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Baby names in Colorado, 1950s

1950–1959 · 364,641 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Colorado across the 1950s, with 8,598 births in the decade. The state recorded 364,641 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Colorado in the 1950s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Jairo611×
Eloy54
Bret131
Leanna46
Jacque55
Pete169
Kendra52
Kent495

Top 25 in the 1950s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael8,598
#2David8,289
#3Robert7,983
#4John7,468
#5James7,040
#6Richard5,828
#7Linda5,602
#8Mary5,265
#9William4,785
#10Mark4,482
#11Debra4,302
#12Susan4,108
#13Steven4,090
#14Patricia4,009
#15Thomas3,861
#16Gary3,721
#17Deborah3,416
#18Karen3,387
#19Ronald3,103
#20Cynthia3,068
#21Barbara2,998
#22Daniel2,985
#23Charles2,976
#24Donald2,849
#25Kenneth2,678

Other decades in Colorado

All Colorado names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org