State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,222 Colorado births in 1938 across 536 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#93Peteoutside the national top 200
#85Ramona#190 nationally
#47Manuel#144 nationally
#81Dora#177 nationally
#94Viola#187 nationally
#83Dixie#167 nationally
#90Delbert#169 nationally
#61Myrna#134 nationally
#80Tony#153 nationally
#92Dick#165 nationally
#74Charlene#143 nationally
#44Connie#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary460US #1
#2Barbara323US #2
#3Patricia257US #3
#4Shirley246US #5
#5Betty240US #4
#6Donna201US #20
#7Carol186US #6
#8Nancy151US #7
#9Margaret147US #9
#10Dorothy141US #8
#11Virginia124US #22
#12Beverly117US #18
#13Janice104US #24
#14Joyce98US #11
#15Marilyn96US #19
#16Phyllis94US #28
#17Sharon94US #30
#18Joan90US #10
#19Sandra89US #14
#20Helen87US #13
#21Ruth86US #21
#22Frances83US #23
#23Alice82US #29
#24Judith82US #12
#25Norma82US #34
#26Janet81US #16
#27Carolyn77US #15
#28Dolores69US #43
#29Gloria69US #36
#30Judy67US #41
#31Rose67US #39
#32Rosalie65US #66
#33Doris63US #25
#34Lois61US #33
#35Elizabeth60US #17
#36Darlene59US #76
#37Roberta59US #73
#38Martha58US #26
#39Loretta54US #62
#40Bonnie51US #65
#41Joann51US #68
#42Evelyn50US #38
#43Wanda50US #49
#44Connie49US #110
#45Charlotte48US #70
#46Linda46US #31
#47Marie46US #37
#48Marjorie45US #53
#49Peggy45US #35
#50Anna43US #40
#51Jean43US #27
#52Sally43US #54
#53Margie42US #109
#54Esther41US #120
#55Sylvia39US #56
#56Wilma39US #85
#57Irene38US #72
#58Marlene38US #51
#59Geraldine37US #45
#60Joanne37US #57
#61Myrna37US #134
#62Ann36US #32
#63Arlene36US #63
#64Eleanor36US #60
#65Kathleen36US #58
#66Juanita35US #80
#67Catherine34US #48
#68Jeanette34US #91
#69Josephine34US #83
#70Karen34US #50
#71Kay34US #81
#72Jacqueline33US #69
#73Patsy33US #55
#74Charlene32US #143
#75Louise32US #59
#76Pauline31US #97
#77Jane30US #44
#78Lillian30US #88
#79Rita30US #74
#80Deanna29US #115
#81Dora29US #177
#82Anita28US #99
#83Dixie28US #167
#84Elaine28US #42
#85Ramona28US #190
#86Susan27US #71
#87Edna26US #82
#88Florence26US #90
#89Gail26US #77
#90Ruby26US #61
#91Diane25US #64
#92Georgia25US #138
#93Marcia25US #116
#94Viola25US #187
#95Carole24US #46
#96Lorraine24US #93
#97Maria24US #122
#98Theresa24US #92
#99Delores23US #75
#100Eva23US #126

Boys

#1Robert567US #1
#2John442US #3
#3James410US #2
#4Richard381US #5
#5William306US #4
#6Donald295US #7
#7Charles245US #6
#8Ronald211US #10
#9David199US #8
#10Larry190US #16
#11George154US #11
#12Kenneth154US #14
#13Joe144US #28
#14Jerry125US #17
#15Frank121US #18
#16Thomas121US #9
#17Gary116US #22
#18Edward107US #13
#19Raymond104US #20
#20Jack103US #25
#21Joseph98US #12
#22Paul98US #15
#23Gerald97US #19
#24Fred88US #38
#25Michael85US #21
#26Lawrence80US #36
#27Arthur76US #32
#28Harold76US #23
#29Don65US #52
#30Leroy63US #61
#31Carl60US #29
#32Daniel60US #39
#33Roy60US #41
#34Albert57US #37
#35Eugene57US #33
#36Ralph57US #35
#37Bob55US #94
#38Jim55US #81
#39Ernest54US #55
#40Norman53US #43
#41Melvin52US #54
#42Walter51US #26
#43Harry50US #44
#44Roger50US #31
#45Bill49US #67
#46Billy47US #24
#47Manuel47US #144
#48Wayne47US #40
#49Jimmy45US #45
#50Leonard45US #57
#51Stanley44US #59
#52Anthony42US #46
#53Gilbert41US #116
#54Henry41US #30
#55Marvin41US #53
#56Ray40US #72
#57Tommy40US #77
#58Dale39US #56
#59Earl37US #50
#60Louis37US #47
#61Dennis36US #49
#62Johnny36US #63
#63Bobby34US #27
#64Clifford34US #89
#65Clarence33US #58
#66Floyd33US #96
#67Glen33US #121
#68Howard33US #42
#69Gene32US #65
#70Douglas31US #60
#71Gordon31US #78
#72Philip30US #64
#73Eddie29US #79
#74Allen28US #73
#75Leo28US #104
#76Lloyd28US #92
#77Phillip28US #95
#78Ronnie28US #113
#79Samuel28US #62
#80Tony28US #153
#81Duane27US #114
#82Jose27US #142
#83Theodore27US #84
#84Keith26US #120
#85Lee26US #80
#86Patrick26US #88
#87Russell26US #70
#88Glenn25US #83
#89Arnold24US #111
#90Delbert24US #169
#91Danny23US #137
#92Dick23US #165
#93Pete23
#94Stephen23US #74
#95Tom23US #106
#96Alan22US #91
#97Alfred22US #69
#98Bruce22US #66
#99Francis22US #51
#100Harvey22US #99

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑46Judith#24
↑38Tommy#57
↑36Judy#30
↑32Connie#44
↑32Linda#46
↑31Sandra#19
↑31Jeanette#68
↑27Myrna#61

Falling

↓44Alfred#97
↓32Dale#58
↓31Anita#82
↓31Carole#95
↓28Lee#85
↓27Gene#69
↓24Patsy#73
↓22Elaine#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.