State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,888 Colorado births in 1922 across 532 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#79Peteoutside the national top 200
#39Jose#131 nationally
#51Maria#132 nationally
#86Delbert#162 nationally
#88Mike#163 nationally
#89Bette#160 nationally
#69Tony#137 nationally
#52Manuel#119 nationally
#94Carol#158 nationally
#25Maxine#82 nationally
#90Lyle#146 nationally
#81Don#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary612US #1
#2Dorothy346US #2
#3Betty329US #6
#4Helen313US #3
#5Margaret266US #4
#6Ruth195US #5
#7Virginia178US #7
#8Frances135US #10
#9Marjorie134US #16
#10Mildred131US #8
#11Doris118US #11
#12Rose112US #23
#13Alice110US #15
#14Evelyn110US #13
#15Shirley103US #39
#16Barbara101US #40
#17Josephine97US #27
#18Marie95US #14
#19Lois94US #35
#20Elizabeth92US #9
#21Esther90US #44
#22Anna82US #12
#23Jean76US #20
#24June75US #45
#25Maxine75US #82
#26Edith73US #34
#27Irene72US #17
#28Eleanor71US #28
#29Ethel71US #32
#30Florence69US #18
#31Lucille69US #33
#32Louise67US #22
#33Martha67US #21
#34Thelma65US #31
#35Elsie63US #59
#36Lillian63US #19
#37Juanita59US #57
#38Edna57US #29
#39Gladys57US #25
#40Phyllis57US #53
#41Norma54US #46
#42Clara53US #47
#43Patricia53US #69
#44Pauline53US #36
#45Ruby53US #26
#46Vera52US #79
#47Viola50US #72
#48Agnes49US #62
#49Eva48US #64
#50Charlotte47US #76
#51Maria47US #132
#52Grace45US #38
#53Wilma45US #77
#54Catherine43US #24
#55Katherine42US #54
#56Lorraine42US #56
#57Bertha41US #63
#58Hazel41US #37
#59Leona40US #101
#60Emma39US #50
#61Violet39US #86
#62Ann36US #49
#63Bernice36US #41
#64Jennie36US #105
#65Marian36US #67
#66Gertrude35US #48
#67Stella35US #88
#68Geraldine34US #58
#69Lucy34US #93
#70Velma34US #113
#71Marguerite33US #106
#72Jeanne32US #97
#73Nellie32US #83
#74Wanda32US #92
#75Eileen31US #96
#76Ida31US #65
#77Kathryn31US #73
#78Beatrice30US #43
#79Laura30US #68
#80Mabel30US #99
#81Opal30US #108
#82Sarah30US #51
#83Vivian30US #74
#84Myrtle29US #75
#85Julia28US #60
#86Ellen27US #95
#87Pearl27US #71
#88Annie26US #30
#89Bette26US #160
#90Genevieve26US #98
#91Kathleen26US #80
#92Margie26US #100
#93Alma25US #84
#94Carol25US #158
#95Cora25US #140
#96Roberta25US #150
#97Verna25US #146
#98Dolores24US #104
#99Anne23US #66
#100Elaine23US #102

Boys

#1Robert533US #2
#2John514US #1
#3William414US #3
#4James314US #4
#5Charles280US #5
#6George231US #6
#7Donald188US #12
#8Edward182US #8
#9Harold172US #13
#10Frank165US #10
#11Jack148US #18
#12Richard146US #9
#13Joe140US #35
#14Joseph121US #7
#15Kenneth119US #21
#16Albert113US #20
#17Paul111US #14
#18Raymond106US #16
#19Harry102US #22
#20Thomas95US #11
#21Arthur87US #19
#22Eugene87US #25
#23Walter86US #15
#24David85US #24
#25Ralph84US #23
#26Fred79US #33
#27Henry76US #17
#28Roy75US #32
#29Clarence71US #29
#30Howard70US #26
#31Carl64US #30
#32Louis64US #27
#33Leonard63US #38
#34Ernest56US #37
#35Elmer54US #54
#36Alfred52US #42
#37Earl52US #31
#38Lloyd52US #59
#39Jose51US #131
#40Gerald48US #58
#41Lawrence47US #36
#42Edwin44US #52
#43Glenn44US #79
#44Vernon44US #68
#45Norman42US #44
#46Ray42US #65
#47Melvin40US #50
#48Dale39US #89
#49Leo39US #51
#50Floyd37US #61
#51Francis37US #34
#52Manuel37US #119
#53Marvin37US #56
#54Daniel36US #47
#55Lee36US #83
#56Leroy36US #55
#57Bill35US #104
#58Russell35US #49
#59Warren35US #45
#60Wayne34US #78
#61Theodore33US #62
#62Victor33US #86
#63Herbert32US #40
#64Samuel32US #43
#65Clifford31US #63
#66Max31US #117
#67Clyde30US #67
#68Everett30US #98
#69Tony30US #137
#70Alvin27US #73
#71Bernard27US #46
#72Frederick27US #60
#73Lester27US #69
#74Gilbert26US #100
#75Benjamin25US #82
#76Glen25US #123
#77Gordon25US #76
#78Lewis25US #75
#79Pete25
#80Wilbur25US #102
#81Don24US #136
#82Harvey24US #88
#83Virgil24US #99
#84Billy23US #90
#85Sam22US #84
#86Delbert21US #162
#87Maurice21US #103
#88Mike21US #163
#89Leslie20US #114
#90Lyle20US #146
#91Martin20US #80
#92Stanley20US #41
#93Herman19US #66
#94Philip19US #70
#95Allen18US #95
#96Ben18US #139
#97Cecil18US #85
#98Claude18US #97
#99Homer18US #108
#100Hugh18US #120

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑44Lorraine#56
↑34Leroy#56
↑28Patricia#43
↑26Jennie#64
↑26Jeanne#72
↑25Ethel#29
↑25Leo#49
↑25Theodore#61

Falling

↓36Vivian#83
↓33Hazel#58
↓33Warren#59
↓28Stanley#92
↓27Emma#60
↓25Ellen#86
↓24Bernice#63
↓23Mike#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.