Popular baby names in Colorado, 1987

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1987 were Jessica for girls (738 babies) and Michael for boys (885). Social Security records list 45,556 babies born in Colorado in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1987

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

Girls

Cassidy: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Desirae: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Stevie: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kira: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ashleigh: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Madison: 26 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brianna: 77 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaylee: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brenna: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Desiree: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Colton: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kellen: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tanner: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Levi: 54 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Chance: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Zachariah: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Beau: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Isaiah: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angelo: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jeremiah: 73 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	738	–	1
2	Ashley	698	↑1	2
3	Amanda	589	↓1	3
4	Sarah	497	↑1	5
5	Jennifer	447	↓1	4
6	Brittany	365	–	7
7	Nicole	353	–	8
8	Stephanie	312	↑1	6
9	Megan	272	↓1	12
10	Rachel	268	↑8	17
11	Danielle	261	↑6	14
12	Amber	258	–	15
13	Heather	256	↓3	9
14	Elizabeth	251	↓1	10
15	Lauren	236	–	16
16	Emily	229	↓2	19
17	Samantha	228	↑7	11
18	Amy	221	↑4	24
19	Melissa	220	↓8	13
20	Kayla	208	new	27
21	Michelle	190	–	21
22	Rebecca	183	↑6	25
23	Laura	176	↓3	22
24	Christina	174	↑5	20
25	Katherine	164	↑2	28
26	Erin	160	↓7	34
27	Sara	160	↓11	29
28	Kimberly	158	↓5	23
29	Andrea	156	↑2	36
30	Crystal	152	↓5	26
31	Kelly	152	↑6	30
32	Chelsea	142	new	47
33	Lindsey	137	↓1	41
34	Tiffany	137	↓8	18
35	Jamie	126	–	39
36	Kelsey	123	new	67
37	Shannon	123	↑2	45
38	Hannah	119	new	66
39	Katie	117	↓9	38
40	Lisa	117	↓6	40
41	Courtney	116	–	33
42	Lindsay	115	↓4	49
43	Vanessa	115	↓10	43
44	Whitney	114	↓2	32
45	Mary	111	new	37
46	Caitlin	106	new	63
47	Kathryn	105	↓11	51
48	Erica	103	↓2	31
49	Alexandra	102	new	59
50	Cassandra	101	↓6	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	885	–	1
2	Christopher	754	–	2
3	Matthew	638	–	3
4	Joshua	613	–	4
5	Andrew	558	↑3	6
6	Daniel	533	–	7
7	David	513	↓2	5
8	Justin	469	↑7	9
9	Ryan	459	↓2	13
10	Nicholas	425	–	16
11	Joseph	405	↑1	12
12	Robert	398	↓1	10
13	James	387	↓4	8
14	Kyle	382	↑2	22
15	John	356	↓1	11
16	Anthony	340	↑4	17
17	Brandon	330	↓4	14
18	Tyler	323	–	39
19	Zachary	290	↑5	33
20	Benjamin	288	↑5	28
21	William	278	↑2	15
22	Eric	275	↑4	21
23	Brian	265	↓4	20
24	Jason	257	↓7	23
25	Jonathan	256	↑3	18
26	Steven	255	↑6	25
27	Kevin	253	–	19
28	Jacob	252	↑1	31
29	Adam	249	↓8	27
30	Sean	242	↑5	40
31	Timothy	240	↑6	26
32	Jeremy	237	↓2	29
33	Aaron	227	↓11	34
34	Nathan	226	–	45
35	Thomas	219	↓2	24
36	Alexander	218	↑5	37
37	Jeffrey	217	↓6	32
38	Cody	204	↑9	49
39	Travis	196	↑1	42
40	Patrick	189	↓2	41
41	Mark	185	↓2	36
42	Scott	178	↓6	43
43	Dustin	172	↑3	44
44	Jesse	166	↓2	55
45	Paul	160	↓1	46
46	Richard	158	↓3	30
47	Derek	140	↑2	54
48	Jordan	136	new	52
49	Samuel	135	new	50
50	Jared	133	new	58

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