State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,993 Colorado births in 1916 across 451 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#38Jose#175 nationally
#74Pete#196 nationally
#71Freda#188 nationally
#92Geneoutside the national top 200
#85Dan#192 nationally
#77Nick#182 nationally
#68Lydia#168 nationally
#95Merle#191 nationally
#43Tony#132 nationally
#44Manuel#133 nationally
#76Della#165 nationally
#75Rachel#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary457US #1
#2Helen280US #2
#3Dorothy227US #3
#4Margaret208US #4
#5Ruth202US #5
#6Frances122US #9
#7Virginia121US #10
#8Mildred115US #6
#9Elizabeth110US #8
#10Rose106US #15
#11Esther99US #34
#12Evelyn98US #11
#13Alice93US #13
#14Florence90US #14
#15Marie87US #12
#16Anna76US #7
#17Edith75US #28
#18Lois74US #43
#19Edna72US #19
#20Josephine69US #21
#21Thelma69US #29
#22Betty68US #44
#23Doris66US #32
#24Irene64US #17
#25Louise63US #18
#26Elsie57US #48
#27Lucille55US #30
#28Marjorie55US #37
#29Pauline55US #33
#30Bertha54US #49
#31Martha54US #24
#32Eleanor51US #27
#33Hazel51US #31
#34Eva50US #55
#35Ethel49US #25
#36Clara46US #39
#37Gladys46US #22
#38Julia46US #46
#39Lillian46US #16
#40Ann44US #40
#41Emma44US #41
#42Jean44US #45
#43Wilma44US #82
#44Grace41US #26
#45Ruby40US #23
#46Vera39US #66
#47Catherine38US #20
#48Katherine38US #51
#49Nellie38US #61
#50Gertrude37US #35
#51June36US #86
#52Maxine36US #96
#53Barbara35US #74
#54Viola35US #59
#55Alma34US #70
#56Marguerite34US #78
#57Genevieve33US #76
#58Stella33US #63
#59Ellen32US #87
#60Jane32US #62
#61Jessie32US #68
#62Juanita32US #90
#63Agnes31US #50
#64Myrtle31US #58
#65Bernice30US #42
#66Charlotte30US #80
#67Pearl30US #57
#68Lydia29US #168
#69Anne28US #53
#70Velma28US #99
#71Freda27US #188
#72Sarah27US #52
#73Laura26US #64
#74Phyllis26US #95
#75Rachel25US #153
#76Della24US #165
#77Ida24US #54
#78Bessie23US #56
#79Geraldine23US #94
#80Mabel23US #65
#81Beulah22US #97
#82Lena22US #85
#83Minnie21US #71
#84Violet21US #83
#85Dora20US #124
#86Ella20US #81
#87Maria20US #159
#88Sylvia20US #69
#89Theresa20US #98
#90Beatrice19US #38
#91Blanche19US #89
#92Flora19US #141
#93Jennie19US #79
#94Kathryn19US #60
#95Shirley19US #160
#96Fern18US #152
#97Carolyn17US #163
#98Irma17US #149
#99Lola17US #147
#100Marian17US #72

Boys

#1John397US #1
#2Robert284US #4
#3William281US #2
#4James213US #3
#5Charles201US #6
#6George199US #7
#7Frank136US #9
#8Joseph113US #5
#9Edward111US #8
#10Harold106US #13
#11Albert99US #17
#12Raymond95US #16
#13Richard94US #15
#14Joe93US #35
#15Paul90US #12
#16Walter90US #11
#17Jack86US #26
#18Thomas80US #10
#19Donald79US #20
#20Harry78US #19
#21Carl74US #23
#22Ralph74US #21
#23Henry72US #14
#24Fred68US #29
#25Kenneth65US #27
#26Arthur62US #18
#27Louis62US #22
#28Ernest60US #36
#29Clarence59US #24
#30David54US #28
#31Earl51US #32
#32Lawrence51US #38
#33Howard50US #25
#34Eugene49US #39
#35Roy49US #33
#36Elmer44US #45
#37Lloyd40US #58
#38Jose35US #175
#39Herbert34US #40
#40Leonard34US #42
#41Alfred32US #43
#42Francis30US #31
#43Tony30US #132
#44Manuel29US #133
#45Edwin28US #53
#46Clifford27US #61
#47Daniel26US #55
#48Everett26US #91
#49Herman25US #56
#50Leo25US #47
#51Norman25US #48
#52Victor25US #78
#53Clyde24US #62
#54Lee24US #83
#55Samuel24US #41
#56Floyd23US #60
#57Lewis23US #71
#58Martin23US #81
#59Melvin23US #57
#60Wayne23US #98
#61Chester22US #54
#62Glen22US #122
#63Glenn22US #84
#64Leroy22US #63
#65Russell22US #51
#66Sam22US #74
#67Theodore22US #65
#68Vernon22US #75
#69Ben21US #119
#70Bernard21US #49
#71Cecil21US #80
#72Dale21US #121
#73Frederick21US #52
#74Pete21US #196
#75Stanley21US #34
#76Lester20US #59
#77Nick20US #182
#78Ray20US #73
#79Alvin19US #82
#80Andrew19US #46
#81Gilbert19US #106
#82Mike19US #125
#83Tom19US #139
#84Vincent19US #67
#85Dan18US #192
#86Gordon18US #90
#87Philip18US #70
#88Allen17US #101
#89Harvey17US #92
#90Max17US #105
#91Benjamin16US #79
#92Gene16
#93Gerald16US #76
#94Homer16US #103
#95Merle16US #191
#96Michael16US #44
#97Orville16US #131
#98Warren16US #102
#99Willard16US #69
#100Claude15US #93

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑48Manuel#44
↑35Stella#58
↑28Barbara#53
↑28Cecil#71
↑26Herman#49
↑23Julia#38
↑23Marguerite#56
↑22Edwin#45

Falling

↓48Jennie#93
↓43Gerald#93
↓39Philip#87
↓36Kathryn#94
↓34Mabel#80
↓33Ray#78
↓33Willard#99
↓29Ella#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.