State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,882 Colorado births in 1919 across 500 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#95Jessoutside the national top 200
#98Carmenoutside the national top 200
#73Della#175 nationally
#74Fern#176 nationally
#100Boboutside the national top 200
#37Tony#136 nationally
#43Jose#141 nationally
#64Maria#138 nationally
#66Alex#137 nationally
#59Glen#116 nationally
#88Don#145 nationally
#89Roberta#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary472US #1
#2Dorothy306US #3
#3Helen287US #2
#4Margaret221US #4
#5Ruth183US #5
#6Frances161US #9
#7Betty152US #15
#8Virginia136US #7
#9Mildred110US #6
#10Elizabeth103US #8
#11Alice101US #13
#12Marie100US #12
#13Esther99US #38
#14Evelyn97US #11
#15Rose97US #19
#16Marjorie92US #33
#17Florence85US #14
#18Josephine85US #26
#19Lois82US #40
#20Edith81US #29
#21Anna79US #10
#22Irene74US #16
#23Lucille74US #27
#24Edna67US #22
#25Eleanor66US #30
#26Doris65US #18
#27Gladys63US #21
#28Martha63US #25
#29Clara62US #43
#30Barbara61US #60
#31Lillian60US #17
#32Ruby59US #24
#33Hazel57US #32
#34Jean57US #37
#35Maxine57US #85
#36Thelma57US #31
#37Wilma55US #86
#38Elsie54US #47
#39Grace50US #34
#40Louise50US #20
#41Pauline44US #36
#42June42US #64
#43Katherine42US #51
#44Phyllis42US #84
#45Viola42US #58
#46Ann40US #49
#47Catherine40US #23
#48Emma40US #45
#49Ethel40US #28
#50Eva40US #55
#51Shirley40US #89
#52Leona39US #90
#53Vera38US #65
#54Jennie37US #93
#55Juanita37US #73
#56Lena36US #94
#57Bertha35US #52
#58Jane35US #53
#59Bernice34US #42
#60Eileen34US #103
#61Marguerite34US #96
#62Vivian34US #72
#63Norma33US #83
#64Maria32US #138
#65Agnes31US #50
#66Beatrice31US #41
#67Geraldine31US #68
#68Gertrude31US #39
#69Kathryn31US #66
#70Charlotte30US #79
#71Alma29US #76
#72Julia29US #48
#73Della28US #175
#74Fern28US #176
#75Genevieve28US #88
#76Ida28US #57
#77Opal28US #98
#78Pearl28US #56
#79Ellen27US #92
#80Laura27US #71
#81Violet27US #74
#82Lucy26US #91
#83Mabel26US #78
#84Marian26US #82
#85Dora24US #127
#86Marion24US #44
#87Mae23US #99
#88Patricia23US #114
#89Roberta23US #144
#90Velma23US #104
#91Lorraine22US #62
#92Stella22US #70
#93Sylvia22US #77
#94Minnie21US #80
#95Nellie21US #69
#96Sarah21US #46
#97Bessie20US #59
#98Carmen20
#99Cora20US #122
#100Ella20US #87

Boys

#1John394US #1
#2Robert358US #4
#3William339US #2
#4James282US #3
#5George238US #6
#6Charles212US #5
#7Frank153US #9
#8Edward126US #8
#9Harold126US #13
#10Richard116US #12
#11Joseph113US #7
#12Donald108US #17
#13Joe108US #35
#14Jack106US #21
#15Harry95US #20
#16Raymond93US #14
#17Kenneth91US #26
#18Albert90US #18
#19Walter86US #11
#20Thomas85US #10
#21Arthur77US #19
#22Carl77US #29
#23Paul77US #15
#24Henry74US #16
#25Ralph71US #22
#26Fred69US #30
#27Roy64US #32
#28David60US #27
#29Earl57US #31
#30Ernest56US #36
#31Eugene56US #33
#32Howard52US #24
#33Clarence49US #25
#34Elmer49US #44
#35Louis46US #28
#36Leonard44US #39
#37Tony41US #136
#38Floyd39US #59
#39Herbert39US #40
#40Lawrence39US #38
#41Leo38US #49
#42Samuel38US #43
#43Jose37US #141
#44Stanley37US #37
#45Lloyd36US #58
#46Victor36US #68
#47Chester34US #53
#48Francis33US #34
#49Lee33US #82
#50Lester32US #62
#51Vernon32US #65
#52Daniel31US #51
#53Ray31US #69
#54Alfred30US #42
#55Russell30US #50
#56Gilbert29US #102
#57Melvin29US #56
#58Wayne29US #90
#59Glen28US #116
#60Leroy27US #55
#61Norman26US #48
#62Glenn25US #84
#63Leslie25US #105
#64Clyde24US #67
#65Sam24US #75
#66Alex23US #137
#67Edwin23US #52
#68Everett23US #93
#69Gordon23US #86
#70Harvey23US #85
#71Wilbur23US #98
#72Ben22US #126
#73Manuel22US #118
#74Alvin21US #76
#75Andrew21US #47
#76Bernard21US #45
#77Dale21US #112
#78Jesse21US #77
#79Marvin21US #63
#80Virgil21US #103
#81Bill20US #130
#82Philip20US #71
#83Roland20US #119
#84Benjamin19US #79
#85Cecil19US #78
#86Clifford19US #60
#87Marion19US #106
#88Don18US #145
#89Frederick18US #64
#90Maurice18US #108
#91Max18US #110
#92Tom18US #140
#93Warren18US #83
#94Gerald17US #70
#95Jess17
#96Mike17US #132
#97Orville17US #133
#98Theodore17US #54
#99Allen16US #101
#100Bob16

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑43Jose#43
↑37Lena#56
↑31Viola#45
↑28Leslie#63
↑27Stanley#44
↑25Norma#63
↑24Eleanor#25
↑24Beatrice#66

Falling

↓39Gerald#94
↓35Stella#92
↓35Clifford#86
↓35Frederick#89
↓26Charlotte#70
↓25Pearl#78
↓25Nellie#95
↓25Tom#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.