State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,335 Colorado births in 1935 across 507 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#86Ramona#197 nationally
#59Tony#162 nationally
#55Pat#150 nationally
#94Dixie#188 nationally
#99Danny#192 nationally
#98Patty#190 nationally
#51Manuel#137 nationally
#83Delbert#165 nationally
#97Myrna#176 nationally
#70Dick#142 nationally
#64Jose#135 nationally
#78Charlene#146 nationally

Girls

#1Mary472US #1
#2Shirley467US #2
#3Barbara310US #3
#4Betty269US #4
#5Patricia220US #5
#6Dorothy144US #6
#7Donna136US #23
#8Joan127US #7
#9Margaret124US #8
#10Beverly114US #20
#11Helen113US #10
#12Virginia112US #16
#13Alice98US #25
#14Marilyn90US #14
#15Joyce89US #12
#16Carol88US #11
#17Nancy88US #9
#18Ruth88US #15
#19Frances83US #19
#20Dolores82US #26
#21Norma78US #29
#22Phyllis76US #27
#23Doris68US #13
#24Janet67US #22
#25Lois66US #21
#26Bonnie65US #62
#27Rose61US #37
#28Elizabeth59US #17
#29Darlene58US #91
#30Marie57US #33
#31Gloria56US #32
#32Evelyn54US #31
#33Joanne51US #44
#34Sally50US #58
#35Marjorie49US #46
#36Carolyn47US #28
#37Joann47US #53
#38Anna45US #34
#39Geraldine45US #40
#40Jean45US #18
#41Josephine45US #75
#42Juanita45US #72
#43Roberta44US #77
#44Martha43US #24
#45Charlotte42US #65
#46Jo42US #73
#47Eleanor40US #48
#48Irene39US #52
#49June39US #55
#50Wilma39US #70
#51Pauline38US #80
#52Delores37US #57
#53Esther36US #94
#54Loretta36US #69
#55Pat35US #150
#56Marlene34US #39
#57Peggy34US #36
#58Edna33US #67
#59Judith33US #54
#60Mildred33US #35
#61Rita33US #63
#62Ann32US #30
#63Clara32US #81
#64Lillian32US #66
#65Louise32US #45
#66Patsy32US #56
#67Janice31US #47
#68Sylvia31US #60
#69Wanda30US #49
#70Bernice29US #90
#71Lorraine29US #68
#72Catherine28US #42
#73Elaine28US #51
#74Arlene27US #59
#75Elsie27US #113
#76Florence27US #74
#77Sharon27US #96
#78Charlene26US #146
#79Emma26US #89
#80Jane26US #43
#81Julia26US #102
#82Lucille26US #85
#83Margie26US #100
#84Ellen25US #95
#85Jacqueline25US #79
#86Ramona25US #197
#87Viola25US #152
#88Beatrice24US #107
#89Maria24US #117
#90Maxine24US #120
#91Rosemary24US #97
#92Ruby24US #41
#93Thelma24US #76
#94Dixie23US #188
#95Edith23US #87
#96Ethel23US #82
#97Myrna23US #176
#98Patty23US #190
#99Sarah23US #61
#100Yvonne23US #98

Boys

#1Robert524US #1
#2James355US #2
#3John347US #3
#4Richard338US #5
#5Donald302US #7
#6William268US #4
#7Charles254US #6
#8George154US #8
#9David151US #11
#10Joe142US #25
#11Jack139US #18
#12Kenneth127US #15
#13Frank114US #16
#14Ronald114US #12
#15Edward99US #13
#16Harold99US #20
#17Paul99US #14
#18Jerry94US #22
#19Raymond92US #17
#20Thomas90US #9
#21Joseph86US #10
#22Arthur83US #29
#23Fred76US #34
#24Larry76US #33
#25Albert71US #31
#26Gerald70US #21
#27Don67US #51
#28Leroy67US #50
#29Ralph65US #32
#30Louis62US #42
#31Gary60US #44
#32Eugene59US #26
#33Carl58US #28
#34Bill56US #60
#35Jim54US #90
#36Marvin54US #45
#37Lawrence53US #35
#38Bob51US #81
#39Walter51US #23
#40Henry49US #27
#41Wayne49US #49
#42Stanley47US #56
#43Ernest46US #55
#44Billy45US #19
#45Dale45US #61
#46Gilbert43US #111
#47Jimmy43US #47
#48Roy43US #40
#49Harry42US #37
#50Lee42US #80
#51Manuel42US #137
#52Johnny40US #74
#53Ray40US #64
#54Leo38US #92
#55Melvin38US #57
#56Norman37US #38
#57Roger37US #36
#58Daniel36US #43
#59Tony36US #162
#60Howard35US #39
#61Clarence34US #48
#62Lloyd34US #84
#63Leonard33US #54
#64Jose31US #135
#65Clifford30US #88
#66Gene30US #66
#67Duane29US #105
#68Floyd29US #76
#69Philip29US #65
#70Dick28US #142
#71Gordon28US #70
#72Phillip28US #107
#73Tommy28US #95
#74Bruce27US #77
#75Dennis27US #72
#76Alfred26US #63
#77Anthony26US #52
#78Glenn26US #78
#79Dean25US #120
#80Keith25US #125
#81Sam25US #126
#82Vernon25US #94
#83Delbert24US #165
#84Max24US #128
#85Theodore24US #79
#86Tom24US #110
#87Warren24US #97
#88Bobby23US #24
#89Eddie23US #87
#90Alvin22US #91
#91Douglas22US #75
#92Edwin22US #89
#93Herbert22US #58
#94Jimmie22US #69
#95Michael22US #41
#96Victor22US #116
#97Earl21US #46
#98Russell21US #68
#99Danny20US #192
#100Ben19US #161

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑40Johnny#52
↑35Lee#50
↑33Leroy#28
↑31Geraldine#39
↑31Gary#31
↑28Lorraine#71
↑26Roberta#43
↑25Loretta#54

Falling

↓37Earl#97
↓34Ruby#92
↓33Viola#87
↓32Maria#89
↓32Vernon#82
↓28Michael#95
↓26Norman#56
↓25Wanda#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.