State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,020 Colorado births in 1924 across 553 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#68Peteoutside the national top 200
#49Tony#156 nationally
#89Juan#190 nationally
#54Bob#142 nationally
#45Jose#128 nationally
#56Peggy#133 nationally
#65Dora#139 nationally
#90Alex#162 nationally
#48Maria#119 nationally
#81Bette#151 nationally
#81Tom#149 nationally
#84Keith#150 nationally

Girls

#1Mary551US #1
#2Betty425US #4
#3Dorothy356US #2
#4Helen284US #3
#5Margaret213US #5
#6Virginia199US #7
#7Ruth181US #6
#8Shirley161US #19
#9Frances148US #10
#10Evelyn127US #12
#11Elizabeth115US #11
#12Alice111US #15
#13Mildred110US #8
#14Lois107US #22
#15Barbara105US #28
#16Rose101US #25
#17Marjorie100US #17
#18Josephine94US #34
#19Doris92US #9
#20Jean91US #16
#21Anna90US #13
#22Patricia82US #35
#23Marie80US #14
#24Esther79US #51
#25Norma75US #40
#26Lillian73US #23
#27Irene70US #18
#28Florence67US #20
#29Thelma65US #33
#30Eleanor64US #29
#31Louise64US #24
#32Pauline64US #38
#33Phyllis63US #44
#34Wilma61US #67
#35Edith60US #36
#36Martha59US #21
#37Maxine58US #77
#38Ruby58US #26
#39June53US #45
#40Edna52US #31
#41Gladys52US #30
#42Juanita50US #48
#43Elsie49US #61
#44Catherine48US #27
#45Katherine46US #59
#46Lucille46US #37
#47Bernice45US #47
#48Maria45US #119
#49Emma43US #57
#50Ethel43US #39
#51Violet43US #88
#52Bertha42US #65
#53Grace42US #43
#54Hazel42US #42
#55Viola42US #82
#56Peggy41US #133
#57Clara39US #56
#58Gloria38US #41
#59Agnes37US #63
#60Charlotte37US #80
#61Eva37US #66
#62Geraldine37US #58
#63Stella36US #105
#64Velma36US #123
#65Dora35US #139
#66Julia35US #62
#67Wanda35US #74
#68Jennie34US #111
#69Kathryn34US #81
#70Lucy34US #98
#71Margie34US #102
#72Ida33US #70
#73Marian33US #64
#74Vera33US #85
#75Genevieve32US #107
#76Eileen30US #93
#77Gertrude28US #60
#78Lorraine28US #52
#79Nellie28US #92
#80Pearl28US #78
#81Bette27US #151
#82Bonnie27US #117
#83Ellen27US #99
#84Leona27US #103
#85Alma26US #87
#86Beverly26US #121
#87Carol26US #132
#88Jane26US #53
#89Nancy26US #69
#90Ann25US #55
#91Dolores25US #75
#92Donna25US #131
#93Elaine25US #73
#94Jessie25US #91
#95Laura25US #72
#96Marguerite25US #125
#97Vivian25US #71
#98Beulah24US #138
#99Opal24US #120
#100Rosemary24US #106

Boys

#1Robert619US #1
#2John424US #2
#3William379US #3
#4James303US #4
#5Charles266US #5
#6George246US #6
#7Donald202US #10
#8Richard174US #8
#9Frank169US #12
#10Harold161US #13
#11Joe160US #35
#12Joseph159US #7
#13Jack150US #17
#14Edward149US #9
#15Paul117US #14
#16Kenneth115US #19
#17Albert103US #21
#18Raymond101US #15
#19Fred96US #32
#20Walter92US #16
#21David91US #24
#22Thomas91US #11
#23Harry86US #22
#24Arthur82US #20
#25Louis80US #28
#26Ralph77US #23
#27Henry74US #18
#28Howard71US #26
#29Clarence67US #29
#30Roy67US #31
#31Ernest63US #37
#32Earl61US #33
#33Eugene61US #25
#34Lawrence60US #36
#35Carl58US #27
#36Norman54US #42
#37Gerald53US #49
#38Ray52US #60
#39Marvin49US #50
#40Gilbert48US #100
#41Floyd45US #66
#42Leo44US #51
#43Dale43US #84
#44Edwin43US #55
#45Jose43US #128
#46Leonard43US #38
#47Alfred41US #43
#48Calvin41US #44
#49Tony41US #156
#50Lloyd40US #61
#51Melvin40US #48
#52Wayne40US #74
#53Herbert39US #41
#54Bob37US #142
#55Manuel36US #108
#56Lee34US #83
#57Francis33US #34
#58Gordon33US #75
#59Vernon33US #68
#60Bill32US #92
#61Billy32US #63
#62Clyde32US #69
#63Victor32US #90
#64Alvin31US #73
#65Glen31US #118
#66Glenn31US #79
#67Leroy31US #53
#68Pete31
#69Warren31US #58
#70Sam30US #91
#71Daniel29US #47
#72Elmer29US #57
#73Stanley29US #40
#74Lester28US #72
#75Philip28US #71
#76Clifford27US #64
#77Don27US #125
#78Harvey27US #88
#79Max27US #126
#80Samuel27US #45
#81Tom24US #149
#82Virgil24US #111
#83Jerry23US #123
#84Keith23US #150
#85Russell23US #52
#86Andrew22US #56
#87Ben22US #141
#88Claude22US #103
#89Juan22US #190
#90Alex21US #162
#91Bernard21US #46
#92Dean21US #144
#93Everett21US #104
#94Gene21US #135
#95Martin21US #82
#96Roger21US #93
#97Theodore20US #65
#98Cecil19US #85
#99Lewis19US #77
#100Marion19US #112

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑45Calvin#48
↑41Gilbert#40
↑35Edwin#44
↑28Velma#64
↑28Kathryn#69
↑26Vernon#59
↑25Glen#65
↑24Victor#63

Falling

↓46Theodore#97
↓36Elmer#72
↓36Cecil#98
↓29Opal#99
↓28Warren#69
↓27Marguerite#96
↓27Daniel#71
↓27Everett#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.