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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,735 Colorado births in 1915 across 428 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#69Peteoutside the national top 200
#58Jose#174 nationally
#91Antoniooutside the national top 200
#96Jakeoutside the national top 200
#100Fayeoutside the national top 200
#74Lydia#170 nationally
#83Della#169 nationally
#46Tony#130 nationally
#80Shirley#162 nationally
#53Mike#129 nationally
#97Fern#157 nationally
#72Alex#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary387US #1
#2Helen237US #2
#3Dorothy226US #3
#4Margaret197US #4
#5Ruth175US #5
#6Frances127US #9
#7Alice109US #13
#8Evelyn101US #10
#9Virginia100US #12
#10Rose98US #16
#11Anna94US #7
#12Elizabeth89US #8
#13Mildred89US #6
#14Josephine82US #22
#15Marie76US #11
#16Esther74US #33
#17Florence73US #14
#18Edith63US #31
#19Marjorie60US #39
#20Lois59US #47
#21Grace58US #27
#22Hazel58US #26
#23Lucille57US #29
#24Elsie56US #41
#25Gladys56US #21
#26Edna53US #20
#27Eleanor53US #28
#28Louise53US #18
#29Betty52US #53
#30Thelma52US #30
#31Martha51US #25
#32Pauline47US #32
#33Irene46US #17
#34Emma45US #40
#35Ethel45US #23
#36Doris43US #34
#37Gertrude43US #35
#38Catherine42US #19
#39Clara42US #38
#40Bertha40US #46
#41Ann39US #43
#42Katherine39US #49
#43Jane38US #69
#44Jean38US #48
#45Jennie37US #73
#46Mabel37US #62
#47Nellie37US #63
#48Agnes36US #45
#49Eva36US #55
#50Wilma35US #80
#51Juanita34US #92
#52Lillian34US #15
#53Maxine33US #98
#54Myrtle31US #58
#55Ruby31US #24
#56Vera31US #65
#57Ella30US #75
#58Kathryn30US #60
#59Laura30US #61
#60June29US #96
#61Julia28US #44
#62Sarah28US #51
#63Beulah27US #95
#64Leona27US #74
#65Pearl27US #56
#66Anne26US #52
#67Charlotte26US #81
#68Genevieve26US #76
#69Viola26US #59
#70Violet26US #82
#71Bessie25US #57
#72Ida25US #54
#73Lucy24US #79
#74Lydia24US #170
#75Marion24US #50
#76Alma23US #70
#77Ellen22US #88
#78Georgia22US #111
#79Marguerite22US #85
#80Shirley22US #162
#81Barbara21US #83
#82Bernice20US #42
#83Della20US #169
#84Flora20US #140
#85Geraldine20US #108
#86Lola20US #136
#87Phyllis20US #100
#88Velma20US #94
#89Erma19US #139
#90Sylvia19US #67
#91Marian18US #86
#92Opal18US #90
#93Stella18US #64
#94Vivian18US #78
#95Audrey17US #127
#96Beatrice17US #37
#97Fern17US #157
#98Lena17US #77
#99Maria17US #146
#100Faye15

Boys

#1John361US #1
#2William280US #2
#3Robert261US #4
#4George217US #6
#5James217US #3
#6Charles172US #7
#7Frank132US #9
#8Joseph104US #5
#9Harold95US #12
#10Albert94US #17
#11Edward93US #8
#12Richard88US #15
#13Donald76US #20
#14Fred76US #26
#15Joe76US #38
#16Raymond76US #16
#17Harry75US #19
#18Jack74US #27
#19Paul74US #13
#20Ralph73US #21
#21Thomas70US #10
#22Henry67US #14
#23Carl66US #22
#24Walter66US #11
#25Arthur65US #18
#26Kenneth63US #28
#27Clarence53US #24
#28Howard49US #25
#29David45US #31
#30Ernest45US #35
#31Elmer43US #45
#32Louis43US #23
#33Roy43US #32
#34Earl38US #33
#35Alfred34US #42
#36Lloyd34US #62
#37Leonard33US #44
#38Sam33US #68
#39Eugene31US #41
#40Lawrence31US #37
#41Victor31US #74
#42Herbert29US #40
#43Wayne28US #97
#44Francis27US #29
#45Ray27US #67
#46Tony27US #130
#47Floyd26US #59
#48Philip26US #69
#49Stanley26US #34
#50Gerald25US #78
#51Leo25US #47
#52Lewis25US #70
#53Mike25US #129
#54Norman25US #50
#55Melvin24US #60
#56Samuel24US #39
#57Clyde23US #63
#58Jose23US #174
#59Lee23US #84
#60Clifford22US #61
#61Daniel22US #55
#62Everett22US #89
#63Frederick22US #52
#64Lester22US #57
#65Andrew21US #46
#66Willard21US #58
#67Edwin20US #53
#68Glen20US #123
#69Pete20
#70Russell20US #51
#71Vernon20US #80
#72Alex19US #131
#73Bernard19US #48
#74Claude19US #96
#75Herman19US #56
#76Ben18US #113
#77Chester18US #54
#78Wilbur18US #92
#79Anthony17US #36
#80Benjamin17US #71
#81Glenn17US #87
#82Leroy17US #66
#83Marvin17US #72
#84Milton17US #73
#85Theodore17US #64
#86Allen16US #99
#87Dale16US #125
#88Gordon16US #90
#89Jacob16US #121
#90Warren16US #105
#91Antonio15
#92Manuel15US #134
#93Maurice15US #101
#94Gilbert13US #100
#95Hubert13US #116
#96Jake13
#97Michael13US #43
#98Peter13US #49
#99Cecil12US #76
#100Harvey12US #95

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑39Victor#41
↑38Nellie#47
↑34Herbert#42
↑32Wilma#50
↑31Mike#53
↑30Genevieve#68
↑30Philip#48
↑30Stanley#49

Falling

↓44Manuel#92
↓41Marian#91
↓37Beatrice#96
↓34Velma#88
↓32Russell#70
↓31Marguerite#79
↓30Cecil#99
↓27Chester#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.