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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 20,547 Colorado births in 1942 across 561 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#76Myrna#190 nationally
#65Jose#150 nationally
#46Gilbert#128 nationally
#73Manuel#153 nationally
#70Tony#145 nationally
#86Rosalie#158 nationally
#67Leslie#127 nationally
#99Kathy#159 nationally
#79Paula#136 nationally
#100Wesley#155 nationally
#66Charlene#117 nationally
#96Pat#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary500US #1
#2Sharon337US #11
#3Barbara330US #2
#4Patricia302US #3
#5Carol271US #5
#6Linda197US #4
#7Judith196US #7
#8Sandra196US #6
#9Judy189US #15
#10Nancy180US #8
#11Betty165US #9
#12Carolyn161US #10
#13Donna161US #20
#14Karen156US #16
#15Shirley152US #12
#16Margaret124US #14
#17Janice116US #25
#18Virginia115US #23
#19Joyce108US #13
#20Janet107US #19
#21Joan97US #18
#22Marilyn97US #27
#23Kathleen96US #24
#24Dorothy95US #17
#25Beverly94US #32
#26Helen94US #26
#27Frances91US #30
#28Bonnie90US #34
#29Susan86US #21
#30Alice78US #39
#31Phyllis73US #37
#32Ruth71US #33
#33Carole63US #35
#34Charlotte62US #51
#35Rose61US #50
#36Gloria60US #31
#37Ann58US #38
#38Loretta57US #79
#39Elizabeth56US #22
#40Anna54US #59
#41Martha53US #29
#42Peggy52US #42
#43Lois51US #44
#44Connie49US #70
#45Rita49US #55
#46Geraldine48US #47
#47Marie48US #43
#48Roberta48US #66
#49Katherine47US #81
#50Diane46US #28
#51Dolores46US #63
#52Evelyn44US #53
#53Darlene43US #78
#54Sally43US #56
#55Diana41US #68
#56Jean41US #36
#57Norma41US #52
#58Catherine40US #49
#59Josephine40US #100
#60Louise39US #61
#61Wanda38US #54
#62Maria37US #97
#63Doris36US #41
#64Irene36US #80
#65Joann36US #58
#66Charlene35US #117
#67Patsy35US #57
#68Jane34US #46
#69Juanita34US #90
#70Pamela34US #106
#71Eleanor33US #87
#72Jo33US #65
#73Kathryn32US #82
#74Elaine31US #45
#75Laura31US #115
#76Myrna31US #190
#77Theresa31US #98
#78Jacqueline30US #69
#79Paula30US #136
#80Pauline30US #112
#81Rebecca30US #85
#82Cynthia29US #101
#83Jeanette29US #104
#84Jeanne29US #119
#85Kay29US #75
#86Rosalie29US #158
#87Anita27US #93
#88Julia27US #95
#89Lillian27US #111
#90Marlene27US #84
#91Ellen26US #64
#92Gail26US #60
#93Glenda26US #89
#94Joanne26US #48
#95Marjorie26US #74
#96Pat26US #144
#97Sherry26US #145
#98Georgia25US #123
#99Kathy25US #159
#100Lorraine25US #91

Boys

#1Robert584US #2
#2John540US #3
#3James496US #1
#4Richard425US #5
#5William394US #4
#6David335US #6
#7Ronald275US #9
#8Larry273US #12
#9Donald263US #10
#10Charles246US #7
#11Thomas192US #8
#12Gary189US #18
#13Jerry164US #16
#14Michael164US #13
#15Kenneth160US #15
#16George145US #14
#17Frank137US #21
#18Paul131US #19
#19Joseph128US #11
#20Gerald119US #22
#21Edward114US #17
#22Dennis113US #20
#23Joe112US #33
#24Jack102US #34
#25Raymond95US #24
#26Fred94US #46
#27Douglas91US #23
#28Daniel88US #28
#29Harold83US #27
#30Roger77US #25
#31Arthur70US #29
#32Albert64US #40
#33Carl63US #36
#34Lawrence62US #30
#35Anthony58US #44
#36Walter57US #26
#37Eugene56US #45
#38Ralph52US #38
#39Ray52US #84
#40Bill51US #65
#41Henry48US #31
#42Don46US #72
#43Jim46US #74
#44Stanley46US #56
#45Ernest44US #61
#46Gilbert43US #128
#47Johnny43US #55
#48Howard42US #49
#49Dale41US #63
#50Stephen41US #32
#51Melvin40US #60
#52Roy40US #42
#53Leroy38US #69
#54Marvin37US #66
#55Patrick37US #64
#56Harry36US #48
#57Steve35US #102
#58Bruce34US #50
#59Gene34US #82
#60Mike34US #106
#61Terry34US #52
#62Alfred33US #76
#63Clifford33US #95
#64Gordon33US #92
#65Jose33US #150
#66Leonard33US #57
#67Leslie33US #127
#68Lloyd33US #96
#69Samuel33US #59
#70Tony33US #145
#71Lee32US #87
#72Louis32US #51
#73Manuel32US #153
#74Russell32US #70
#75Wayne32US #41
#76Eddie31US #86
#77Tommy31US #73
#78Vernon31US #114
#79Victor31US #99
#80Danny30US #111
#81Norman30US #53
#82Phillip30US #77
#83Floyd29US #113
#84Keith29US #123
#85Philip29US #54
#86Bob28US #110
#87Duane28US #132
#88Jimmy28US #47
#89Jay27US #133
#90Tom27US #89
#91Darrell26US #135
#92Earl26US #62
#93Steven25US #75
#94Allen24US #71
#95Rodney24US #121
#96Alan23US #81
#97Billy23US #35
#98Glenn23US #88
#99Theodore23US #91
#100Wesley23US #155

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑52Ray#39
↑48Douglas#27
↑43Diana#55
↑37Anna#40
↑37Bruce#58
↑33Leslie#67
↑31Ann#37
↑31Jose#65

Falling

↓45Marjorie#95
↓33Wayne#75
↓33Norman#81
↓32Georgia#98
↓29Norma#57
↓29Joanne#94
↓29Phillip#82
↓29Bob#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.