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Baby names in Colorado, 2000s

2000–2009 · 542,747 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Colorado across the 2000s, with 4,211 births in the decade. The state recorded 542,747 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Colorado in the 2000s

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
Shjon1716×
Aspen457
Marek65
Analicia44
Caley46
Alonso141
Esperanza162
Bridger79

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob4,211
#2Joshua3,564
#3Alexander3,350
#4Michael3,278
#5Daniel3,181
#6Ethan3,155
#7Andrew3,071
#8Emily3,052
#9Joseph3,049
#10Ryan2,918
#11Tyler2,904
#12Matthew2,895
#13Emma2,856
#14William2,839
#15Benjamin2,821
#16Anthony2,787
#17Madison2,780
#18Isabella2,722
#19Samuel2,705
#20David2,695
#21Logan2,674
#22Noah2,597
#23Alexis2,549
#24Abigail2,543
#25Christopher2,516

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