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Baby names in Colorado, 1960s

1960–1969 · 367,681 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Colorado across the 1960s, with 8,595 births in the decade. The state recorded 367,681 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Colorado in the 1960s

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
Shawna254
Shauna167
Jerod11
Justin219
Jolene154
Pete158
Cody60
Bernadette279

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael8,595
#2David7,850
#3John6,736
#4Robert6,537
#5James5,775
#6Mark5,147
#7Lisa4,238
#8Richard3,931
#9Scott3,629
#10William3,415
#11Steven3,208
#12Michelle3,139
#13Kevin3,111
#14Mary2,986
#15Jeffrey2,853
#16Daniel2,828
#17Susan2,680
#18Thomas2,644
#19Brian2,643
#20Karen2,591
#21Christopher2,575
#22Timothy2,525
#23Paul2,465
#24Julie2,441
#25Joseph2,345

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