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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,281 Colorado births in 1936 across 513 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
#89Ramona#197 nationally
#90Stella#186 nationally
#65Tony#160 nationally
#52Charlene#145 nationally
#85Danny#176 nationally
#92Dixie#174 nationally
#35Gilbert#113 nationally
#96Mike#174 nationally
#60Manuel#135 nationally
#79Pat#152 nationally
#78Myrna#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary487US #1
#2Shirley358US #2
#3Barbara309US #3
#4Patricia231US #5
#5Betty208US #4
#6Donna153US #22
#7Dorothy141US #6
#8Beverly129US #17
#9Margaret127US #9
#10Joan125US #7
#11Nancy125US #8
#12Carol112US #10
#13Helen112US #11
#14Virginia107US #14
#15Frances98US #19
#16Marilyn88US #13
#17Ruth88US #16
#18Gloria83US #32
#19Norma79US #29
#20Janice78US #31
#21Joyce78US #12
#22Alice73US #27
#23Rose72US #37
#24Janet64US #21
#25Evelyn63US #34
#26Phyllis63US #25
#27Carolyn62US #23
#28Dolores61US #30
#29Lois59US #26
#30Doris57US #15
#31Elizabeth55US #18
#32Darlene51US #83
#33Peggy51US #35
#34Marlene48US #39
#35Roberta46US #64
#36Sylvia46US #53
#37Joanne45US #48
#38Jean44US #20
#39Joann43US #55
#40Martha43US #24
#41Bonnie42US #65
#42Jo42US #72
#43Marjorie42US #49
#44Sharon42US #60
#45Charlotte41US #61
#46Geraldine39US #41
#47Irene39US #57
#48Josephine37US #77
#49Juanita37US #75
#50Lillian37US #79
#51Sally37US #59
#52Charlene36US #145
#53Eleanor36US #47
#54Loretta35US #70
#55Louise35US #46
#56Anna34US #36
#57Maria34US #120
#58Elaine33US #50
#59Delores32US #58
#60Jacqueline32US #66
#61Marie32US #33
#62Ann31US #28
#63Arlene31US #54
#64Esther31US #107
#65Kay31US #98
#66Florence30US #80
#67Mildred29US #40
#68Pauline29US #82
#69Georgia28US #128
#70Ruby28US #51
#71Carole27US #73
#72Judith27US #43
#73Judy27US #118
#74Sandra27US #38
#75Wilma27US #78
#76Catherine26US #44
#77June26US #62
#78Myrna26US #149
#79Pat26US #152
#80Rita26US #69
#81Wanda26US #56
#82Kathleen25US #67
#83Lorraine25US #76
#84Patsy25US #52
#85Vivian25US #115
#86Anita24US #104
#87Karen24US #132
#88Margie24US #102
#89Ramona24US #197
#90Stella24US #186
#91Connie23US #134
#92Dixie23US #174
#93Grace23US #86
#94Jane23US #42
#95Sue23US #109
#96Emma22US #85
#97Julia22US #105
#98Katherine22US #100
#99Thelma22US #74
#100Bertha21US #122

Boys

#1Robert530US #1
#2John377US #3
#3Donald331US #7
#4Richard330US #5
#5James326US #2
#6William286US #4
#7Charles213US #6
#8David169US #10
#9Ronald157US #12
#10Joe145US #23
#11Kenneth144US #14
#12Frank129US #16
#13George128US #9
#14Jack121US #20
#15Larry112US #25
#16Edward111US #13
#17Thomas102US #8
#18Paul101US #15
#19Jerry100US #18
#20Raymond96US #17
#21Gerald84US #19
#22Harold81US #21
#23Joseph77US #11
#24Fred74US #36
#25Gary67US #38
#26Albert64US #34
#27Lawrence64US #37
#28Arthur61US #30
#29Bill61US #61
#30Ralph59US #31
#31Don57US #51
#32Eugene56US #29
#33Bob53US #77
#34Dale53US #59
#35Gilbert51US #113
#36Roger49US #35
#37Carl48US #27
#38Roy48US #42
#39Walter48US #26
#40Daniel47US #41
#41Jim46US #85
#42Alfred45US #60
#43Harry45US #39
#44Melvin45US #53
#45Billy44US #22
#46Leroy43US #57
#47Ernest42US #55
#48Louis40US #44
#49Johnny38US #72
#50Marvin38US #49
#51Wayne38US #45
#52Ray37US #65
#53Howard36US #40
#54Michael35US #33
#55Norman35US #43
#56Stanley35US #58
#57Gene34US #66
#58Henry34US #28
#59Lee33US #76
#60Manuel33US #135
#61Phillip32US #102
#62Vernon31US #93
#63Lloyd30US #88
#64Eddie29US #79
#65Tony29US #160
#66Edwin28US #84
#67Clarence27US #52
#68Clifford27US #90
#69Jose27US #139
#70Keith27US #122
#71Leo27US #94
#72Pete26
#73Tom26US #112
#74Leonard25US #54
#75Warren25US #95
#76Alvin24US #96
#77Bobby24US #24
#78Earl24US #47
#79Floyd24US #86
#80Tommy24US #91
#81Anthony23US #48
#82Dick23US #141
#83Glenn23US #80
#84Philip23US #63
#85Danny22US #176
#86Duane22US #110
#87Jimmie22US #71
#88Jimmy22US #46
#89Max22US #129
#90Arnold21US #111
#91Bernard21US #68
#92Douglas21US #78
#93Harvey21US #97
#94Herbert21US #62
#95Leslie21US #128
#96Mike21US #174
#97Samuel21US #67
#98Alan20US #108
#99Bruce20US #73
#100Claude20US #132

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑47Janice#20
↑41Michael#54
↑34Alfred#42
↑33Sharon#44
↑32Sylvia#36
↑32Maria#57
↑26Charlene#52
↑26Edwin#66

Falling

↓41Jimmy#88
↓31Marie#61
↓28June#77
↓25Wilma#75
↓25Bruce#99
↓24Pat#79
↓19Rita#80
↓19Duane#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.