State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,577 Colorado births in 1931 across 504 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#62Tony#170 nationally
#84Mike#190 nationally
#99Peteoutside the national top 200
#28Darlene#128 nationally
#66Jennie#150 nationally
#45Jose#126 nationally
#49Viola#127 nationally
#67Stella#142 nationally
#72Dora#144 nationally
#61Manuel#132 nationally
#94Ben#163 nationally
#43Maria#109 nationally

Girls

#1Mary511US #1
#2Betty408US #2
#3Dorothy244US #3
#4Shirley242US #9
#5Barbara235US #4
#6Patricia160US #8
#7Helen155US #6
#8Virginia142US #12
#9Margaret137US #7
#10Donna127US #32
#11Ruth118US #11
#12Alice109US #21
#13Norma107US #22
#14Beverly100US #31
#15Joan98US #5
#16Dolores95US #14
#17Doris91US #10
#18Lois83US #20
#19Phyllis82US #29
#20Joyce76US #15
#21Frances75US #18
#22Marjorie72US #34
#23Rose70US #30
#24Gloria69US #23
#25Jean68US #13
#26Marilyn66US #19
#27Evelyn65US #24
#28Darlene61US #128
#29Josephine61US #51
#30Elizabeth57US #16
#31Marie57US #27
#32Nancy57US #17
#33Wilma56US #69
#34Anna53US #25
#35Pauline50US #56
#36Martha49US #28
#37Carol47US #46
#38Joanne47US #68
#39Eleanor46US #40
#40Geraldine46US #38
#41Joann46US #90
#42Lorraine46US #49
#43Maria46US #109
#44Bonnie45US #73
#45Irene45US #37
#46Louise44US #33
#47Florence41US #43
#48June41US #44
#49Viola41US #127
#50Wanda41US #54
#51Elaine39US #72
#52Elsie39US #86
#53Esther38US #79
#54Juanita38US #57
#55Delores37US #58
#56Edith37US #65
#57Edna37US #52
#58Gladys37US #55
#59Lucille37US #62
#60Mildred37US #26
#61Thelma36US #53
#62Charlotte34US #75
#63Catherine33US #36
#64Clara33US #61
#65Roberta33US #121
#66Jennie32US #150
#67Stella32US #142
#68Ida31US #100
#69Janet31US #45
#70Peggy31US #42
#71Ruby31US #39
#72Dora30US #144
#73Hazel30US #74
#74Margie30US #107
#75Bernice29US #63
#76Leona29US #133
#77Patsy29US #83
#78Arlene28US #77
#79Carolyn28US #60
#80Lucy28US #126
#81Maxine28US #101
#82Ann27US #35
#83Ellen27US #99
#84Eva27US #94
#85Sally27US #97
#86Emma26US #76
#87Ethel26US #67
#88Georgia26US #120
#89Grace26US #70
#90Jo26US #116
#91Lola26US #156
#92Marian26US #84
#93Vivian26US #82
#94Lillian25US #47
#95Bertha24US #102
#96Julia24US #91
#97Theresa24US #59
#98Katherine23US #92
#99Velma23US #131
#100Laura22US #89

Boys

#1Robert587US #1
#2John355US #3
#3Donald337US #7
#4James308US #2
#5William298US #4
#6Richard295US #5
#7Charles236US #6
#8George177US #8
#9Jack165US #15
#10Joe156US #29
#11David125US #13
#12Frank121US #16
#13Harold116US #18
#14Kenneth116US #14
#15Raymond109US #17
#16Paul107US #12
#17Edward96US #11
#18Thomas93US #10
#19Bob79US #78
#20Joseph77US #9
#21Gerald71US #26
#22Ralph71US #25
#23Albert67US #24
#24Billy66US #19
#25Walter65US #20
#26Bill64US #57
#27Fred64US #33
#28Carl63US #28
#29Arthur61US #23
#30Henry61US #22
#31Ernest59US #47
#32Marvin59US #45
#33Ronald59US #27
#34Don58US #59
#35Dale57US #62
#36Wayne57US #58
#37Norman56US #36
#38Eugene53US #21
#39Roy53US #35
#40Lawrence52US #38
#41Louis51US #37
#42Earl50US #40
#43Leonard47US #48
#44Leroy47US #52
#45Jose46US #126
#46Ray46US #60
#47Harry45US #30
#48Gene43US #64
#49Gilbert43US #92
#50Jerry43US #43
#51Stanley43US #49
#52Larry41US #88
#53Melvin41US #51
#54Howard40US #34
#55Floyd37US #66
#56Alfred36US #50
#57Lloyd36US #68
#58Jimmie35US #81
#59Johnny33US #105
#60Keith33US #123
#61Manuel33US #132
#62Tony33US #170
#63Bobby31US #32
#64Eddie31US #95
#65Theodore31US #70
#66Tom31US #125
#67Clarence30US #39
#68Edwin30US #67
#69Elmer30US #82
#70Herbert30US #41
#71Tommy30US #115
#72Victor30US #109
#73Dean29US #127
#74Glenn29US #72
#75Leo29US #69
#76Duane28US #104
#77Lewis28US #87
#78Vernon28US #74
#79Clyde27US #77
#80Jim27US #116
#81Roger27US #53
#82Everett26US #136
#83Francis26US #42
#84Mike26US #190
#85Clifford25US #75
#86Glen24US #112
#87Lee24US #90
#88Philip24US #71
#89Russell23US #63
#90Leslie22US #139
#91Alvin21US #80
#92Daniel21US #44
#93Delbert21US #159
#94Ben20US #163
#95Dick20US #152
#96Jimmy20US #89
#97Anthony19US #46
#98Harvey19US #93
#99Pete19
#100Phillip19US #141

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑41Larry#52
↑33Joanne#38
↑30Jimmie#58
↑29Elaine#51
↑28Stanley#51
↑25Leroy#44
↑24Tom#66
↑22Elmer#69

Falling

↓42Katherine#98
↓39Daniel#92
↓38Grace#89
↓38Anthony#97
↓27Leo#75
↓25Mildred#60
↓25Eva#84
↓25Marian#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.