State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,054 Colorado births in 1917 across 491 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#74Pete#190 nationally
#59Jose#158 nationally
#79Delbert#162 nationally
#89Della#168 nationally
#46Glen#122 nationally
#70Maria#146 nationally
#64Mike#126 nationally
#79Winifred#141 nationally
#97Irma#156 nationally
#62Dale#120 nationally
#91Erma#148 nationally
#75Tony#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary462US #1
#2Helen281US #2
#3Dorothy279US #3
#4Margaret234US #4
#5Ruth203US #5
#6Virginia148US #10
#7Mildred139US #6
#8Frances125US #9
#9Alice119US #13
#10Betty94US #34
#11Elizabeth93US #8
#12Esther91US #38
#13Rose90US #16
#14Marie87US #12
#15Josephine85US #21
#16Anna82US #7
#17Evelyn82US #11
#18Lucille76US #29
#19Florence73US #14
#20Edna67US #20
#21Pauline64US #33
#22Lois63US #43
#23Doris62US #25
#24June62US #73
#25Lillian62US #15
#26Thelma62US #32
#27Edith61US #28
#28Louise61US #19
#29Martha61US #22
#30Marjorie60US #36
#31Clara59US #41
#32Eleanor53US #26
#33Ethel53US #24
#34Bertha51US #51
#35Eva51US #54
#36Irene51US #17
#37Ruby51US #27
#38Catherine50US #18
#39Hazel50US #31
#40Emma49US #46
#41Barbara47US #67
#42Maxine47US #93
#43Jean46US #40
#44Gladys45US #23
#45Elsie44US #50
#46Vera43US #66
#47Wilma43US #82
#48Grace42US #30
#49Katherine38US #49
#50Marian38US #74
#51Nellie38US #64
#52Ann37US #44
#53Bernice37US #42
#54Gertrude36US #37
#55Mabel36US #68
#56Marguerite36US #78
#57Marion35US #45
#58Kathryn34US #60
#59Jennie33US #81
#60Julia33US #47
#61Leona33US #80
#62Charlotte32US #76
#63Ida32US #56
#64Juanita31US #87
#65Viola31US #59
#66Velma30US #99
#67Laura29US #65
#68Pearl29US #57
#69Agnes28US #48
#70Maria28US #146
#71Phyllis28US #92
#72Opal27US #95
#73Lena26US #85
#74Myrtle26US #58
#75Ella25US #83
#76Lucy25US #88
#77Stella25US #62
#78Sylvia25US #69
#79Winifred25US #141
#80Ellen24US #90
#81Sarah24US #52
#82Vivian24US #79
#83Anne23US #53
#84Beatrice23US #39
#85Georgia23US #105
#86Jessie23US #70
#87Lola23US #143
#88Violet23US #84
#89Della22US #168
#90Eileen22US #106
#91Erma22US #148
#92Jane21US #55
#93Theresa21US #97
#94Alma20US #71
#95Bessie20US #61
#96Blanche20US #91
#97Irma20US #156
#98Genevieve19US #77
#99Geraldine19US #89
#100Lucile18US #142

Boys

#1John417US #1
#2Robert378US #4
#3William351US #2
#4James234US #3
#5George192US #6
#6Charles191US #7
#7Frank143US #9
#8Joseph128US #5
#9Edward113US #8
#10Jack110US #22
#11Harold107US #12
#12Donald99US #20
#13Albert96US #18
#14Harry94US #19
#15Joe94US #35
#16Raymond90US #16
#17Thomas89US #10
#18Richard86US #14
#19Walter84US #11
#20Fred78US #29
#21Henry76US #15
#22Arthur75US #17
#23Kenneth72US #27
#24Paul72US #13
#25Ralph69US #21
#26Carl68US #24
#27Howard61US #26
#28David56US #28
#29Clarence55US #25
#30Louis55US #23
#31Roy53US #33
#32Earl52US #32
#33Ernest51US #37
#34Lawrence47US #36
#35Elmer46US #45
#36Leonard46US #41
#37Edwin44US #55
#38Eugene42US #39
#39Ray36US #74
#40Lloyd34US #53
#41Floyd32US #62
#42Russell32US #52
#43Sam32US #72
#44Alfred31US #43
#45Francis31US #30
#46Glen31US #122
#47Samuel30US #42
#48Glenn29US #86
#49Victor29US #78
#50Wayne29US #96
#51Frederick28US #51
#52Daniel27US #54
#53Herman27US #58
#54Lee27US #85
#55Marvin27US #68
#56Melvin27US #57
#57Clyde26US #64
#58Herbert26US #40
#59Jose26US #158
#60Gerald25US #69
#61Anthony24US #38
#62Dale24US #120
#63Leroy24US #60
#64Mike24US #126
#65Philip24US #66
#66Clifford23US #59
#67Leo23US #47
#68Maurice23US #101
#69Wilbur23US #92
#70Cecil22US #83
#71Vernon22US #71
#72Chester21US #56
#73Lewis21US #70
#74Pete21US #190
#75Tony21US #131
#76Alvin20US #81
#77Ben20US #129
#78Theodore20US #63
#79Delbert19US #162
#80Manuel19US #128
#81Max19US #104
#82Orville19US #134
#83Oscar19US #87
#84Warren19US #93
#85Alex18US #132
#86Bernard18US #49
#87Marion18US #108
#88Roger18US #119
#89Willard18US #80
#90Claude17US #98
#91Homer17US #102
#92Martin17US #77
#93Norman17US #46
#94Stanley17US #34
#95Andrew16US #48
#96Bill16US #147
#97Everett16US #94
#98Harvey16US #90
#99Peter16US #50
#100Benjamin15US #76

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑50Marian#50
↑39Ray#39
↑36Kathryn#58
↑34Jennie#59
↑33Gerald#60
↑27June#24
↑25Mabel#55
↑23Russell#42

Falling

↓49Everett#97
↓42Norman#93
↓41Genevieve#98
↓39Alma#94
↓36Manuel#80
↓34Martin#92
↓32Jane#92
↓32Tony#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.