Popular baby names in Colorado, 1996

The most popular baby names in Colorado in 1996 were Emily for girls (350 babies) and Jacob for boys (510). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 45,811 babies born in Colorado in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Colorado in 1996

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

Girls

Aspen: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Annika: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Mckenna: 51 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Taryn: 28 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kira: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Desirae: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Elise: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mikaela: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Tessa: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kyra: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Angelo: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Gunnar: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Davis: 23 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Duncan: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cade: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Josiah: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Brody: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Zachariah: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lane: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Beau: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Colorado, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	350	↑5	1
2	Hannah	345	–	7
3	Jessica	335	↓2	2
4	Sarah	312	↑1	4
5	Ashley	289	↓2	3
6	Samantha	289	↑1	5
7	Taylor	284	↓3	6
8	Rachel	271	–	9
9	Madison	239	↑4	15
10	Megan	209	–	12
11	Kayla	208	–	11
12	Elizabeth	202	–	10
13	Lauren	184	↑7	16
14	Alexandra	183	↑3	26
15	Amanda	182	↓6	13
16	Alexis	170	↓2	8
17	Alyssa	168	↑2	23
18	Rebecca	165	↑19	24
19	Brittany	163	↓1	14
20	Morgan	162	↑3	25
21	Nicole	159	↑1	22
22	Brianna	158	↓7	17
23	Katherine	156	↑1	31
24	Abigail	154	↑5	32
25	Jennifer	153	↓4	19
26	Anna	152	↑7	33
27	Jordan	140	↓11	49
28	Courtney	139	↓3	21
29	Sydney	136	↑3	39
30	Haley	134	↑10	30
31	Mariah	134	↑4	63
32	Amber	130	↑4	27
33	Savannah	130	↑11	43
34	Sierra	129	↓3	62
35	Maria	124	new	37
36	Shelby	124	↓6	35
37	Emma	122	↑12	53
38	Victoria	122	↓10	18
39	Stephanie	120	↓12	20
40	Jasmine	117	new	28
41	Danielle	114	↓15	29
42	Brooke	112	new	45
43	Sara	105	↓5	50
44	Melissa	103	↑4	42
45	Bailey	100	new	85
46	Natalie	97	↑1	46
47	Erin	95	↓8	51
48	Marissa	95	↓6	59
49	Olivia	95	new	34
50	Julia	93	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	510	↑2	3
2	Michael	487	↓1	1
3	Tyler	453	↓1	7
4	Matthew	443	↑2	2
5	Joshua	407	↓1	5
6	Andrew	400	↑1	10
7	Austin	395	↓2	9
8	Christopher	391	↑1	4
9	Ryan	386	↑2	16
10	Nicholas	375	↓2	6
11	Brandon	364	↓1	8
12	Joseph	350	↑4	12
13	Zachary	332	↓1	14
14	Daniel	329	–	11
15	Alexander	323	↓2	22
16	Anthony	293	↑1	19
17	David	291	↓2	13
18	John	273	–	15
19	William	244	↑2	18
20	Cody	242	–	31
21	Justin	241	↑1	20
22	Kyle	240	↓3	25
23	Samuel	239	↑3	30
24	James	233	↓1	17
25	Dylan	224	↑2	33
26	Jonathan	217	↑4	21
27	Benjamin	210	↑1	29
28	Robert	201	↓3	23
29	Jordan	194	↓5	27
30	Thomas	193	↑2	28
31	Christian	178	↑3	24
32	Aaron	176	↓3	34
33	Eric	167	–	35
34	Nathan	164	↓3	37
35	Connor	159	↑1	54
36	Jose	158	↑3	32
37	Noah	151	new	50
38	Logan	149	↑3	42
39	Sean	143	↑1	46
40	Jesse	141	↑2	51
41	Isaiah	137	new	71
42	Jason	130	↑7	41
43	Steven	126	↑3	38
44	Kevin	123	↓7	26
45	Tristan	123	new	68
46	Caleb	121	new	48
47	Cameron	121	↓2	49
48	Elijah	121	new	81
49	Adam	120	↓14	39
50	Timothy	120	↓3	40

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