State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,753 Colorado births in 1930 across 534 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#70Mike#197 nationally
#75Peteoutside the national top 200
#52Tony#163 nationally
#36Jose#113 nationally
#75Jennie#152 nationally
#54Keith#130 nationally
#87Dick#161 nationally
#51Manuel#121 nationally
#60Dean#129 nationally
#49Viola#116 nationally
#76Stella#140 nationally
#79Dora#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary515US #1
#2Betty473US #2
#3Dorothy250US #3
#4Shirley237US #11
#5Barbara218US #6
#6Helen187US #4
#7Margaret172US #5
#8Virginia154US #12
#9Patricia130US #7
#10Ruth120US #10
#11Frances110US #16
#12Norma105US #25
#13Dolores104US #13
#14Lois99US #17
#15Donna98US #37
#16Doris88US #9
#17Joan87US #8
#18Alice86US #20
#19Evelyn81US #19
#20Marjorie81US #32
#21Rose78US #29
#22Beverly73US #34
#23Phyllis72US #28
#24Jean71US #14
#25Marilyn71US #22
#26Geraldine62US #43
#27Elizabeth60US #15
#28Gloria60US #30
#29Martha60US #27
#30Wilma60US #68
#31Irene59US #33
#32Josephine59US #49
#33Joyce54US #18
#34Pauline53US #52
#35Mildred52US #21
#36Anna51US #23
#37Marie51US #26
#38Maria49US #99
#39Esther48US #77
#40Elsie47US #88
#41Eleanor46US #39
#42June46US #47
#43Lorraine44US #46
#44Carol42US #54
#45Louise42US #31
#46Clara41US #64
#47Juanita41US #57
#48Ruby41US #36
#49Viola39US #116
#50Bonnie38US #78
#51Grace38US #62
#52Nancy37US #24
#53Beatrice36US #76
#54Florence36US #38
#55Gladys36US #48
#56Katherine36US #85
#57Thelma36US #45
#58Edna35US #51
#59Eva35US #86
#60Wanda35US #56
#61Bernice34US #58
#62Emma34US #73
#63Lucille34US #59
#64Carolyn33US #72
#65Charlotte33US #75
#66Jacqueline33US #74
#67Marian33US #80
#68Maxine32US #93
#69Peggy32US #67
#70Delores31US #66
#71Joanne31US #81
#72Sally31US #98
#73Bertha30US #95
#74Georgia29US #117
#75Jennie29US #152
#76Stella29US #140
#77Vera29US #104
#78Catherine28US #35
#79Dora28US #142
#80Elaine28US #69
#81Patsy28US #97
#82Rita28US #42
#83Rosemary28US #82
#84Lillian27US #44
#85Julia26US #90
#86Laura26US #89
#87Lucy26US #119
#88Margie26US #112
#89Ramona26US #149
#90Kathleen25US #84
#91Velma25US #127
#92Violet25US #120
#93Jeanne24US #92
#94Ellen23US #100
#95Jane23US #55
#96Alberta22US #146
#97Ann22US #41
#98Billie22US #79
#99Ethel22US #65
#100Loretta22US #105

Boys

#1Robert556US #1
#2John362US #3
#3William313US #4
#4Donald308US #7
#5James299US #2
#6Richard284US #5
#7Charles220US #6
#8George184US #8
#9Jack180US #14
#10Joe152US #27
#11Kenneth135US #17
#12Harold131US #18
#13Edward113US #10
#14Frank112US #13
#15Raymond106US #16
#16Paul95US #12
#17David93US #15
#18Thomas88US #11
#19Albert84US #24
#20Joseph79US #9
#21Arthur78US #23
#22Fred77US #32
#23Walter77US #19
#24Ralph76US #25
#25Carl72US #26
#26Bill69US #59
#27Eugene68US #21
#28Don67US #68
#29Bob63US #88
#30Ernest63US #43
#31Gerald63US #30
#32Roy61US #33
#33Melvin60US #50
#34Henry57US #22
#35Dale56US #64
#36Jose53US #113
#37Howard51US #31
#38Harry50US #28
#39Gilbert49US #90
#40Ronald48US #37
#41Billy47US #20
#42Earl47US #38
#43Lawrence47US #36
#44Louis47US #34
#45Ray46US #57
#46Jerry45US #51
#47Marvin45US #48
#48Leo43US #63
#49Norman42US #40
#50Leonard40US #45
#51Manuel40US #121
#52Tony38US #163
#53Daniel37US #47
#54Keith37US #130
#55Wayne37US #65
#56Clarence36US #39
#57Lloyd34US #69
#58Vernon34US #72
#59Anthony33US #44
#60Dean33US #129
#61Floyd33US #61
#62Gene33US #70
#63Glenn33US #71
#64Bobby32US #41
#65Herbert29US #35
#66Lee29US #82
#67Alfred28US #46
#68Edwin28US #66
#69Leroy28US #53
#70Mike28US #197
#71Clifford27US #73
#72Clyde27US #76
#73Duane26US #120
#74Jim26US #125
#75Pete26
#76Glen25US #114
#77Lewis25US #87
#78Sam25US #110
#79Stanley25US #49
#80Theodore25US #67
#81Tommy25US #127
#82Roger24US #58
#83Russell23US #60
#84Victor23US #100
#85Virgil23US #128
#86Warren23US #96
#87Dick22US #161
#88Jimmie22US #86
#89Martin22US #83
#90Tom22US #132
#91Elmer21US #80
#92Harvey21US #92
#93Larry21US #108
#94Marion21US #126
#95Gordon20US #77
#96Jimmy20US #102
#97Philip20US #75
#98Allen19US #85
#99Delbert19US #151
#100Herman19US #78

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑45Beatrice#53
↑44Gladys#55
↑44Katherine#56
↑29Geraldine#26
↑27Marian#67
↑26Bernice#61
↑26Melvin#33
↑25Grace#51

Falling

↓52Elmer#91
↓46Lillian#84
↓34Alfred#67
↓29Elaine#80
↓26Leroy#69
↓24Peggy#69
↓24Philip#97
↓23Jane#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.