Popular baby names in Colorado, 1984

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1984 were Jessica for girls (725 babies) and Michael for boys (937). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 46,509 babies born in Colorado in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1984

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: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chelsie: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Brenna: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Brianne: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cassidy: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chantel: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Shauna: 34 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Chelsea: 123 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Savannah: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Paige: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 32 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dillon: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tyson: 43 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angelo: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Levi: 47 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tanner: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zachery: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Luke: 92 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeremiah: 98 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Taylor: 50 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	725	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	720	↓1	1
3	Amanda	540	↑1	4
4	Sarah	505	↓1	5
5	Ashley	416	↑1	3
6	Nicole	375	↓1	7
7	Stephanie	357	–	6
8	Megan	326	↑5	11
9	Heather	310	↑2	9
10	Melissa	300	↓1	8
11	Elizabeth	298	↓1	10
12	Amber	290	↓4	18
13	Crystal	271	↓1	12
14	Amy	270	–	13
15	Rachel	262	↑3	15
16	Danielle	252	↑17	16
17	Michelle	250	↓2	17
18	Brittany	225	↑19	41
19	Christina	224	↑1	20
20	Laura	224	↑6	19
21	Rebecca	224	↓4	23
22	Emily	218	↑3	24
23	Andrea	215	↓4	28
24	Erin	214	↓8	25
25	Lauren	202	↑4	21
26	Jamie	189	↑1	31
27	Tiffany	189	↑4	14
28	Lindsey	185	–	35
29	Kimberly	181	↓7	22
30	Katherine	170	↓6	30
31	Angela	169	↓8	26
32	Kelly	157	↓11	27
33	Sara	155	↓3	32
34	Lisa	143	–	29
35	Shannon	135	–	37
36	Lindsay	134	↓4	36
37	Samantha	128	↓1	39
38	Vanessa	128	↑4	45
39	Chelsea	123	new	84
40	Kristin	120	↑1	47
41	Mary	119	↓2	33
42	Christine	118	new	43
43	April	110	–	42
44	Kathryn	109	new	48
45	Kristen	109	↓1	38
46	Courtney	108	↓6	46
47	Katie	107	↓2	44
48	Alicia	105	↓10	40
49	Tara	105	–	49
50	Cassandra	102	–	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	937	–	1
2	Christopher	935	–	2
3	Matthew	817	–	3
4	Joshua	686	–	4
5	David	599	↑2	5
6	Ryan	533	–	12
7	Daniel	528	↓2	6
8	Andrew	477	↑6	14
9	Justin	426	↓1	13
10	Jason	417	↓1	11
11	Nicholas	416	↑6	20
12	Robert	413	↓1	9
13	James	403	–	7
14	Adam	401	↑4	18
15	Joseph	399	↓3	10
16	John	390	↓6	8
17	Brian	364	↓2	17
18	Brandon	355	↓2	15
19	Eric	331	↑1	22
20	William	290	↓1	16
21	Benjamin	274	↑4	30
22	Aaron	271	↓1	29
23	Jonathan	270	–	19
24	Kyle	269	↑4	34
25	Tyler	269	↑15	47
26	Anthony	268	↓4	21
27	Steven	268	↑5	23
28	Jeffrey	240	↓1	28
29	Timothy	238	↑1	26
30	Thomas	236	↑4	25
31	Zachary	232	↑4	45
32	Kevin	222	↑1	24
33	Nathan	219	↓2	38
34	Jacob	217	↓10	37
35	Travis	215	↓9	42
36	Scott	211	↑5	39
37	Richard	210	↓8	27
38	Jeremy	208	↓2	31
39	Mark	203	↓2	32
40	Sean	184	↓1	43
41	Patrick	180	↓3	36
42	Dustin	171	↑3	41
43	Paul	168	↑1	40
44	Jesse	164	↓2	50
45	Stephen	139	↑1	35
46	Cody	134	new	62
47	Derek	134	↑2	52
48	Gregory	129	–	44
49	Charles	125	↓6	33
50	Chad	124	↓3	51

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