State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,884 Colorado births in 1912 across 288 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Colorado more than they say America.

#76Peteoutside the national top 200
#59Bruce#178 nationally
#37Tony#153 nationally
#61Jose#163 nationally
#68Fern#167 nationally
#91Jay#184 nationally
#83Ivan#173 nationally
#88Don#177 nationally
#74Dale#159 nationally
#100Isabel#175 nationally
#70Mike#144 nationally
#89Roberta#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary234US #1
#2Helen135US #2
#3Margaret120US #4
#4Ruth115US #5
#5Dorothy96US #3
#6Mildred76US #6
#7Frances71US #9
#8Elizabeth51US #8
#9Alice50US #11
#10Virginia50US #20
#11Louise48US #17
#12Florence46US #12
#13Esther45US #33
#14Evelyn45US #13
#15Marie45US #10
#16Rose44US #15
#17Edna41US #16
#18Anna39US #7
#19Lois39US #63
#20Josephine38US #28
#21Irene37US #22
#22Marjorie35US #56
#23Ethel34US #18
#24Lucille34US #32
#25Pauline33US #38
#26Edith32US #31
#27Ann31US #47
#28Elsie31US #42
#29Thelma31US #26
#30Agnes30US #40
#31Hazel29US #25
#32Martha29US #29
#33Gladys28US #19
#34Betty27US #66
#35Clara27US #34
#36Eleanor27US #39
#37Lillian27US #14
#38Grace26US #24
#39Marguerite26US #79
#40Catherine25US #21
#41Doris25US #48
#42Emma25US #35
#43Gertrude25US #30
#44Mabel23US #46
#45Laura22US #57
#46Bernice21US #51
#47Charlotte21US #91
#48Jean21US #64
#49Julia21US #44
#50Barbara19US #102
#51Bertha19US #36
#52Kathryn19US #71
#53Ruby19US #23
#54Vera18US #68
#55Eva17US #49
#56Jennie17US #81
#57Bessie16US #43
#58Katherine16US #53
#59Minnie16US #60
#60Opal16US #85
#61Ella15US #69
#62Lucy15US #78
#63Stella15US #73
#64Vivian15US #84
#65Beatrice14US #37
#66Blanche14US #75
#67Alma13US #62
#68Fern13US #167
#69Ida13US #45
#70Lena13US #72
#71Marion13US #55
#72Maxine13US #134
#73Myrtle13US #50
#74Sarah13US #41
#75Violet13US #83
#76Wilma13US #99
#77Flora12US #128
#78Maria12US #133
#79Nellie12US #59
#80Pearl12US #54
#81Sylvia12US #77
#82Ada11US #96
#83Genevieve11US #92
#84Georgia11US #101
#85Jessie11US #65
#86Leona11US #76
#87Lydia11US #152
#88Marian11US #93
#89Roberta11US #157
#90Anne10US #58
#91Della10US #148
#92Ellen10US #86
#93Erma10US #141
#94Jane10US #89
#95Juanita10US #103
#96May10US #153
#97Viola10US #52
#98Audrey9US #145
#99Goldie9US #158
#100Isabel9US #175

Boys

#1John198US #1
#2William134US #2
#3James110US #3
#4George98US #6
#5Robert98US #4
#6Charles89US #7
#7Frank89US #9
#8Harold60US #13
#9Joseph54US #5
#10Harry51US #16
#11Edward50US #8
#12Albert49US #17
#13Thomas49US #10
#14Arthur44US #15
#15Henry42US #12
#16Joe40US #36
#17Richard40US #19
#18Fred39US #26
#19Paul38US #14
#20Walter37US #11
#21Donald36US #27
#22Louis35US #20
#23Ralph30US #23
#24Carl29US #24
#25Clarence29US #21
#26Eugene27US #41
#27Kenneth26US #33
#28Roy24US #31
#29Howard23US #25
#30Jack22US #28
#31Raymond22US #18
#32Lawrence20US #38
#33Elmer19US #47
#34David18US #29
#35Ernest17US #32
#36Leonard17US #45
#37Tony16US #153
#38Victor16US #81
#39Francis15US #35
#40Sam15US #63
#41Samuel15US #30
#42Theodore15US #52
#43Earl14US #34
#44Gerald14US #87
#45Herbert14US #39
#46Leo14US #49
#47Lester14US #58
#48Philip14US #69
#49Alfred13US #40
#50Andrew13US #44
#51Ben13US #102
#52Floyd13US #59
#53Clifford12US #62
#54Edwin12US #54
#55Frederick12US #51
#56Martin12US #75
#57Melvin12US #71
#58Ray12US #77
#59Bruce11US #178
#60Herman11US #50
#61Jose11US #163
#62Lee11US #78
#63Lewis11US #68
#64Daniel10US #53
#65Everett10US #96
#66Glenn10US #84
#67Gordon10US #93
#68Jesse10US #74
#69Lloyd10US #70
#70Mike10US #144
#71Vincent10US #72
#72Anthony9US #37
#73Cecil9US #76
#74Dale9US #159
#75Leslie9US #108
#76Pete9
#77Russell9US #56
#78Stanley9US #43
#79Arnold8US #99
#80Clyde8US #65
#81Edgar8US #85
#82Glen8US #139
#83Ivan8US #173
#84Peter8US #48
#85Sidney8US #80
#86Benjamin7US #67
#87Claude7US #89
#88Don7US #177
#89Eddie7US #104
#90Jacob7US #110
#91Jay7US #184
#92Marvin7US #83
#93Maurice7US #95
#94Michael7US #42
#95Norman7US #61
#96Vernon7US #90
#97Willard7US #105
#98Woodrow7US #46
#99Alvin6US #86
#100Clinton6US #161

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑44Kathryn#52
↑40Barbara#50
↑38Elmer#33
↑36Lois#19
↑34Francis#39
↑32Laura#45
↑31Marguerite#39
↑31Ella#61

Falling

↓47Norman#95
↓45Anthony#72
↓43Alvin#99
↓38Nellie#79
↓37Clyde#80
↓37Edgar#81
↓35Jessie#85
↓35Benjamin#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.