State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,357 Colorado births in 1926 across 520 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#80Peteoutside the national top 200
#38Tony#157 nationally
#91Felixoutside the national top 200
#92Della#196 nationally
#99Dickoutside the national top 200
#31Jose#125 nationally
#33Maria#115 nationally
#90Mike#170 nationally
#66Jim#143 nationally
#78Ben#155 nationally
#60Roberta#135 nationally
#93Flora#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary542US #1
#2Betty385US #3
#3Dorothy325US #2
#4Helen203US #4
#5Margaret200US #5
#6Shirley181US #14
#7Ruth159US #6
#8Barbara134US #16
#9Virginia130US #8
#10Lois124US #19
#11Doris117US #7
#12Frances110US #10
#13Marjorie88US #22
#14Alice86US #17
#15Rose85US #25
#16Mildred83US #9
#17Patricia83US #23
#18Esther76US #62
#19Evelyn75US #13
#20Jean75US #12
#21Phyllis72US #33
#22Anna70US #15
#23Irene69US #21
#24Lillian68US #28
#25Elizabeth67US #11
#26Marie66US #18
#27Josephine63US #37
#28Pauline62US #39
#29Eleanor58US #32
#30June58US #40
#31Norma56US #29
#32Gloria54US #20
#33Maria54US #115
#34Martha54US #24
#35Wilma52US #67
#36Viola51US #97
#37Edna48US #38
#38Florence48US #26
#39Dolores46US #49
#40Louise46US #27
#41Lucille46US #43
#42Maxine46US #85
#43Vera45US #84
#44Charlotte44US #78
#45Elsie44US #69
#46Hazel44US #48
#47Edith43US #42
#48Emma43US #59
#49Eva43US #79
#50Geraldine43US #54
#51Juanita43US #52
#52Bernice42US #45
#53Beverly42US #74
#54Ruby42US #30
#55Wanda41US #66
#56Bonnie40US #105
#57Ethel39US #41
#58Julia38US #75
#59Lorraine38US #53
#60Roberta37US #135
#61Thelma37US #36
#62Violet36US #94
#63Grace35US #46
#64Donna34US #90
#65Laura34US #81
#66Ann33US #55
#67Joan33US #51
#68Stella33US #121
#69Bertha32US #76
#70Carol32US #113
#71Ellen32US #100
#72Gladys32US #35
#73Ida32US #82
#74Georgia31US #116
#75Joyce31US #44
#76Marian31US #70
#77Elaine30US #68
#78Jennie30US #132
#79Leona30US #112
#80Lucy29US #106
#81Peggy29US #104
#82Agnes28US #77
#83Dora28US #140
#84Jeanne28US #88
#85Nellie28US #102
#86Beatrice27US #58
#87Jane27US #56
#88Marilyn27US #65
#89Velma27US #124
#90Rita26US #50
#91Clara25US #61
#92Della25US #196
#93Flora25US #168
#94Genevieve25US #128
#95Jacqueline25US #119
#96Katherine25US #72
#97Kathryn25US #87
#98Bette24US #166
#99Gertrude24US #71
#100Sarah24US #63

Boys

#1Robert576US #1
#2John425US #2
#3William339US #4
#4James301US #3
#5Charles254US #5
#6Donald228US #9
#7George215US #6
#8Richard198US #7
#9Jack158US #16
#10Joe144US #33
#11Harold134US #14
#12Edward131US #10
#13Frank131US #12
#14Kenneth123US #18
#15Paul105US #13
#16Raymond104US #15
#17Joseph98US #8
#18Albert97US #21
#19Thomas93US #11
#20Arthur92US #20
#21Harry84US #25
#22Ralph81US #24
#23David79US #22
#24Fred78US #31
#25Eugene64US #23
#26Louis59US #30
#27Roy59US #34
#28Henry57US #19
#29Walter57US #17
#30Bill53US #74
#31Jose52US #125
#32Ernest50US #37
#33Howard49US #27
#34Carl48US #26
#35Gerald48US #41
#36Bob46US #102
#37Dale44US #84
#38Tony44US #157
#39Melvin43US #47
#40Marvin42US #50
#41Lawrence41US #36
#42Daniel40US #46
#43Leonard39US #38
#44Earl38US #32
#45Gilbert38US #101
#46Stanley37US #43
#47Elmer36US #61
#48Wayne36US #68
#49Glenn35US #75
#50Leo35US #54
#51Norman35US #39
#52Floyd34US #53
#53Manuel34US #120
#54Ray34US #57
#55Clifford33US #62
#56Lee33US #85
#57Leroy33US #51
#58Billy32US #40
#59Lloyd32US #60
#60Alfred31US #45
#61Edwin31US #55
#62Theodore30US #63
#63Calvin29US #65
#64Don29US #96
#65Glen29US #121
#66Jim28US #143
#67Clarence27US #29
#68Dean27US #139
#69Francis26US #35
#70Tom26US #138
#71Vernon26US #66
#72Victor26US #94
#73Warren26US #71
#74Keith25US #148
#75Ronald25US #88
#76Russell25US #52
#77Sam25US #92
#78Ben24US #155
#79Johnny24US #136
#80Pete24
#81Samuel24US #48
#82Wilbur24US #122
#83Benjamin23US #98
#84Gene23US #91
#85Gordon23US #76
#86Max23US #137
#87Philip23US #70
#88Anthony22US #42
#89Jimmie22US #115
#90Mike22US #170
#91Felix21
#92Herbert21US #44
#93Alvin20US #72
#94Everett20US #119
#95Wallace20US #95
#96Lyle19US #152
#97Bernard18US #49
#98Cecil18US #86
#99Dick18
#100Harvey18US #90

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑33Violet#62
↑29Dolores#39
↑29Tony#38
↑27Don#64
↑26Tom#70
↑25Geraldine#50
↑25Ellen#71
↑24Wanda#55

Falling

↓54Herbert#92
↓33Gladys#72
↓33Clara#91
↓33Mike#90
↓30Clarence#67
↓26Marilyn#88
↓26Katherine#96
↓26Harvey#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.