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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,906 Colorado births in 1940 across 546 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#66Delbert#180 nationally
#84Viola#190 nationally
#62Myrna#150 nationally
#44Esther#131 nationally
#61Jose#148 nationally
#48Pat#134 nationally
#62Manuel#147 nationally
#59Tony#142 nationally
#89Dixie#171 nationally
#48Gilbert#124 nationally
#88Charlene#145 nationally
#88Dean#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary486US #1
#2Patricia309US #3
#3Barbara296US #2
#4Carol226US #6
#5Betty192US #5
#6Judith191US #4
#7Shirley175US #9
#8Sharon167US #17
#9Donna165US #23
#10Sandra146US #10
#11Margaret144US #11
#12Judy139US #16
#13Nancy132US #7
#14Virginia123US #21
#15Linda121US #8
#16Dorothy116US #12
#17Joyce111US #13
#18Janice109US #22
#19Carolyn107US #15
#20Beverly104US #27
#21Janet101US #19
#22Phyllis100US #33
#23Marilyn97US #25
#24Gloria89US #30
#25Joan89US #14
#26Helen87US #18
#27Karen82US #34
#28Bonnie76US #39
#29Frances72US #28
#30Norma71US #43
#31Alice70US #32
#32Ruth70US #24
#33Elizabeth69US #20
#34Martha65US #26
#35Charlotte55US #55
#36Lois55US #38
#37Rose53US #44
#38Susan51US #36
#39Dolores50US #67
#40Doris48US #31
#41Roberta48US #71
#42Geraldine47US #46
#43Ann46US #35
#44Esther46US #131
#45Peggy46US #37
#46Kathleen45US #40
#47Darlene44US #79
#48Pat44US #134
#49Sally44US #61
#50Jo43US #72
#51Connie41US #88
#52Jean41US #29
#53Marjorie41US #64
#54Juanita40US #78
#55Kay40US #77
#56Evelyn39US #48
#57Katherine39US #92
#58Anna38US #51
#59Elaine38US #50
#60Josephine38US #89
#61Loretta37US #69
#62Myrna37US #150
#63Sylvia37US #62
#64Diane36US #45
#65Patsy36US #57
#66Rita35US #70
#67Carole34US #49
#68Joann34US #63
#69Marie34US #41
#70Pauline34US #104
#71Wanda33US #52
#72Anita32US #87
#73Louise32US #59
#74Irene31US #73
#75Mildred31US #58
#76Diana29US #117
#77Jane29US #47
#78Jeanette29US #90
#79Joanne29US #54
#80Julia29US #91
#81Maria29US #119
#82Priscilla29US #127
#83Ruby29US #66
#84Viola29US #190
#85Deanna28US #136
#86Georgia28US #138
#87Arlene27US #75
#88Charlene27US #145
#89Dixie27US #171
#90Catherine26US #53
#91Margie26US #114
#92Wilma26US #93
#93Edna25US #86
#94Eva25US #132
#95Florence25US #100
#96Rosalie25US #139
#97Thelma25US #101
#98Edith24US #98
#99Gail24US #65
#100Glenda24US #107

Boys

#1Robert561US #2
#2John440US #3
#3James421US #1
#4Richard379US #5
#5William359US #4
#6Larry269US #13
#7David264US #7
#8Donald263US #9
#9Charles255US #6
#10Ronald218US #10
#11Gary204US #19
#12George155US #11
#13Jerry145US #14
#14Thomas144US #8
#15Kenneth131US #15
#16Joe128US #28
#17Edward127US #16
#18Paul113US #17
#19Michael109US #18
#20Jack100US #29
#21Joseph100US #12
#22Frank98US #20
#23Raymond95US #22
#24Gerald93US #21
#25Dennis90US #24
#26Arthur77US #33
#27Harold75US #23
#28Leroy71US #66
#29Ralph70US #37
#30Fred67US #40
#31Carl64US #32
#32Roger64US #26
#33Albert61US #41
#34Daniel59US #34
#35Lawrence57US #36
#36Ernest55US #58
#37Eugene55US #38
#38Norman55US #48
#39Henry54US #31
#40Jim54US #78
#41Wayne51US #39
#42Louis50US #50
#43Roy50US #42
#44Bill49US #67
#45Dale49US #57
#46Don49US #62
#47Marvin46US #63
#48Gilbert44US #124
#49Harry44US #47
#50Jimmy44US #44
#51Melvin43US #53
#52Leonard42US #54
#53Stephen41US #49
#54Douglas39US #56
#55Bob38US #99
#56Gene38US #70
#57Walter38US #25
#58Johnny37US #51
#59Tony37US #142
#60Billy36US #27
#61Jose36US #148
#62Manuel36US #147
#63Terry35US #73
#64Alfred34US #69
#65Anthony33US #46
#66Delbert33US #180
#67Howard33US #45
#68Lloyd33US #100
#69Ray33US #77
#70Allen32US #71
#71Eddie32US #81
#72Floyd32US #103
#73Victor32US #120
#74Stanley31US #59
#75Vernon31US #105
#76Tommy30US #76
#77Philip29US #60
#78Phillip28US #79
#79Ronnie28US #101
#80Tom28US #92
#81Earl27US #52
#82Glen27US #130
#83Patrick27US #74
#84Samuel27US #65
#85Theodore27US #90
#86Clarence24US #64
#87Clifford24US #94
#88Dean24US #143
#89Lee24US #80
#90Leo24US #112
#91Steve24US #121
#92Bobby23US #30
#93Jimmie23US #86
#94Keith23US #125
#95Peter23US #43
#96Duane22US #134
#97Jon22US #123
#98Danny21US #126
#99Franklin21US #87
#100Glenn21US #83

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑43Juanita#54
↑40Susan#38
↑39Louis#42
↑37Connie#51
↑37Katherine#57
↑29Karen#27
↑25Pat#48
↑24Kathleen#46

Falling

↓37Rosalie#96
↓30Irene#74
↓29Loretta#61
↓28Joann#68
↓27Charlene#88
↓27Wilma#92
↓24Marie#69
↓21Clifford#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.