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Baby names in Colorado, 1990s

1990–1999 · 460,494 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Colorado across the 1990s, with 5,965 births in the decade. The state recorded 460,494 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Colorado in the 1990s

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
Aspen265
Jakeob14
Angelo373
Caley48
Shaylene22
Sage211
Zachariah276
Talon79

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael5,965
#2Joshua4,754
#3Jacob4,752
#4Matthew4,570
#5Tyler4,538
#6Christopher4,335
#7Jessica4,108
#8Andrew4,058
#9Ryan3,946
#10Nicholas3,919
#11Ashley3,774
#12Jordan3,769
#13Taylor3,686
#14Daniel3,625
#15Zachary3,547
#16Brandon3,540
#17Joseph3,443
#18Sarah3,321
#19David3,309
#20Alexander3,227
#21Emily3,151
#22Austin3,137
#23Samantha3,039
#24Kyle2,958
#25Hannah2,932

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