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Top names in Colorado

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Colorado birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 21,534 Colorado births in 1943 across 562 distinct names.

Distinctively Colorado

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

#43Manuel#149 nationally
#96Peteoutside the national top 200
#92Deanna#160 nationally
#70Kathy#136 nationally
#84Tony#145 nationally
#85Priscilla#146 nationally
#43Cheryl#102 nationally
#66Sherry#123 nationally
#82Duane#138 nationally
#98Esther#151 nationally
#82Clara#133 nationally
#89Dan#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary534US #1
#2Sharon396US #8
#3Patricia329US #3
#4Carol301US #5
#5Barbara294US #2
#6Linda264US #4
#7Judith232US #7
#8Karen205US #15
#9Nancy200US #9
#10Sandra199US #6
#11Donna187US #17
#12Judy167US #13
#13Shirley155US #12
#14Carolyn153US #11
#15Betty151US #10
#16Marilyn123US #27
#17Margaret122US #14
#18Janice118US #26
#19Dorothy115US #19
#20Joyce114US #16
#21Gloria108US #30
#22Janet106US #20
#23Susan94US #18
#24Helen93US #28
#25Kathleen93US #22
#26Virginia92US #25
#27Joan88US #21
#28Elizabeth82US #23
#29Frances81US #31
#30Beverly80US #32
#31Ruth80US #33
#32Bonnie76US #34
#33Connie69US #59
#34Phyllis68US #39
#35Alice65US #38
#36Dolores65US #74
#37Rose64US #50
#38Charlotte59US #47
#39Roberta55US #66
#40Jean54US #36
#41Katherine54US #78
#42Marie54US #45
#43Cheryl53US #102
#44Lois53US #43
#45Elaine52US #46
#46Louise52US #70
#47Martha52US #29
#48Diana50US #62
#49Diane50US #24
#50Loretta49US #89
#51Ann48US #37
#52Joann47US #60
#53Pamela47US #54
#54Carole46US #42
#55Patsy46US #61
#56Rita46US #52
#57Doris45US #40
#58Norma45US #58
#59Peggy45US #41
#60Theresa44US #100
#61Sally41US #57
#62Anna40US #64
#63Jo40US #63
#64Catherine39US #48
#65Darlene39US #73
#66Sherry38US #123
#67Evelyn37US #53
#68Kay36US #81
#69Cynthia35US #101
#70Kathy34US #136
#71Jane33US #44
#72Josephine33US #108
#73Juanita33US #91
#74Julia33US #95
#75Kathryn33US #75
#76Wanda33US #56
#77Eleanor32US #107
#78Geraldine32US #51
#79Sylvia32US #77
#80Jacqueline31US #65
#81Charlene30US #121
#82Clara30US #133
#83Irene30US #85
#84Maria30US #103
#85Priscilla30US #146
#86Ellen29US #67
#87Sue29US #72
#88Dianne28US #88
#89Marjorie28US #79
#90Wilma28US #120
#91Anita27US #98
#92Deanna27US #160
#93Gail27US #55
#94Joanne27US #49
#95Sheila27US #92
#96Christine26US #84
#97Delores26US #99
#98Esther26US #151
#99Jeanette26US #110
#100Lynda26US #115

Boys

#1James600US #1
#2Robert583US #2
#3John523US #3
#4Richard456US #5
#5William372US #4
#6David347US #6
#7Charles286US #7
#8Ronald272US #9
#9Larry256US #12
#10Gary240US #16
#11Donald221US #11
#12Michael199US #10
#13Kenneth188US #15
#14Thomas186US #8
#15George157US #14
#16Jerry148US #17
#17Dennis144US #20
#18Paul129US #19
#19Joseph121US #13
#20Edward120US #18
#21Frank119US #21
#22Raymond117US #22
#23Joe109US #35
#24Gerald108US #23
#25Roger91US #24
#26Jack88US #34
#27Daniel85US #25
#28Harold83US #27
#29Ralph77US #40
#30Arthur73US #30
#31Douglas71US #28
#32Fred69US #45
#33Lawrence67US #32
#34Walter67US #26
#35Anthony64US #44
#36Stephen62US #29
#37Albert61US #43
#38Wayne56US #41
#39Eugene54US #47
#40Carl52US #33
#41Terry52US #49
#42Leroy48US #74
#43Manuel48US #149
#44Bill47US #65
#45Henry47US #31
#46Jim47US #75
#47Leonard47US #55
#48Patrick47US #69
#49Stanley47US #54
#50Howard46US #48
#51Norman46US #56
#52Harry45US #50
#53Danny43US #88
#54Victor42US #97
#55Johnny41US #52
#56Philip41US #57
#57Steve41US #93
#58Dale40US #59
#59Roy40US #38
#60Clifford39US #94
#61Ernest39US #61
#62Jimmy39US #42
#63Marvin39US #66
#64Earl38US #60
#65Gene38US #89
#66Mike38US #90
#67Ronnie38US #71
#68Tommy38US #77
#69Bruce36US #51
#70Don36US #72
#71Russell35US #73
#72Tom35US #87
#73Alan34US #67
#74Gilbert34US #123
#75Keith34US #108
#76Louis34US #53
#77Melvin34US #63
#78Lloyd32US #104
#79Phillip32US #81
#80Ray32US #84
#81Allen31US #76
#82Duane31US #138
#83Steven31US #58
#84Tony30US #145
#85Leslie29US #121
#86Timothy29US #99
#87Clarence27US #68
#88Eddie27US #80
#89Dan26US #139
#90Frederick26US #70
#91Gordon26US #98
#92Alvin25US #113
#93Bob25US #110
#94Dean25US #142
#95Edwin25US #107
#96Pete25
#97Vernon25US #117
#98Billy24US #37
#99Glenn24US #85
#100Jay24US #134

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑37Wayne#38
↑31Sherry#66
↑30Manuel#43
↑30Norman#51
↑29Elaine#45
↑29Kathy#70
↑29Philip#56
↑28Earl#64

Falling

↓41Ray#80
↓32Geraldine#78
↓28Don#70
↓28Gilbert#74
↓27Gordon#91
↓26Melvin#77
↓22Anna#62
↓22Maria#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.