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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 18,862 Colorado births in 1941 across 543 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#90Carmen#195 nationally
#55Manuel#154 nationally
#84Patty#176 nationally
#100Leona#189 nationally
#59Tony#145 nationally
#86Max#169 nationally
#99Dixie#181 nationally
#41Gilbert#117 nationally
#60Priscilla#132 nationally
#69Esther#138 nationally
#59Charlene#125 nationally
#66Georgia#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary474US #1
#2Barbara321US #2
#3Patricia296US #3
#4Sharon231US #15
#5Carol221US #4
#6Judith195US #6
#7Judy170US #16
#8Nancy170US #8
#9Betty160US #7
#10Donna159US #20
#11Sandra145US #9
#12Shirley142US #10
#13Linda138US #5
#14Karen131US #19
#15Margaret130US #12
#16Virginia121US #23
#17Carolyn118US #11
#18Helen115US #24
#19Beverly113US #29
#20Dorothy108US #14
#21Janice100US #22
#22Joyce94US #13
#23Gloria90US #26
#24Janet88US #18
#25Joan80US #17
#26Bonnie79US #33
#27Elizabeth72US #21
#28Norma69US #47
#29Alice66US #34
#30Frances66US #31
#31Marilyn66US #30
#32Peggy66US #39
#33Ruth66US #28
#34Charlotte63US #55
#35Phyllis62US #35
#36Jean59US #32
#37Kathleen59US #36
#38Lois57US #43
#39Marie56US #42
#40Rose55US #49
#41Loretta54US #81
#42Susan54US #27
#43Dolores50US #57
#44Irene49US #74
#45Evelyn48US #50
#46Martha48US #25
#47Geraldine47US #45
#48Sally46US #61
#49Connie44US #79
#50Marjorie44US #71
#51Doris42US #38
#52Joann41US #58
#53Elaine40US #44
#54Roberta40US #72
#55Carole39US #48
#56Eleanor38US #78
#57Louise38US #62
#58Diane37US #40
#59Charlene36US #125
#60Priscilla36US #132
#61Rita36US #63
#62Maria35US #102
#63Wanda35US #53
#64Darlene34US #76
#65Joanne34US #54
#66Georgia33US #127
#67Ruby33US #69
#68Ann32US #37
#69Esther32US #138
#70Juanita32US #84
#71Kathryn32US #87
#72Kay32US #70
#73Marlene32US #83
#74Theresa32US #95
#75Patsy31US #52
#76Katherine30US #85
#77Anna29US #56
#78Cynthia29US #112
#79Jane29US #46
#80Sylvia29US #65
#81Catherine28US #51
#82Jeanette28US #98
#83Clara27US #111
#84Patty26US #176
#85Sue26US #75
#86Arlene25US #77
#87Jacqueline25US #73
#88Josephine25US #92
#89Julia25US #88
#90Carmen24US #195
#91Edith24US #103
#92Ellen24US #67
#93Lucille24US #119
#94Pat24US #134
#95Delores23US #80
#96Glenda23US #96
#97Anita22US #91
#98Diana22US #100
#99Dixie22US #181
#100Leona22US #189

Boys

#1Robert503US #2
#2James468US #1
#3John456US #3
#4Richard364US #5
#5William325US #4
#6Larry292US #11
#7David279US #7
#8Charles255US #6
#9Ronald240US #9
#10Donald236US #10
#11Gary205US #19
#12George165US #13
#13Jerry157US #14
#14Thomas153US #8
#15Kenneth150US #15
#16Joseph133US #12
#17Joe125US #30
#18Paul125US #18
#19Frank116US #21
#20Gerald115US #20
#21Raymond108US #22
#22Edward99US #17
#23Michael99US #16
#24Dennis98US #23
#25Jack95US #32
#26Roger86US #25
#27Harold81US #24
#28Arthur77US #33
#29Lawrence71US #34
#30Ralph71US #38
#31Fred69US #43
#32Daniel67US #31
#33Leroy59US #67
#34Albert57US #40
#35Carl55US #29
#36Bill54US #68
#37Jim54US #80
#38Don52US #66
#39Anthony50US #46
#40Henry50US #28
#41Gilbert48US #117
#42Wayne47US #37
#43Harry46US #48
#44Louis46US #50
#45Eugene45US #42
#46Stephen44US #41
#47Dale42US #59
#48Norman42US #49
#49Roy40US #39
#50Ernest39US #61
#51Leonard39US #54
#52Melvin38US #56
#53Phillip38US #77
#54Johnny37US #55
#55Manuel36US #154
#56Stanley36US #57
#57Bob35US #103
#58Lloyd35US #96
#59Tony35US #145
#60Walter35US #26
#61Marvin34US #63
#62Terry33US #64
#63Howard32US #47
#64Ronnie32US #79
#65Alfred31US #74
#66Mike31US #111
#67Eddie30US #78
#68Floyd30US #102
#69Leo30US #116
#70Allen29US #73
#71Clifford29US #94
#72Edwin29US #97
#73Keith29US #119
#74Patrick29US #70
#75Douglas28US #53
#76Gene28US #72
#77Philip28US #52
#78Steven28US #90
#79Danny27US #120
#80Glenn27US #86
#81Gordon27US #92
#82Tom27US #88
#83Vernon27US #108
#84Billy26US #27
#85Jimmy26US #45
#86Max26US #169
#87Peter26US #44
#88Alan25US #84
#89Earl25US #58
#90Lee25US #81
#91Ray25US #83
#92Harvey24US #106
#93Tommy24US #71
#94Victor24US #118
#95Bruce23US #51
#96Jose23US #149
#97Rodney23US #127
#98Barry22US #91
#99Herbert22US #76
#100Leslie22US #126

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑30Marie#39
↑30Irene#44
↑29Charlene#59
↑26Anthony#39
↑25Phillip#53
↑22Priscilla#60
↑21Leo#69
↑21Keith#73

Falling

↓46Pat#94
↓35Jimmy#85
↓35Jose#96
↓28Josephine#88
↓25Ann#68
↓25Esther#69
↓25Anita#97
↓24Billy#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.