State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,126 Colorado births in 1921 across 536 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#70Peteoutside the national top 200
#78Lydia#197 nationally
#89Carmenoutside the national top 200
#76Della#187 nationally
#36Jose#132 nationally
#99Antonio#188 nationally
#41Maria#129 nationally
#49Tony#134 nationally
#65Mike#145 nationally
#83Keith#153 nationally
#95Jim#165 nationally
#46Manuel#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary627US #1
#2Dorothy380US #2
#3Helen312US #3
#4Margaret269US #4
#5Betty262US #8
#6Ruth220US #5
#7Frances161US #9
#8Marjorie155US #16
#9Virginia153US #6
#10Mildred139US #7
#11Elizabeth128US #10
#12Alice123US #15
#13Evelyn122US #12
#14Lois118US #38
#15Esther112US #42
#16Shirley100US #44
#17Rose99US #20
#18Josephine98US #28
#19Marie98US #14
#20Doris97US #13
#21Florence88US #17
#22Barbara85US #40
#23Irene85US #18
#24Anna82US #11
#25Hazel79US #34
#26Lucille79US #31
#27Edna74US #27
#28Martha70US #21
#29Thelma68US #30
#30Jean64US #25
#31Eleanor63US #29
#32Gladys62US #24
#33Emma61US #52
#34Pauline61US #37
#35Edith59US #33
#36Elsie59US #55
#37Lillian58US #19
#38Maxine57US #77
#39Bernice56US #39
#40Grace55US #35
#41Maria54US #129
#42Norma54US #51
#43Ruby54US #26
#44June51US #50
#45Eva48US #63
#46Phyllis48US #60
#47Vivian47US #68
#48Charlotte46US #79
#49Violet46US #81
#50Wilma46US #72
#51Clara45US #45
#52Juanita45US #57
#53Louise45US #22
#54Ethel44US #32
#55Katherine43US #49
#56Leona43US #92
#57Laura42US #71
#58Vera42US #76
#59Bertha41US #59
#60Mabel41US #85
#61Ellen40US #95
#62Agnes39US #56
#63Viola39US #66
#64Geraldine38US #62
#65Gertrude38US #46
#66Beatrice37US #41
#67Marian36US #69
#68Catherine35US #23
#69Audrey34US #82
#70Genevieve34US #90
#71Patricia34US #84
#72Ida33US #67
#73Kathryn33US #64
#74Opal33US #103
#75Ann32US #53
#76Della32US #187
#77Ella32US #89
#78Lydia32US #197
#79Marguerite32US #98
#80Julia31US #58
#81Lucy31US #93
#82Marion31US #43
#83Wanda31US #101
#84Jane30US #47
#85Eileen29US #100
#86Gloria29US #102
#87Mae29US #110
#88Alma27US #78
#89Carmen27
#90Jennie27US #99
#91Nellie27US #80
#92Elaine26US #97
#93Margie26US #106
#94Roberta26US #148
#95Sarah26US #54
#96Anne25US #70
#97Flora25US #156
#98Jeanne25US #109
#99Kathleen25US #83
#100Lorraine25US #61

Boys

#1Robert582US #2
#2John466US #1
#3William438US #3
#4James299US #4
#5Charles281US #5
#6George231US #6
#7Donald185US #13
#8Harold183US #12
#9Frank172US #9
#10Richard168US #10
#11Joe155US #36
#12Jack150US #18
#13Edward144US #8
#14Joseph140US #7
#15Raymond127US #16
#16Paul124US #14
#17Albert118US #20
#18Arthur110US #19
#19Kenneth106US #22
#20Ralph106US #23
#21Walter97US #15
#22Thomas95US #11
#23Fred87US #33
#24Harry87US #21
#25Henry87US #17
#26Warren82US #24
#27Eugene72US #26
#28Clarence69US #28
#29Roy67US #32
#30David65US #25
#31Louis64US #29
#32Carl63US #30
#33Ernest63US #38
#34Howard63US #27
#35Earl58US #31
#36Jose56US #132
#37Elmer54US #48
#38Leonard51US #39
#39Lawrence48US #37
#40Melvin47US #53
#41Lloyd46US #58
#42Alfred45US #43
#43Dale45US #93
#44Floyd44US #63
#45Francis43US #35
#46Manuel43US #113
#47Gerald40US #60
#48Russell40US #52
#49Tony40US #134
#50Lee38US #86
#51Norman38US #46
#52Edwin37US #54
#53Clyde36US #69
#54Ray35US #67
#55Victor35US #83
#56Vernon34US #68
#57Clifford33US #62
#58Glenn32US #80
#59Wayne32US #81
#60Andrew31US #51
#61Marvin31US #59
#62Herbert30US #42
#63Sam30US #85
#64Stanley30US #41
#65Mike29US #145
#66Alvin28US #73
#67Benjamin28US #82
#68Gordon28US #84
#69Lester28US #66
#70Pete27
#71Samuel26US #44
#72Willard26US #89
#73Daniel25US #49
#74Leo25US #50
#75Herman24US #64
#76Jesse24US #77
#77Ben23US #139
#78Wilbur23US #100
#79Anthony22US #40
#80Bernard22US #45
#81Bill22US #121
#82Glen22US #119
#83Keith22US #153
#84Lewis22US #71
#85Max22US #112
#86Theodore22US #65
#87Chester21US #56
#88Harvey21US #87
#89Gilbert20US #103
#90Leroy20US #55
#91Cecil19US #79
#92Edgar19US #90
#93Everett19US #95
#94Wallace19US #88
#95Jim18US #165
#96Martin18US #78
#97Vincent18US #70
#98Virgil18US #98
#99Antonio17US #188
#100Billy17US #109

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑36Russell#48
↑36Andrew#60
↑28Tony#49
↑26Alvin#66
↑25Mabel#60
↑25Norman#51
↑24Stanley#64
↑23Maria#41

Falling

↓33Jane#84
↓33Daniel#73
↓26Ann#75
↓26Herman#75
↓23Louise#53
↓23Glen#82
↓22Lorraine#100
↓22Leo#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.