State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 15,679 Colorado births in 1918 across 508 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#59Peteoutside the national top 200
#99Boboutside the national top 200
#96Felix#178 nationally
#98Lydia#180 nationally
#96Della#177 nationally
#87Fern#164 nationally
#71Maria#147 nationally
#52Manuel#126 nationally
#61Tony#135 nationally
#86Jose#160 nationally
#67Tom#139 nationally
#95Don#153 nationally

Girls

#1Mary539US #1
#2Helen297US #2
#3Dorothy291US #3
#4Margaret257US #4
#5Ruth214US #5
#6Virginia170US #7
#7Frances164US #8
#8Betty136US #21
#9Mildred121US #6
#10Alice108US #13
#11Marjorie107US #34
#12Elizabeth105US #9
#13Lois97US #42
#14Esther94US #38
#15Rose93US #17
#16Evelyn87US #11
#17Anna85US #10
#18Josephine82US #24
#19Lucille82US #29
#20Marie80US #12
#21Louise78US #18
#22Pauline76US #35
#23Edna75US #23
#24Martha75US #25
#25Florence74US #14
#26Doris72US #19
#27Edith71US #30
#28Irene68US #16
#29Thelma67US #32
#30Gladys65US #22
#31Barbara64US #60
#32Ruby60US #27
#33Clara59US #43
#34Eva58US #55
#35June58US #66
#36Emma57US #46
#37Lillian57US #15
#38Hazel55US #33
#39Ethel54US #28
#40Grace54US #31
#41Wilma51US #82
#42Elsie49US #49
#43Bertha48US #51
#44Charlotte48US #78
#45Juanita48US #85
#46Ann46US #44
#47Jean46US #37
#48Maxine46US #87
#49Eleanor45US #26
#50Katherine45US #50
#51Agnes44US #47
#52Shirley44US #97
#53Pearl43US #56
#54Vivian42US #72
#55Ida40US #57
#56Bernice39US #41
#57Stella39US #67
#58Phyllis38US #80
#59Alma37US #73
#60Catherine37US #20
#61Jane37US #53
#62Julia36US #48
#63Mabel36US #74
#64Marguerite36US #86
#65Opal35US #94
#66Vera35US #68
#67Leona34US #79
#68Velma32US #103
#69Geraldine31US #77
#70Nellie31US #65
#71Maria30US #147
#72Myrtle30US #62
#73Gertrude29US #39
#74Jessie29US #75
#75Marion29US #45
#76Viola29US #59
#77Ada28US #123
#78Eileen28US #110
#79Lorraine28US #69
#80Dora27US #136
#81Patricia27US #133
#82Genevieve26US #81
#83Laura26US #64
#84Lucy26US #90
#85Cora25US #124
#86Ellen25US #92
#87Fern25US #164
#88Norma25US #98
#89Violet25US #83
#90Beatrice24US #40
#91Harriet24US #106
#92Kathryn24US #63
#93Lena24US #93
#94Marian24US #76
#95Sarah24US #52
#96Della23US #177
#97Ella23US #84
#98Lydia23US #180
#99Minnie23US #88
#100Anne22US #54

Boys

#1John428US #1
#2Robert400US #4
#3William375US #2
#4Charles262US #5
#5James253US #3
#6George229US #6
#7Frank172US #9
#8Harold161US #13
#9Richard132US #12
#10Joe129US #34
#11Joseph118US #7
#12Jack112US #21
#13Albert110US #19
#14Donald108US #18
#15Edward106US #8
#16Harry104US #20
#17Raymond102US #15
#18Ralph98US #22
#19Paul92US #14
#20Fred88US #33
#21Walter85US #11
#22Henry83US #16
#23Arthur80US #17
#24Roy79US #32
#25Earl75US #31
#26Kenneth72US #27
#27Thomas71US #10
#28Louis65US #24
#29Carl64US #25
#30Clarence63US #23
#31Ernest62US #37
#32Howard60US #26
#33David58US #28
#34Leonard51US #41
#35Lloyd49US #51
#36Victor49US #63
#37Eugene45US #35
#38Lawrence45US #38
#39Leo45US #48
#40Ray40US #69
#41Elmer39US #44
#42Floyd38US #61
#43Clyde37US #67
#44Francis36US #30
#45Herbert36US #40
#46Vernon36US #66
#47Samuel35US #43
#48Alfred34US #42
#49Daniel34US #52
#50Lee34US #86
#51Clifford31US #60
#52Manuel31US #126
#53Melvin31US #56
#54Frederick30US #59
#55Gerald30US #72
#56Glenn30US #84
#57Leroy30US #57
#58Lester30US #62
#59Pete29
#60Sam29US #75
#61Tony29US #135
#62Dale28US #111
#63Wayne28US #91
#64Philip27US #71
#65Chester26US #54
#66Russell25US #50
#67Tom25US #139
#68Edwin24US #55
#69Glen24US #125
#70Herman24US #65
#71Stanley24US #36
#72Everett23US #93
#73Gordon23US #85
#74Marvin23US #68
#75Norman23US #49
#76Willard23US #83
#77Alvin22US #80
#78Alex21US #131
#79Anthony21US #39
#80Andrew20US #46
#81Jesse20US #78
#82Lewis20US #74
#83Mike20US #127
#84Cecil19US #82
#85Claude19US #95
#86Jose19US #160
#87Oscar19US #87
#88Allen18US #98
#89Benjamin18US #79
#90Harvey18US #88
#91Leslie18US #102
#92Milton18US #76
#93Wilbur17US #97
#94Ben16US #128
#95Don16US #153
#96Felix16US #178
#97Guy16US #144
#98Bernard15US #47
#99Bob15
#100Curtis15US #123

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑35Alma#59
↑31Jane#61
↑30Geraldine#69
↑28Vivian#54
↑28Leo#39
↑28Manuel#52
↑25Vernon#46
↑25Everett#72

Falling

↓44Marian#94
↓34Kathryn#92
↓31Edwin#68
↓27Jose#86
↓24Russell#66
↓24Wilbur#93
↓23Glen#69
↓22Catherine#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.