167	–	29
34	Lisa	150	↓4	27
35	Shannon	133	↓1	38
36	Samantha	132	↑6	40
37	Brittany	131	new	64
38	Alicia	121	↑12	41
39	Mary	114	↓1	32
40	Courtney	113	↑3	44
41	Kristin	113	↑3	42
42	Vanessa	108	↑7	49
43	April	107	↑2	39
44	Kristen	107	↓8	37
45	Katie	106	↑1	45
46	Erica	105	↓6	33
47	Natalie	103	↓6	52
48	Desiree	102	new	94
49	Tara	101	↓1	51
50	Cassandra	99	new	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	945	–	1
2	Christopher	931	–	2
3	Matthew	850	–	3
4	Joshua	642	–	5
5	Daniel	581	↑2	8
6	Ryan	555	↑4	13
7	David	533	↓2	4
8	Justin	500	↑1	12
9	Jason	491	↓3	7
10	John	448	↑2	9
11	Robert	430	–	10
12	Joseph	425	↑1	11
13	James	420	↓5	6
14	Andrew	411	↑1	15
15	Brian	403	↑1	14
16	Brandon	400	↑2	17
17	Nicholas	398	↓3	21
18	Adam	395	↑1	18
19	William	307	↑2	16
20	Eric	305	↑4	20
21	Aaron	304	↓4	29
22	Anthony	292	↑1	22
23	Jonathan	274	↓3	19
24	Jacob	257	↑8	36
25	Benjamin	251	–	32
26	Travis	250	↑1	41
27	Jeffrey	248	↑1	28
28	Kyle	245	↑18	34
29	Richard	243	↑1	27
30	Timothy	243	↑9	26
31	Nathan	239	↓2	40
32	Steven	223	↓6	23
33	Kevin	221	↑4	25
34	Thomas	212	↑1	24
35	Zachary	208	↑6	50
36	Jeremy	204	↓14	30
37	Mark	199	↓1	31
38	Patrick	199	↑4	37
39	Sean	197	↓5	44
40	Tyler	184	↑3	57
41	Scott	175	↓8	38
42	Jesse	168	↓11	46
43	Charles	166	↑1	33
44	Paul	164	↓4	39
45	Dustin	160	↓7	43
46	Stephen	141	new	35
47	Chad	136	–	49
48	Gregory	135	↑2	42
49	Derek	128	↓1	51
50	Bryan	120	new	47

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