Popular baby names in Colorado, 1989

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1989 were Ashley for girls (626 babies) and Michael for boys (834). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 44,768 babies born in Colorado in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1989

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

Girls

Chantelle: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kacey: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Mariah: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chantel: 26 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Desirae: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Devin: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kyla: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shantel: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Mackenzie: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brenna: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Tucker: 23 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rory: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Weston: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Connor: 36 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zachariah: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Levi: 63 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dominic: 51 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Skyler: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Angelo: 22 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Riley: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	626	↑1	2
2	Jessica	587	↓1	1
3	Amanda	485	–	4
4	Sarah	444	–	5
5	Brittany	439	↑1	3
6	Samantha	350	↑11	6
7	Jennifer	334	↓2	7
8	Nicole	311	–	12
9	Stephanie	303	↓2	8
10	Emily	275	↑5	13
11	Megan	271	↓2	11
12	Elizabeth	263	↓2	10
13	Lauren	254	↓1	9
14	Amber	245	↓3	14
15	Rachel	234	↓1	18
16	Kayla	230	↑2	20
17	Melissa	225	↑3	19
18	Hannah	216	↑12	42
19	Kelsey	215	↑16	31
20	Danielle	211	↓4	17
21	Heather	204	↓8	15
22	Michelle	189	↓3	22
23	Chelsea	188	↑2	27
24	Katherine	172	↓1	26
25	Rebecca	171	↓1	24
26	Sara	158	↑1	29
27	Courtney	145	↑4	21
28	Tiffany	145	↓7	16
29	Christina	140	↓3	23
30	Laura	140	↓8	25
31	Amy	138	↓3	35
32	Andrea	137	↓3	39
33	Alyssa	136	↑9	33
34	Erin	134	↓1	40
35	Kelly	133	↑2	37
36	Crystal	132	↓4	32
37	Caitlin	127	↓3	49
38	Alexandra	122	↑1	43
39	Vanessa	117	↑1	50
40	Cassandra	116	↑4	54
41	Kimberly	109	↓3	28
42	Alicia	108	↑3	53
43	Lindsey	107	–	48
44	Kathryn	105	↑4	58
45	Erica	103	new	34
46	Victoria	103	new	44
47	Mary	102	new	38
48	Anna	101	↓1	51
49	Shannon	100	new	61
50	Jamie	98	↓14	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	834	–	1
2	Christopher	692	–	2
3	Matthew	662	–	3
4	Joshua	604	–	4
5	Andrew	531	–	7
6	Daniel	476	↑3	6
7	Ryan	465	↓1	13
8	Nicholas	452	↑2	14
9	Justin	418	↓1	8
10	David	413	↓3	5
11	Joseph	389	↑3	11
12	Robert	383	↑3	10
13	Zachary	369	↑3	25
14	Kyle	360	↓3	20
15	James	358	↓2	9
16	John	345	↓4	12
17	Tyler	338	↑1	30
18	Anthony	323	↑1	16
19	Brandon	316	↓2	18
20	Jacob	263	↑2	26
21	Alexander	253	↑9	32
22	Kevin	252	↑6	19
23	Steven	249	↑6	22
24	Eric	246	–	21
25	Aaron	242	↑6	31
26	Benjamin	239	↓5	29
27	Brian	234	↓4	24
28	William	234	↓2	15
29	Adam	233	↓4	27
30	Jonathan	231	↓3	17
31	Timothy	221	↑6	28
32	Sean	216	–	39
33	Thomas	214	↓13	23
34	Cody	201	–	45
35	Nathan	196	–	43
36	Travis	189	↑3	41
37	Jeffrey	181	↑3	37
38	Jordan	180	new	44
39	Stephen	169	↑6	40
40	Jesse	166	↑6	50
41	Samuel	162	↑3	47
42	Patrick	161	–	38
43	Richard	161	↓5	33
44	Dustin	156	↑3	48
45	Mark	147	↓9	42
46	Scott	146	↓3	51
47	Jason	145	↓14	35
48	Jeremy	142	↓7	34
49	Derek	138	–	54
50	Paul	133	↓2	49

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