Popular baby names in Colorado, 1985

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1985 were Jessica for girls (707 babies) and Michael for boys (910). Social Security records list 47,129 babies born in Colorado in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1985

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: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chantel: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kelsey: 74 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jolene: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Teri: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Carissa: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mackenzie: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kirsten: 29 babies, 3× the national rate
Cassidy: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Serena: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Kellen: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Levi: 65 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Eli: 27 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zachariah: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Josiah: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Angelo: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dominick: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dillon: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Zachery: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Taylor: 72 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	707	–	1
2	Amanda	627	↑1	4
3	Jennifer	602	↓1	3
4	Ashley	515	↑1	2
5	Sarah	500	↓1	5
6	Nicole	397	–	7
7	Megan	349	↑1	10
8	Stephanie	336	↓1	6
9	Brittany	319	↑9	17
10	Heather	309	↓1	8
11	Elizabeth	301	–	9
12	Melissa	284	↓2	11
13	Danielle	259	↑3	18
14	Amber	257	↓2	16
15	Rachel	257	–	13
16	Emily	237	↑6	24
17	Christina	230	↑2	12
18	Erin	222	↑6	26
19	Michelle	219	↓2	22
20	Amy	212	↓6	20
21	Rebecca	210	–	25
22	Laura	209	↓2	14
23	Sara	201	↑10	30
24	Crystal	199	↓11	21
25	Andrea	197	↓2	33
26	Jamie	186	–	27
27	Kimberly	186	↑2	19
28	Lauren	179	↓3	15
29	Lindsey	179	↓1	37
30	Tiffany	177	↓3	23
31	Kelly	176	↑1	28
32	Katherine	173	↓2	32
33	Samantha	162	↑4	29
34	Angela	143	↓3	31
35	Vanessa	137	↑3	42
36	Kathryn	126	↑8	48
37	Lisa	125	↓3	36
38	Shannon	125	↓3	41
39	Courtney	121	↑7	43
40	Lindsay	120	↓4	40
41	Cassandra	119	↑9	62
42	Kristen	119	↑3	38
43	Mary	117	↓2	35
44	Christine	116	↓2	44
45	Anna	115	new	54
46	Alicia	113	↑2	45
47	Katie	113	–	39
48	Kristin	112	↓8	49
49	Chelsea	102	↓10	75
50	Erica	101	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	910	–	1
2	Christopher	848	–	2
3	Matthew	728	–	3
4	Joshua	658	–	4
5	Daniel	582	↑2	5
6	Ryan	542	–	12
7	David	523	↓2	6
8	James	500	↑5	7
9	Andrew	494	↓1	11
10	Brandon	450	↑8	13
11	Joseph	437	↑4	10
12	John	423	↑4	9
13	Nicholas	418	↓2	19
14	Robert	405	↓2	8
15	Justin	397	↓6	15
16	Brian	371	↑1	18
17	Kyle	335	↑7	27
18	Adam	321	↓4	22
19	Anthony	313	↑7	20
20	Eric	313	↓1	21
21	Jason	310	↓11	14
22	Tyler	308	↑3	43
23	William	306	↓3	16
24	Jonathan	296	↓1	17
25	Benjamin	279	↓4	31
26	Aaron	267	↓4	33
27	Zachary	260	↑4	39
28	Timothy	256	↑1	26
29	Steven	246	↓2	24
30	Jacob	241	↑4	35
31	Jeffrey	233	↓3	29
32	Nathan	219	↑1	40
33	Thomas	219	↓3	25
34	Kevin	216	↓2	23
35	Sean	213	↑5	38
36	Jeremy	198	↑2	30
37	Travis	192	↓2	46
38	Richard	190	↓1	28
39	Mark	189	–	32
40	Dustin	188	↑2	41
41	Scott	183	↓5	44
42	Cody	174	↑4	52
43	Jesse	174	↑1	51
44	Paul	169	↓1	42
45	Patrick	168	↓4	37
46	Stephen	157	↓1	36
47	Alexander	145	new	50
48	Charles	141	↑1	34
49	Bryan	136	new	48
50	Derek	136	↓3	56

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