Most popular boys’ names in Colorado, 1980

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	903
2	Christopher	701
3	Matthew	682
4	Joshua	611
5	Jason	580
6	David	538
7	Ryan	509
8	Justin	480
9	James	447
10	John	446
11	Daniel	431
12	Robert	413
13	Brian	403
14	Nicholas	372
15	Joseph	368
16	Eric	336
17	Adam	305
18	Andrew	303
19	Jeremy	289
20	Aaron	255
21	Benjamin	253
22	William	252
23	Anthony	248
24	Timothy	243
25	Jeffrey	240

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Nathan	240
27	Brandon	236
28	Scott	233
29	Jonathan	232
30	Richard	218
31	Jesse	203
32	Kevin	201
33	Thomas	198
34	Steven	193
35	Jacob	188
36	Mark	185
37	Paul	184
38	Travis	179
39	Dustin	175
40	Charles	168
41	Patrick	164
42	Chad	156
43	Jared	140
44	Sean	136
45	Derek	124
46	Luke	119
47	Jeremiah	118
47	Zachary	118
49	Bryan	115
50	Stephen	112
51	Gregory	104
52	Kenneth	102
53	Bradley	99
54	Shane	96
55	Jose	92
56	Shawn	89
57	Samuel	88
58	Erik	86
59	Tyler	81
60	Kyle	80
61	Lucas	77
62	Ian	75
63	Cody	71
64	Craig	70
65	Casey	69
66	Gabriel	68
66	Peter	68
68	Todd	66
69	Donald	65
70	Douglas	64
70	Juan	64
72	Alexander	62
73	Seth	61
74	Brett	60
74	Edward	60
76	Carlos	59
77	Keith	58
77	Nathaniel	58
79	Cory	56
79	Raymond	56
81	Joel	55
82	Brent	54
82	Isaac	54
84	Corey	53
84	Phillip	53
86	Russell	50
87	Curtis	49
88	Shaun	48
89	Levi	47
89	Ronald	47
91	Gary	46
92	Frank	44
92	George	44
92	Randy	44
95	Mathew	43
95	Wesley	43
97	Jon	41
98	Jordan	40
98	Kristopher	40
98	Trevor	40
98	Troy	40