Most popular boys’ names in Colorado, 1979
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 866 |
| 2 | Christopher | 691 |
| 3 | Jason | 651 |
| 4 | David | 603 |
| 5 | Joshua | 598 |
| 6 | Matthew | 589 |
| 7 | Ryan | 487 |
| 8 | James | 444 |
| 9 | John | 441 |
| 10 | Robert | 431 |
| 11 | Daniel | 416 |
| 12 | Brian | 388 |
| 13 | Nicholas | 364 |
| 14 | Joseph | 350 |
| 15 | Justin | 348 |
| 16 | Jeremy | 309 |
| 17 | Andrew | 291 |
| 18 | Eric | 278 |
| 19 | Timothy | 264 |
| 20 | Aaron | 260 |
| 20 | William | 260 |
| 22 | Adam | 251 |
| 23 | Nathan | 248 |
| 24 | Jeffrey | 247 |
| 25 | Richard | 229 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Anthony | 228 |
| 27 | Scott | 217 |
| 28 | Kevin | 210 |
| 28 | Steven | 210 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 198 |
| 31 | Jonathan | 194 |
| 32 | Travis | 190 |
| 33 | Mark | 188 |
| 34 | Thomas | 185 |
| 35 | Paul | 180 |
| 36 | Jacob | 170 |
| 37 | Chad | 169 |
| 38 | Jesse | 162 |
| 39 | Brandon | 158 |
| 40 | Charles | 147 |
| 41 | Zachary | 139 |
| 42 | Patrick | 131 |
| 43 | Sean | 127 |
| 44 | Jeremiah | 121 |
| 45 | Stephen | 119 |
| 46 | Dustin | 108 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 106 |
| 47 | Shawn | 106 |
| 49 | Jared | 101 |
| 50 | Bradley | 94 |
| 51 | Bryan | 92 |
| 52 | Gregory | 89 |
| 53 | Gabriel | 86 |
| 53 | Lucas | 86 |
| 55 | Samuel | 84 |
| 56 | Shane | 83 |
| 57 | Jose | 78 |
| 57 | Tyler | 78 |
| 59 | Luke | 76 |
| 60 | Kyle | 75 |
| 61 | Casey | 74 |
| 61 | Erik | 74 |
| 63 | Todd | 72 |
| 64 | Donald | 68 |
| 65 | Keith | 67 |
| 65 | Shaun | 67 |
| 67 | Alexander | 66 |
| 67 | Douglas | 66 |
| 67 | Nathaniel | 66 |
| 70 | Seth | 65 |
| 71 | Edward | 64 |
| 72 | Carlos | 63 |
| 73 | Brett | 62 |
| 74 | Derek | 61 |
| 75 | Cody | 60 |
| 75 | Peter | 60 |
| 77 | Phillip | 59 |
| 78 | Craig | 58 |
| 79 | Cory | 57 |
| 80 | Ronald | 54 |
| 81 | Joel | 53 |
| 82 | Ian | 51 |
| 82 | Larry | 51 |
| 84 | Curtis | 50 |
| 84 | Gary | 50 |
| 86 | Corey | 48 |
| 86 | Jeffery | 48 |
| 86 | Juan | 48 |
| 89 | Raymond | 47 |
| 90 | Mario | 46 |
| 90 | Philip | 46 |
| 92 | Dennis | 45 |
| 93 | Brent | 44 |
| 94 | Jerry | 43 |
| 94 | Mathew | 43 |
| 94 | Troy | 43 |
| 97 | Clinton | 42 |
| 97 | George | 42 |
| 99 | Jon | 41 |
| 99 | Levi | 41 |
| 99 | Marcus | 41 |
| 99 | Wesley | 41 |