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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,565 Colorado births in 1929 across 514 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#72Peteoutside the national top 200
#77Charlene#200 nationally
#54Tony#165 nationally
#83Carmen#187 nationally
#65Jennie#152 nationally
#82Ted#167 nationally
#56Stella#137 nationally
#94Dick#168 nationally
#88Darlene#160 nationally
#80Phillip#151 nationally
#30Maria#100 nationally
#40Viola#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary522US #1
#2Betty448US #2
#3Dorothy287US #3
#4Shirley255US #9
#5Barbara191US #7
#6Helen177US #4
#7Margaret158US #5
#8Ruth142US #8
#9Patricia140US #10
#10Frances127US #16
#11Virginia119US #11
#12Doris113US #6
#13Lois101US #17
#14Alice96US #21
#15Dolores86US #14
#16Norma81US #25
#17Beverly80US #39
#18Elizabeth80US #15
#19Joan80US #13
#20Evelyn79US #19
#21Marie79US #22
#22Phyllis79US #24
#23Donna77US #47
#24Jean71US #12
#25Josephine69US #45
#26Rose67US #26
#27Marjorie65US #30
#28Gloria61US #28
#29Eleanor58US #38
#30Maria58US #100
#31Joyce56US #23
#32Esther55US #71
#33Anna54US #20
#34Elsie53US #78
#35Pauline51US #50
#36Martha50US #27
#37Wilma50US #66
#38Lillian49US #40
#39Mildred49US #18
#40Viola49US #109
#41Carol47US #63
#42Irene44US #29
#43Bonnie43US #86
#44Florence43US #35
#45Peggy43US #70
#46June41US #48
#47Louise41US #31
#48Marilyn41US #33
#49Nancy41US #32
#50Ruby41US #36
#51Elaine40US #67
#52Juanita40US #60
#53Edna39US #51
#54Eva39US #83
#55Geraldine38US #43
#56Stella38US #137
#57Lucille36US #57
#58Maxine36US #85
#59Lorraine34US #42
#60Clara33US #65
#61Wanda33US #61
#62Edith32US #59
#63Emma32US #69
#64Jacqueline32US #87
#65Jennie32US #152
#66Joanne32US #101
#67Lucy32US #116
#68Roberta32US #126
#69Vera32US #99
#70Charlotte31US #73
#71Hazel30US #64
#72Jane30US #62
#73Ramona30US #120
#74Violet30US #111
#75Catherine29US #34
#76Grace29US #54
#77Charlene28US #200
#78Dora28US #141
#79Ida28US #96
#80Patsy28US #118
#81Bertha27US #93
#82Thelma27US #41
#83Carmen26US #187
#84Margie26US #108
#85Rita26US #52
#86Rosie26US #154
#87Bernice24US #55
#88Darlene24US #160
#89Theresa24US #49
#90Delores23US #74
#91Janet23US #82
#92Julia23US #88
#93Loretta23US #127
#94Marian23US #75
#95Vivian23US #81
#96Ann22US #46
#97Audrey22US #58
#98Beatrice22US #72
#99Gladys22US #44
#100Katherine22US #84

Boys

#1Robert550US #1
#2John404US #3
#3Donald315US #7
#4William312US #4
#5James310US #2
#6Richard259US #6
#7Charles227US #5
#8George189US #8
#9Joe173US #30
#10Jack162US #14
#11Frank133US #12
#12Kenneth130US #18
#13Harold128US #16
#14Raymond113US #15
#15Edward103US #10
#16David92US #17
#17Paul92US #13
#18Thomas92US #11
#19Albert91US #24
#20Arthur85US #22
#21Joseph84US #9
#22Ralph77US #26
#23Walter68US #19
#24Eugene65US #20
#25Harry63US #27
#26Fred62US #34
#27Billy60US #23
#28Roy59US #35
#29Bob58US #89
#30Bill57US #63
#31Carl54US #28
#32Louis54US #32
#33Alfred53US #41
#34Earl52US #36
#35Gerald52US #33
#36Norman52US #40
#37Dale51US #73
#38Don51US #78
#39Elmer51US #70
#40Ernest50US #43
#41Wayne48US #69
#42Clarence47US #37
#43Leroy47US #51
#44Gilbert46US #91
#45Henry46US #21
#46Marvin46US #46
#47Herbert45US #25
#48Lawrence45US #38
#49Leonard45US #42
#50Jose44US #108
#51Gene43US #68
#52Howard42US #31
#53Manuel42US #111
#54Tony38US #165
#55Leo37US #60
#56Ray37US #57
#57Ronald37US #45
#58Lloyd36US #62
#59Melvin36US #49
#60Glenn33US #80
#61Vernon33US #71
#62Clifford32US #72
#63Stanley32US #48
#64Edwin30US #66
#65Glen30US #123
#66Jerry30US #61
#67Daniel29US #47
#68Dean29US #133
#69Francis29US #39
#70Jim29US #132
#71Lee29US #85
#72Pete29
#73Philip29US #76
#74Floyd28US #58
#75Jimmy28US #115
#76Clyde27US #74
#77Keith25US #138
#78Bobby24US #50
#79Johnny24US #113
#80Phillip23US #151
#81Gordon22US #79
#82Ted22US #167
#83Tommy22US #144
#84Victor22US #100
#85Virgil22US #127
#86Wallace22US #106
#87Bruce21US #112
#88Russell21US #56
#89Jimmie20US #98
#90Leslie20US #136
#91Max20US #128
#92Tom20US #134
#93Ben19US #159
#94Dick19US #168
#95Douglas19US #97
#96Roger19US #64
#97Warren19US #92
#98Allen18US #86
#99Harvey18US #90
#100Wilbur18US #131

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑39Peggy#45
↑31Joanne#66
↑27Emma#63
↑25Elmer#39
↑23Elsie#34
↑21Billy#27
↑21Philip#73
↑19Clifford#62

Falling

↓39Gladys#99
↓32Wilbur#100
↓27Howard#52
↓26Thelma#82
↓24Bernice#87
↓23Juanita#52
↓23Marian#94
↓23Beatrice#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.