State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,653 Colorado births in 1923 across 540 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#57Peteoutside the national top 200
#74Della#192 nationally
#58Bob#164 nationally
#46Tony#150 nationally
#98Carmenoutside the national top 200
#100Rexoutside the national top 200
#44Maria#133 nationally
#39Jose#127 nationally
#61Keith#145 nationally
#74Delbert#156 nationally
#86Dean#153 nationally
#73Carol#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary626US #1
#2Dorothy374US #2
#3Betty338US #5
#4Helen314US #3
#5Margaret231US #4
#6Ruth195US #6
#7Virginia171US #7
#8Alice138US #15
#9Frances132US #10
#10Marjorie122US #16
#11Elizabeth112US #9
#12Mildred112US #8
#13Shirley112US #26
#14Josephine98US #30
#15Doris97US #11
#16Evelyn95US #12
#17Barbara93US #33
#18Lois92US #27
#19Marie81US #14
#20Esther80US #47
#21Eleanor76US #28
#22Rose76US #23
#23Edith74US #36
#24Lucille73US #35
#25Edna70US #32
#26Irene70US #17
#27Florence69US #18
#28Anna66US #13
#29Patricia65US #56
#30Pauline64US #37
#31Jean63US #19
#32Juanita63US #51
#33Martha63US #21
#34Phyllis62US #45
#35Maxine60US #76
#36Norma60US #41
#37Wilma60US #74
#38Ethel59US #38
#39June59US #42
#40Louise59US #22
#41Elsie58US #61
#42Clara51US #49
#43Catherine50US #24
#44Maria50US #133
#45Thelma49US #31
#46Emma47US #53
#47Lillian45US #20
#48Ruby45US #25
#49Viola45US #79
#50Gladys44US #29
#51Grace43US #39
#52Katherine43US #60
#53Bernice42US #43
#54Lucy42US #92
#55Julia41US #62
#56Vera40US #82
#57Hazel39US #40
#58Jeanne39US #90
#59Wanda38US #80
#60Charlotte37US #77
#61Bertha35US #64
#62Geraldine35US #58
#63Leona35US #100
#64Violet35US #86
#65Gertrude34US #59
#66Ida34US #68
#67Gloria33US #48
#68Lorraine33US #57
#69Marguerite31US #115
#70Opal31US #113
#71Stella31US #96
#72Beatrice30US #46
#73Carol30US #139
#74Della30US #192
#75Ellen30US #103
#76Eva30US #66
#77Marian30US #65
#78Nellie29US #88
#79Agnes28US #63
#80Ann28US #52
#81Jennie28US #107
#82Sylvia28US #98
#83Vivian28US #69
#84Dora27US #136
#85Jane27US #55
#86Eileen26US #95
#87Genevieve26US #97
#88Lena26US #108
#89Kathleen25US #70
#90Roberta25US #152
#91Sarah25US #54
#92Velma25US #116
#93Arlene24US #127
#94Bette24US #148
#95Beverly24US #144
#96Dolores24US #83
#97Kathryn24US #72
#98Carmen23
#99Joyce23US #104
#100Laura23US #73

Boys

#1Robert575US #2
#2John506US #1
#3William394US #3
#4James273US #4
#5Charles257US #5
#6George221US #6
#7Donald185US #10
#8Richard184US #9
#9Harold172US #13
#10Frank171US #11
#11Joe158US #35
#12Joseph153US #7
#13Jack145US #17
#14Albert131US #20
#15Edward129US #8
#16Paul125US #14
#17Kenneth124US #21
#18Thomas105US #12
#19Raymond104US #15
#20Walter96US #16
#21Arthur95US #19
#22Harry80US #22
#23Ralph79US #23
#24David76US #24
#25Eugene76US #25
#26Fred73US #33
#27Roy71US #32
#28Ernest68US #38
#29Henry67US #18
#30Carl64US #28
#31Louis63US #27
#32Lawrence61US #36
#33Clarence56US #29
#34Howard55US #26
#35Earl50US #31
#36Elmer50US #57
#37Lloyd50US #59
#38Dale49US #90
#39Jose48US #127
#40Alfred45US #42
#41Warren44US #43
#42Leo43US #49
#43Melvin41US #48
#44Daniel40US #47
#45Leonard40US #37
#46Tony40US #150
#47Wayne40US #75
#48Ray38US #61
#49Manuel37US #114
#50Stanley37US #41
#51Theodore36US #62
#52Clifford35US #65
#53Gerald35US #54
#54Herbert35US #40
#55Marvin35US #51
#56Norman35US #44
#57Pete35
#58Bob34US #164
#59Floyd34US #64
#60Glenn33US #84
#61Keith33US #145
#62Cecil31US #87
#63Clyde31US #68
#64Wallace31US #69
#65Gordon30US #76
#66Everett29US #99
#67Lee29US #85
#68Leroy29US #55
#69Virgil29US #100
#70Anthony28US #39
#71Philip28US #70
#72Alvin27US #73
#73Bill27US #98
#74Delbert27US #156
#75Francis27US #34
#76Leslie27US #112
#77Milton27US #81
#78Billy26US #78
#79Edwin26US #56
#80Sam26US #89
#81Gilbert25US #102
#82Samuel25US #45
#83Bernard24US #46
#84Bruce24US #135
#85Vernon24US #67
#86Dean23US #153
#87Victor23US #88
#88Russell22US #52
#89Benjamin21US #86
#90Glen21US #121
#91Herman21US #66
#92Ben20US #148
#93Calvin20US #82
#94Don20US #130
#95Lester20US #71
#96Wilbur20US #105
#97Frederick19US #60
#98Gene19US #140
#99Lewis19US #74
#100Rex19

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑42Stanley#50
↑35Cecil#62
↑30Julia#55
↑23Tony#46
↑23Philip#71
↑22Pete#57
↑21Carol#73
↑18Warren#41

Falling

↓41Vernon#85
↓37Edwin#79
↓31Agnes#79
↓30Russell#88
↓27Eva#76
↓25Victor#87
↓25Frederick#97
↓24Francis#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.