State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,007 Colorado births in 1928 across 533 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#71Peteoutside the national top 200
#53Tony#160 nationally
#92Flora#173 nationally
#92Dick#172 nationally
#30Maria#105 nationally
#36Manuel#111 nationally
#91Dan#164 nationally
#97Juan#170 nationally
#55Roberta#127 nationally
#38Jose#108 nationally
#80Phillip#149 nationally
#29Bob#95 nationally

Girls

#1Mary539US #1
#2Betty440US #2
#3Dorothy257US #3
#4Shirley254US #10
#5Barbara185US #8
#6Ruth174US #6
#7Margaret161US #5
#8Helen159US #4
#9Virginia158US #9
#10Doris116US #7
#11Frances116US #13
#12Patricia114US #11
#13Alice104US #19
#14Marjorie104US #29
#15Phyllis90US #26
#16Lois89US #18
#17Jean84US #12
#18Rose84US #24
#19Evelyn76US #17
#20Norma75US #23
#21Beverly73US #46
#22Mildred71US #15
#23Dolores69US #20
#24Donna61US #61
#25Elizabeth60US #14
#26Esther59US #66
#27Josephine59US #42
#28Irene58US #28
#29Juanita57US #58
#30Maria57US #105
#31Wilma56US #69
#32Marie55US #21
#33Gloria54US #25
#34Joan54US #27
#35Edna53US #45
#36Eleanor53US #36
#37Joyce53US #30
#38Ruby53US #34
#39Lillian52US #35
#40Louise52US #31
#41Martha52US #22
#42Viola52US #103
#43Anna51US #16
#44June50US #44
#45Lucille48US #51
#46Pauline46US #48
#47Carol45US #77
#48Wanda45US #63
#49Bonnie44US #89
#50Charlotte44US #72
#51Florence44US #32
#52Maxine44US #84
#53Geraldine42US #50
#54Lucy40US #112
#55Roberta40US #127
#56Thelma40US #40
#57Elsie39US #73
#58Grace39US #52
#59Eva38US #79
#60Gladys37US #41
#61Marilyn37US #38
#62Vera37US #92
#63Bernice36US #53
#64Elaine36US #68
#65Hazel36US #59
#66Edith35US #56
#67Lorraine35US #39
#68Bertha34US #81
#69Jacqueline34US #97
#70Ramona34US #117
#71Marian33US #71
#72Clara32US #65
#73Leona32US #122
#74Stella32US #132
#75Beatrice31US #70
#76Catherine30US #33
#77Jennie30US #143
#78Violet30US #113
#79Eileen29US #102
#80Vivian29US #78
#81Ethel28US #55
#82Julia28US #80
#83Patsy28US #145
#84Peggy28US #76
#85Katherine27US #75
#86Velma27US #114
#87Georgia26US #115
#88Ida26US #87
#89Ann25US #54
#90Emma25US #67
#91Rita25US #57
#92Flora24US #173
#93Loretta24US #123
#94Pearl24US #110
#95Carolyn23US #91
#96Dora23US #144
#97Joanne23US #142
#98Laura23US #83
#99Margie23US #108
#100Alberta22US #151

Boys

#1Robert541US #1
#2John409US #2
#3William326US #4
#4James292US #3
#5Donald290US #7
#6Charles245US #5
#7George226US #8
#8Richard221US #6
#9Joe172US #30
#10Jack167US #15
#11Frank136US #12
#12Kenneth132US #17
#13Harold131US #14
#14Edward128US #10
#15Raymond127US #16
#16David100US #19
#17Paul95US #13
#18Joseph91US #9
#19Fred89US #36
#20Albert88US #23
#21Walter88US #18
#22Arthur84US #22
#23Thomas82US #11
#24Bill77US #64
#25Howard74US #31
#26Harry71US #26
#27Eugene70US #20
#28Henry66US #21
#29Bob62US #95
#30Alfred60US #33
#31Ralph58US #24
#32Don55US #84
#33Roy55US #34
#34Carl53US #28
#35Earl53US #37
#36Manuel53US #111
#37Clarence52US #35
#38Jose52US #108
#39Ernest50US #43
#40Melvin50US #48
#41Marvin49US #46
#42Lloyd48US #59
#43Louis48US #32
#44Gerald46US #41
#45Leo46US #61
#46Herbert45US #25
#47Norman45US #39
#48Billy44US #27
#49Glenn44US #76
#50Wayne44US #69
#51Gilbert43US #96
#52Jerry43US #79
#53Tony43US #160
#54Clyde40US #74
#55Dale40US #75
#56Leonard40US #42
#57Leroy39US #51
#58Ronald39US #50
#59Gene38US #62
#60Lawrence35US #38
#61Ray33US #57
#62Stanley33US #45
#63Vernon33US #70
#64Elmer32US #63
#65Glen32US #115
#66Floyd31US #54
#67Edwin30US #58
#68Wilbur30US #127
#69Alvin28US #72
#70Dean28US #136
#71Pete28
#72Russell28US #55
#73Bobby27US #65
#74Johnny27US #117
#75Lee27US #87
#76Daniel26US #47
#77Eddie26US #105
#78Gordon26US #77
#79Victor26US #99
#80Phillip25US #149
#81Clifford24US #68
#82Francis24US #40
#83Jim24US #137
#84Sam24US #109
#85Anthony23US #44
#86Duane23US #141
#87Jimmy23US #138
#88Keith23US #139
#89Max23US #125
#90Theodore23US #66
#91Dan22US #164
#92Dick22US #172
#93Lester22US #89
#94Philip22US #73
#95Tom22US #135
#96Warren22US #85
#97Juan21US #170
#98Jimmie20US #100
#99Tommy20US #151
#100Andrew19US #60

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑47Carol#47
↑40Clyde#54
↑39Alfred#30
↑38Juanita#29
↑35Jerry#52
↑28Gladys#60
↑28Bernice#63
↑25Donna#24

Falling

↓40Julia#82
↓39Emma#90
↓30Edith#66
↓28Katherine#85
↓27Lawrence#60
↓27Lee#75
↓25Elmer#64
↓23Floyd#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.