Most popular boys’ names in Colorado, 1976

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	758
2	Jason	737
3	Christopher	551
4	Matthew	510
5	David	491
6	Brian	421
7	James	405
8	Robert	398
9	John	373
10	Jeremy	352
11	Daniel	335
12	Joshua	334
13	Ryan	317
14	Eric	289
15	Joseph	258
16	Justin	253
17	Jeffrey	249
18	Aaron	245
19	William	238
20	Anthony	231
21	Mark	218
22	Scott	212
23	Nathan	199
24	Andrew	198
25	Steven	195

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	186
27	Thomas	183
28	Shawn	182
29	Kevin	181
29	Richard	181
31	Chad	179
32	Adam	173
33	Benjamin	172
34	Paul	168
35	Charles	133
36	Brandon	132
36	Jonathan	132
38	Travis	130
39	Jesse	128
40	Jacob	116
41	Sean	113
42	Shane	110
43	Jeremiah	109
44	Gregory	107
45	Patrick	102
46	Bryan	90
47	Bradley	89
48	Stephen	88
49	Jared	80
49	Zachary	80
51	Todd	78
52	Kenneth	77
53	Douglas	75
54	Donald	74
54	Troy	74
56	Gary	70
57	Dustin	67
58	Gabriel	66
58	Ronald	66
60	Samuel	65
61	Nicholas	64
61	Raymond	64
63	Derek	59
64	Jose	58
64	Keith	58
66	Joel	57
66	Peter	57
68	Tyler	54
69	Frank	53
70	Casey	52
70	Larry	52
70	Phillip	52
73	Edward	51
73	Jerry	51
73	Randy	51
76	Corey	50
76	Ian	50
76	Jeffery	50
79	Juan	49
80	Craig	48
81	Cory	47
81	Seth	47
83	Brett	45
84	Brent	43
85	Carlos	42
86	Clinton	41
86	Nathaniel	41
88	Erik	40
88	George	40
88	Jon	40
88	Russell	40
92	Dennis	39
93	Manuel	38
93	Marc	38
95	Philip	37
96	Jamie	36
96	Jay	36
96	Lance	36
96	Lee	36
96	Rodney	36