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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,085 Colorado births in 1920 across 529 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#51Peteoutside the national top 200
#90Juanoutside the national top 200
#77Della#183 nationally
#82Lydia#185 nationally
#98Dean#180 nationally
#100Ivan#179 nationally
#54Jose#130 nationally
#99Fern#170 nationally
#64Maria#130 nationally
#59Glen#122 nationally
#69Tom#131 nationally
#57Manuel#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary576US #1
#2Dorothy377US #2
#3Helen336US #3
#4Margaret237US #4
#5Ruth218US #5
#6Betty211US #11
#7Virginia192US #7
#8Frances169US #9
#9Mildred135US #6
#10Evelyn114US #12
#11Elizabeth111US #8
#12Doris110US #14
#13Marjorie107US #24
#14Alice104US #15
#15Anna100US #10
#16Esther98US #39
#17Rose98US #20
#18Florence87US #16
#19Irene86US #17
#20Lois84US #38
#21Marie83US #13
#22Barbara78US #47
#23Josephine78US #28
#24Edith77US #32
#25Grace75US #37
#26Pauline74US #36
#27Ruby73US #26
#28Thelma73US #31
#29Hazel71US #34
#30Louise71US #19
#31Elsie70US #51
#32Lillian70US #18
#33Gladys69US #22
#34Shirley68US #56
#35Martha66US #23
#36Eleanor65US #25
#37Lucille62US #29
#38Edna61US #27
#39Jean58US #33
#40Wilma58US #78
#41June56US #53
#42Bernice55US #40
#43Clara55US #44
#44Eva54US #58
#45Emma53US #46
#46Ethel52US #30
#47Maxine52US #81
#48Juanita50US #61
#49Ann48US #49
#50Catherine47US #21
#51Jane45US #48
#52Geraldine44US #60
#53Viola43US #59
#54Marian41US #73
#55Charlotte40US #79
#56Phyllis40US #72
#57Agnes38US #54
#58Katherine38US #45
#59Vera38US #75
#60Ida37US #66
#61Marion36US #43
#62Bertha35US #57
#63Gertrude35US #42
#64Maria35US #130
#65Norma35US #69
#66Patricia34US #104
#67Vivian34US #64
#68Genevieve33US #86
#69Violet33US #77
#70Laura32US #63
#71Leona32US #89
#72Ella31US #88
#73Nellie31US #76
#74Beatrice30US #41
#75Marguerite30US #93
#76Stella30US #82
#77Della29US #183
#78Lorraine29US #70
#79Eileen28US #100
#80Elaine28US #107
#81Kathryn28US #67
#82Lydia28US #185
#83Velma28US #105
#84Julia27US #55
#85Mabel27US #83
#86Opal27US #101
#87Pearl27US #62
#88Sarah27US #50
#89Alma26US #80
#90Annie26US #35
#91Myrtle26US #68
#92Sylvia26US #85
#93Anne24US #65
#94Beulah24US #109
#95Georgia24US #113
#96Jessie24US #84
#97Lucy24US #94
#98Verna24US #135
#99Fern23US #170
#100Flora23US #149

Boys

#1Robert479US #3
#2John469US #1
#3William405US #2
#4James298US #4
#5Charles242US #5
#6George202US #6
#7Harold171US #12
#8Frank156US #9
#9Edward145US #8
#10Richard143US #10
#11Joe140US #35
#12Donald138US #16
#13Jack137US #20
#14Joseph137US #7
#15Raymond134US #15
#16Albert111US #19
#17Paul104US #14
#18Fred94US #33
#19Thomas94US #11
#20Walter91US #13
#21Ralph88US #22
#22Harry86US #21
#23Henry84US #17
#24Kenneth84US #23
#25David83US #25
#26Arthur80US #18
#27Clarence77US #26
#28Ernest67US #37
#29Howard63US #24
#30Carl62US #27
#31Roy62US #32
#32Leonard60US #38
#33Earl54US #31
#34Lawrence54US #36
#35Floyd52US #61
#36Louis52US #28
#37Elmer51US #45
#38Eugene46US #30
#39Victor46US #81
#40Daniel45US #52
#41Glenn43US #80
#42Clyde42US #68
#43Lee42US #82
#44Ray41US #67
#45Warren41US #39
#46Herbert40US #41
#47Lloyd40US #58
#48Vernon39US #65
#49Herman37US #66
#50Gerald36US #64
#51Pete36
#52Leo35US #48
#53Alfred34US #42
#54Jose34US #130
#55Marvin34US #62
#56Dale33US #105
#57Manuel33US #118
#58Francis32US #34
#59Glen32US #122
#60Melvin32US #54
#61Edwin31US #53
#62Samuel31US #44
#63Bill29US #121
#64Sam29US #84
#65Wayne29US #86
#66Anthony26US #43
#67Benjamin26US #83
#68Chester26US #55
#69Tom26US #131
#70Leroy25US #56
#71Wilbur25US #98
#72Bernard24US #46
#73Clifford24US #59
#74Theodore24US #63
#75Willard24US #88
#76Norman23US #47
#77Tony23US #136
#78Cecil22US #77
#79Everett22US #95
#80Gilbert22US #97
#81Leslie22US #110
#82Max22US #112
#83Orville22US #134
#84Russell22US #51
#85Frederick21US #60
#86Lester21US #69
#87Philip21US #71
#88Stanley21US #40
#89Harvey20US #87
#90Juan20
#91Milton20US #74
#92Alvin19US #76
#93Ben19US #137
#94Lewis19US #72
#95Virgil19US #101
#96Andrew18US #49
#97Claude18US #92
#98Dean18US #180
#99Homer18US #100
#100Ivan18US #179

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑48Warren#45
↑44Gerald#50
↑30Marian#54
↑28Ella#72
↑25Marion#61
↑24Marvin#55
↑24Theodore#74
↑23Tom#69

Falling

↓44Stanley#88
↓40Tony#77
↓36Lester#86
↓29Russell#84
↓25Fern#99
↓24Gilbert#80
↓21Chester#68
↓21Ben#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.