Popular baby names in Colorado, 1988

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1988 were Jessica for girls (646 babies) and Michael for boys (799). Social Security records list 45,005 babies born in Colorado in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1988

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: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kacey: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Desirae: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Justina: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jolene: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Carissa: 31 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kelsie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Michaela: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kyla: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Larissa: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Levi: 77 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Zachariah: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tanner: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dillon: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Connor: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Beau: 21 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jeremiah: 75 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cole: 31 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Josiah: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Graham: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	646	–	1
2	Ashley	640	–	2
3	Amanda	602	–	3
4	Sarah	453	–	4
5	Jennifer	410	–	5
6	Brittany	370	–	6
7	Stephanie	307	↑1	7
8	Nicole	299	↓1	9
9	Megan	285	–	12
10	Elizabeth	284	↑4	10
11	Amber	275	↑1	15
12	Lauren	255	↑3	11
13	Heather	250	–	14
14	Rachel	250	↓4	19
15	Emily	248	↑1	18
16	Danielle	244	↓5	17
17	Samantha	229	–	8
18	Kayla	208	↑2	20
19	Michelle	199	↑2	21
20	Melissa	198	↓1	16
21	Tiffany	187	↑13	13
22	Laura	186	↑1	23
23	Katherine	173	↑2	27
24	Rebecca	172	↓2	26
25	Chelsea	165	↑7	33
26	Christina	163	↓2	22
27	Sara	161	–	30
28	Amy	155	↓10	29
29	Andrea	151	–	35
30	Hannah	148	↑8	61
31	Courtney	147	↑10	24
32	Crystal	144	↓2	28
33	Erin	143	↓7	37
34	Caitlin	142	↑12	44
35	Kelsey	141	↑1	64
36	Jamie	134	↓1	45
37	Kelly	134	↓6	32
38	Kimberly	134	↓10	25
39	Alexandra	128	↑10	49
40	Vanessa	121	↑3	41
41	Lisa	120	↓1	43
42	Alyssa	116	new	47
43	Lindsey	115	↓10	48
44	Cassandra	107	↑6	59
45	Alicia	106	new	50
46	Angela	106	new	38
47	Anna	105	new	54
48	Kathryn	105	↓1	55
49	Katie	105	↓10	40
50	Allison	101	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	799	–	1
2	Christopher	752	–	2
3	Matthew	659	–	3
4	Joshua	631	–	4
5	Andrew	570	–	5
6	Ryan	496	↑3	13
7	David	478	–	6
8	Justin	462	–	7
9	Daniel	446	↓3	8
10	Nicholas	408	–	14
11	Kyle	383	↑3	21
12	John	370	↑3	11
13	James	367	–	9
14	Joseph	367	↓3	12
15	Robert	359	↓3	10
16	Zachary	347	↑3	29
17	Brandon	338	–	17
18	Tyler	311	–	33
19	Anthony	305	↓3	18
20	Thomas	300	↑15	23
21	Benjamin	289	↓1	30
22	Jacob	268	↑6	28
23	Brian	267	–	22
24	Eric	266	↓2	19
25	Adam	260	↑4	26
26	William	254	↓5	16
27	Jonathan	251	↓2	15
28	Kevin	244	↓1	20
29	Steven	239	↓3	24
30	Alexander	223	↑6	34
31	Aaron	215	↑2	31
32	Sean	211	↓2	38
33	Jason	207	↓9	27
34	Cody	205	↑4	43
35	Nathan	202	↓1	44
36	Mark	192	↑5	39
37	Timothy	191	↓6	25
38	Richard	189	↑8	32
39	Travis	185	–	41
40	Jeffrey	174	↓3	36
41	Jeremy	171	↓9	35
42	Patrick	167	↓2	42
43	Scott	167	↓1	47
44	Samuel	155	↑5	45
45	Stephen	155	new	40
46	Jesse	150	↓2	55
47	Dustin	148	↓4	48
48	Paul	140	↓3	46
49	Derek	128	↓2	53
50	Charles	124	new	37

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