State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,477 Colorado births in 1937 across 525 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#89Peteoutside the national top 200
#71Tony#160 nationally
#86Dixie#174 nationally
#78Delbert#161 nationally
#97Viola#175 nationally
#71Pat#147 nationally
#43Gilbert#112 nationally
#70Manuel#138 nationally
#52Esther#116 nationally
#79Jose#142 nationally
#62Keith#123 nationally
#91Danny#152 nationally

Girls

#1Mary527US #1
#2Barbara310US #2
#3Shirley265US #4
#4Patricia237US #3
#5Betty212US #5
#6Donna181US #21
#7Carol167US #6
#8Nancy139US #7
#9Dorothy129US #8
#10Beverly126US #14
#11Margaret125US #10
#12Virginia122US #16
#13Joan113US #9
#14Janice112US #25
#15Helen108US #12
#16Ruth106US #15
#17Alice100US #28
#18Marilyn97US #13
#19Joyce94US #11
#20Janet90US #18
#21Frances80US #19
#22Norma79US #33
#23Phyllis78US #27
#24Dolores75US #37
#25Carolyn74US #20
#26Lois74US #29
#27Martha67US #24
#28Elizabeth66US #17
#29Rose66US #38
#30Doris62US #22
#31Peggy61US #31
#32Bonnie57US #64
#33Darlene57US #72
#34Sharon57US #41
#35Evelyn56US #36
#36Marjorie53US #57
#37Gloria52US #32
#38Sally52US #59
#39Joann50US #58
#40Marie46US #35
#41Roberta46US #66
#42Irene44US #62
#43Jean44US #23
#44Charlotte43US #67
#45Loretta43US #63
#46Sylvia43US #50
#47Marlene42US #40
#48Joanne41US #51
#49Patsy41US #54
#50Sandra40US #26
#51Anita39US #93
#52Esther38US #116
#53Karen38US #113
#54Louise38US #48
#55Wilma38US #80
#56Jo37US #73
#57Josephine37US #82
#58Anna36US #39
#59Kay36US #79
#60Yvonne36US #77
#61Ann35US #30
#62Elaine34US #45
#63Wanda33US #55
#64Carole32US #56
#65Geraldine32US #44
#66Judy32US #91
#67Eleanor31US #53
#68Gladys31US #86
#69Juanita31US #75
#70Judith31US #34
#71Pat31US #147
#72Pauline31US #87
#73Florence30US #81
#74Kathleen30US #61
#75Arlene29US #60
#76Connie29US #128
#77Delores29US #68
#78Linda29US #49
#79Elsie28US #125
#80Ruby28US #52
#81June27US #71
#82Lillian27US #84
#83Grace26US #94
#84Lorraine26US #83
#85Maria26US #123
#86Dixie25US #174
#87Julia25US #112
#88Myrna25US #137
#89Charlene24US #141
#90Clara24US #100
#91Georgia24US #132
#92Jacqueline24US #70
#93Thelma24US #78
#94Beatrice23US #120
#95Edna23US #74
#96Lucy23US #151
#97Viola23US #175
#98Eva22US #117
#99Jeanette22US #90
#100Lucille22US #98

Boys

#1Robert594US #1
#2John393US #3
#3James379US #2
#4Donald346US #7
#5Richard334US #5
#6William269US #4
#7Charles259US #6
#8Ronald204US #11
#9David195US #8
#10Larry154US #16
#11George152US #10
#12Joe149US #25
#13Jerry136US #17
#14Kenneth131US #14
#15Edward124US #13
#16Jack115US #23
#17Thomas114US #9
#18Frank109US #18
#19Paul109US #15
#20Gerald90US #20
#21Gary85US #29
#22Raymond85US #19
#23Joseph83US #12
#24Harold80US #21
#25Fred72US #35
#26Dale67US #59
#27Jim66US #82
#28Carl64US #28
#29Arthur61US #31
#30Walter61US #26
#31Eugene58US #33
#32Leroy58US #56
#33Albert57US #37
#34Ralph57US #34
#35Henry56US #30
#36Michael53US #27
#37Wayne53US #44
#38Daniel52US #39
#39Roy52US #40
#40Bill51US #64
#41Don51US #51
#42Gene47US #61
#43Gilbert47US #112
#44Billy46US #22
#45Harry46US #41
#46Leonard46US #58
#47Marvin46US #49
#48Norman45US #43
#49Lawrence44US #38
#50Ernest43US #53
#51Bob42US #81
#52Roger42US #36
#53Alfred41US #60
#54Howard41US #42
#55Phillip40US #98
#56Melvin39US #50
#57Lee37US #78
#58Dennis36US #63
#59Eddie36US #83
#60Clifford35US #90
#61Floyd35US #80
#62Keith35US #123
#63Leo35US #97
#64Vernon35US #96
#65Earl34US #48
#66Jimmy33US #45
#67Ray33US #71
#68Gordon32US #75
#69Louis32US #46
#70Manuel32US #138
#71Tony32US #160
#72Stanley31US #57
#73Douglas30US #74
#74Duane30US #115
#75Jimmie29US #72
#76Philip29US #62
#77Anthony28US #47
#78Delbert28US #161
#79Jose28US #142
#80Clarence27US #54
#81Johnny27US #69
#82Lloyd27US #91
#83Tom26US #108
#84Victor26US #117
#85Allen25US #76
#86Bobby25US #24
#87Glen25US #122
#88Harvey24US #95
#89Pete24
#90Arnold23US #111
#91Danny23US #152
#92Darrell23US #130
#93Dean23US #127
#94Franklin23US #77
#95Tommy23US #84
#96Bruce22US #70
#97Ronnie22US #128
#98Russell22US #67
#99Warren22US #106
#100Edwin21US #89

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑35Patsy#49
↑35Anita#51
↑34Karen#53
↑28Leonard#46
↑24Sandra#50
↑23Henry#35
↑22Jimmy#66
↑21Marie#40

Falling

↓37Charlene#89
↓34Edwin#100
↓32Lillian#82
↓32Jacqueline#92
↓32Johnny#81
↓28Maria#85
↓24Warren#99
↓22Georgia#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.