Popular baby names in Colorado, 1986

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1986 were Jessica for girls (807 babies) and Michael for boys (907). Social Security records list 47,007 babies born in Colorado in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1986

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

Girls

Jolene: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shantel: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sydney: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tessa: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Aubrey: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chantel: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Callie: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bailey: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shelby: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kaylee: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Forrest: 17 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Levi: 59 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Angelo: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dillon: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dominick: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Max: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zachariah: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cole: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brady: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tyson: 33 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	807	–	1
2	Amanda	621	–	3
3	Ashley	619	↑1	2
4	Jennifer	550	↓1	4
5	Sarah	540	–	5
6	Brittany	389	↑3	8
7	Nicole	367	↓1	7
8	Megan	343	↓1	11
9	Stephanie	333	↓1	6
10	Heather	311	–	9
11	Melissa	278	↑1	12
12	Amber	271	↑2	13
13	Elizabeth	246	↓2	10
14	Emily	222	↑2	24
15	Lauren	219	↑13	14
16	Sara	219	↑7	27
17	Danielle	218	↓4	16
18	Rachel	218	↓3	15
19	Erin	216	↓1	30
20	Laura	216	↑2	20
21	Michelle	215	↓2	23
22	Amy	214	↓2	22
23	Kimberly	200	↑4	18
24	Samantha	198	↑9	21
25	Crystal	188	↓1	25
26	Tiffany	180	↑4	17
27	Katherine	179	↑5	28
28	Rebecca	174	↓7	26
29	Christina	169	↓12	19
30	Katie	157	↑17	38
31	Andrea	154	↓6	36
32	Lindsey	149	↓3	39
33	Vanessa	143	↑2	43
34	Lisa	141	↑3	40
35	Jamie	140	↓9	34
36	Kathryn	133	–	48
37	Kelly	133	↓6	29
38	Lindsay	131	↑2	46
39	Shannon	131	↓1	44
40	Angela	126	↓6	33
41	Courtney	123	↓2	35
42	Whitney	122	new	32
43	Kristen	118	↓1	41
44	Cassandra	115	↓3	60
45	Kristin	115	↑3	50
46	Erica	114	↑4	31
47	Alicia	110	↓1	45
48	Allison	109	new	42
49	Christine	108	↓5	47
50	Anna	105	↓5	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	907	–	1
2	Christopher	885	–	2
3	Matthew	662	–	3
4	Joshua	657	–	4
5	David	585	↑2	5
6	Daniel	577	↓1	6
7	Ryan	572	↓1	11
8	Andrew	548	↑1	8
9	James	460	↓1	7
10	Nicholas	450	↑3	17
11	Robert	406	↑3	9
12	Joseph	394	↓1	12
13	Brandon	384	↓3	13
14	John	365	↓2	10
15	Justin	353	–	14
16	Kyle	343	↑1	23
17	Jason	341	↑4	18
18	Tyler	329	↑4	40
19	Brian	316	↓3	20
20	Anthony	310	↓1	19
21	Adam	309	↓3	24
22	Aaron	291	↑4	33
23	William	287	–	15
24	Zachary	286	↑3	38
25	Benjamin	282	–	30
26	Eric	271	↓6	22
27	Kevin	271	↑7	21
28	Jonathan	270	↓4	16
29	Jacob	269	↑1	31
30	Jeremy	244	↑6	28
31	Jeffrey	240	–	32
32	Steven	235	↓3	25
33	Thomas	235	–	26
34	Nathan	224	↓2	43
35	Sean	215	–	37
36	Scott	212	↑5	44
37	Timothy	208	↓9	27
38	Patrick	198	↑7	39
39	Mark	188	–	35
40	Travis	182	↓3	49
41	Alexander	177	↑6	41
42	Jesse	175	↑1	48
43	Richard	170	↓5	29
44	Paul	167	–	45
45	Stephen	167	↑1	36
46	Dustin	164	↓6	42
47	Cody	154	↓5	56
48	Charles	135	–	34
49	Derek	134	↑1	57
50	Bryan	127	↓1	47

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