State roster

Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,231 Colorado births in 1939 across 545 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#64Delbert#174 nationally
#95Peteoutside the national top 200
#100Viola#187 nationally
#76Max#162 nationally
#98Leona#177 nationally
#61Charlene#139 nationally
#91Dick#169 nationally
#43Esther#117 nationally
#96Dixie#169 nationally
#73Pat#142 nationally
#75Myrna#144 nationally
#47Gilbert#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary476US #1
#2Barbara285US #2
#3Patricia280US #3
#4Shirley195US #5
#5Betty191US #4
#6Carol177US #6
#7Donna165US #20
#8Dorothy152US #9
#9Judith147US #8
#10Nancy143US #7
#11Margaret142US #10
#12Janice116US #24
#13Sharon116US #23
#14Beverly115US #25
#15Joan114US #11
#16Joyce114US #12
#17Virginia114US #21
#18Helen108US #16
#19Marilyn101US #19
#20Judy92US #28
#21Sandra90US #13
#22Carolyn82US #14
#23Frances79US #26
#24Phyllis79US #30
#25Janet78US #17
#26Linda77US #15
#27Alice70US #31
#28Norma70US #38
#29Ruth70US #22
#30Lois68US #35
#31Gloria64US #36
#32Loretta62US #65
#33Rose59US #42
#34Darlene58US #75
#35Bonnie57US #61
#36Jean55US #32
#37Dolores54US #58
#38Marjorie53US #60
#39Roberta53US #71
#40Joann52US #57
#41Charlotte49US #66
#42Doris49US #29
#43Esther49US #117
#44Irene49US #74
#45Marie48US #37
#46Peggy48US #34
#47Geraldine47US #41
#48Elizabeth46US #18
#49Anna44US #43
#50Evelyn44US #40
#51Martha44US #27
#52Ann43US #33
#53Elaine43US #45
#54Marlene43US #64
#55Sally43US #52
#56Karen42US #39
#57Jo40US #70
#58Louise40US #59
#59Rosalie40US #114
#60Jane39US #46
#61Charlene38US #139
#62Julia38US #91
#63Kay38US #76
#64Carole36US #47
#65Wilma36US #87
#66Kathryn35US #106
#67Patsy35US #56
#68Pauline35US #105
#69Josephine34US #84
#70Kathleen34US #48
#71Anita33US #97
#72Diane33US #51
#73Pat33US #142
#74Sylvia33US #62
#75Myrna32US #144
#76Yvonne32US #90
#77Joanne31US #53
#78Susan31US #44
#79Florence30US #96
#80Glenda30US #112
#81Lillian30US #99
#82Rita29US #78
#83Wanda29US #50
#84Beatrice28US #136
#85Catherine28US #49
#86Deanna28US #133
#87Margie28US #113
#88Connie27US #111
#89Eleanor27US #63
#90Jeanette27US #82
#91Lorraine27US #95
#92Elsie26US #140
#93June26US #83
#94Katherine26US #101
#95Lucille26US #110
#96Dixie25US #169
#97Juanita25US #77
#98Leona25US #177
#99Priscilla25US #148
#100Viola25US #187

Boys

#1Robert556US #1
#2James428US #2
#3John403US #3
#4Richard370US #5
#5William319US #4
#6Charles263US #6
#7Donald259US #8
#8David241US #7
#9Ronald218US #10
#10Larry217US #14
#11Thomas161US #9
#12George145US #11
#13Jerry144US #16
#14Kenneth143US #13
#15Joe130US #27
#16Gary122US #21
#17Gerald119US #19
#18Frank108US #20
#19Joseph106US #12
#20Edward103US #15
#21Raymond101US #22
#22Jack96US #26
#23Paul92US #17
#24Dennis76US #34
#25Harold74US #23
#26Norman74US #44
#27Lawrence72US #36
#28Michael71US #18
#29Arthur69US #32
#30Fred67US #40
#31Don64US #56
#32Roger62US #28
#33Ralph60US #35
#34Wayne60US #39
#35Henry55US #31
#36Leroy55US #61
#37Bill54US #67
#38Dale54US #59
#39Eugene54US #37
#40Bob53US #89
#41Daniel50US #38
#42Jim50US #75
#43Carl49US #30
#44Ernest49US #55
#45Albert48US #41
#46Walter47US #25
#47Gilbert46US #115
#48Roy46US #42
#49Terry44US #83
#50Marvin43US #52
#51Melvin42US #51
#52Ray39US #74
#53Harry38US #45
#54Stanley38US #57
#55Johnny37US #62
#56Leonard37US #54
#57Russell37US #73
#58Anthony36US #48
#59Billy35US #24
#60Bruce35US #64
#61Gene35US #69
#62Jimmy35US #43
#63Stephen35US #65
#64Delbert34US #174
#65Douglas34US #58
#66Clifford33US #88
#67Floyd33US #94
#68Lloyd32US #95
#69Howard31US #47
#70Tom30US #97
#71Eddie29US #81
#72Leo29US #108
#73Tony29US #140
#74Vernon29US #100
#75Manuel28US #143
#76Max28US #162
#77Philip28US #66
#78Alfred27US #70
#79Dean27US #134
#80Jose27US #148
#81Louis27US #49
#82Alan26US #85
#83Earl26US #50
#84Glen26US #123
#85Phillip26US #92
#86Tommy25US #77
#87Allen24US #72
#88Danny24US #137
#89Jimmie24US #80
#90Lee24US #78
#91Dick23US #169
#92Herbert23US #68
#93Victor23US #119
#94Mike22US #129
#95Pete22
#96Sam22US #145
#97Warren22US #104
#98Darrell21US #130
#99Glenn21US #87
#100Alvin20US #103

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑38Bruce#60
↑37Dennis#24
↑31Elaine#53
↑31Carole#64
↑31Stephen#63
↑30Russell#57
↑26Delbert#64
↑25Tom#70

Falling

↓44Connie#88
↓40Wanda#83
↓34Margie#87
↓31Juanita#97
↓29Tommy#86
↓28Manuel#75
↓27Rosalie#59
↓25Eleanor#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.