State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,655 Colorado births in 1927 across 529 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
#82Juan#192 nationally
#53Tony#153 nationally
#89Larry#176 nationally
#98Mike#180 nationally
#97Leland#177 nationally
#73Phillip#152 nationally
#36Jose#112 nationally
#40Manuel#116 nationally
#82Lola#154 nationally
#29Bob#100 nationally
#95Delbert#159 nationally

Girls

#1Mary512US #1
#2Betty460US #3
#3Dorothy296US #2
#4Helen217US #4
#5Shirley208US #9
#6Margaret186US #5
#7Ruth159US #6
#8Barbara154US #10
#9Virginia140US #8
#10Evelyn108US #15
#11Doris104US #7
#12Frances101US #12
#13Patricia101US #18
#14Marjorie98US #25
#15Alice96US #17
#16Lois93US #19
#17Rose85US #23
#18Norma84US #26
#19Marie81US #20
#20Josephine78US #39
#21Jean76US #14
#22Mildred72US #11
#23Phyllis71US #29
#24Irene67US #21
#25Eleanor64US #33
#26Anna63US #16
#27Elizabeth62US #13
#28Wilma59US #68
#29Ruby57US #30
#30Gloria56US #22
#31Lucille56US #45
#32Martha56US #24
#33Beverly55US #57
#34Esther55US #65
#35Dolores52US #34
#36Edith52US #48
#37Lillian51US #32
#38Edna50US #40
#39Maxine50US #87
#40Elsie49US #72
#41Joyce49US #35
#42Julia49US #76
#43Viola49US #101
#44Florence48US #28
#45Maria48US #107
#46Pauline47US #42
#47Joan45US #41
#48Charlotte44US #75
#49Donna44US #70
#50Louise42US #27
#51Emma41US #64
#52Lucy41US #112
#53Bonnie40US #100
#54Clara39US #63
#55Grace39US #50
#56June39US #43
#57Katherine39US #73
#58Lorraine39US #44
#59Elaine38US #69
#60Marilyn38US #46
#61Geraldine37US #58
#62Hazel37US #53
#63Catherine36US #31
#64Eva36US #79
#65Bertha35US #80
#66Ida35US #84
#67Juanita35US #55
#68Stella35US #123
#69Thelma35US #38
#70Eileen34US #91
#71Marian34US #74
#72Wanda34US #66
#73Ann33US #59
#74Ellen33US #93
#75Ethel33US #47
#76Laura33US #82
#77Jennie30US #135
#78Dora29US #140
#79Roberta29US #122
#80Vivian29US #77
#81Leona28US #121
#82Lola28US #154
#83Nancy28US #56
#84Vera28US #89
#85Alma27US #97
#86Audrey27US #62
#87Beatrice27US #67
#88Gladys27US #37
#89Margie27US #104
#90Agnes26US #81
#91Bernice26US #49
#92Peggy26US #96
#93Rosemary25US #86
#94Carol24US #106
#95Cora24US #158
#96Marion24US #51
#97Nellie24US #105
#98Georgia23US #120
#99Jane23US #60
#100Kathryn23US #90

Boys

#1Robert538US #1
#2John431US #2
#3William359US #4
#4James294US #3
#5Donald275US #8
#6Charles238US #5
#7Richard213US #6
#8George202US #7
#9Harold154US #14
#10Joe148US #30
#11Jack125US #16
#12Joseph119US #9
#13Frank113US #12
#14Edward110US #10
#15Paul104US #13
#16Raymond87US #15
#17Kenneth83US #18
#18Albert81US #23
#19Arthur80US #22
#20David77US #21
#21Thomas77US #11
#22Eugene75US #20
#23Harry74US #25
#24Walter74US #17
#25Ralph73US #24
#26Bill72US #69
#27Fred66US #35
#28Henry63US #19
#29Bob59US #100
#30Howard59US #28
#31Roy58US #34
#32Gerald57US #38
#33Lawrence57US #37
#34Carl56US #26
#35Ernest55US #41
#36Jose55US #112
#37Louis54US #29
#38Wayne51US #67
#39Elmer50US #61
#40Manuel48US #116
#41Leo46US #55
#42Dale43US #81
#43Floyd43US #53
#44Lloyd42US #58
#45Melvin42US #48
#46Norman42US #39
#47Clarence40US #32
#48Lee40US #86
#49Don39US #90
#50Gene39US #72
#51Earl38US #33
#52Ray38US #60
#53Tony38US #153
#54Vernon38US #71
#55Billy36US #31
#56Gilbert36US #99
#57Leroy36US #51
#58Daniel34US #46
#59Leonard34US #40
#60Marvin34US #47
#61Glenn32US #76
#62Ronald32US #63
#63Glen31US #115
#64Sam31US #102
#65Stanley30US #44
#66Francis29US #36
#67Herbert29US #42
#68Russell29US #54
#69Alfred28US #45
#70Pete28
#71Alvin27US #66
#72Everett27US #120
#73Phillip27US #152
#74Victor27US #98
#75Clifford26US #65
#76Tom26US #138
#77Edwin25US #57
#78Lewis25US #82
#79Max25US #142
#80Anthony24US #43
#81Jim24US #136
#82Juan23US #192
#83Samuel23US #49
#84Theodore23US #62
#85Warren23US #79
#86Herman21US #70
#87Jerry21US #93
#88Johnny21US #132
#89Larry21US #176
#90Philip21US #75
#91Cecil20US #92
#92Dean20US #133
#93Bobby19US #91
#94Clyde19US #68
#95Delbert19US #159
#96Harvey19US #94
#97Leland19US #177
#98Mike19US #180
#99Allen18US #95
#100Bernard18US #50

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑39Katherine#57
↑37Clara#54
↑34Joyce#41
↑34Gene#50
↑28Lucy#52
↑28Marilyn#60
↑25Ruby#29
↑25Herbert#67

Falling

↓41Vera#84
↓39Bernice#91
↓26June#56
↓24Carol#94
↓24Georgia#98
↓24Dean#92
↓22Theodore#84
↓20Marvin#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.